Yeleru Kakinada Water Supply Tender, Andhra Pradesh (Rs1,090.27 Cr)

Kakinada district gets the largest package in Andhra Pradesh’s second wave of multi-village water supply work: Rs1,090.27 crore drawn from Yeleru Reservoir, with bids closing 19 August 2026.

Scope of the Yeleru Kakinada water supply job

The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation department has floated a multi-village scheme (MVS) on Yeleru Reservoir serving the Kakinada segment of Kakinada district. Work of this type runs from the reservoir intake through a treatment plant, then out along transmission mains to balancing reservoirs and village-level distribution. On a package this size that means long pipeline corridors across several mandals, not a single compact site.

Two figures appear on this notice and both are real. The NIT headline puts the estimated cost at Rs1,641.00 crore, while the portal lists an estimated contract value of Rs1,090.27 crore. The same gap shows up across every package released by Chief Engineer-I on 29 July 2026, so treat the portal figure as the contract value you bid against and the headline as the scheme estimate.

Who should bid

This is an EPC package for water infrastructure contractors with pipeline experience at district scale. Below the main contract there is steady work for small contractors on trenching, road crossings, chamber construction and reinstatement, spread across the length of the alignment rather than concentrated at one location. That spread is what makes these schemes worth watching if you own machines and work locally.

Machines the alignment will need

Pipeline work of this length is excavator country. Expect long runs for tracked and wheeled excavators on trenching, backhoe loaders on village-level distribution and service connections, compactors on backfill and road reinstatement, and cranes at the intake, pumping stations and reservoir sites. Tippers keep the spoil moving, and concrete mixers feed thrust blocks, chambers and the plant structures.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Andhra Pradesh e-Procurement.
2. Search by tender ID 2026_PREDSEPR_971781_1 (reference no. 4/2026-27 of Chief Engineer-I, RWS & S, Vijayawada) under the RWS & S department.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, tender document and BOQ, then check eligibility and the deposit terms stated in the document.
5. Submit the bid online before 19 August 2026.

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This package is one of several released together. The Gandikota Punganur scheme in Chittoor and the PABR Reservoir scheme in Anantapuramu close a day earlier, so a contractor working across districts can line up bids on all three.

For plant, the usual starting points are excavators, backhoe loaders and compactors, with finance options worth checking before a long pipeline job. See more live tenders in Andhra Pradesh or browse all live tenders.

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