OWK Reservoir Water Supply Tender, Kurnool (Rs389.60 Cr)

Kurnool district has a ₹389.60 crore multi-village water supply tender on OWK reservoir for the Banaganapalle constituency, with bids closing on 18 August 2026.

The Banaganapalle package

The Superintending Engineer, RWS&S Kurnool, is inviting bids for a multi-village water supply scheme drawing from the Owk (OWK) reservoir to serve habitations across the Banaganapalle constituency. Estimated contract value on the portal is ₹389.60 crore, against an NIT headline estimate of ₹510.00 crore. The reference is 07/2026-27 dated 29 July 2026, issued by the Chief Engineer-II, RWS&S Department at Gollapudi, Vijayawada.

It is a lump-sum open NCB tender in a single cover, with 90-day bid validity and no withdrawal once submitted. There is no tender fee and the notice carries no EMD figure, so that number has to come from the bid documents. Submissions opened on 4 August 2026 and close on 18 August 2026, with payment accepted online, by challan or through a bank guarantee.

Who this is written for

Banaganapalle is limestone and quarry country, and the terrain between the Owk reservoir and the served habitations is broken. That favours a contractor who has priced hard-rock trenching before and knows what daily output actually looks like when a breaker is doing most of the digging.

Scale-wise this is the middle of the batch of five packages the department released together. At ₹389.60 crore it is within reach of strong regional water contractors, where the ₹1,447 crore Chittoor package is not. If you have been priced out of the larger schemes, this is the one to study.

Machines that will earn here

Rock changes the fleet mix. Excavators fitted with hydraulic breakers do the heavy lifting on transmission trenches, and a second set of excavators or backhoe loaders follows for the softer distribution reaches inside villages. Where blasting is permitted, drilling equipment and compressors come in, though most schemes prefer breakers near habitation.

Tippers run continuously on rock jobs because spoil cannot be stacked beside the trench. Compactors close the backfill and reinstate village roads. At the intake, pump houses, sumps and overhead tanks add mixers, small batching capacity and cranes for pipe and equipment lifts.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Andhra Pradesh e-Procurement Portal.
2. Search by tender ID 2026_PREDSEPR_970297_1 (reference no. 07/2026-27 dated 29.07.2026) under the RWS&S Department, Kurnool circle.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, tender document and BOQ, then confirm eligibility and the EMD amount stated in the bid documents.
5. Submit your bid online before 18 August 2026.

More on DesiMachines

Two larger packages from the same batch are live on our desk: the Gandikota Punganur water supply tender in Chittoor and the Gandikota Madanapalle tender in Annamayya. Contractors working the sanitation side of the state should also read the Mangalagiri-Tadepalli underground drainage tender.

Browse more live tenders in Andhra Pradesh or see all live tenders. On machines, compare excavators, backhoe loaders, compactors and cranes, or check equipment finance before adding to the fleet.

FAQ

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