Rajasthan High Court has directed Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Rajasthan to open financial bid of GVPR Engineering Limited for Dholpur, Saipau Water Supply Project (Package 1A).
Bids for the project were invited in September 2023 at a cost of Rs 12,843 million and awarded to the joint venture (JV) of SPML Infra Limited and JWIL Infra Limited for Rs 14,383 million in September 2025.
GVPR Engineering Limited had challenged PHED’s decision to declare its technical bid as non responsive which had quoted Rs 12,265 million. According to the high court order, if GVPR’s bid is lowest and satisfies other conditions, then the project might be awarded to the company.
The scope of work involves construction of an intake well, Raw Water Reservoirs (RWR) of 10 and 12 million cubic meters (MCM) on the Chambal River, laying of 712 km of 100 mm to 2000 mm diameter pipelines, 21 Elevated Service Reservoirs (ESR) and establishment of main Raw Water Pumping Stations at both locations. It also includes a 135 mld Water Treatment Plant at RWR-2, a 5 mld Water Treatment Plant at Dholpur, cluster pumping stations, CDS, VDS, rising mains, and the provision of functional household tap connections (FHTCs) for Dholpur and Saipau, including 10 year Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract.
