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Reply to pre-bid queries in respect of Selection of Project Management and Construction Supervision Consultant (PMCSC) for Construction

of the Highway Tunnel parallel to the Dhalli Tunnel under the Shimla Smart City Mission Dohwa Engineering Co. Ltd.

1 Section 2.

Instructions to

Consultants

E. Data Sheet

Page No 32

2.4 The Client will provide the

following inputs, project data,

reports, etc. to facilitate the

preparation of the Proposals: The feasibility and detailed design of Dhalli tunnel in Shimla prepared by M/s GC- RITES-SECON JV comprising of GEOCONSULT ZT GmbH (Lead Firm), Hoelzlstrasse 563, A-5071 Wals/Salzburg, Austria and RITES Ltd., RITES Bhawan, 1, Sector-29, Gurgaon-122001 and SECON Pvt. Ltd., #147, 7B Road, Expert Industrial Park, Whitefield,

Banglore-560066

The feasibility and detailed design

Report is essential for consultant

to understand the project

thoroughly and prepare

comprehensive proposal.

The Consultant would like to

request available download link.

Agreed, the requisite reports have been uploaded on

the HPRIDC website which can be accessed at the

following link http://himachalservices.nic.in/hpridc/

2 Section 6. Terms

of Reference

Page No 69

Under this project, detailed engineering design, preparation of safeguards documents and preparation of BoQ, cost estimates and bidding documents of approximately 3800 meters of tunnels was undertaken for implementation either through direct financing or through PPP mode. For de-congestion of vehicle traffic in the state capital Shimla the following tunnels were studied and proposed for

implementation:-

1) Lift to Lakkar Bazar

(Idgah) having total length

350 meters approx. 2) List to Himfed Petrol-

Pump having total length

On the ToR, it is stated that detailed design was conducted for approximately 3800 metres of tunnels., However, for this PMC project, only 2660 metres, adding up 1) to 4), are proposed for the consultancy service. For Consultant’s thorough understanding on the Project features, the consultant would like

to request detailed Project Features

such as Approach Road part

included in this contract.

DPR consultant under HPSRP-1 has prepared

detailed engineering design, safeguards

documents , BoQ, cost estimates and bidding

documents of tunnels in Shimla as mentioned in

section 6 Tor page 69.

Please note that the scope of current

consultancy is confined only to one tunnel i.e.

Sanjauli- Dhalli Tunnel having length of 160

metres approximately.

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950 meters approx. 3) Himfed Petrol Pump to IGMC having total length 1200

meters approx.

4) Sanjauli-Dhalli tunnel having

length of 160 meters approx.

3 Section 6.

Terms of

Reference

Page No.

74-75, 79

Designs / DPRs

i. PMC shall carry out designs and

design reviews observing the best

engineering practices. PMC shall

also prepare designs, review DPRs

following best engineering

practices. WB guidelines and

Employers rules and regulations,

IRC publications, Indian Bureau of

Standards and any other developed

countries standards shall be

followed in the order of appearance

here above. When a set of

standards is followed for design,

the review shall normally follow

that set of standards. Design/design

review and DPRs shall have to

cater to site requirements,

construction amenability and least

life cycle cost aspects.

ii. PMC will assist the client in

reviewing and finalizing of

designs and DPR prepared for

PIU by M/s GC-RITES-

SECON JV comprising of

GEOCONSULT ZT GmbH

(Lead Firm), Hoelzlstrasse 563,

A-5071 Wals/Salzburg, Austria

and RITES Ltd., RITES

Bhawan, 1, Sector-29, Gurgaon-

On the ToR, Detailed Scope of

Consultancy, Designs

/DPRs part mentions that PMC

shall carry out designs and

design reviews. On the other hand, “Monitoring /

Execution of Project” part

mentions PMC would assist the

Client in reviewing document

prepared by Design Consultant. The consultant would like to seek

if the Re-Design / Design Report

is included in the deliverable. Or,

The consultant is requested to

review the design report which

was prepared by the Design

Consultant.

PMC has to review, update and finalize the existing

design

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122001 and SECON Pvt. Ltd.,

#147, 7B Road, Expert

Industrial Park, Whitefield,

Banglore-560066. Monitoring / Execution of Project

c. Construction Supervision

Consultant

(1) For project preparatory

works/consultancy

(a) To assist the client in

reviewing and finalization of all

the documents prepared by the

Design Consultant/ any other

consultant.

4 Section 6. Terms of Reference Page No. 80 & 100

c. Construction Supervision

Consultant (1) For project preparatory

works/consultancy (2) During Construction of Tunnel

and approaches (3) Post construction/consultancy

The primary responsibility for day

to day supervision of works will be

of the HPRIDC and the consultant

role will be to assist the

HPPWD/HPRIDC in respect of

Quality assurance and Technical

Audit of works.

On the ToR, page 80, During

Construction of Tunnel and

approaches, it is mentioned that the

Consultant shall carry out duties of

the “Project Manager (Engineer)”. However, on Page 100, it is stated

that the primary responsibility for

day to day supervision of works

will be of the HPRIDC and the

Consultant role will be assisting

HPRIDC. Please clarify who if separate

Construction Supervision

Consultant will be selected or

PMC’s work scope

includes Construction Supervision

Consultancy and act as the “Project Manager (Engineer)”.

PMC’s work scope includes Construction

Supervision Consultancy and also to act as

overall Project Manager consultant.

Moreover, the intending consulting firms are

required to submit separate manpower

deployment along with price breakups for initial

PMC activities before award of civil works and

PMC activities including Construction

Supervision post award of civil works.

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5 Section 6. Terms of Reference Page No. 83

Location & Duration of the Services and Deliverables The PMC will have to establish its

main office in Shimla. The selected

Consultant will be responsible for

making his own arrangements for

accommodation for the office of the

Team Leader and all associated

staff stationed in Shimla as well as

for at-site staff. The Consultant

should also make his own

arrangements for office furniture,

equipment, stationeries,

photocopiers, communication

facilities like telephones, web

connections, facsimiles, etc.

including maintenance thereof and

vehicles for transportation of office

staff, etc. (including operation,

maintenance, insurances and repairs

thereof).

It is stated that PMC will have to establish main office in Shimla.

If PMC’s work scope includes

Construction Supervision

Consultancy, Site Office shall be

also prepared at Project Site.

In this regard, the Consultant

would like to seek clarification

if Contractor will provide Site

Office for PMC

The consultant have to set up office at Shimla as the

proposed tunnel falls within the municipal limits of

Shimla. The consultant has to factor office

accommodation cost in his/her bid as mentioned in

the Page 83 of Section-II, Detailed Scope of

Consultancy.

6 Section 6. Terms of Reference Page No. 83

Location & Duration of the

Services and Deliverables The

PMC services will be carried out

over the entire project preparation

(6 months), implementation

period (18 months)

plus one additional one year.

