NOTICE INVITING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) DELHI RAIL CORPORATION LIMITED

1. Rail Corporation (DMRC) Ltd. on behalf of Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (LMRC) invites Expression of Interest (EOI) to appoint General Consultants (GC) to assist LMRC for the implementation of Lucknow Metro Rail project. Expression of Interest are being invited by the Executive Director (Contracts) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) on behalf of LMRC from eligible and interested National and International Consultants having experience of working as General / Project Consultants in Metro Rail Systems.

2. Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (LMRC) is a Special Purpose Vehicle formed for the planning, design, implementation and operation of Metro System for the City of Lucknow, LMRC is presently a fully owned Company of the Government of , but shortly the Government of will join this Company as a 50% share holder, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has carried out the investigation and studies for Lucknow Metro Rail Project (Phase-1A) and prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) in April, 2011 and subsequently a revised DPR was submitted in October, 2013, based on which the project is proposed to be implemented.

2. The City: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh State and the administrative headquarters of Lucknow districts and division with a population of over 3 million. Being an important cultural and trading centre Lucknow continues to grow and attract large number of people to the city.

3. The Project: The North-South corridor of Lucknow metro starts from CCS Airport and terminates at Munshi Pulia. The length of this line is 22.878 kms with total 22 stations. Out of 22.878 kms, 3.44 kms is underground and balance length is elevated. Three stations out of 22 stations are underground and remaining nineteen stations are elevated.

North-South Corridor of Lucknow Metro will be on Standard Gauge (Gauge of 1435 mm)

4. Funding: The total completion cost of the project as per DPR is Rs.6880 crores of which the two Governments will fund to the extent of approximately 50% of the cost. The Governments are negotiating with external funding agencies for funding the balance portion of the cost.

5. Key details:

Approximate cost of work INR 1890 million

Completion Period 48 months

EOI documents on sale From 26.12.2014 to 03.02.2015 (between 0900 hrs. to 1730 hrs.) on working days and on 04.02.2015 up to 1100 hrs.

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Cost of EOI documents INR 21,000/- non-refundable (inclusive of 5% DVAT) (Demand Draft /Banker’s cheque) drawn on a Scheduled Commercial Bank based in India and should be in favour of “Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd” payable at .)

Pre-bid Meeting 15.01.2015 at 1100 hrs. Last date of Seeking Clarification 16.01.2015 Last date of issuing addendum 23.01.2015 Date & time of Submission of EOI 04.02.2015 up to 1500 hrs. documents

Date & time of opening of EOI 04.02.2015 at 1505 hrs. documents Authority and place for purchase of EOI Executive Director/Contracts documents, seeking clarifications, pre- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., bid meeting and submission of 5th floor, A-Wing, Metro Bhawan, completed EOI documents. Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road, The sealed envelope of submission New Delhi –110 001 should be superscribed “Expression of

Interest (EOI) for Engagement of General Consultant (GC) for North – South Corridor of Lucknow Metro Rail Project”.

6. Eligibility:

The EOI for this contract will be considered only from those applicants who meet requisite eligibility criteria prescribed in the sub-clauses of Clause 6 (i) below.

The Applicants may be a single entity or a joint venture (JV) / consortium, joining together to assist LMRC in implementing the project. In case of group of entities/consortium the number of consortium partners shall be limited to 4 with minimum percentage participation interest of 20% (partners having less than 20% participation will be termed as non-substantial partner and will not be considered for evaluation which means that their financial soundness and work experience shall not be considered for evaluation of JV/Consortium). The JV/consortium as a whole must satisfy both Technical and Financial eligibility criteria but the members will be jointly and severally responsible. The eligibility criteria are as under: In the case of Applicant being a consortium, the consortium members shall also identify the Lead Member, which should be supported by a Power of Attorney as per Annexure 2 of Part-I of EOI document signed by all the members. The members of the consortium shall also submit a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of submitting the proposal.

