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NHPC Limited (a Government of India Navratna enterprise) published a Request for Proposal (tender reference 2026_NHPC_896635_1), announced and implemented 5 February 2026, for construction works on the Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project in Ramban district, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, with a disclosed value of INR 5,129.03 crore (~USD 615 million). Per NHPC's standing compliance with the Government of India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, the tender embeds a bid-evaluation local-content preference margin favouring Class-I local suppliers across the civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert logs the intervention as a certainly-harmful public-procurement preference margin.

On 4 February 2026, East Coast Railway — a zonal railway of India's Ministry of Railways — launched a tender for the design and construction, on an EPC basis, of loop lines at existing stations, valued at INR 127.80 crore (approx. USD 15.4 million). The tender embeds a domestic-content preference under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017 (as amended), consistent with the wider batch of India localisation-preference tenders already tracked in this register. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented on 4 February 2026.

Northeast Frontier Railway issued a tender for the design, supply, erection, and commissioning of tunnel ventilation and electrical systems, valued at INR 114.78 crore (~USD 12.7 million). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier bid-evaluation preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving Class-I local suppliers an advantage in the electrical-equipment/civil-engineering procurement categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 4 February 2026.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal for construction of a 6-lane access-controlled greenfield highway from Adgaon to Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 6,890.55 crore (~USD 800m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 4 February 2026.

India's Ministry of Railways, through Northeast Frontier Railway's construction organisation, issued Request for Proposal (Tender No. CE/CON/DK/EPC/2026/01) worth INR 306.10 crore for tunnel-protection and associated works on the Dimapur-Kohima (Dhansiri-Zubza) new broad-gauge railway line in Nagaland. The tender embeds a domestic- supplier bid-evaluation preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving Class-I local suppliers an advantage across civil-engineering and general-construction categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 23 January 2026; contract value (INR 306.10 crore, ~USD 36.9 million) is disclosed on GTA's state-act record.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a Request for Proposal (tender ref. 215/13Yata-NH-10//2025) for a road-widening project, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 263.27 crore (~USD 31.5m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 20 January 2026.

NHAI issued a tender (ref. NHAI/Tech/Del/MRT/174600) for road construction in Uttar Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 194.35 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 16 January 2026.

NHPC Limited issued Notice Inviting e-Tender No. 2026_NHPC_894115_1 (registered ~12 January 2026, corrigendum 19 January 2026) for "Development of Power Evacuation Infrastructure for 1200MW Jalaun Solar Park" — three 33/400 kV pooling substations and associated transmission works for the Bundelkhand Saur Urja Limited (BSUL) solar park, a joint venture between NHPC and the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA). Global Trade Alert values the tender at INR 614.21 crore. Per NHPC's standing compliance with the Government of India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, bidders must certify minimum local content, giving Class-I local suppliers a bid-evaluation preference margin. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 15 January 2026.

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) issued a tender (RFP ref. BMRCL/Phase-3/P3/Double Decker/2026/145, 13 January 2026) for construction of elevated structures — metro viaduct, rail-cum-road flyover, and stations spanning approximately 6.652 km — as part of the Bangalore Metro Phase 3 double-decker corridor, with a disclosed contract value of INR 1,415.65 crore (~USD 165-170 million). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier local-content preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, restricting bid-evaluation advantage toward Class-I local suppliers across the civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented on 13 January 2026.

On 12 January 2026 India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways published a Request for Proposal (ref. TN.No.25/HDO/NH/2025-26/) for a flyover-construction project in Tamil Nadu valued at INR 116.78 crore (~USD 13.6 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 the National Highways Authority of India published a Request for Proposal (ref. RW/NH-12014/08/2025-RJ/ZONE WEST) for a road-construction project in Rajasthan valued at INR 481.35 crore (~USD 56 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 India's National Highways Authority of India issued a Request for Proposal (ref. RW/JAI/RJ/RO/AP/2024-25/138) for a road-construction project in Rajasthan valued at INR 633.99 crore (~USD 76 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 the National Highways Authority of India (Zone West, Rajasthan) published a Request for Proposal (ref. RW/NH-12014/11/2025-RJ/ZONE-WEST) for a road-construction project in Rajasthan valued at INR 883.21 crore (~USD 103 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and support-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 NHPC Limited (a Government of India enterprise) launched a tender for civil works on the Kamala Hydroelectric Project (1,720 MW, Kamle district, Arunachal Pradesh) valued at INR 3,137.8 crore (~USD 378 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across general-construction and civil-engineering categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), a Government of India enterprise, published a public-procurement tender on 9 January 2026 for Power House Electro-Mechanical Works on the 3x80 MW Heo Hydro Electric Project (Shi Yomi District, Arunachal Pradesh) that embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented the same day. The underlying EM-works tender (NIB No. 477, dated 26 February 2025, Tender ID 2025_NEEPC_228155_1) was independently located via third-party tender-aggregator listings, though its specific local-content percentage sits in the full RFP document rather than in public summaries.

