NHAI CCMS Highway Street Lighting Tenders 2026: What Bidders and Luminaire Suppliers Need to Know

What Is NHAI's CCMS Smart Highway Lighting Programme?

CCMS stands for Centralized Control and Monitoring System. Reports dated September 19, 2026 describe it as a web-based platform for National Highway stretches managed by NHAI, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), wherever street lighting is provided. Officials at regional, project and implementation-unit levels log in with role-based access and see the status of lighting on their stretch (Source: INVC News, September 19, 2026).

The platform schedules automatic ON and OFF operation, tracks power consumption and electrical load, and flags faults remotely. Teams no longer depend only on road users or inspection drives to learn that a light has failed. Two pilots came first: one under the NHAI UP East regional office in Varanasi and one under the MoRTH regional office in Hyderabad. Authorities now use both as reference models for wider rollout (Source: INVC News, September 19, 2026).

Live CCMS and Highway Lighting Tenders in October 2026

Regional offices issue CCMS packages one by one rather than as a single national contract. The listings below were live or recently closed when this guide was published on October 14, 2026. Closing dates move through corrigenda, so confirm every date on the Central Public Procurement Portal before you bid.

Two patterns stand out. First, several packages appear as a second call (Chennai, Siliguri and Gangtok). A second call usually follows a first round that did not end in an award. The listings do not say why, so read the first-call pre-bid queries and corrigenda for clues. Second, each package bundles supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance into one five-year contract, so the bidder carries performance risk long after handover.

Road-safety works add a parallel stream. A MoRTH package for accident-prone locations on NH-162E in Rajasthan includes street light and high mast installation, valued at ₹7.37 crore with a closing date of October 26, 2026 (Source: govttenders.co.in, October 2026). Across all categories, Tender247 lists more than 5,100 live street light tenders and more than 5,000 street light pole tenders in India in October 2026 (Source: Tender247, October 2026).

How CCMS Works on a National Highway

A CCMS sits between the electrical feeder and the luminaires. A controller records electrical parameters, runs the switching schedule and reports to a central web platform. Controllers sold by Indian manufacturers typically include a real-time clock, automatic sunrise and sunset calculation, monitoring of kW, kWh, voltage, current and power factor, and GPRS upload to cloud software (Source: manufacturer product pages, Aaradhya Electronics and eSmartLighting).

The NHIDCL RO Jammu tender adds a useful detail for pricing. Its bill of quantities states that the rate quoted per CCMS includes the number of LED lights listed in the BOQ (Source: tendersplus.com, tender ID 2026_NHIDC_924033_1). In other words, luminaire cost sits inside your CCMS rate. A luminaire that fails early does not just cost a replacement fitting. It costs you a maintenance visit inside a five-year contract.

What CCMS Packages Mean for Luminaire Specifications

Each RFP sets its own luminaire specification, so treat the table below as a starting checklist, not a substitute for the tender document. The right column shows the published values for the Xera Tech 150W Lens Model (SL-LM-150) from its product page.

Highway lighting circuits run long cable lengths, rural feeders and, on some expressways, diesel generator supply. NHAI plans to fit retrofit emission control devices on 25 DG sets used for expressway lighting and related operations along the Dwarka Expressway (Source: Indian Masterminds, October 9, 2026). A luminaire that tolerates wide voltage swings is a practical requirement on these circuits, not a brochure feature.

Where Highway Lights Actually Go: Junctions, Interchanges and Toll Areas

Because CCMS covers only stretches where lighting is required or already provided, demand concentrates on a short list of locations: interchanges, junctions, toll areas, built-up sections and structures such as bridges and underpasses (Source: INVC News, September 19, 2026). Each has a different lighting need from a long open stretch.

Large open areas such as toll plazas and interchange loops often use high mast lighting instead of pole-mounted fittings. For mounting heights, lumen packages and maintenance access, see our high mast light complete guide for India 2026. For wattage, pole height and spacing on built-up highway sections, use the LED street light wattage, pole height and spacing guide and the road lighting standards guide for India 2026.

