Seven Indian and international firms are in the race for supplying 378 coaches for the upcoming Mumbai’s Metro 2A and Metro 7 corridors, for which tenders were opened recently.
The seven firms that have submitted bid documents for projects are: Messrs Hyundai Rotem, Korea, Messrs Bombardier India & Bombardier Germany, Messrs CRRC Corporation ltd, Messrs Bharat Earth Movers ltd, Messrs Titagarh wagons & Titagarh Firema, Messrs Alstom Transport India & Alstom SA and Messrs CAF India & CAF, Spain. Announcing that the bids for supply of coaches for two metro projects were opened in New Delhi recently, RA Rajeev, Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metro Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said, “The entire bidding process is carried out adhering to the norms set by the Asian development Bank who are funding the projects”.