Numaligarh Refinery needs a rail siding to move fuel out of its Cachar terminal, and the ₹30.32 crore Panchgram siding tender closes at 11:00 AM on 23 November 2026.
Track, bridges and buildings in one package
RITES Ltd, through its North East Region Project Office at Guwahati, has tendered construction of the NRL siding at Panchgram railway station for the POL terminal in Cachar, Assam. The scope is civil works covering permanent way, minor bridges and buildings, reference RITES/NRL/Panchgram/Civil/26, at ₹30,32,32,635 on a percentage rate contract with 547 days.
A POL siding is how petroleum products get from a terminal onto the rail network. The package reads as a complete small railway job: formation and track laying, the minor bridges and culverts the alignment needs, and the buildings that go with an operational siding. That mix suits a contractor who can do earthwork and track rather than one or the other.
Terms, and the Barak valley context
EMD is ₹60,60,000, about 2 per cent, with no exemption, and the fee is ₹21,240. Bids open at 11:30 AM on 24 November. Eighteen months is a reasonable period for the scope, though the Barak valley monsoon is long and heavy, so the earthwork has to be sequenced carefully around it.
Railway civil work in the northeast is busy at the moment. IRCON has three slope protection and yard packages out on the Sivok Rangpo new line, and in Assam the Kamakhya ropeway tender is open.
Earthwork first, then track
The sequence is formation, structures, then permanent way. Excavators and tippers build the formation and the approaches, with a compactor closing the blanket and formation layers to railway tolerances, which are tighter than road work. Minor bridges and culverts bring in a backhoe loader and transit mixers. Track laying needs a crane to handle panels, sleepers and rails, and the buildings run as a separate small front with a wheel loader at the material stack. Working inside or beside an operating railway station means every possession has to be planned and kept.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_RITES_296396_1
Reference no.
RITES/NRL/Panchgram/Civil/26
Issuing authority
RITES Ltd, North East Region Project Office, Guwahati
Location
Panchgram railway station (PNGM), Cachar district, Assam
Civil works for the NRL siding at Panchgram railway station serving the POL terminal in Cachar, Assam, covering permanent way, minor bridges and buildings.
Who is tendering it?
RITES Ltd through its North East Region Project Office at Guwahati, for Numaligarh Refinery Limited.
What is the value and the EMD?
₹30.32 crore, shown as ₹30,32,32,635, with an EMD of ₹60,60,000 and a tender fee of ₹21,240.
When do bids close?
At 11:00 AM on 23 November 2026, with opening at 11:30 AM on 24 November 2026. The work period is 547 days.
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