The Five-Year Contract: Where the Risk Sits

A CCMS package pays for supply and installation, then holds the contractor responsible for operation and maintenance for five years. Reports on National Highway sections in Madhya Pradesh say technical faults must be fixed within 48 hours and that the system connects to NHAI's central server (Source: Rashtra Chandika, September 18, 2026). The RFP for your package sets the actual service levels, so read its penalty clauses line by line.

This creates a warranty gap. Xera Tech's standard warranty is 2 years on the luminaire and 2 years on the driver. A five-year contract means years three to five fall on the contractor unless the luminaire supplier agrees a longer term in writing. Settle three points with your luminaire supplier before you submit a bid:

• Extended warranty terms that match the contract period, stated on paper and not by phone.
• A spares and replacement plan with turnaround times that fit the fault window in the RFP.
• Batch traceability and NABL-accredited test reports for every lot you supply.

Energy Cost per Luminaire: 250W HPSV vs 150W LED

CCMS projects usually replace or supplement older high pressure sodium vapour (HPSV) fittings. The table compares one 250W HPSV fitting with ballast against one 150W LED luminaire, running 12 hours a night for 365 nights. The 290W figure for the HPSV assumes about 40W of ballast loss. Replacement wattage depends on the photometric design for your road, so treat this as an illustration.

On a stretch with 100 luminaires, that is about ₹4.91 lakh to ₹6.13 lakh a year at these tariffs. The 657 kWh figure for a 150W fixture comes from the Xera Tech product page. Any extra saving from a CCMS schedule or dimming depends on the switching profile in the RFP and on whether the tender asks for luminaire-level dimming, so this table does not count it.

Xera Tech Luminaires for Highway CCMS Packages

Xera Tech, LED and solar lighting manufacturer, Satpur MIDC, Nashik, Maharashtra, India, makes the luminaire layer. We do not supply CCMS software or feeder control panels. We supply BIS certification (IS 10322) LED street lights to system integrators and EPC contractors who bid for the full package. For the broader tender rules, see our PWD and GeM approved LED lights guide and the UJALA and Smart Cities LED tender guide.

LED Street Light Lens Model, 150W (SL-LM-150)

BIS · ISO · NABL · GeM · IP66

A 150W lens model fixture for highways, campuses and industrial roads. The 120 degree beam, IP66 housing and 90V to 300V AC input suit exposed stretches on uneven feeders. Listed at ₹1,650 per unit excluding GST, minimum 2 units.

Wattage	150W
IP Rating	IP66
Input Voltage	90V to 300V AC
Certifications	BIS · PWD · ERDA · ISO · GeM
Warranty	2 years

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LED Street Light Lens Model, 200W (SL-LM-200)

BIS · ISO · NABL · GeM · IP66

The top wattage in the Lens Model range, for wider carriageways and higher mounting heights. The product page lists it at ₹2,150 per unit excluding GST. Confirm the full datasheet on the product page before you quote it in a bid.

Wattage	200W
IP Rating	IP66
Input Voltage	90V to 300V AC
Certifications	BIS · PWD · ERDA · ISO · GeM
Warranty	2 years

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Bidder Checklist for CCMS Street Lighting Tenders

1. Download the RFP from the Central Public Procurement Portal and note the corrigendum count and the latest closing date.
2. For second-call packages, retrieve the first-call pre-bid queries and read what the authority clarified.
3. List every luminaire parameter in the BOQ: wattage, IP rating, voltage range, surge level, warranty and approvals.
4. Match each parameter against your supplier's datasheet and ask for the BIS certification (IS 10322) and NABL test reports.
5. Get an extended warranty and a spares plan in writing that match the five-year contract period.
6. Price the CCMS rate with luminaire cost inside it, because the BOQ may bundle the two.
7. Cost the maintenance team around the fault-fix window in the RFP, including night callouts on the stretch.
8. Confirm site access, feeder power availability and whether DG supply is part of the circuit.