NHAI's Project Implementation Unit at Lucknow (PIU-LKO) published a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/PIU-LKO/NH-27/Blackspot/2026) for the rectification of an accident blackspot on NH-27 in Uttar Pradesh, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 107.87 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 9 January 2026.

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), a Government of India enterprise, published a public-procurement tender on 8 January 2026 for civil works (RCC abutments, wing walls and allied structures) on the 240 MW Heo Hydro Electric Project (West Siang / Shi Yomi district, Arunachal Pradesh) that embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented the same day. This is a separate procurement package (civil works) from the electro-mechanical-works tender for the same underlying project already on the register.

On 8 January 2026, NHAI published a Request for Proposal (tender ref. MPDIV-2101...) for a road-construction project in Madhya Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,662.93 crore (~USD 190m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and supporting-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 8 January 2026.

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India's primary nuclear research organisation, published an engineering-procurement- construction (EPC) tender (Tender ID BARC(V)/CES/IPR/EPC/208) on 6 January 2026 for an isotopes production reactor at Visakhapatnam that embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement and bid-evaluation preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented the same day. This follows the same pattern as the register's other single-tender DPIIT Make-in-India filings (NHAI, NHIDCL, NEEPCO, UPMRC, BMRCL, NHPC, MPPKVVCL), applied here to nuclear infrastructure procurement.

On 6 January 2026 National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), an NHAI subsidiary, published a Request for Proposal (ref. NHLML/Ropeways/Kamakhya/2026/) for the development, operation, and maintenance of a ropeway connecting Kamakhya Railway Station to Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam, valued at INR 201.52 crore (~USD 24 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 6 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) issued tender RVNL/KOL/EL/Metro/20 (announced and implemented 6 January 2026) for Design, Supply, Erection, Testing and Commissioning of Environmental Control Systems (ECS) and Tunnel Ventilation Systems (TVS) across four underground stations on the Kolkata Metro, with a disclosed contract value of INR 305.81 crore (~USD 36 million). The tender embeds a domestic- supplier local-content preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, restricting bid-evaluation advantage toward Class-I local suppliers across the civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented on 6 January 2026.

NHAI's Jharkhand Division tendered a Performance-Based Maintenance Contract (PBMC) covering operation and maintenance of the 4-laned Kutchery Chowk (Ranchi)–Piska More–Bijupara section of NH-75 (km 3.560–55.000) and the Piska More–Palma section of NH-23 (km 3.600–26.000), a combined ~72.67 km, estimated cost ~INR 160.70 crore (NIT), with Global Trade Alert recording a related contract value of INR 197.36 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers in civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 2 January 2026, referencing tender ID E-249659; the underlying NIT was published 25 February 2025 with bid opening 23 May 2025 for a 1,825-day (~5-year) O&M term.

NHAI's Maharashtra & Goa Division issued a Request for Proposal (ref. MHDIV-24/14/2025-Maharashtra & Goa Division) for road-works maintenance in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 94.57 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 2 January 2026.

NHIDCL issued a Request for Proposal on 2 January 2026 for Package-1 (Km 0+000 to Km 45+645, project cost ~INR 4,734.24 crore) of the Mawlyngkhung (Meghalaya)–Panchgram (Assam) greenfield high-speed corridor, to be built on a hybrid annuity basis. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, applying a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers in the civil works and general-construction categories. Bid submission deadline is 8 July 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a further section of NH-44 (Panipat–Khanna, Package 1), spanning Haryana and Punjab, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 275.49 crore. As with the companion Package 2 and Package 3 tenders on the same corridor, the RFP embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a further section of NH-44 (Panipat–Khanna, Package 2), spanning Haryana and Punjab, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 278.04 crore. As with the companion Package 3 tender on the same corridor, the RFP embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a section of NH-44 (Panipat–Khanna, Package 3) in Punjab, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 284.48 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the permanent rectification of blackspots and accident-prone locations on the Madurai–Kayathar section of NH-44 in Tamil Nadu, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 255.94 crore. The tender embeds a domestic- supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

UPMRC issued a Notice Inviting Tender (ref. UPMRC/LKCC(02)-02/Vol-1/NIT) on 1 January 2026 for the design and construction of the elevated viaduct and five elevated stations (Thakurganj, Balaganj, Sarfarajganj, Musabagh, Vasantkunj) on Lucknow Metro Line-2's East-West Corridor (Phase 1B), valued at approximately INR 492.22 crore. As with the parallel NHAI/NHIDCL road-tender filings on this register, the NIT embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement and purchase preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving Class-I local suppliers a bid-evaluation advantage in the civil-engineering, general-construction, and site-preparation-services categories. Global Trade Alert logs this as two linked interventions (localisation and preference margin) under the same state act; both are consolidated into this single filing.