Location
India / Asia Pacific
Project record
NW-1 Bihar: ten steel floating jetties
IMWO artist's impression of the published NW-1 Bihar: ten steel floating jetties scope
Merolyn Engineering Works Private Limited signed IWAI package IN-IWAI-503689-GO-RFB for USD 1,292,823.86 under World Bank contract 1862243. The official tender distributes ten floating jetties across seven Bihar locations: one each at Khwaspur, Kangan Ghat, Konhara Ghat and Hariharnath Temple, and two each at Gyaspur Pipapul, Chakosan Pipapul and Pathar Ghat. Each installation centres on a 24 m by 6 m steel pontoon and a 9 m by 2 m HDPE-supported floating walkway. Contract execution and technical obligations are confirmed; fabrication, transportation, site installation and acceptance are not.
Segment
Inland-waterway floating jetties, gangways and passenger facilities
Status
Signed with Merolyn on 11 November 2025; procurement is under implementation, while physical delivery is unverified / Confirmed
Last checked
7 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Inland-waterway floating jetties, gangways and passenger facilities is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
Subject index
Related subjects
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- Inland Waterways Authority of India under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- Delivery parties
- Merolyn Engineering Works Private Limited - signed design, fabrication, supply, installation and maintenance contractor, Classification or design verifier, steel and HDPE suppliers, anchor and mooring supplier, transporter, launching team and site subcontractors - not identified in the reviewed public records, Merolyn's website documents general floating-jetty, gangway and mooring capability, but it does not identify this contract or its delivery status
- Contract route
- IWAI issued an open national, post-review Request for Bids on 29 July 2025 under World Bank project P148775. World Bank data records the contract as signed on 11 November 2025 and the Bank no-objection on 20 November 2025. The procurement plan lists the package under implementation, while no public completion or owner-acceptance notice has been issued.
- Execution window
- The tender requires design, fabrication, certification, transportation, installation, testing and commissioning within eight months of contract signing, followed by 24 months of general upkeep and maintenance. If unchanged, the contractual delivery milestone fell around 11 July 2026. The procurement plan carries a 20 August 2028 completion date, broadly consistent with a post-commissioning maintenance tail, but neither source establishes actual commissioning, an extension or the accepted baseline programme.
- Works package
- Ten steel-pontoon jetty units are allocated across Khwaspur in Arrah, Kangan Ghat in Patna, Konhara Ghat, Hariharnath Temple, Gyaspur Pipapul, Chakosan Pipapul and Pathar Ghat in Samastipur. The schedule calls for 24 m by 6 m steel pontoons, 9 m by 2 m floating shore walkways on HDPE float modules with galvanized frames, railings and anti-slip decks, plus fenders, winches, bollards, towing posts, stays, ladders, mooring rope, anchor systems, crew cabins, lifesaving appliances, fire extinguishers, roofing, certification, launching, trials and commissioning. Locations remain subject to river morphology at installation.
- Marine interfaces
- The package combines shipyard fabrication with seven riverbank interfaces and ten separately commissioned units. Delivery depends on site surveys, approved anchor and mooring designs, river or road transport, launching and lifting arrangements, safe shore connections across changing levels, and monsoon relocation capability. The maintenance scope explicitly covers proper mooring and berthing, repairs, painting, cleanliness, round-the-clock manpower and shifting when the river course changes.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- The World Bank committed supplier amount is USD 1,292,823.86. The tender's pre-award estimate and the procurement plan's USD 1,760,936.47 estimate are not like-for-like evidence of the final payable contract. Public data does not identify variations, certified payments, retention, subcontract values, delay damages, extensions or final quantities by site.
Contract and delivery chain
Named roles and open packages
Named appointments are shown against the workstream they cover. Unallocated packages remain open until a project source identifies the responsible party.
Legal award
IN-IWAI-503689-GO-RFB / World Bank contract 1862243
- Named party
- Merolyn Engineering Works Private Limited
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- World Bank contract data records a USD 1,292,823.86 goods contract signed on 11 November 2025, with no-objection on 20 November 2025. Source
Ten-unit physical scope
Seven Bihar locations on National Waterway-1
- Named party
- IWAI and Merolyn Engineering Works
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The official tender allocates ten 24 m by 6 m steel pontoons and HDPE-supported floating walkways across seven named locations, including three locations with two units each. Source
Contract programme
Eight-month delivery plus 24-month upkeep
- Named party
- IWAI and Merolyn Engineering Works
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The tender fixes an eight-month design-to-commissioning period and two years of post-commissioning maintenance; the procurement plan remains under implementation. Source
Current physical delivery
Fabrication, launch, transport, installation and commissioning
- Named party
- IWAI and Merolyn Engineering Works
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- No official source identifies contract-specific yard numbers, completed units, site mobilisation, installation, commissioning or acceptance.
Lower-tier delivery chain
Design verification, steel, HDPE, fenders, anchors, moorings, transport and installation
- Named party
- Lower-tier parties not identified
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- Merolyn's general riverine-infrastructure capability page does not establish contract-specific appointments, purchase orders or physical progress.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogIWAI signed the ten-jetty Bihar contract
Merolyn became the confirmed design, fabrication, installation and maintenance contractor at USD 1,292,823.86; lower tiers and physical progress remained undisclosed.
SourceIWAI launched the ten-unit steel-pontoon RFB
The tender fixed the seven locations, ten-unit distribution, steel-pontoon and HDPE-walkway scope, eight-month delivery obligation and 24-month upkeep.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Approved general arrangement, site surveys and classification or proof-checking body
- Merolyn fabrication yard and contract-specific keel or module numbers
- Steel, HDPE walkway, fender, winch, anchor, mooring and lifesaving-equipment suppliers
- Transport route, launching spread and installation subcontractors
- Final location coordinates after river-morphology review
- Unit sequence at Khwaspur, Kangan Ghat, Konhara Ghat and Hariharnath Temple
- Two-unit installation sequence at Gyaspur, Chakosan and Pathar Ghat
- Any extension or recovery plan after the tender-derived July 2026 delivery milestone
- Testing, certification, commissioning and owner acceptance by unit
- Twenty-four-month maintenance mobilisation, monsoon relocation and service records
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 5
- Contract record 1862243 for ten Bihar steel floating jetties World Bank, Contract signed 11 November 2025; no-objection 20 November 2025
- Tender for ten steel pontoons and floating walkways in Bihar Inland Waterways Authority of India, 29 July 2025
- World Bank procurement notice OP00370879 World Bank, 29 July 2025
- P148775 procurement plan World Bank, Current plan reviewed 7 August 2026
- Capacity Augmentation of National Waterway-1 project P148775 World Bank, Current project page reviewed 7 August 2026