The Consultant would like to seek

clarification if “plus one

additional one year” is mentioning

“Defect Liability Period.“

Yes, it is Defect Liability Period.

7. Section 6. Terms of Reference Page No. 83

Location & Duration of the Services and Deliverables The Consultant shall submit the

inception report no later than

4 weeks after …….. ……… The targets and approximate duration of various tasks/deliverables of PMC consultancy are scheduled below:

The Schedule of various tasks/deliverables of PMC

Consultancy is missing. Please

clarify.

Consultant have to provide reports as per RFP

TOR Section -2 (Page no. 84).

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8. Data Sheet & Section 6. Terms of Reference Page No. 34 & 86

Data Sheet 14.1.2: Estimated input of Key

Experts’ time-input: 222

person-months. Terms of Reference

VI Staffing: The total indicative

man-months requirement of key

professional staff inputs is about

234.

There is difference in key professional’s M/M. - Data Sheet: 222 MM - Terms of Reference: 234 MM

Please clarify.

Please refer to Annexure-I, page 95.

Key professional staff man month=222,

Sub professional staff= 234

Requirement of Key professional staff IT-ICT

Manager (Expert) has been deleted from the

current proposal. Hence man months of Key

Professional staff turns 210

9. Section 6.

Terms of

Reference

Page No. 88

• Team Leader cum Infrastructure

Expert:

He should have previously worked

as Team Leader or in similar

capacity on at least two Project

Management works of major road

tunnel projects costing more than

US$ 100 Million or at least 150 km

length of road project.(which

includes at least 1500 m of road

tunnels works)

It is stated the proposed T/L should

have experience of major road

tunnel projects work which project

costs more than US$ 100 Million. The Consultant would like to

seek if the Project Cost means

total Construction Cost or

Consultancy Value.

Project Cost means total Construction Cost of

project.


• Deputy Team Leader cum

Project Management Expert: He

should have previously worked as

Team Leader or in similar capacity

on at least two Project Management

works of major road tunnel projects

of Two- laning/four

laning/expressway costing more

than US$ 100 Million or at least

100 km length of the project.(which

includes at least

1000 m of road tunnel works)

It is stated the proposed DTL

should have experience of road

tunnel projects work which

project costs more than US$ 100

Million. The Consultant would like to

seek if the Project Cost means

total Construction Cost or

Consultancy Value.

Please refer reply at sr.no. 9


• Senior Quality Cum Material Engineer He should have handled at least 2 similar highway tunnel

It is stated the proposed Senior

Quality Cum Material Engineer

should have experience of

Yes,

i) US $ 50 means US$ 50 million.

ii) Project Cost means total Construction Cost or

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projects costing not less than US$ 50 as Material Engineer/Geo-technical Engineer.

similar highway tunnel projects

which project costs more than

US$ 50.

The Consultant would like to

seek if i) US$50 means US$

50million ii) if the Project Cost

means total Construction Cost

or Consultancy Value.

Consultancy Value.

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Item 1(v) of

Terms of

Reference

(ToR), Item

Section II

(Design/

DPRs), Section

II (b), Key

Deliverables

Page No. 84

Provide training to the PIU staff

Prepare a Road Safety Action Plan

It is not evident from the Key

Deliverables what timelines are

required for execution and delivery

of some activities including the

training plan and road safety action

plan over the 48 months of services

as desired by the Client. This may

please be clarified.

The period of consultancy is 36 months including

Defect Liability Period of 12 months. The

consultant can finalize the training schedule in

consultation with the Employer. There will be

maximum of six training with batch of 30-40

participants.

13. Under

Monitoring &

Execution of

project, under

item (c)

Construction

Supervision

Consultant,

item 5.

Training and

capacity

building

Page No 82

It is understood that all these

training shall be on tunnel

engineering including the

construction of tunnel. However, the

list includes identification of

equipment / instrument and their

procurement etc.

Please clarify the topics of the

capacity building training to be

imparted to the PIU staff and other

stakeholders.

Please refer to Task 6: Training and Technology

Transfer, of ToR for QATA.

14. Section 3. ToR

of QATA, Task

8

Reporting requirements

Since timelines for deliverables for

main PMC services have not been

specified, it is not understood if the

Deliverables of QATA are separate from the

deliverables of PMC

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Page No 107 deliverables of the QATA including

progress reports have to be separate

or combined with the reporting

deliverables of the main PMC

services. This may please be

clarified.

15. Required

Qualifications

& Experience

of Key

Personnel

Page No 93

The qualifications of Road Safety

Engineering Specialist on page 93-

94 states “ The candidate will be at least a

Graduate in civil engineering with

post-graduation specialization in

Highway Engineering and

additional specialist training and

qualifications directly relevant to

engineering aspects of traffic and

transport safety in roads design/

construction/ management.”

Experience in Road Safety and

Traffic Engineering is more relevant

for the Candidate with post-

graduation in Transport

Planning/Engineering. Therefore, It

is suggested to specify that “The

Candidate will be at least a



Highway Engineering/ Transport

Planning/ Transport Engineering”.

Please clarify and confirm.

Please refer to corrigendum 1.

16. Clause No.

24.1 (a) of

SCC, Professional

Liability

Insurance

(PLI)

Page No 99

As per Clause No. 24.1(a) of SCC,

the Consultant shall provide

Professional Liability Insurance

with a minimum coverage of twice

the amount of the contract.

In this regard, it is submitted that

all projects funded by world bodies

such as World Bank. ADB, AfDB,

and JICA etc., the Consultants are

required to take PLI cover

equivalent to consultancy contract

amount. In view of the above, the

Client may kindly consider to

modify this clause by stating that

the consultant shall take PLI cover

equivalent to Consultancy Contract

amount and NOT twice the amount

of the contract.

As per RFP

17. Clause 42.3 of

SCC,

As per clause 42.3 of SCC, Price

Adjustment applies for the

As per guidelines issued by

Ministry of Road Transport &

As per RFP.

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Price

Adjustment

Page No 101

remuneration part only. Highways, Government of India

vide their letter no.RW- NH-

35071/2/2013-S&R(B) dated 26th

February 2014, it has been

communicated that escalation

@5% per year (after every 12

months starting from 13th month)

will, henceforth, be extended to

cover all items of the Contract i.e.

remuneration, all miscellaneous

items and expenses etc. and NOT

only remuneration. This should be

made applicable in this RFP also.

18. Clause 42.3

(2) of SCC Price

Adjustment on

Remuneration

in Local

Currency

Page No 101

As per Clause 42.3 (2) of SCC in

the revised RFP, it is stated that the

price adjustment on remuneration

for Local Currency shall be adjusted

on the basis of the rates set forth in

Appendix D.

It is observed that in the RFP

Appendix C is for both foreign and

local currency Remuneration cost

Estimate and Appendix ‘D’ is for

Reimbursable Expenses Cost

Estimate. Since Appendix ‘D’ has

no part of remuneration, Appendix

‘D’ may be replaced by Appendix

‘C’ in this Clause.


