Indian Railways has finalised the tender for design, development, manufacture, supply, integration, testing and commissioning of ‘Insulated-gate Bipolar Transistor’ (IGBT) based 3-phase propulsion, control and other equipment for train sets for 44 rakes of 16 car each on January 21.
The procurement includes a five years comprehensive annual maintenance contract with the supplier.
“The specifications were prepared after multiple deliberations with industry at various levels for manufacturing the train sets indigenously. For the first time, the tender required a minimum 75 per cent local content requirement of the total value of the tender. This is expected to give a boost to "Atma Nirbhar Bharat" mission,” the railways said in a statement.
Three bidders participated in this tender and the lowest offer was from indigenous manufacturer M/s Medha Servo Drives Ltd. who successfully met the
minimum local content of 75 per cent of the total value, it said, adding that the tender was finalised on Medha Servo Drives Ltd. for all in cost of Rs 2211,64,59,644 (Two thousand two hundred eleven crores, sixty four lakh, fifty nine thousand and six hundred forty four Rupees) for 44 rakes of 16 car each.
The delivery schedule for supply of these rakes is – first two prototype rakes will be delivered in 20 months, thereafter on successful commissioning, the firm will be delivering an average of six rakes per quarter, it added.