HYDERABAD: Construction major Shapoorji Pallonji Group has won the bid to build Telangana’s new secretariat complex. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was keen to set the ball rolling for the new complex by demolishing the old secretariat.
The state government asked the company to complete the construction of the new secretariat within one year in an area of seven lakh square feet. Following perusal of technical and financial bids, Shapoorji Pallonji was chosen by the commissioner of tenders over L&T. Both companies were on the final bidders’ list. Shapoorji Pallonji quoted 4% excess of the tender cost of Rs 494 crore, while L&T quoted 4.8% excess.
The roads and building department handed over the papers of the contract to Shapoorji Pallonji. Though several companies had shown interest in the bidding process being handled by the R&B department, bids were received from only L&T and Shapoorji Pallonji. The cost of the project is expected to be around Rs 600 crore.
The government had to reschedule the tender process a couple of times because of the technicalities involved as well as floods in the GHMC area.
