Tender for purchase of Vande Bharat train sets red flagged for third time

As part of Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, increase in indigenous content from the present level of 50 per cent to a higher level is being planned in the fresh rounds

The Indian Railways is likely to come out with a tender for procurement of Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 for a fourth time in one week. Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav on Sunday said while evaluating the technical bids of train set tenders, the tender committee noticed that financial offer details had been revealed.

Some companies had done that in the technical bid stage itself. The third tender for 43 train sets floated in December last year was cancelled on Friday.

The bidding process involves a two-stage system. The first stage includes technical bids and the second stage