Old AT Road Tender: Balance Work from Laipuli to Makum ROB, Assam (Rs 33.02 Cr)

16.70 km of the Old AT Road between Laipuli and the Makum ROB in Tinsukia was never finished, and Assam PWD has put the balance work back out at ₹33.02 crore, closing at 2:00 PM on 17 November 2026.

Picking up 16.70 km somebody else left

The notice is for balance work on the improvement and upgradation of the Old AT Road, the former NH-37, from chainage 636.80 km at Laipuli to chainage 653.50 km at the Makum ROB. That is 16.70 km in Tinsukia district, tendered under Asom Mala 3.0 for 2025-26, reference CE/DEV/ASOMMALA3.0/14/25-26/17 dated 5 November 2026.

Balance work changes how you bid. Part of the road is already built, part is half built, and the schedule reflects what is left rather than a clean greenfield quantity. A site visit matters more here than on a new road, because what the previous contractor actually completed decides whether the rates make sense.

A ten-day window

Bidding closes on 17 November with opening half an hour later the same afternoon, so there is very little time. The value is ₹33,01,57,000 with an EMD of ₹66,03,000 at 2 per cent and a fee of ₹20,000. The form of contract is item rate and the completion period is 540 days.

Elsewhere in the north east, balance works on NH-510 in Sikkim are open on a similar footing, and the Tapa Karu greenfield road tender in Arunachal Pradesh suits a contractor with heavier cutting capacity.

Traffic, rain and a short dry season

The Old AT Road is the working road through upper Assam’s tea and oil belt, and it stays busy while you work on it. Plan on half-width working, which means backhoe loaders and smaller machines for the shoulder and drain work, with excavators on the stretches you can close.

Pavement goes down with a motor grader and compactors. Tinsukia gets heavy, long rain, so the 540 days really comes down to two dry windows: get the sub-base and drainage finished in the first one. Culvert repairs along the route need concrete mixers rather than a plant.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Assam eProcurement (assamtenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_PWD_54857_1 (reference no. CE/DEV/ASOMMALA3.0/14/25-26/17) under Public Works Roads Department on the Assam portal.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the bid document and the balance-quantity schedule, visit the site, then check eligibility, the ₹66,03,000 EMD and the ₹20,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 17 November 2026, 2:00 PM.

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