NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group is inviting bids for
construction of buildings and other infrastructure facilities for its
Vedanta University project. Orissa government and Anil Agarwal Foundation
had signed a memorandum of understanding in 2006 to set up a private
university with a donation of one billion dollars (Rs 4,500 crore) as
endowment amount from Anil Agarwal. The a multi-disciplinary Rs 15000
crore university project of Anil Agarwal Foundation, which would be
spread over 8,000 acres in Puri district of Orissa, was originally scheduled
to start this year but has been postponed as issues related to land
acquisition has delayed the construction work, Anil Agarwal Foundation
s Commercial Head C Joseph said .
As part of its vendor selection process, the foundation has invited
expression of interest (EoI) in a public advertisement across national
dailies, from contractors, suppliers and service providers in areas
like construction of institutional buildings and townships, power station
and other facilities. Joseph said that the current invitation for EoIs
is a follow-up of a previous one, as the task requires numerous contractors
due to its large size. The construction work is expected to start soon
and the foundation has already mobilised the piling contractor and is
in process of finalising other contractors.
