The President of India, represented by Ministry of Railways, Director, Electrical Engineering (Development), Railway Board (the “Authority”), having its principal office at Rail Bhavan, Raisina Road, New Delhi -110001, India is engaged in the development of Railways and related infrastructure, and as part of this endeavour, the Authority has decided to undertake Manufacturing and Maintenance of 800 (eight hundred) 12000 hp Electric Locomotives, through single stage two packet bidding system and has to carry out the Bidding process for selection of a Bidder to whom the Project may be awarded. A brief description of the Project may be seen in the Information Memorandum of the Project at the Authority’s website (www.indianrailways.gov.in) Brief particulars Of the Project are as follows:

            “Manufacture and supply of 800 Electric Locomotive of 12,000 horse power, twin Bo-Bo configuration (the “Locomotive”) spread over a period of 10 (ten) years at Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi by the selected bidder and Maintenance at nominated Government Depots over Indian Railways on the basis of a long term manufacturing and maintenance contract (the “Project”)”.

            The Bidding Documents can be viewed/downloaded from official portal of the Railway website https://ireps.gov.in from 09.05.2022. Bidder must submit its Technical Bid and Financial Bid at https://ireps.gov.in on or before upto 10.08.2022 at 11:00 Hours IST. Bids received online shall be opened on 10.08.2022at 11:30Hours IST.