RAILWAY SAMACHAR

MRVC has floated tender

for :

Design, Development, Manufacture, Supply, Test and Commissioning of 25kV AC microprocessor control IGBT based 3-phase propulsion system and equipments as per respective specification for Broad Gauge EMU Rolling Stock.

Details:

1. The Government of India/ Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (A Public Sector Undertaking of Govt. of India, Ministry of Railways) has applied for loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development towards the cost of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (Rail Component) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under this contract.

2. Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) Ltd. now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for;

(i) Design, Development, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 72 Sets (12 car sets) of Complete IGBT based 3-phase electrics, associated equipments and other accessories as per their respective specification for the new motor coaches and trailer coaches, for the EMUs [to be built at Indian manufacturing unit] with existing mechanical design. Suppliers responsibilities have been embodied in the Bid documents.

Condition 2 clearly says 72 sets of 12car (or 96 sets of 9car EMU rakes)

As per Worldbank, Siemens cannot bid for this 2nd phase, hence this will be a different bidder and hence different supplier for traction motors etc.

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Now,

Problematic side of Phase1 and Phase2 EMUs rakes:

1. Already CR has standalone sets of BHEL ACDC rakes and MRVC ACDC rakes, which cannot be mixed. MUTP2 rakes would create another set of standalone rakes.

2. WR has Converted-Alstom-Traction Motors sets of 9xx ACDC rakes, and MRVC rakes, again, they cannot be mixed, hence maintained seperately, and ph2 rakes will add to another set of standalone rakes.

In effect, CR/WR has to maintain 3 types of EMU rakes seperately, in the sense, it cannot be used by mixing n shuffling coaches.

Yes, within these own types, the coaches can be mixed, but overall the flexibility which CR n WR had when they both had only DC rakes, will now be lost.

Comments/Brickbats welcome.

Regards

Vijay Aravamudhan,

Thane