Six infrastructure firms, including Tata Projects and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), have submitted technical bids for construction of an Executive Enclave that will house the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Cabinet Secretariat, India House and the National Security Council Secretariat.
The other four firms are Shapoorji Pallonji and Company, NCC, PSP Projects and Ahluwalia Contracts India.
The documents submitted by these six construction firms are being checked for their qualification to participate in the financial bids.
According to the Central Public Works Department’s (CPWD) bid document, the project, which is being executed under the Central Vista redevelopment plan, will be completed within 24 months at an estimated cost of Rs 1,171 crore.
The Executive Enclave will come up on the south side of the South Block in plot number 36/38 in the high-security zone in Lutyens' Delhi.
The new PMO will have three floors each 4.75 mtr high, in addition to the basement and ground floor. The new Cabinet Secretariat and the National Security Council Secretariat will have a similar structure.
India House, which will have one floor in addition to the basement and ground floor, is likely to be used as a conference facility like the Hyderabad House where high-level talks, especially with top visiting leaders of various countries, are held now.
In October 2021, L&T had been awarded the contract for construction and maintenance of the first three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat.
Tata Projects is constructing a new Parliament building while Shapoorji Pallonji and Company is executing the redevelopment work of the Central Vista Avenue stretching from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate under the Central Vista redevelopment project.
The redevelopment of the Central Vista, the nation' power corridor, envisages a new Parliament building, a common Central Secretariat, revamping of the three km Rajpath from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate, new office and residence of the Prime Minister, and a new Vice President enclave.