PNS|Hyderabad
HAML MD NVS Reddy said that responding to the invitation for tenders to select consultants to prepare Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for Metro Rail Phase-III, five consultancies have submitted bids.
The tenders were evaluated by the HAML tender committee and four of them, Aarvee Associates, Systra, UMTC and RITES, were selected as technically qualified. Their financial bids were opened on August 30 at the Metro Rail Bhavan.
NVS said that Aarvee Associates got the highest technical score and it also offered the lowest financial bids for all four packages. As per tender conditions, Aarvee was awarded two packages and the other two packages were awarded to the next highest technical scorer Systra, after it matched the lowest financial bid.
These selected agencies will have to first submit Preliminary Project Reports (PPRs) in two months after carrying out traffic surveys, travel demand forecasting, ridership estimates, alternative options analysis etc, and recommend suitable modes of public transport.After that, they should next prepare DPRs in three months with details of the Metro Rail’s alignment, viaduct/grade/underground options, stations and depots, electric traction, signalling and train communication, coaches, environment/social impact assessment, transit-oriented development, last mile connectivity, cost estimates, fare structure, financial analysis, project implementation plan etc.
The MD added that as instructed by the CM, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the agencies have been directed to start simultaneous field surveys immediately in all the corridors.
