Location
India / Asia Pacific
Project record
Mus seawall at Car Nicobar
Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works closed its two-cover EPC recall for 450 metres of seawall and shore protection at Mus on 6 May 2026. The procurement portal still shows evaluation without an award. The ministry's 2026-27 works statement retains the INR 471.3 million sanctioned scheme and a separate INR 421.3 million budget provision, while IIT Madras is listed for PMC services.
Segment
Coastal infrastructure
Status
Recall tender is in post-bid evaluation; no public AOC or named EPC contractor / Confirmed
Last checked
16 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Coastal infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
Subject index
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works (ALHW)
- Delivery parties
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras - PMC services consultant listed for the 450 m Mus seawall scheme, EPC contractor - no award of contract published by 16 August 2026
- Contract route
- ALHW published recall tender 2026_ALHW_903743_1 on India's Central Public Procurement Portal as an open, two-cover EPC procurement. The tender required a technical package and separate price bid, carried an INR 6.32 million EMD and 75-day bid validity, and closed on 6 May 2026 after a date extension.
- Execution window
- The official tender page sets a 457-day works period. With no public AOC, contract date or notice to proceed, there is no evidence-based calendar start or completion date.
- Works package
- The tender synopsis names 450 metres of seawall and shore protection. The ministry's 2024-25 annual report describes a sanctioned 450-metre shore-protection line with a 150-metre approach and says the intended outcome is to limit land erosion and harbour-basin accumulation. It also records proposed NTCPWC design revalidation after changes in the shore profile. The published synopsis does not show whether the 150-metre approach or the revalidated geometry was carried unchanged into the recalled EPC package.
- Marine interfaces
- Mus lies on Car Nicobar's exposed coast beside a harbour formed by a 490-metre breakwater and a lee-side jetty. CWPRS recorded shoreline change within the harbour and used numerical modelling to examine the proposed seawall. Wave loading, toe support, graded filters, armour grading, quarry-to-island logistics and temporary access therefore sit on the same delivery path as adjacent-shore erosion or accretion monitoring. The reported change in shore profile makes the final design basis and survey date commercially significant.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- The INR 431.74 million tender estimate is not an accepted contract price. Separately, the ministry's 2026-27 works statement lists an INR 471.3 million scheme estimate, INR 11.8 million actual expenditure to the end of 2024-25, no probable expenditure during 2025-26 and an INR 421.3 million provision for 2026-27. Those are programme-budget entries rather than evidence of EPC award, physical progress or payment under the recalled tender.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogThe extended technical-bid opening date passed
ALHW's corrigendum moved technical opening to 12 May. The current portal shows a post-bid workflow but no AOC, so the record remains at tender stage.
SourceThe recalled EPC tender closed
The extension moved the bid deadline from 28 April to 6 May. The close does not identify a qualified bidder, accepted price or contractor.
SourceALHW published the current recall
Tender 2026_ALHW_903743_1 put the 450-metre seawall into a two-cover EPC procurement with an INR 431.74 million estimate and a 457-day works period.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Technical and financial evaluation outcome
- Award of contract, accepted price and named EPC contractor
- Formal works commencement and the start date for the 457-day programme
- Final seawall alignment, cross-section, toe and filter details
- Treatment of the 150-metre approach road described in the sanctioned scheme
- Rock source, island logistics, temporary access and marine plant
- Neighbouring shoreline response, surveys and environmental controls
- As-built length, owner acceptance and post-monsoon performance
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 9
- Mus, Car Nicobar seawall recall tender 2026_ALHW_903743_1 Central Public Procurement Portal / Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Published 25 March 2026; current record reviewed 21 July 2026
- Tender-stage status for 2026_ALHW_903743_1 Central Public Procurement Portal / Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Current status reviewed 21 July 2026
- ALHW corrigendum extending the bid deadline and technical opening Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Daily Telegrams, 28 April 2026
- Mus shoreline-change numerical modelling study summary Central Water and Power Research Station, Annual Report 2020-21
- Ministry demand document listing the 450-metre seawall and 150-metre approach road Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Demand for Grants 2024-25
- Annual report recording revised sanction and proposed NTCPWC design revalidation Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Annual Report 2024-25
- 2026-27 works statement for the Mus seawall scheme Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27
- State environmental appraisal record for the Mus seawall proposal Andaman and Nicobar Islands State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, 2021
- IIT Madras consultancy list naming PMC services for the 450 m Mus seawall Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Project list as of 31 March 2025