Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Government of India Consultancy services for preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane with paved shoulders configurationin the State of Telangana. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) JANUARY, 2017 NIT No. SE(R&B)/NH/HYD/85/2016-17 Date:03.01.2017 (Package-II) Superintending Engineer, R&B, National Highways Circle, Errummanzil, Hyderabad Telangana State Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways 1 for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane with paved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana. INDEX Sl. Content Page No. No. 1 Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) 3-4 2 Letter of Invitation 5-21 3 Annex -I : List of Projects along with Package Nos. 22 4 Annex-II : Procedure of Assessment of Least Cost to 23-28 Authority under special circumstances Annex-III : Procedure Under E-Tendering- Instruction To 5 Bidders 29-32 6 Data Sheet 33-43 7 Appendix - I : Terms of Reference 44-92 8 Supplement -I: Additional Requirements for Hill Roads 93-97 9 Supplement - II: Additional Requirements for Bridges 98-100 10 Supplement – III : Additional requirement for safety audit 101-105 11 Enclosure - I : Manning Schedule 106 12 Enclosure - II : Qualification Requirements of Key Personnel 107-114 Enclosure - III: Schedule for Submission of Reports and 13 Documents 115-116 14 Appendix – II : Formats for Eligibility 117-123 15 Appendix - III : Formats for Technical Proposals 124-137 16 Appendix - IV: Formats for Financial Proposals 138-147 17 Appendix - V: Detailed Evaluation Criteria 148-163 18 Appendix - VI: Draft Contract Agreement 164-209 Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways 2 for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane with paved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Government of India NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT) NIT No. SE(R&B)/NH/HYD/85/2016-17 Date:03.01.2017(Package-II) 1. R&B Department, NH wing, Government of Telangana has been assigned the work of“Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane withpaved shoulder configuration in the State of Telangana”. 2. Proposals are hereby invited from eligible Technical Consultants for “Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane withpaved shoulder configuration in the State of Telangana”. The details of the stretches are as below: (i) Zaheerabad–Bidar(25Kms) approved “In-Principle” for declaration as NH (Package-I) (ii) Bhadrachalam-Jeelugumalli-Jangareddygudem(68Kms)approved “In-Principle” for declaration as NH(Package-II) (iii) Telangana State Border-Kotlapur-Chincholi-Tandur-Kodangal-Kosigi- Mohammadabad-Mahaboobnagar(96Kms) (Package-III) (iv) Shadnagar-Chevella-Shankarpalli-Kandi (71Kms) (Package-IV) The Letter of Invitation (LOI) and Terms of Reference (ToR) including Request for Proposal (RFP) is available online on e-tender portal of MORT&H https://morth.eproc.in. The Bidders have to pay a fee of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) plus 15.0% VAT towards cost of document. The cost of the document Rs. 5000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) shall be paid in the form of Demand Draft obtained from a Nationalised/ Scheduled Bank in favour of Regional Pay & Accounts Officer, Hyderabad payable at Hyderabad and VAT at 15.00% on Rs. 5000/- i.e Rs.750/- shall be paid in the form of Demand Draft obtained from a Nationalised/Scheduled Bank in favour of Pay & Accounts officer (Works & Projects), Hyderabad payable at Hyderabad.The fee for the document and VAT must be furnished in a separate envelop while submitting the proposal. The fee of document and VAT are non-refundable. 3. The RFP has also been uploaded on “INFRACON” (www.infracon.nic.in). As suchbefore submitting the proposal the Consultant shall mandatorily register and enlist themselves (the firm and all key personnel), on the MoRTH portal “INFRACON” and furnish registration details along with its RFP. A copy of Infracon Operation Procedure is also enclosed for bidder’s reference. Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways 3 for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane with paved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana. 4. All the bidders registered on Infracon shall form a Team on Infracon and which would be assigned unique Infracon Team ID. Bidders while submitting the proposal shall quote the Infracon Team ID. 5. Bid must be submitted online at e-tender portal of MORT&H https://morth.eproc.in on or before 16.02.2017 at 17.00 hrs 6. The following schedule is to be followed for this assignment: i. Deadline for downloading of bid: 20.01.2017 to 16.02.2017 ii. Last date for submission of queries: 02.02.2017 upto 17.00 hrs iii. Pre bid meeting: 03.02.2017 at 15.00 hrs. iv. Deadline for Submission of bids : 16.02.2017 upto 17.00 hrs. Yours Sincerely, Superintending Engineer, R&B, NH Circle, Errummanzil, Hyderabad. e-mail Id: [email protected] Phone No. ……………………... Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways 4 for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane with paved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana. Letter of Invitation (LOI) Ref.:- SE(R&B)/NH/HYD/84/2016-17 Date:03.01.2017(Package-II) Dear Sir, Sub: “Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways for up gradation to 2/4/6-lane with paved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana” - Letter of Invitation - Regarding. Introduction 1.1 The R&B Department of NH wing, Hyderabad, Telangana State has been entrusted with the assignment of “Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways forup gradation to 2/4/6-lane withpaved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India. The R&B Department of NH wing, Hyderabad, Telangana State now invites proposals from Technical Consultants for carrying out detailed project report for the following stretches. (i) Zaheerabad–Bidar(25Kms) approved “In-Principle” for declaration as NH (Package-I) (ii) Bhadrachalam-Jeelugumalli-Jangareddygudem(68Kms)approved “In-Principle” for declaration as NH(Package-II) (iii) Telangana State Border-Kotlapur-Chincholi-Tandur-Kodangal-Kosigi- Mohammadabad-Mahaboobnagar(96Kms) (Package-III) (iv) Shadnagar-Chevella-Shankarpalli-Kandi (71Kms) (Package-IV) 1.2 A brief description of the assignment and its objectives are given in the Appendix-I, the“Terms of Reference”. 1.3 The Superintending Engineer, R&B Department of NH Circle, Hyderabad, Telangana Stateinvites Proposals (the “Proposals”) through e-tender (on-line bid submission) for selection of Technical Consultant (the “Consultant”) who shall prepare DPR. A Consultant with “a Particular Team” may submit proposals for more than one package. However, a Consultant is not allowed to bid for a package with more than one team. For the sake of clarity, it is mentioned that one consultant can not submit two proposals/ bids for the same package. A consultant (either as sole or as in JV/Association) can be awarded 2 packages, if they submit the Bids with different teams. Consultants are hereby invited to submit proposals in the manner as prescribed in the RFP. A Consultant with “Particular Team” may submitonly one “proof of eligibility (Part 1)” and “Technical Proposal (Part II)” for any number of packages applied for by them. However, the packages for which a Consultant with “a Particular Team” applies should be clearly mentioned. Financial proposal for each package are to be submitted separately. Financial proposal are only to be submitted online and no hard copy of the financial proposal should be submitted. The most preferred bidder Preparation of Detailed Project Report of selected stretches/corridors of National Highways 5 for up gradation to 2/4/6- lane with paved shoulders configuration in the State of Telangana. (H-1) for each package would be determined on the basis of Quality and Cost as mentioned in the RFP. Award of work to a Consultant with “a Particular Team” either as sole or as in JV/Association shall be limited to one package only. In case, a Consultant with “a Particular Team” turns out to be the most preferred bidder (H-1) in more than one package, the package which is to be awarded to this Consultant with “a Particular Team” shall be determined on the basis of least cost to Authority considering the financial quote of H-1 bidder and H-2 bidder limited to those packages, which shall be worked out as per the procedure given in the RFP. The consultants are hereby invited to submit proposals in the manner prescribed in the RFP. 1.4 The consultants shall submit proposals either in sole capacity or in JV or in Association. Joint Venture/Association shall not have more than two firms. Any entity which has been barred by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) or its implementing agencies for the works of Expressways, National Highways, ISC and EI Works and the bar subsists as on the date of application, would not be eligible to submit the bid, either individually or as a member of a Joint Venture. 1.5 To obtain first hand information on the assignment and on the local conditions, the consultants are encouraged to pay a visit to the client, local State PWDs and the project site before submitting a proposal and attend a pre- proposal conference. They must fully inform themselves of local and site conditions and take them into account in preparing the proposal.