19. Clause No.

45.1(a) of

SCC Advance

Payment

Page No 103

As per Clause No.45.1 (a) of SCC,

An advance payment of 3% in

foreign currency and of 7% in local

currency shall be made within 30

days after the receipt of an advance

bank payment guarantee.

The Client is requested that since at

the initial stage there would be

significant expenses for the

mobilization of experts, the

Consultant needs more funds.

Hence, the Client may provide an

advance payment of 10% of the

contract value in both foreign and

local currency.

As per RFP

20. Clause 1(b)

Page No 79

For Project Preparatory Work

/Consultancy

The Consultants are of the opinion

that the reviewing and finalizing

Reviewing and finalizing road inventory survey

shall also include bridges, culverts, and other

cross drainage structures falling on the road

mailto:@5%25

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………Review of road inventory

survey……..

road inventory survey shall also

include bridges, culverts, and

other cross drainage structures.

Kindly consider and confirm.

approaching the Sanjauli-Dhalli Tunnel, under

scope of work.

21. Clause 1 (c)

Page No 79

For Project Preparatory Work

/Consultancy ……….Reviewing geotechnical

investigation data……

As per the ToR the Consultants are

required to carry-out reviewing and

finalizing of all design data, GEO

Technical investigation data etc. At the bidding stage it is not

possible for the consultants to

determine the scope and quantum

GEO technical investigations.

Therefore, the Client is requested

to consider and confirm that GEO

Technical investigation will be

carried out by the Civil works

Contractor or else the Supervision

Consultants be allowed to engage a

separate GEO Technical

investigation team to carry out

investigation or redesign and

provisional sum be provided to

cater for payment of such design

efforts and connected investigation;

if so required. However,

engagement of experts and GEO

technical investigation team will be

with the approval of Client

Soft copy of DPR is made available on the

HPRIDC website. Please go through the Geo-

technical report. Consultant has to review and

finalize the existing DPR with GEO Technical

investigation data etc. and if any suggestion,

please incorporate in the RFP document.

22. Annexure-I,

Key

Personal

Page No 95

Details of Man-Month of Key

Professional and their sub-

professional staff Sl. No. 4 Senior Bridge/Tunnel,

structural Engineer

Since the Bridges and Tunnels

construction / supervision are two

separate domains it is requested to

the client to provide separate

positions, input and qualifications

requirement for bridge Engineer


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and tunnel expert. Kindly consider and confirm.

23. Clause 13 of

TOR of

QATA

Page No 105

The objective of training consists in

upgrading the capabilities of the

HPPWD / HPRIDC engineers and

technicians in-charge of project

implementation in view of their

future management duties of similar

works, is to be used as an

opportunity and a vector to transfer

Technical know-how. The training

session will be conducted by Sr.

Quality Assurance/Control

Engineers proposed in the key staff

of the Consultant’s team. The

methodology adopted will be based

on our skills and experience with

training and technology transfer in

other road construction projects,

particularly in India. The

Consultants will hold training

session as follows: One session

each at Shimla, Mandi, Hamirpur

and Dharamshala will be held during

the progress of the work. The point

covered will be mainly to focus

attention on the main important

items of works and test parameters

thereof.

In this regard, it is recommended

that a provisional sum may please

be provided by the Client for the

said Training program, so that all

Consultants are at par in their

assessment for the Financial

Proposal to meet this requirement. Further, in case the provisional sum

may not be provided, you are

requested to indicate the duration

of each training sessions to be

conducted and the number of

participants as this will have

financial implications.

Tentatively six number trainings for 30-40

participants batch size.

24. Section 7 :Terms of Reference

Page No 89-93

1) Deputy Team Leader cum Project Management Expert Post-Graduate Degree in Civil Engineering and having MBA Degree HR development / Graduate level Degree of Instituti

The Consultants would like to submit that

1) A number of experts are available

who hold PG in Civil engineering

in relevant fields but do not have

MBA Degree in HR and capable of

1) Please refer to corrigendum 1.

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onal Development 2) Senior Highway Engineer cum

Project Planning Expert

Post-graduate

in Civil

Engineering 3) Senior Quality cum Materials Engineer The candidate will be at least a

Post-Graduate in Civil Engineering

and preferably with post-graduate

qualification in Highway /

Geotechnical Engineering.

4) Road Safety Engineering

Specialist Graduate in Civil Engineering with


Highway Engineering

carrying out similar assignments.

Therefore, the Consultants request

the Client to amend the

requirement as mentioned below

for the position of Deputy Team

Leader

- Post-Graduate Degree in Civil

Engineering/other related fields

OR MBA Degree HR development

/ Graduate level Degree of

Institutional

Development

2) A number of experts are available

who hold Post- graduate degree in

other Civil Engineering related

fields also and are capable of

carrying out similar assignment.

Therefore, the Consultant request

the Client to consider the same with

the existing requirement for the

position of Senior Highway

Engineer cum Project Planning

Expert3) A number of experts

are available who hold Post-

graduate degree in Soil and

Foundation Engineering,

therefore, the Consultants request

the Client to consider the same

with the existing requirement

5) A number of Experts are

available who hold


Transportation Engineering or

Transportation Planning. Therefore,

the Consultants request the Client to

2) As per RFP 3) As per RFP 4) As per corrigendum 1

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consider the same with the existing

requirement for the position of

Road Safety Engineering

Specialist Kindly confirm.


Page No 90

Senior Highway Engineer cum Project Planning Expert - 7 years as full time on site project

manager for Administrator and

supervision of High way contracts

of similar size and complexity as of

the proposed contract.

- 5 years of experience of

similar kind of assignment in

Developed and Developing country

outside of India with FIDIC

conditions of contract.

- He shall have also thorough

knowledge and experience in

highway and tunnel designs having

flexible and rigid pavements of at

least 3-4 such projects and fully

familiar with international ‘best

practices’.

The Consultants would like to

submit that criteria stipulated for

the position require expert

having experience on design

and construction supervision/

construction projects. The

Consultants request the Client to

split the position in two viz. (i)

Senior Highway Design Engineer

cum Project Planning Expert and

(ii) Senior Highway Engineer and

provide criteria and man-months

accordingly. Kindly confirm

As per RPF


Page No 90

Senior Bridge / Tunnel cum Structural Engineers - He should have worked for at least 5 years on bridge and tunnel construction projects including design, drawing and construction of bridges and tunnels.

Generally, Bridge Expert do not work on Tunnel projects and visa-a versa. Therefore, the Consultants request the Client to split the Positions into two viz. (i) Senior Bridge / Structural Engineer, and (ii) Tunnel Engineer and provide criteria and man-

month

accordingly.


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27. Section 7

:Terms of

Reference

Page No 91

Senior Quality cum Materials

Engineer - He should have handled at least 2 similar highway tunnel projects costing not less than US$ 50 as Material Engineer/Geo- technical Engineer.

