Melli Yard Slope Protection Tender, Sivok Rangpo Rail Line (Rs 483.57 Cr)

IRCON is inviting bids worth an estimated ₹483.57 Cr for slope protection and associated works at Melli Yard on the Sivok to Rangpo new broad-gauge railway line, closing 24 September 2026.

The described chainage is short, Km 27.410 to Km 27.540, but the scope reaches well past the slope face: an approach road, a box culvert and other associated works are all inside the contract, and IRCON’s own reference number for the tender carries the words cut and cover. Read together with the earnest money of ₹9,67,13,100, which is exactly 2.00 per cent of the estimate, the value stands up. Do not price this off the 130 metres of chainage in the title.

What is being built

Melli Yard sits on the Sivok to Rangpo project, the new line pushing rail towards Sikkim through some of the steepest ground any Indian railway alignment has faced. Slope protection here means retaining structures, rock anchoring and drainage on hillsides that are actively unstable, plus the approach road that lets plant reach the yard at all. The contract is on a percentage rate basis with two covers and 90 days of bid validity, and the document set includes the tender document, technical specification, a priced BOQ, drawings and the IRCON general conditions.

Who this job is for

Hill slope stabilisation is specialised work, and the bidding history on this authority and work type is an open field rather than one firm’s territory. Contractors with landslide mitigation and rock anchoring experience in the Darjeeling and Sikkim belt start ahead. For owners with machines, note the access reality: everything reaches Melli by road on narrow hill sections, so demand skews towards compact and mid-size machines that can actually get to the working face, not the largest tonnage you can hire out.

Plant and access

Work of this type leans on excavators with breaker and rock-anchor attachments, small tippers for muck on restricted haul roads, concrete mixers for shotcrete and retaining work, and backhoe loaders for drainage, culvert and approach road work in tight spaces. A crane or two will be needed for anchor rigs and culvert elements. Monsoon in this belt is the schedule driver: the bid closes in September, so mobilisation and the first working season are the numbers that decide whether the programme holds.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Central Public Procurement Portal.
2. Search by tender ID 2026_IRCON_289667_1 (reference no. IRCON/2046/NFR SRRP/ Cut and Cover/2026) under IRCON International Limited.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the tender document, technical specification, drawings and BOQ, then check eligibility, the ₹9,67,13,100 EMD and the ₹50,000 tender fee.
5. Submit online before 24 September 2026; the submission window opens on 17 September 2026 and bids are opened in New Delhi on 25 September.

More on DesiMachines

The same corridor has a bigger job open a few kilometres away: the additional major bridge across the Teesta at Sevoke on NH-10. For directly comparable slope work, the landslide treatment package on NH-09 in Uttarakhand covers 30 locations, and the Legship to Gyalshing balance works on NH-510 in Sikkim sits just up the same route. Browse more live tenders in West Bengal or all live tenders. Comparing machines for hill work? Start with excavators and finance options.

FAQ

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