DMRC Floats ₹121 Cr Power Package for Patna Metro UG

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has opened a ₹121.12 crore tender for electrical works on the underground section of Patna Metro’s Corridor-2, marking a decisive shift from civil construction to systems integration.

Tender PE-06A bundles design, detailed engineering, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning into a single contract with a 24-month completion window, covering:

- 25 kV AC traction (rigid OHE)
- 33 kV auxiliary substations
- Associated cabling

Who drives the package

DMRC is the implementing agency for the Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC), the special purpose vehicle jointly promoted by the Government of Bihar and the Government of India.

The tender confirms DMRC is sequencing systems packages in parallel with civil progress on Corridor-2, rather than waiting for full civil handover — a procurement decision that protects the commissioning timeline but shifts interface risk to the eventual contractor.

The commercial structure

The bundle is effectively a turnkey systems contract. A single bidder assumes design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning responsibility across traction and auxiliary power.

That is a deliberate risk-transfer strategy: DMRC retains oversight while the contractor absorbs the interface between rigid OHE, 33 kV substations and cabling.

Why the scope matters

Rigid overhead equipment for 25 kV traction in underground sections is a specialised product category dominated by a narrow set of electrical EPC and electromechanical players.

The pre-bid meeting on 03.09.2026 and bid submission deadline of 30.09.2026 give qualified bidders a compressed window to price design risk, equipment supply and installation across a 24-month delivery period.

Execution and commercial signals

For contractors, the tender is an order-book opportunity with margin exposure concentrated in equipment procurement and underground installation sequencing.

For DMRC and PMRC, the outcome will test whether a single-package approach accelerates Corridor-2’s energisation or concentrates delivery risk in one entity.

The deeper signal: DMRC is exporting its Delhi delivery playbook — bundling systems into integrated packages — to Patna Metro as the project moves from civils to the commissioning-critical electrical phase.