Himachal Pradesh wants a passenger ropeway built between Parwanoo and Shimla on design, build, finance, operate and transfer mode at ₹5,602.56 crore, and the Parwanoo Shimla ropeway tender closes at 12:00 noon on 26 November 2026.
The largest live works tender on the state portal
The Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corporation of Himachal Pradesh is bidding out the development, operation and maintenance of a passenger ropeway from Parwanoo to Shimla. The portal lists it as construction works with a value of ₹56,02,56,00,000 and a period of 1,825 days, under reference RTDC/Shimla Parwanoo Ropeway/2022/3959 dated 29/12/2025.
The work description marks this as the second call, so the first round did not produce a signed concession. For a contractor reading the work order, that is useful information: the terms have already been tested once in the market.
What a 28 crore deposit tells you about the bidder
Earnest money is ₹28,00,00,000 and the tender document itself costs ₹6,72,600. Deposits of that size point at a concession consortium rather than a single civil contractor. Under DBFOT the winner raises the money, builds the line and earns from fares for the concession period before handing it back to the state.
The civil work underneath, though, goes to subcontract. Tower foundations, station buildings, approach roads and slope protection along a route that climbs from Parwanoo in the Shivalik foothills to Shimla are all packages a regional contractor can target once the concession is awarded. Himachal has other large civil work open as well, including the Link-3 barrage civil works tender from NHPC.
Machines that reach a tower line
Ropeway construction is a string of small, awkward sites rather than one big one. Each tower needs an access track cut to it, a foundation excavated and concrete placed, often on a slope above a drop. Excavators with breakers cut the benches and the access, backhoe loaders handle the trenching and the pits where a bigger machine cannot stand, and concrete arrives either in transit mixers or from a mixer set up on the bench itself.
Station buildings at both ends and at intermediate stops are conventional building jobs needing a crane and a tipper fleet. Owners near Solan, Parwanoo and Shimla are the ones who will get the hire calls, because machines can reach site the same day. Water work in the same hills is bidding too, such as the Manali water treatment plant tender.
Search by tender ID 2025_RTDCH_124659_1 (reference no. RTDC/Shimla Parwanoo Ropeway/2022/3959) under Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corporation.
Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
Download the request for proposal and the draft concession agreement, then check eligibility, the ₹28,00,00,000 EMD and the ₹6,72,600 fee.
Submit your bid online before 26 November 2026, 12:00 PM.
What does the Parwanoo Shimla ropeway tender cover?
Development, operation and maintenance of a passenger ropeway from Parwanoo to Shimla on design, build, finance, operate and transfer mode, awarded by the Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corporation of Himachal Pradesh.
How much is the project worth?
₹5,602.56 crore on the portal, shown as ₹56,02,56,00,000. The concession period on the portal is 1,825 days.
What are the EMD and tender fee?
Earnest money is ₹28,00,00,000 and the tender fee is ₹6,72,600. Exemption is not allowed.
Can a civil contractor bid for this?
The concession itself suits a consortium that can raise the finance. Civil packages for tower foundations, access roads and station buildings are normally subcontracted after award, and that is where machine owners and local contractors come in.
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