As very less number of Quality

cum Materials Engineer are

available who have worked on

tunnel projects, therefore, the

Consultants request the Client to

amend the requirement as

mentioned below

- He should have handled at least 2

highway projects costing not less

than US$ 50 as Material

Engineer/Geo- technical Engineer.

Experience on Tunnel project is

advantageous.

As per RPF


Page No 91

Procurement cum Contract Management Expert He shall have experience of

procurement and Management of at

least 5 green field PPP projects.

As very less number of Procurement cum Contract Management Experts are available in India who have worked on green field PPP projects, therefore, the Consultants request the Client to amend the requirement as mentioned below :

- He shall have experience of

procurement and Management of

major highway projects including

PPP projects.

As per RPF

29. Section 7 :Terms of Reference,

Annexure –I

Page No 95

Sub Professional Staff The Consultants request the Client to provide Qualification and Experience requirement of Sub Professional Staff. As no evaluation marks are

provided for Sub Professional Staff,

the Consultants understand that

CVs of Sub Professional Staff are

not required to be submitted during

Yes, consultant have to provide the detail of Sub

professional staff only after the work award to the

successful bidder but their name time/man-months

input is required as per form TECH-6.

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bidding stage and may be provided

after the award of the project. Kindly confirm.

30. Additional Point Page No 36

Extension of Time

Owing to the Global COVID-19

Pandemic, there are multiple travel

restrictions and many nations are

on lockdown. This has necessitated

Work from home protocols for

many companies. Due to the non-movement of

people, couriers etc. and lockdown

situations prevalent in many parts

of the world, the Client is requested

to provide sufficient time post issue

of the pre bid clarification minutes,

to allow Consultants to suitably

address and respond to the RFP. A one-month extension of the

current bid submission date is

humbly submitted for kind

consideration.

As Courier services are now operational and keeping

in view the urgency of assignment bid submission

date cannot be extended.

AECOM

31. ITC, Page 6 of

RFP

For decongestion of vehicle traffic

in The state capital Shimla the

following Tunnels were studied

and proposed For implementation:-

1) Lift to Lakkar Bazar (Idgah)

having total length 350 meters

We request you to kindly clarify

how many tunnels (all 4 or only

Dhalli Tunnel) are to be supervised

under this PMC project.

Only Sanjauli-Dhalli tunnel having length of

160 meters approx. is under the scope of

present assignment.

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approx. 2) List to Himfed Petrol-Pump having

total length 950 meters

approx.

3 ) Himfed Petrol Pump to

IGMC having total length 1200

meters approx.

4) Sanjauli-Dhalli tunnel

having length of 160 meters approx.

32. ITC, Page 7 of

RFP

It is clarified that the

Consultancy Services for “Project

Management and Construction

Supervision Consultant” (PMC)

for construction of highway

tunnel parallel to the Dhalli Tunnel

under the Shimla Smart

City

shall be funded by the Govt. of

India under the Smart City

Mission.

33. Data Sheet, Clause 2.3, page 31

of RFP Date of pre-proposal

conference: June 10, 2020. Time:

1100 Hours Indian Standard Time

(IST)

Amid the current situation in the

country due to lockdown, we

request you to kindly conduct pre-

bid meeting through video

conferencing so that all the

shortlisted consultants can attend it

otherwise it will not be possible to

attend it in Shimla for most of the

consultant. You are requested to

Agreed

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consider our genuine request and

share the details

34. Data Sheet, clause 21.1, Page 36 &

37 of RFP Specific experience of the

Consultant (as a firm) relevant

to the Assignment: 5 Marks

Adequacy and quality of the

proposed methodology, and

workplan in responding to

the Terms of Reference

(TORs): 25 Marks

We understand that selection of

highly competent firm for this

PMC would depend upon firm’s

past experience relevant to the

assignment and Quality and

competence of the key staff

proposed.

We request you to assign high

marks to the firm past experience

in comparison to the Methodology

& work plan proposed which is the

normal practice in the industry.

We suggest:

Specific experience of the

Consultant (as a firm) relevant to

the Assignment should be

minimum: 20 Marks

Adequacy and quality of the

proposed methodology, and work

plan in responding to the Terms

of Reference (TORs): 10 Marks


35. Data Sheet, Clause 21.1, Page 37

of

RFP

Key Experts’ qualifications

and

competence for the Assignment:

Sr Position Point

Position at Sr. No. 1,2,3 & 6

requires International Experience

including experience in developing

countries. Assigning equal marks

for the positions requiring

International Experience in

comparison to the

Domestic/National experience

position is not fair and justified too.


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.

N

o

s

1. Team Leader

cum

Infrastructure

Expert

5

2. Deputy Team

Leader cum

Project

Management

Expert

5

3. Senior Highway

Engineer cum

Project Planning

Expert(s) with

relevant Indian

experience in

project

management

5

4. Senior Bridge/

Tunnel /

Structural

Engineer

5

5. Senior Quality

cum material

Expert

5

6. Procurement

cum contract

management

Expert(

Including PPP

Project)

5

7 Financial

Management

5

Also Team Leader/Dy. Team

Leader/Sr. Highway Engineer

should not be assigned same marks

in comparison to the lower level

positions. In view of same we

request you to consider the

suggested marking for key experts

as below.

Sr

.

N

o

Position Point

s

1. Team Leader

cum

Infrastructure

Expert

12

2. Deputy Team

Leader cum

Project

Management

Expert

8

3. Senior Highway

Engineer cum

Project Planning

Expert(s) with

relevant Indian

experience in

project

management

5

4. Senior Bridge/

Tunnel /

Structural

Engineer

5

5. Senior Quality 5

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Expert

8. Legal Expert(

Civil contract &

consultancy

agreement)

5

9. Senior

Environment

Expert

5

10 Road Safety

Expert

5

11 Senior Social

Development

Expert

5

12 IT- ICT

Manager Expert

5

cum material

Expert

6. Procurement

cum contract

management

Expert(

Including PPP

Project)

6

7 Financial

Management

Expert

3

8. Legal Expert(

Civil contract &

consultancy

agreement)

3

9. Senior

Environment

Expert

3

10 Road Safety

Expert

5

11 Senior Social

Development

Expert

3

12 IT- ICT

Manager Expert

2

36. Section II, Page 74 of RFP,

Design/DPR’s: PMC shall carry

out designs and design reviews

observing the best engineering

practices. PMC shall also

prepare designs, review DPRs

following best engineering practices.

We understand that carrying out

the design of the project is not in

the scope of PMC. PMC will only

review the designs submitted by the

DPR consultant/Contractor.

Kindly confirm.

PMC Will not only review but also update and

finalize existing design of tunnel.

