GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH R&B DEPARTMENT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS WING Consultancy Services for Feasibility study, Detailed project report, including conducting site investigation, sub-soil exploration and testing, preparation of plans, designs, land plan schedules and preparation of GAD for the Bypass Roads for the four towns of V.Kota and Chittoor in Chittoor District, Badvel in Kadapa District and Adoni in Kurnool District REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) SUPERINTENDING Engineer (R&B) NH CIRCLE, Anantapuramu 1 INDEX Sl. No. Contents Page No. 1 Notice for inviting the proposals for Consultancy services 3-4 2 Letter of Invitation 5-12 3 Disclaimer 13 4 Annex - I : List of Projects along with Package Nos. 14 5 Data Sheet 15-20 6 Appendix - I : Terms of Reference 21-67 7 Supplement -I: Additional Requirements for Hill Roads 67-71 8 Supplement - II: Additional Requirements for Bridges 71-73 9 Supplement – III: Additional requirement for safety audit 74-76 10 Enclosure - I : Manning Schedule 77 11 Enclosure - II : Qualification Requirements of Key Personnel 78-87 12 Enclosure - III : Schedule for Submission of Reports and Documents 88-89 13 Appendix - II : Formats for Technical Proposals 90-100 14 Appendix - III : Formats for Financial Proposals 101-107 15 Appendix - IV : Draft Contract Agreement 108-144 2 GOVERNMENT ANDHRA PRADESH OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, R&B NH CIRCLE, ANANTAPURAMU Notice Inviting Tenders from MoRTH, GoI empanelled consultants under Category-I(A) or I(B) SE/R&B/NH, ATP NIT NO:20/SE/2016-17 DT.15.06.2016 Superintending Engineer, R&B, N.H. Circle, Anantapuramu on behalf of the Chief Engineer, R&B, NH & CRF, Hyderabad invites online bids from Consultants empanelled under Category-I(A) or Category-I(B) by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to take up Consultancy Services for preparation of feasibility report for the following work. Bid Concerned S. Name of the Period of Security NH No. work assignment (in Rs) Divisions 1 Consultancy Services for Feasibility study, Detailed project report, including conducting site investigation, subsoil exploration and testing, preparation of Chittoor, plans, designs, Land plan schedules and Kadapa preparation of GAD for the bypass roads 1,00,000 4 months and of V.Kota and Chittoor in Chittoor Kurnool District, Badvel in Kadapa District and Adoni in Kurnool District RFP document is available online on e-tendering portal of the MORTH https://morth.eproc.in from 04.07.2016 (15.00 Hrs) to 03.08.2016 (up to 15.00 Hrs). The RFP must be accompanied with a non-refundable fee of Rs. 5,000 (Rupees Five thousand only), as RFP document fee in the form of a demand draft drawn on any Nationalized / Scheduled Bank in favour of Regional Pay & Accounts Officer, National Highways, Hyderabad payable at Hyderabad and VAT at 15.00 % on Rs 5,000/- i.e., Rs.750/- shall be paid in the form of Demand Draft obtained from a Nationalised/Scheduled Bank in favour of APAO (W&P), Chittoor, Payable at Chittoor. The Applicant shall furnish as part of its Proposal, a bid security of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only) in the form of demand draft issued by one of the Nationalized /Scheduled Bank in India in favour of Regional Pay & Accounts Officer, National Highways, Hyderabad payable at Hyderabad. Upon the request of Superintending Engineer (R&B) N.H. Circle, Anantapur, the bidder shall extend the validity of the D.D. to a suitable date. RFP must be submitted online only at https://morth.eproc.in on or before 03.08.2016 (up to 17.00 hrs IST). RFP transmitted through any other mode shall not be entertained. Any bid not accompanied by Bid Security and not secured as indicated above shall be rejected by the Employer as non-responsive. Instructions to applicants regarding e-tendering process: (a) (i) The interested applicant from the list of empanelled consultants by Ministry for category- I(A) or Category-I(B) consultants can download the RFP from e-tendering portal of the MORTH https://morth.eproc.in.The procedure under e-tendering- 3 instruction to bidders is attached separately. (ii) The RFP have also been uploaded on “INFRACON” (www.infracon.nic.in). As such before submitting the proposal the Consultant shall mandatorily register and enlist themselves (the firm and all key personnel), on the MORT&H portal “INFRACON” and furnish registration details along with its RFP. A copy of Infracon Operation Procedure is also enclosed for bidder’s reference. (iii) 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 (b) The applicants have to submit their bids including scanned copy of Bid Security online in electronic format with Digital Signature. (c) The Applicants shall submit the Technical Proposal online as well as in hard bound