Indian railways have cancelled the tender for manufacturing of 44 semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express trains. A fresh tender will be floated next week as per revised public procurement order to prioritise Make in India. Though they have not till now specified the reason behind the cancellation of the tender.
The Railway Ministry took to Twitter and wrote, "Tender for manufacturing of 44 nos of semi high-speed train sets (Vande Bharat) has been cancelled. The fresh tender will be floated within a week as per Revised Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) order."
According to sources, the tender has been cancelled as a Chinese firm emerged as the only foreign player among the six contenders when the tender was opened last month.
The five other companies which took part in the bidding are state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bharat Industries, Sangrur, Electrowaves Electronics (P) Ltd, MEDHA Servo Drives Private Limited, Powernetics Equipment India Private Limited.
CRRC Limited is a Chinese government company that took part in the global tender process announced by Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai.
The CRRC has formed a joint venture company, CRRC-Pioneer Electric (India), in association with its Indian subsidiary Pioneer Fill Med of Gurgaon, and participated in the bidding process.
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