Page 19 of 38

37 Required Qualification &

Experience of Key Personnel,

page 88 of RFP Team Leader

cum Infrastructure Expert

The Team Leader cum

Infrastructure Expert of this

consultancy assignment should

possess a Post Graduate

Degree in Civil Engineering and

shall have long experience in

management of infrastructure

project with various financing

and procurement

arrangements, economic and

financial analyses

of bids, supervision of highway

engineers, understanding of the

bidding and contract documents,

FIDIC 2010 documents and

overseeing (project) consultancies.

He should have at least 15 years of

professional experience, out of

which he should have worked as

Team Leader/Project Manager or

equivalent for minimum of 5 years

on supervision/construction of

Highway Tunnel Projects, involving

flexible and rigid pavements. His

experience should include

international assignments of at least

of 5 years having handled highway

The Qualification and experience

requirement of Team

Leader is very stringent in many

parameters like.

We request to have minimum

qualification of Degree in Civil

Engineering/Mining Engineering

and Post Graduate degree in

Civil/Mining will be preferred.

b)

Should have experience on FIDIC

contracts of 6 years Should also

have experience in OPRC

contracts Should also have

experience in PPP projects.

We request you to kindly keep this

experience requirement as per

present contract conditions as

based on all above 3 parameters its

very difficult to find an expert.

c)






Please refer to corrigendum 1..

Page 20 of 38

tunnel projects of similar or large

size and complexity in

Developed countries and about 6

years on similar projects in

developing countries, including in

Asia. The candidate should have a

proven record of

managerial capability through

directing/ managing of major civil

engineering works, including

projects of a similar magnitude and

various kinds of consultancy

services. He should have worked for

period of about 6 years in project

incorporating the FIDIC Conditions

of Contract. He shall have worked

for a period of @2years in projects

incorporating FIDIC2010

Condition of Contracts. Knowledge

of international ‘best practices’ in

latest conditions of contract,

construction, contract management

and modern highway construction

technology as well as consultancy

services is important. He should

have previously worked as Team

Leader or in similar capacity on at

least two Project Management

works of major road tunnel

projects costing more than US$ 100

Million or at least 150 km length of

US$ 100 Million or at least 150

km length of road project.(which


tunnels works)

We don’t understand why the

client is asking for experience of

150 Kms length of road and 1500

m of road tunnels. Generally in

MoRTH and NHAI they require

only 40% length of experience of

total project length. Accordingly

we request the client to consider

in similar way.

d)

The candidate shall be conversant

with the documents in several

times of project delivery

Methods (OPRC, design-bid-

build) design-build-Finance-

operate- and maintain (DBFOM),

and PPP like BOT and Annuity

mode.

We feel if the current project is

based on FIDIC then the

requirement of TL should be

accordingly as it is very difficult

to find a person having worked

Page 21 of 38

road project.(which includes at least

1500 m of road tunnels works) The

candidate shall be conversant with

the documents in several times of

project delivery methods (OPRC,

design-bid-build) design-build-

Finance-operate- and maintain

(DBFOM), and PPP like

BOT and Annuity mode. He should

have at least five years of

experience as Team Leader or

equivalent of in above said kind of

projects. He should have wide

experience of monitoring the PPP

projects and various kinds of

consultancy services.

on all type of contracts as

mentioned above.

May kindly consider.

38.

Deputy Team Leader cum

Project

Management

Expert:

The Deputy Team Leader of this


possess a Post Graduate Degree in

Civil Engineering and having MBA

Degree HR development/ graduate

level degree of Institutional

Development.

He shall have good enough

experience of institutional

development and HR development.

He should have at least

12 years of professional

Its very difficult that a expert having

Masters in Civil Engineer also have

MBA in HR development /Graduate

level degree of Institutional

development, request you to kindly

eliminate the additional

qualification of MBA Degree HR

development/ graduate level degree

of Institutional Development

We request client to consider a

expert having Graduate Degree in

Civil Engineering and preferably

Master Degree in Project

Management

Similarly having experience of 5


Page 22 of 38

experience,

out of which he should have worked

as Team Leader/Project Manager or

equivalent for minimum of 5 years

on supervision/construction of

Highway Tunnel Projects, involving

flexible and rigid pavements. His

experience should include

international assignments of at least

of 5 years having handled highway

projects of similar or large size and

complexity in developed countries

and about 4 years on similar projects

in developing countries, including in

Asia.

years in developed and 4 years in

developing countries is very

stringent.

Already Team leader is required

having experience in developed

countries, we request you to kindly

keep the experience of DTL to

developing countries only.

Unnecessarily this experience of

developed countries will increase

the cost of the consultancy which is

not required.

39. Senior Highway Engineer

cum

Project Planning

Expert:

He shall be at least post graduate in

Civil Engineering with 10 years of

Professional experience out of which

7 years as full time on site project

manager for Administrator and

supervision of High way contracts of

similar size and complexity as of the

proposed contract. He shall have at

least 5 years of experience of similar

kind of assignment in Developed and

Developing country outside of

India with FIDIC conditions of

contract.

We request you to kindly consider

Graduate in Civil Engineering as

essential qualification for this

position and PG in Civil Engineering

can be kept as preferential

qualification.

Also request you to kindly eliminate

the experience requirement of

Developed countries from this

position also as it is not required as

per our experience on other projects

and again it will increase the cost of

the consultancy services..

As per RPF

Page 23 of 38

40. Annexure-I, Page 95 of RFP

Sub Professional staff for following

Key Professional

We understand that Sub

Professional staff for following

Key Professional, their CV are not

required to be submitted along with

Technical proposal at this stage and

required to be submitted after signing

of contract by the successful bidder.

Kindly confirm.

Yes, consultant have to provide the CV of sub

professional staff after the work awarded to

successful bidder but name time/man month input

is required as per form TECH-6

41. Requirement of Office, vehicle, and

other support staff

RFP no where specify the

requirement of offices, Vehicles and

other office support staff. Request

you to kindly provide/specify the

minimum quantity for these heads so

that all the bidders are on same

platform and it will be easy for the

client to compare the financial bids

while evaluating them. Also, clarity

the fees will inclusive of taxes or not.

Please refer to page 83 of ToR , The consultancy

fees is exclusive of taxes.

42. Senior Quality cum Materials

Engineer (Team Leader’s Office):

The candidate will be at least a Post

Graduate in civil Engineering and

preferably with post graduate

qualification in Highway/Geo-

technical

Kindly relax the educational

qualification to graduate in civil

engineering as essential qualification

and post graduate qualification in

Highway/Geo-technical Engineering.

as preferential qualification.

As per RPF

43. Senior Environmental Expert:

The candidate shall be civil engineer

with a post graduate with specialization

in Environmental Engineering/

environmental sciences or related field

Generally, Environment Engineers are

Graduate in Environment Science,


Master in Environmental

Science/Engineering for this position

and eliminate the requirement of

Graduate in civil engineering

As per RPF

Page 24 of 38

GEODATA

Sl.