Subject to above the term Applicant shall apply to both a single entity and a JV/consortium. ______2 LKGC-01 Notification of EOI for Engagement of GC for N-S Corridor of Lucknow Metro Rail Project

(i) Minimum Technical Eligibility Criteria:

A. Work Experience: The applicants will be qualified only if they have completed work(s) during last seven years ending 31.01.2015 as given below:

At least one similar consultancy work of value of INR 1600 million (US $ 26 million) or more.

If the above work of INR 1600 million (US $ 26 million) has been done by the foreign applicant and the work was done in the country of the foreign applicant, then in addition to this, the foreign partner must have done works equal to INR 800 million (US $ 13 million) outside the country of the foreign applicant.

OR

Two similar consultancy works each of value of INR 1000 million (US $ 16 million) or more.

If the above work of INR 1000 million (US $ 16 million) has been done by the foreign applicant and the work was done in the country of the foreign applicant, then in addition to this, the foreign partner must have done works equal to INR 800 million (US $ 13 million) outside the country of the foreign applicant.

OR

Three similar consultancy works each of value of INR 800 million (US $ 13 million) or more.

If the above work of INR 800 million (US $ 13 million) has been done by the foreign applicant and the work was done in the country of the foreign applicant then in addition to this, the foreign partner must have done works equal to INR 800 million (US $ 13 million) outside the country of the foreign applicant.

Notes:

• ‘Similar consultancy work’ means a General / Project Consultancy work pertaining to medium or large Metro System involving the work of framing specifications, drawing up contract documents, checking designs, project management and supervision including inspection, safety and quality, testing and commissioning.

• The applicant must be of National / International repute having prior experience of working as General / Project Consultant for a medium or large Metro System.

• The applicant shall submit details of works executed by them for the works to be considered for qualification of work experience criteria in a format prescribed in Annexure-2 of part-II of EOI document. Documentary proof such as completion certificates from client clearly indicating the nature/scope of work, actual completion cost and actual date of completion for such work should be submitted. The offers submitted without this documentary proof shall not be evaluated. In case the work is executed for ______3 LKGC-01 Notification of EOI for Engagement of GC for N-S Corridor of Lucknow Metro Rail Project

private client, copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wise details of payment received certified by C.A., T.D.S certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by client shall be submitted.

• Value of successfully completed portion of any ongoing work up to 31.01.2015 will also be considered for qualification of work experience criteria.

• For completed works, value of work done shall be updated to 31.01.2015 price level assuming 5% inflation for Indian Rupees every year and 2% for foreign currency portions per year. The exchange rate of foreign currency shall be applicable 28 days before the submission date of EOI application.

• In case of joint venture / Consortium, full value of the work, if done by the same joint venture shall be considered. However, if the qualifying work(s) were done by them in JV/Consortium having different constituents, then the value of work as per their percentage participation in such JV/Consortium shall be considered.

B. Financial Standing: Applicant will be qualified only if they have minimum financial capabilities as below:

(i) T1 –Liquidity: It is necessary that the firm can withstand cash flow that the contract will require until payments received from the Employer. Liquidity therefore becomes an important consideration.

This shall be seen from the balance sheets and/or from the banking reference. Net current assets and/or documents including banking reference, should show that the applicant has access to or has available liquid assets, lines of credit and other financial means to meet cash flow of INR 67.50 million (or US $ 1.09 million) for this contract, net of applicant’s commitments for other Contracts. Banking reference (format prescribed in Annexure–5A of part-II of EOI document) should contain in clear terms the amount that bank will be in a position to lend for this work to the applicant/member of the Joint Venture/Consortium. In case the Net Current Assets (as seen from the Balance Sheets) are negative, only the Banking references will be considered. Otherwise the aggregate of the Net Current Assets and submitted Banking references will be considered for working out the Liquidity. The banking reference should be from a Scheduled Bank in India or in case of foreign parties from an international bank of repute acceptable to DMRC and it should not be more than 3 months old as on date of submission of bids. In Case of JV/Consortium – Requirement of liquidity is to be distributed between members as per their percentage participation and every member should satisfy the minimum requirement. Example: Let member-1 has percentage participation = M and member-2 has percentage participation = N. If minimum liquidity required is ‘W’

then liquidity of member-1 ≥ W M 100

and liquidity of member-2 ≥ W N 100

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(ii) T2 - Net Worth: Net Worth of tenderer during last audited financial year should be more than INR 94.5 million (or US $ 1.53 million)

In Case of JV/consortium- Net worth will be based on the percentage participation of each Member.