form with all pages numbered serially along with index of submissions. The financial proposal is to be submitted online only. Applications submitted in other forms like spiral bound form, loose form etc shall be rejected. Copies of Applications shall not be submitted and considered. Submission in any other form shall not be acceptable. In the event, any of the instructions mentioned herein have not been adhered to the Employer may reject the proposal. The applicants have to submit their RFP document fee (Original), Bid Security in hard copy (original) and Technical Proposal (hard bound form) also on or before 17.00 hours on 03.08.2016 only at the office of Superintending Engineer (R&B) N.H. Circle, Anantapur (d) If the office happens to be closed on the last date of submission of Bid Security in hard copy as specified, the Bid Security will be received on the next working day at the Office mentioned below. In case the RFP document fee and Bid security is not received within specified time, the Bid shall be considered non responsive and shall not be downloaded/evaluated. (e) Before submission of online bids, applicants must ensure that scanned copy of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid. (f) The Evaluation format is uploaded in the portal for self evaluation to be done by the consultant. (g) Superintending Engineer (R&B) N.H. Circle, Anantapur /Ministry of Road transport and Highways shall not be responsible for delay in online submission due to any reason whatsoever. (h) All documents/papers uploaded/submitted by the bidder must be legible. (i) Subsequent corrigendum/addendum if required shall only be available in web site indicated above. (j) The authority reserves the right to cancel any or all bid without assigning any reason. The following are the important dates for award of above consultancy work: S No Event Description Date 1 Availability of RFP Document in on online 04.07 .2016(15.00 Hrs) to 03.08.2016(15.00 Hrs) 2 Last date of receiving queries 19.07.2016 3 Pre proposal conference / Pre bid meeting 20.07.2016 (11.00 hrs) at office of Superintending Engineer (R&B) N.H. Circle, Anantapur 4 Authority response to queries 25 .07 .2016 5 Proposal Due Date (PDD) 03.08.2016 (17.00 Hrs) 4 6 Last date of receiving of Original document in 03.08.2016 (17.00 Hrs) Physical form 7 Opening of Proposals 04.08.2016 (11.00 Hrs) at office of Superintending Engineer (R&B) N.H. Circle, Anantapur ADDRESS: SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, R&B, N. H. CIRCLEB Sainagar Opposite Medical College ANANTAPUR-515001 08554-274199 Email ID – [email protected] Sd/-M.Siva Kumar SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, R&B, NH CIRCLE, ANANTAPUR Communications: All communications including the submission of Fee, bid security and Technical Proposal (hard bound form) should be addressed to: SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER(R&B) N. H. CIRCLE Sainagar Apposite Medical College ANANTAPUR-515001 08554-274199 Email ID – [email protected] Letter of Invitation (LOI) No. Dated: Dear Sir, Sub: Consultancy Services for Feasibility study, Detailed project report including conducting site investigation, subsoil exploration and testing preparation of plans, designs, land plan schedules and preparation of GAD for the Bypass roads to the four towns of V.Kota and Chittoor in Chittoor District, Badvel in Kadapa District and Adoni in Kurnool District Approx. S. Period of Stretch Length Package No. No. assignment (Kms) 5 1 Consultancy Services for Feasibility study, Detailed project report including conducting site investigation, subsoil S.E(R&B)/NH exploration and testing preparation of ATP, NIT No.20 plans, designs, land plan schedules and 34 S E/2016-17 4 months preparation of GAD for the Bypass roads DT:15.06.2016 to the four towns of V.Kota and Chittoor in Chittoor District, Badvel in Kadapa District and Adoni in Kurnool District Introduction 1.1 The Governor of Andhra Pradesh acting through the National Highways Wing of the R&B Department represented by the Superintending Engineer,R&B) N.H. Circle, Anantapur is engaged in the development of National Highways in Andhra Pradesh now invites proposal from MORT&H empanelled consultants category-I(A) or I(B) for carrying out feasibility study and detailed project preparation . 1.2 A brief description of the assignment and its objectives are given in the enclosed Terms of Reference. 1.3 The MoRT&H invites Proposals (the “Proposals”) through e-tender (on-line bid submission) for selection of a Technical Consultant (the “Consultant”) who shall prepare feasibility Study and DPR and then render consultancy services for proper structuring and implementation of following project on EPC Mode. 1.4 Deleted. 1.5 Prospective applicants may visit the Site and review the available data at any time prior to submission of proposal.