No

RFP Clause Ref RFP Clause Description Consultant request HPRIDC’s Reply

44

17.1_Data

Sheet_ Pg#35

The Consultants shall have the option

of submitting their Proposals

electronically.“No”

As we all know that due to Covid19

there is still lot of travel restriction in

India. Hence we request HPRIDC to

please provide an option to submit the

Proposal online.

As postal services/Courier services are operational

hence only hard copy submission will be accepted.

45 21.1_Data

Sheet_ Pg#36

Criteria, sub-criteria, and point

system for the evaluation of the Full

Technical Proposals:

Points (i) Specific experience of the

Consultant (as a firm) relevant to the

Assignment:

Considering the fact that this important

project falls in a Hilly terrain, we feel

that HPRIDC should consider

experience of similar geography /

terrain / Himalayan region experience.

Please consider giving weight age for

such projects.

Agreed.

46 Clause v_

Section 6_

PG#71Objective

& scope

of

consultancy_

Terms

of

Reference

Provide training to the PIU staff in

project formulation, management,

monitoring and evaluation, financial,

road safety and environmental

management aspects of the Project.

PMC will be fully associated with

PIUin implementation of projectworks.

May we know how many people are

expected to be trained and number of

training days?

May we also know if HPRIDC would

provide any facilities for organizing

such training? Please clarify.

Tentatively six number trainings for 30-40

participants batch size.

No, HPRIDC would not provide any facility for

organizing such trainings.

47 Clause

vii_

Section 6_

PG#72

Objective &

scope of

consultancy_

Through direction of the PIU provide

hand-holding support to the

Department of Transport and Police

Department, HPPWD in traffic

management, muck/debris disposal as

May we know if these activities are

expected to be handled by the

proposed team only or consultant

would be required to deploy more

resources on payment basis? Please

clarify.

Consultant has to prepare Traffic Management

Plan, muck /debris disposal plan in the DPR and

implement all proposal at site with the assistance of

client. The consultant have to assess the

deployment of resources accordingly.

Page 25 of 38

48 Clause i_

Section 7_ Pg74

& 75_Detailed

scope of

consultancy

services

PMC shall carry out design sand

design reviews observing the best

engineering practices.

May we know HPRIDC’s expectations

whether specific designs to be

prepared by the consultant? We seek

this clarity since at other place it is

mentioned that “PMC will assist the

client in reviewing and finalizing of

designs and DPR prepared for PIU by

M/s GC-ROTESSESCON JV. Kindly

clarify

PMC has to review, update and finalize the existing

design and DPR prepared for PIU by M/s GC-

ROTESSESCON JV.

49 Clause

iii_Section

7_Pg

75_Detailed

scope of

consultancy

services

Overall responsibility for

overseeingthe implementation of

Environmental and Social Impact

Assessment (ESIA), Environmental

and SocialManagement

Plan(ESMP),BiodiversityManagement

Plan (BMP), Resettlement Action

Plan(s), Gender Action Plan, Labor

Management Procedure, and Labor

Influx Management & Gender Based

Violence Mitigation Plan by

coordinating with the PIU and

ensuring deliverables are in accordance

with the ESMF envisaged in the DPR.

In this respect, PMC will liaise with

and facilitate interaction with

necessary institutional

stakeholders,communities, organizing

of community level consultations,

facilitating datacollection for socio-

economic surveys and impact

assessments.

We understand that the responsibility

of consultant will be limited to

overseeing such activities and not to

undertake development of fresh plans/

studies by itself. Please clarify

Not only overseeing the activities but also liaise

with, and facilitates interactions with institutional

stakeholders and assist client in proper

implementation of all related activities.

Page 26 of 38

50 Location &

duration of the

services and

deliverables_

Section 7_

Pg#83_Terms of

Reference

The PMC will have to establish

itsmain office in Shimla. The selected

Consultant will be responsible for

making his own arrangements for

accommodation for the office of the

Team Leader and all associated staff

stationedinShimlaaswellasformat-site

staff. The Consultant should also make

his own arrangements for office

furniture, equipment, stationeries,

photocopiers, communication facilities

like telephones, web connections,

facsimiles, etc. includingmaintenance

thereof and vehicles for transportation

of office staff, etc. (including operation,

maintenance, insurances and repairs

thereof).

May we know if consultant needs to

set up two separate offices- One in

Shimla and other at-site?

We request client to please provide

office space at Shimla.

The consultant has to set up only one office at

Shimla as the site is within municipal limit of

Shimla city. Further, client won’t provide any office

space at Shimla.

51 Section 6_

Pg#88_Required

qualification &

experience of

Key Personnel

Team Leader cum Infrastructure

Expert: The Team Leader cum


consultancy assignment should possess

a Post Graduate Degree in Civil

Engineering

We would like to share that normally

when a person undertakes Post

Graduation Degree it is limited to the

area of specialization. For tunnel

projects normally other government

agencies like MoRTH /NHAI

/NHIDCL/PWDs/ State Road

Development corporation accepts any

such specialized field like Structures /

Mining / Rock Mechanics /

Geotechnical / Equivalent

qualification. We request HPRIDC to

please consider the same.


Page 27 of 38

52 Section 7_

Pg#88_Required

qualification &

experience of

Key Personnel

Team Leader cum Infrastructure

Expert: He should have worked for

period of about 6 years in projects

incorporating the FIDIC Conditions of

Contract. He shall have worked for a

period of @2years in projects

incorporating FIDIC2010

ConditionofContracts.

May we know if HPRIDC is looking

for about 6 years FIDIC projects

experience or 2 years? We feel two

years is enough? Please consider.

HPRIDC is looking for about 6 years FIDIC

projects experience

53 Section 7_

Pg#88_Required

qualification &

experience of

Key Personnel

Deputy Team Leader cum Project

Management Expert: The Deputy

Team Leader of this consultancy

assignment should possess a Post

Graduate Degree in Civil Engineering

and having MBA Degree HR

development/ graduate level degree of

Institutional Development.

HPRIDC is looking for two PG

qualifications (one in Civil and other

MBA in HR) for this position.

We feel that it would be more

appropriate that the candidate has B.

Tech in Civil Engineering and PG in

Management / Engineering as MBA in

HR might not serve the intended

Purpose. Please consider.


54 Section 7_

Pg#92_Required

qualification &

experience of

Key Personnel

IT-ICT Manager: He shall be a B.Tech

/B.E. graduate/ MCA

withspecialization in Computer

Science, Information Technology,

Information Systems or the equivalent.

He shall be fully knowledgeable in

current IT hardware and software

matters as well as ICT

communications/connectivity matters,

particularly as relevant to technical and

business information management

requirements in the public sector

context in India. He shall have

extensive professional experience (at

least 5 years) and adequate

Considering the fact that the subject

project is basically an engineering

project, we have not seen IT-ICT

Manager position for similar projects.