Example: Let Member-1 has percentage participation = M and Member-2 has = N. Let the Net worth of Member-1 is A and that of Member-2 is B, then the Net worth of JV/consortium will be AM+BN 100

(iii) T3 - Annual Turnover: The average annual turnover from consultancy works of last five financial years should be more than INR 378.0 million (or US $ 6.11 million).

The average annual turnover of JV/consortium will be based on percentage participation of each member. Example: Let Member-1 has percentage participation = M and Member - 2 = N. Let the average annual turnover of Member-1 is ‘A’ and that of Member-2 is ‘B’, then the average annual turnover of JV/consortium will be = AM+BN 100 Notes: • Financial data for latest last five audited financial years has to be submitted by the applicant in the format prescribed in Annexure-5 of part-II of EOI document along with audited balance sheets. The financial data in shall be certified by Chartered Accountant / Company Auditor with his stamp and signature in original. In case audited balance sheet of the last financial year is not made available by the applicant, then the applicant has to submit an affidavit certifying that ‘the balance sheet has actually not been audited so far’. In such a case the financial data of previous ‘4’ audited financial years will be taken into consideration for evaluation. If audited balance sheet of any year other than the last year is not submitted, the application may be considered as non-responsive.

• Where a work is undertaken by a group, only that portion of the contract which is undertaken by the concerned applicant/member should be indicated and the remaining done by the other members of the group be excluded. This is to be substantiated with documentary evidence.

C. Bid Capacity Criteria:

Bid Capacity: The applicant will be qualified only if their available bid capacity is more than the approximate cost of this work as per clause 5 above. Available bid capacity will be calculated based on the following formula:

Available Bid Capacity = 2*A*N – B

Where, A = Maximum of the value of Consultancy works executed in any one year during the last five financial years (updated to 31.01.2015 price level assuming 5% inflation for ______5 LKGC-01 Notification of EOI for Engagement of GC for N-S Corridor of Lucknow Metro Rail Project

Indian Rupees every year and 2% for foreign currency portions per year). The exchange rate of foreign currency shall be applicable 28 days before the submission date of EOI application.

N = No. of years prescribed for completion of the work

B = Value of existing commitments (as on 31.01.2015) for on-going Consultancy work during period of 48 months w.e.f.01.02.2015.

Notes:

• Financial data for latest last five financial years as per format prescribed in Annexure-3 of part-II of EOI document shall be submitted by the applicant in along with audited financial statements. This financial data shall be certified by the Chartered Accountant / Company Auditor with his stamp and signature in original.

• Value of existing commitments for on-going Consultancy works during period of 48 months w.e.f. 01.02.2015 shall be submitted by the applicant as per format prescribed in Annexure-4 and 4A of part-II of EOI document. These data shall be certified by the Chartered Accountant / Company Auditor with his stamp and signature in original.

• In the case of a group, the above formula will be applied to each member to the extent of his proposed participation in the execution of the work. If the proposed % participation is not mentioned then equal participation will be assumed.

Example for calculation of bid capacity in case of JV / Group: Suppose there are ‘P’ and ‘Q’ members of the JV / group with their participation in the JV / group as 70% and 30% respectively and available bid capacity of these members as per above formula individually works out ‘X’ and ‘Y’ respectively, then Bid Capacity of JV / group shall be as under:

Bid Capacity of the JV / group = 0.7X + 0.3Y

7. The application of applicants, who do not qualify the minimum eligibility criteria & bid capacity criteria stipulated in the clauses 6 (i) A, B and C above, shall not be considered for further evaluation and therefore rejected. The mere fact that the applicant is qualified as mentioned in sub clause 6 (i) A, B and C above shall not imply that his bid shall automatically be accepted. The same should contain all technical data prescribed in the EOI document.

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