Meghalaya Water Supply and Civil Works Tender, East Khasi Hills

Meghalaya’s Public Health Engineering Department has floated a turn-key civil work and water supply system package in East Khasi Hills, with an EMD of Rs 8.60 crore and bidding open until 28 August 2026.

This Meghalaya water supply tender is issued by the Chief Engineer (ES), PHE, Meghalaya, from the department’s administrative building in Shillong. It is listed under a Rs 250 crore plus band, and the department’s own detail sheet puts the estimate at Rs 430.00 crore. The EMD of Rs 8,60,00,000 is exactly 2% of that figure, which is the standard ratio and confirms the higher number rather than the band.

Reading the scope

The title is short, so the bid documents carry the detail. A turn-key water supply package in the Khasi hills normally bundles an intake or source works, a treatment plant, transmission mains, storage reservoirs and the distribution network, with all of it designed, built and commissioned by one contractor. The 31.6 MB document set includes a bid document and a drawings file, and both are worth downloading before you price anything.

Who tends to win work like this

Past bidding for this authority and work type shows a short local field with a handful of Meghalaya and North East firms bidding two tenders each. That thin history is worth reading carefully. It means limited rate benchmarks, and it means outside contractors need a credible answer on hill logistics, material sourcing and local labour before they commit. Bid validity is 90 days across two covers.

What runs on site

Pipeline and reservoir work in hill terrain leans on excavators for trenching through mixed soil and rock, often with breakers rather than buckets. Treatment plant and reservoir construction pulls in concrete mixers, cranes for tank and pipe placement, and compactors for backfill along the mains. Backhoe loaders earn their keep on scattered village-level work. Buyers timing purchases against a turn-key payment schedule can check our equipment finance guide.

Key facts

A second package is now open under the same scheme

Meghalaya PHE has since put out a companion package under the same ES-09 file. It carries tender ID 2026_PHED_2032_1 and reference no. CE/PHE/ES-09/2026/33, and is listed as “Civil work with water supply system” against the same Rs 430.00 crore approximate estimate, the same Rs 8,60,00,000 earnest money and the same 28 August 2026 deadline. It is a separate bid on the portal, so search both IDs and price them on their own BOQs rather than assuming the scope is identical.

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Central Public Procurement Portal.
2. Search by tender ID 2026_PHED_2029_1 (reference no. CE/PHE/ES-09/2026/31) under the Public Health Engineering Department, Meghalaya.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, bid document, drawings and BOQ, then check eligibility, the Rs 8.60 crore EMD and the Rs 1,00,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 28 August 2026, since opening happens the same day.

More on DesiMachines

The other Meghalaya job on our board is the NH-217 sinking zone remedial works tender from NHIDCL. If water infrastructure is your line, compare this against the Bhadbhut barrage water supply scheme in Gujarat and the Dholpur rural water supply package in Rajasthan. Browse more live tenders in Meghalaya or all open opportunities.

FAQ

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