May we know the specific role which

this Manager is going to perform? In

addition, we also request HPRIDC to

please review the experience

requirement as it is very difficult to

find IT-ICT profiles who has worked

on similar Tunnel project related to

ITICTMIS integration.

Agreed, IT-ICT Manager position for the the

current proposal has been deleted.


Page 28 of 38

professional skill in the

implementation, operation and

management of IT and ICT assets and

facilities and in the facilitation of IT

based activity monitoring systems for

program management purposes,

preferably in public sector contexts. He

shall have skills and experience in

framing the necessary policies,

operating rules and processes for the

administration, security and

performance monitoring of the IT-ICT

resources of a major organization

having widely-dispersed operations

and user-groups. He shall have

completed at least 2 major similar

projects related to IT-ICTMIS

integration and related capacity

Development in India’s public sector.

55 General Prebid meeting: 10.06.2020

Bid submission: 13.07.2020

We request HPRIDC to please

Provide at least 4 weeks’ time from

the date of release of Prebid

clarifications.

15 days after release of Pre- Bid clarification are

sufficient for RFP submission.

Lombardi

56 Form Tech 4

(FTP only) Page

48

Technical Approach and methodology

Work Plan

Organization and Staffing

Please clarify if there is any limit (on

number of pages) for making

submission to this section

No, there is no limit.

57 Form Tech 4

(STP only) Page

49

Since it is Full Technical Proposal, we

understand that this form is not to be

submitted in the technical submission.

Please confirm

Agreed this form is not to be submitted in the

technical submission.

Page 29 of 38

58 Form Tech 5

(work schedule

and Planning for

deliverables)

Page 50

There are two stages of services:

(i) Pre-construction deliverables in the first

6 months of assignment

(ii) Project Monitoring and Supervision

during construction stage during next

18 months of construction

Please confirm if in this form we supply

information about pre-construction

stage deliverable only.

The consultants have to submit deliverables for both

stages as per the TOR.

59 Form Tech 6

(Team

composition,

assignment and

key expert’s

input) Page 51

The man-month requirement of the Key

Experts and of Non Key Experts are

already defined in Annexure-I on page

95 of RFP.

It is really difficult to establish the

activity wise deployment of expert

during construction. We suggest that

this form be cancelled

As per RFP only. The firms have to submit activity

wise deployment of Key experts.

60 Form Tech 6

(Continued - CV

Page 53

Contact information for references in

the employing organization At the time of EOI submission details

of key personnel were submitted.

Please confirm that CV of same

personnel is to be submitted / or we can

change the personnel.

Please appreciate that any expert with

20 years experience who had worked

with say 7 different organizations

cannot provide contact detail in the

organization now.

It is suggested that the contact details

of only the latest employer be asked

1) Key personnels proposed at REoI stage can be

replaced with others at RFP stage with the

condition that other key personnels should have

higher qualification and more experience.

2) Agreed.

61 Form FIN 2 Page

59

We understand that the total cost of

Financial Proposal, to be provided in

this form, is exclusive of GST.

Please confirm

Yes, total cost of financial proposal is excluding all

indirect taxes as well as GST. (Both amount with

taxes and without taxes has to be mentioned

separately)

Page 30 of 38

62 Form FIN 3 Page

60

Column 5, regarding time input in

person months The person months are already given in

Annexure I on page 95. Like we

mentioned in point 4 above that It is

really difficult to establish the activity

wise deployment of expert during

construction at this stage, the format

shall be simple Man month ; Rate ;

Amount

Please refer reply at Sr.No.59.

63 Page 71 point iv

Page 102 Point 8

Page 71 point iv

Assist the Client in preparation of

bidding documents, updating cost

estimates, bid invitations and bid

evaluations

Page 102 Point 8

Study of Contract Agreement between

PIU and Contractors

Please clarify if point 8 on page 102

means that Contractor is already

finalized. We don’t think so.

No, contractor is not finalized yet.

64. Page 95

Annexure I

Sub Professional staff We understand that the Sub professional

staff details are to be provided only after

the work award to the winning bidder.

Yes, consultant have to provide the detail of Sub

professional staff only after the work award to the

successful bidder but their name time/man-months

input is required as per form TECH-6.

65

Page 61

Appendic C

C1 and C2 We understand that this information is

NOT to be provided at bidding stage.

Please confirm

No, this information is required at bidding stage.

66 Section 8

Conditions of

Contract and

Contract Forms

Clause 24.1

page 99

(a) Professional Liability Insurance with

a minimum coverage of twice the

amount of Contract

We suggest to change it to :

Professional Liability Insurance with a

minimum coverage equal to the amount

of Contract

As per RFP Provisions.

67 Section 3

Technical

Proposal page

41

Power of Attorney Please suggest that if the Authorized

signatory remains same, if the POA

submitted at the time of submission of

EOI will hold good or a fresh POA will

be required

Fresh POA is required with Technical Bid

submission.

TPF

Page 31 of 38

68 Team Leader

cum

Infrastructure

Expert

Page 88

The Team Leader cum



possess a Post Graduate Degree

in Civil Engineering....

We request you to kindly allow

'Graduate Degree in Civil Engineering'


69 Team Leader

cum

Infrastructure

Expert Page 88

Line No 10

His experience should include

international assignments of at

least of 5 years having handled

highway tunnel projects of

similar or large size and

complexity in developed

countries and about 6 years on

similar projects in developing

countries, including in Asia.

1.We request you to kindly modify the

criteria are as follows:


international assignments of at least of

5 years having handled highway tunnel

projects of similar or large size and

complexity in about 6 years on similar

projects in developing countries,

including in Asia.

2. The International experience means

India Experience / Projects shall be

considered, Please confirm.


70 Team Leader

cum

Infrastructure

Expert Page 88

Line No 23






US$ 100 Million or at least 150

km length of road project.(which


tunnels works) The candidate

shall be conversant with the

documents in several times of

project delivery methods (OPRC,

design-bid-build) design-build-

Finance-operate- and-maintain

(DBFOM), and PPP like BOT

and Annuity mode.

We request you to kindly allow criteria

as follows:

He should have previously worked as

Team Leader or in similar capacity on

at least two Project Management works

of major road tunnel projects costing

more than US$ 100 Million or at least

50 km length of road project.(which

includes at least 1500 m of road tunnels

works) The candidate shall be

conversant with the documents in

several times of project delivery

methods (OPRC, design-bid-build) /

design-build-Finance-operate- and-

maintain (DBFOM), / PPP like BOT

/ Annuity mode.


71 Deputy Team

Leader cum

Project

Management

Expert Page 89

The Deputy Team Leader of this


possess a Post Graduate Degree

in Civil Engineering and having

MBA Degree HR development/


criteria as follows:

Essential : Graduate Degree in Civil

Engineering

Preferred: MBA Degree HR


Page 32 of 38

graduate level degree of

Institutional Development.

development/ graduate level degree of

Institutional Development

72 Deputy Team

Leader cum

Project

Management

Expert Page 89

Line No. 13


international assignments of at

least of 5 years having handled

highway projects of similar or

large size and complexity in

developed countries and about 4

years on similar projects in

developing countries, including in

Asia.

