Ten firms have shown interest to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) for the 37-km metro line that will link Sarjapur and Hebbal.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL), which is currently evaluating the bids, had floated the tenders a month after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced the new line in his budget speech this year.
RITES Ltd, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System, Korea Railroad Technical Corporation, Urban Mass Transit Company, Consulting Engineers Group, Tractebel Engineering Pvt ltd, and Aarvee Associates, etc are learnt to have participated in the bids.