Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Request for Proposal for AE GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS Request For Proposal For Consultancy Services of Authority’s Engineer for supervision of Rehabilitation and up-gradation of Balrampur –Tulsipur section (Km. 323.745 to Km. 351.000) of NH-730 in the State of Uttar Pradesh to two- lane with paved shoulder (rural area) & two lane paved shoulder with service road (in built up area) on EPC mode. On Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Mode 1 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Request for Proposal for AE CONTENTS Sr. No. Particulars Page Nos. 1 SECTION 1 : Information to Consultants 5-10 2 SECTION 2: Letter of Invitation 11-26 3 SECTION 3 : Format for Submission of 27-30 Firms Credentials. 4 SECTION 4 : Format for Submission of 31-41 Technical Proposal. 5 SECTION 5 : Format for submission of 42-50 Financial proposal. 6 SECTION 6 : Terms of Reference. 51-64 7 SECTION 7 : Draft Form of Contract. 65-121 2 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Request for Proposal for AE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, NH CIRCLE, PWD, LUCKNOW Notice inviting RFP Bid/ Package no. 1281/162/Yata- NH Circle/18 Dated:12.04.2018 Request for proposal (RFP) for selection of Authority’s Engineer for Supervision of Rehabilitation and up-gradation of existing pavement to two lane with paved shoulder from ch. 323.745 to km 351.000 (Balrampur to Tulsipur section) of NH-730 - including two lane paved shoulder with service road on both sides for a cumulative length of 3.292 km and a two lane rob with service roads on both sides of length 893m including approaches in Balrampur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh on EPC mode. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRT&H) for the works entrusted to NH wing of the State PWD, Uttar Pradesh (the ‘employer’) invites proposals from eligible consultants and the Ministry‘s empanelled consultants up to the dead line for submission of bids for engaging Authority’s Engineer (AE) on the basis of International Competitive Bidding for the following contract package in the State of Uttar Pradesh Project Assign Sl Length ment Consultancy NH Project No State (Km) / period Package No. Stretch . Project (month Cost (Cr.) s) Rehabilitation and upgradation of existing pavement to two lane with paved shoulder from Ch. 323.745 to km 351.000 (Balrampur to Tulsipur section) of NH-730 - including two lane paved shoulder with service Uttar 27.255 Km / Km.323.745 1 road on both sides for a 730 Prades Rs. 167.32 66 to 351.000 cumulative length of 3.292 km h Cr. and a two lane ROB with service roads on both sides of length 893m including approaches in Balrampur District in the state of Uttar Pradesh on EPC mode.. 2. The complete BID document can be viewed / downloaded from official portal of MoRT&H http://www.morth.nic.in or e-procurement portal of MoRT&H http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app from 13.04.2018 to 13.05.2018 (up to 17:00 Hrs. IST). Bid must be submitted online only at http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app on or before 14.05.2018 (up to 17:00 Hrs. IST). Bids received online will be opened online on 16.05.2018 (at 12:00 Hrs. IST). 3. Bid through any other mode shall not be entertained. However, Bid Security, document fee, Original Power of Attorney and original joint bidding agreement shall be submitted physically by the Bidder on or before 15.05.2018 (up to 17:00 Hrs. IST). Please note that the Ministry/Authority reserves the right to accept or reject all or any of the BIDs without assigning any reason what so ever. Superintending Engineer NH Circle PWD, Lucknow e-mail: [email protected] 3 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Request for Proposal for AE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) SECTION 1: INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS SUB: Authority’s Engineer for Supervision of Rehabilitation and up-gradation of existing pavement to two lane with paved shoulder from ch. 323.745 to km 351.000 (Balrampur to Tulsipur section) of NH-730 - including two lane paved shoulder with service road on both sides for a cumulative length of 3.292 km and a two lane rob with service roads on both sides of length 893m including approaches in Balrampur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh on EPC mode. GENERAL:- 1. