DMIC IITGNL Floats Rs 5,881 Crore Global Tender for Multi-Modal Logistics Hub at Dadri, Greater Noida

What was decided

DMIC Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Limited (IITGNL), a Special Purpose Vehicle and joint venture between the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) and the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), Government of Uttar Pradesh has invited global tenders for the "Development of Greenfield Multi Modal Logistics Hub (MMLH) at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh" on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis. The instrument used is a Request for Qualification-cum-Request for Proposal (RFQ-cum-RFP), inviting a private concessionaire to finance, build and operate the facility for a fixed concession term. The tender has been published on the Government of Uttar Pradesh e-Procurement Portal under Tender ID: 2025_DMICG_1088946_1, dated 07 November 2025. News coverage of the float followed on and around 11 November 2025.

Which body decided, and under what structure

The project is developed by a Special Purpose Vehicle, DMIC Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Limited (DMIC IITGNL), jointly formed on a 50-50 ownership basis by the Centre's National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) and the Uttar Pradesh government's Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA). Under the RFQ-cum-RFP document itself, NICDIT and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, represented by GNIDA, promoted and incorporated DMIC IITGNL as the Special Purpose Vehicle referred to as "the Authority" for the bidding process.

The tender was not floated smoothly on the first attempt — an earlier administrative delay pushed back the original upload date. A tender notice dated 14 October 2025 informed bidders that, due to administrative reasons, the RFQ-cum-RFP bid documents could not be uploaded on 13 October 2025 as originally planned, and revised dates would follow. The tender was ultimately published on 7 November 2025.

Before the tender floated, the project cleared a key Central appraisal gate: the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) appraised the project at its meeting dated 2 May 2025.

Operative details: site, boundaries and connectivity

The logistics park will be developed on approximately 311 hectares in Dadri, near the junction of the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC). Located adjacent to the Delhi–Howrah railway line and close to NH-91, the proposed MMLH will offer seamless rail and road connectivity. IITGNL CEO Ravi Kumar NG has described the site as located at Bodaki, where the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors intersect.

Rail integration is being handled separately from the DBFOT tender. DFCCIL has accorded approval on the DPR for external rail connectivity from New Dadri Station (DFC) to the MMLH site (5.1 km), being executed through DFCCIL on a deposit basis. In a related but distinct agreement, DFCCIL signed a Rs 579 crore MoU with DMIC-IITGNL to develop the Internal Yard of the MMLH, covering civil, electrical and signalling works across 23 yard lines, including five 1,500-metre lines.

Land assembly for the combined MMLH and its companion Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH) project was substantially, but not fully, complete at the time of tender float: out of a total land requirement of 479 hectares (1,183 acres) for MMLH and MMTH combined, 452.2 hectares (1,117 acres) was under possession with the State Government, with a further 26 hectares being acquired by DFCCIL/NCR under the Railways Act. Of this, 227.48 hectares (562 acres) had been transferred to the project SPV, with matching equity of Rs 853.05 crore released by NICDIT. Environmental clearance for both projects was granted earlier: the Environmental Clearance for MMLH and MMTH was granted by SEIAA, Uttar Pradesh on 24 April 2023.

Financial terms of the tender

The key tender details are: Tender Value of Rs 5,881 crore; Tender Fee of Rs 6,00,000; and an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Rs 60 crore. Bidding is structured as a revenue-share concession rather than a straight construction contract: the RFQ-cum-RFP requires bidders to submit technical and financial capacity details along with financial proposals, evaluated on a Minimum Guaranteed Revenue share basis (on an XNPV basis adjusted to the Appointed Date), with the Highest Bidder being the one offering the highest such share. Per the same bid document, the Appointed Date is set for 31 December 2026 and the Commercial Operation Date for 1 January 2029.

Under the PPP structure, the roles split cleanly between public and private partners: the selected private partner will finance, construct, and operate the hub, while DMIC IITGNL will provide land and external infrastructure.

Capacity, phasing and freight role

The project will follow the PPP DBFOT structure and will be executed in three phases, with expansions tied to traffic and cargo growth. In its first phase, per multiple reports based on the project's technical parameters, the hub is designed to handle 0.74 million TEUs of containerised cargo and 6.7 million tonnes of non-containerised freight annually, with warehousing capacity of 3 million sq ft and cold storage of 0.3 million sq ft. Planned expansion envisages up to 12.5 million sq ft of warehousing and 1.2 million sq ft of cold storage, scaled by demand. At full build-out across all phases, separate reporting puts capacity at 1.44 million TEUs of container traffic and nearly 7.9 million tonnes of bulk cargo.

Editorial note: the phase-wise investment split reported in initial project briefings — approximately Rs 2,374 crore for Phase I, Rs 1,412 crore for Phase II and Rs 2,095 crore for Phase III — could not be independently corroborated in the publicly available tender notices reviewed for this record and should be treated as provisional pending confirmation from the concession agreement.

Officials said the hub will serve as a feeder to both the DFCs and the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar, integrating rail, road, and air cargo systems to enable efficient movement of goods.

Timeline: from float to concession signing

The tender was published on the UP e-Procurement portal under Tender ID 2025_DMICG_1088946_1, dated 07 November 2025. A pre-bid meeting was scheduled for 08 December 2025 at 3:30 PM, with the bid submission deadline set for 06 February 2026 (up to 5:00 PM IST). Technical bid opening was scheduled to follow on 9 February 2026, ahead of financial evaluation and concession agreement signing. Under the RFQ-cum-RFP timetable, the Appointed Date is fixed at 31 December 2026 and the Commercial Operation Date at 1 January 2029.

This is a live, evolving process: a corrigendum to the RFQ-cum-RFP has already been logged on the e-procurement system, which is normal for a tender of this size and typically covers clarifications, minor date shifts, or document corrections rather than a change in scope.

Practical effect for investors and the region

For bidders, this notification opens a formal, dated window (float to 6 February 2026) to qualify and price a 300-hectare-plus freight concession sitting at a rail junction few other Indian sites can match — the site provides seamless connectivity for double-stack container movement and heavy-axle freight trains across the national freight network. For logistics and warehousing operators in the NCR, the MMLH is a planned facility, not yet operational — the tender is for construction and operation rights, and first cargo movement will not occur until well after the Commercial Operation Date targeted for 2029.

For the wider Dadri–Greater Noida–Jewar corridor, the tender float is one part of a larger, coordinated build-out. The MMLH is being developed alongside cargo infrastructure at Noida International Airport in Jewar and a network of new logistics parks and industrial townships, together valued at Rs 5,881 crore and forming what officials describe as a logistics triangle linking rail, road and air transport. As of November 2025, land assembly and rail-yard MoUs were progressing in parallel with the DBFOT tender, meaning the practical effect today is procedural — a formal call for private capital — rather than physical construction on the ground.