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRT&H) for the works entrusted to NH wing of the State PWD, Uttar Pradesh (the ‘Employer’) invites proposals from eligible consultants and the Ministry‘s empanelled Consultants up to the dead line for submission of bids for engaging Authority’s Engineer (AE) on the basis of International Competitive Bidding for the following contract package in the State of Uttar Pradesh. TABLE 1: DETAILS OF PROJECT Sl Consultancy NH No. State Project Project Assignment No. Package Stretch Length period (Km) / (months) Project Cost (Cr.) 1 Rehabilitation and up-gradation 730 Uttar Km.323.7 27.255 Km / 66 of existing pavement to two lane Pradesh 45 to Rs. 167.32 with paved shoulder from Ch. 351.000 Cr. 323.745 to km 351.000 (Balrampur to Tulsipur section) of NH-730 - including two lane paved shoulder with service road on both sides for a cumulative length of 3.292 km and a two lane ROB with service roads on both sides of length 893m including approaches in Balrampur District in the state of Uttar Pradesh on EPC mode. 2. Selection of AE shall be as per selection procedures given in the Model Agreement for Engineering Procurement and Construction. The selected AE shall be intimated to the Contractor. 3. The proposal shall be submitted in English Language and all correspondence would be in the same language. 4. MoRT&H and the State PWD of Uttar Pradesh intends to appoint a Consultant to act as Authority’s Engineer for implementation of this EPC project. As per the Terms and Conditions of the EPC Agreement (s), the Authority’s Engineer shall perform all the duties as per TOR given in this RFP along with any amendment thereof. The selection of Authority’s Engineer shall follow the 4 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Request for Proposal for AE laid down procedures given in the Contract Agreement signed between Employer and Contractor. 5. The interested consultancy firms may download the RFP document from the official website of the MoRT&H w.e.f. 13/04/2018 to 13/05/2018 up to 17.00 hrs. IST. The Consultant who downloads the RFP document from the website will be required to pay the non- refundable fee of Rs. NIL . The RFP will be invited through e-tendering portal. 6. The Applicant shall furnish as part of its Proposal, a bid security of Rs. 50,000 (fifty thousand) in the form of a Bank Guarantee (as per the format specified in Appendix N of this RFP document) (the “Bid Security”), valid for 60 days beyond the validity of the bid. The Bid submitted without Bid Security will be summarily rejected. The Bid Security of the successful Bidder will be returned when the Bidder has signed the Contract Agreement with the Employer and has furnished the required Performance Guarantee as specified in the document within 15 days from the receipt of the Letter of Acceptance. The Bid Security will be forfeited: (a) If a Bidder withdraws its bid during the period of bid validity. Or (b) If the Bidder fails to accept the Employer’s corrections of arithmetic errors in the Bidder’s bid (if any), or (c) If the Successful Bidder fails to sign the contract agreement with the Employer with in the prescribed period, or (d) If the Successful Bidder fails to furnish the Performance Security with in the stipulated time. Unqualified bidders would be informed regarding their non qualification, without any explanation and thereafter Bid Security would be returned unopened after the evaluation of the financial proposal and signing the contract agreement with the successful bidder. 7. The proposal should be submitted by consultancy firms in two parts. The two parts of the proposal are Part 1: Technical Proposal and Part 2: Financial Proposal. For a given EPC Project, Stage -1 of the Evaluation shall consider the evaluation of the Technical Proposal (i.e. Part 1). The firms scoring the qualifying marks (minimum 75%) as mentioned in RFP shall only be considered for further evaluation. Under stage 2, the financial proposal of such firms as selected above shall be opened and evaluated. Proposals will finally be ranked according to their combined technical and financial scores as specified in clause 5 of section 2. The first ranked Applicant shall be selected for negotiation (the “Selected Applicant”) while the second ranked Applicant will be kept in reserve. 8. The total time period for the assignment as Authority’s Engineer will be for Construction Period 18 Months +48 Months for Maintenance Period with reduced man power. 9. Consultants may apply either as a sole firm or forming Joint Venture with other consultants. In case of J.V., both the firm shall be empanelled with MoRT&H in relevant category. In case of Joint Venture, the maximum number of Joint Venture partners is limited to 2 (i.e. one lead + 1 JV partners). Formulation of more than one JV/association with different partners for the same work is not allowed and all such proposal involving the firms shall be treated as non-responsive.