We request you to kindly modify the



international / national assignments

of at least of 5 years having handled

highway projects of similar or large

size and complexity and about 4 years

on similar projects in developing

countries, including in Asia.

As per corrigendum 1.

73 Deputy Team

Leader cum

Project

Management

Expert Page 89

Line No. 25

He should have previously

worked as Team Leader or in

similar capacity on at least two

Project Management works of

major road tunnel projects of

Two- laning/four

laning/expressway costing more

than US$ 100 Million or at least

100 km length of the

project.(which includes at least

1000 m of road tunnel works).


with the documents in several

times of project delivery methods

(OPRC) design-build-Finance-

operate-and-maintain

(DBFOM), and PPP like BOT

and Annuity mode.



He should have previously worked as

Team Leader or in similar capacity on

at least two Project Management

works of major road tunnel projects of

Two- laning/four laning/expressway

costing more than US$ 100 Million or

at least 50 km length of the

project.(which includes at least 1000

m of road tunnel works). The

candidate shall be conversant with the

documents in several times of project

delivery methods (OPRC) design-

build-Finance-operate-and-

maintain (DBFOM)/ PPP / BOT /

Annuity mode.

As per corrigendum 1.

74 Senior

Highway

Engineer cum

Project

Planning

Expert

Page 90

He shall be at least post graduate

in Civil Engineering


'Graduate Degree in Civil

Engineering'

As per RFP.

Page 33 of 38

75 Senior

Highway

Engineer cum

Project

Planning

Expert

Page 90

He shall have at least 5 years of

experience of similar kind of

assignment in Developed and

Developing country outside of


contract.



He shall have at least 5 years of

experience of similar kind of

assignment in Developing country of


contract.

As per RFP.

76 Senior Bridge/

Tunnel cum

Structural

Engineers

Page 90

The candidate will be a graduate

in the field of Civil Engineering

and Post Graduation in Structural

Design/ Engineering.

We request you to kindly allow the

Qualification are as follows:


Engineering

Preferred: Post Graduation in

Structural Design/ Engineering.


77 Senior Bridge/

Tunnel cum

Structural

Engineers

Page 90

Out of which he should have

worked for at least 5 years on

bridge and tunnel construction

projects including design,

drawing and construction of

bridges and tunnels. He should

have at least 5 years experience in

rehabilitation/repair/ maintenance

of bridges and tunnels.



Out of which he should have worked

for at least 5 years on bridge

construction projects including

design, drawing and construction of

bridges. He should have at least 5

years experience in

rehabilitation/repair/ maintenance of

bridges.

The Tunnel Expert position should

be seperate.


78 Senior Quality

cum Materials

Engineer

(Team Leader’s

Office)

Page 91

The candidate will be at least a

Post Graduate in civil

Engineering and preferably with

post graduate qualification in

Highway/Geo-technical

Engineering.




Engineering

Preferred: Post graduate qualification

in Highway/Geo-technical

Engineering.

As per RFP

79 Procurement

cum Contract

Management

expert

(including PPP

project)

He shall be at least civil engineer

having post graduation in

Management or MBA with

Finance/Project Management.




Engineering

Preferred: post graduation in

Management or MBA with

As per RFP.

Page 34 of 38

Page 91 Finance/Project Management.

80 Procurement

cum Contract

Management

expert

(including PPP

project)

Page 91

He shall have experience of

procurement and Management of

at least 5 green field PPP projects.



He shall have experience of

procurement and Management of at

least 2 green field PPP projects.

As per RFP.

81 Legal Expert

(Civil Contracts

and

Agreements)

Page 93

Graduate qualifications in Law,

preferably with additional

specialization in Corporate Law

and Legislative drafting.



Essential: Graduate qualifications in

Law

In addition / Preferred: Specialization

in Corporate Law and Legislative

drafting

As per RFP

82 Legal Expert

(Civil Contracts

and

Agreements)

Page 93


with the Indian and

international documents for PPP

projects.




with the Indian or international

documents for PPP projects.

As per RFP.

83 Road Safety

Engineering

Specialist

Page 83



with post-graduation

specialization in Highway

Engineering and additional

specialist training and



transport safety in roads

design/construction/management.




Engineering

Preferred: Post-graduation


Engineering

In additional specialist training and



transport safety in roads



Page 35 of 38

84 Road Safety

Engineering

Specialist

Page 83

He shall have least 15 years of

relevant professional experience,

including at least 5 years directly

in the Road Safety field, both in

developed countries and in

under developed countries in

Asia.



He shall have least 15 years of

relevant professional experience,

including at least 5 years directly in

the Road Safety field, both in

developed countries or in under

developed countries in Asia


85 Sub

professional

staff

Page 88 to 95

- We request you to kindly provide

Educational qualification and

experience required for Sub

professional staff

Page 88 to 95

Consultant can propose sub professional staff as per their

requirement to handle the project activities efficiently.

85 DPR Page 75

Clause ii)

PMC will assist the client in

reviewing and finalizing of

designs and DPR prepared for

PIU by M/s GC-RITES-SECON

JV comprising of

GEOCONSULT ZT GmbH (Lead

Firm), Hoelzlstrasse 563, A-5071

Wals/Salzburg, Austria and

RITES Ltd., RITES Bhawan, 1,

Sector-29, Gurgaon-122001 and

SECON Pvt. Ltd., #147, 7B

Road, Expert Industrial Park,

Whitefield, Banglore-560066.

We request you to kindly provide the

soft copy of DPR.

The copy of DPR has been uploaded on the HPRIDC

website.

86. Sub

Professional

staff Page 37

Clause (iii)

{Notes to Consultant: each

position number corresponds to

the same for the Key Experts in

Form TECH-6 to be prepared by

the Consultant}

The sub professional staff CV did not

required submitting at tender stage.

This is general practice in India for

tender.

Kindly Confirm.

Agreed but their name time/man-months input is required

as per form TECH-6.

87 non-judicial

stamp and

Notary

Power of Attorney and MOU Due to COVID-19 the Stamp Papers

and Notary not available. Hence, we

request you to allow submitting the

form in Company letterhead.

Kindly Confirm.

As per RFP.

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88 Proposal

Submission

Page 36

Data Sheet

The Proposals must be submitted

no later than:

Date: 13 July, 2020

Time: 15:00 Hours (IST)

We, are extremely keen in

participating for the above project.

However, due to pandemic disease of

Coronavirus (COVID-19) the work

environment is totally disturbed.

The legal documents like Power of

Attorney (POA), Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU), Affidavit’s

etc. are not at all possible to prepare

as

the stamp paper vendor providers are

still currently closed and due to which

we are unable to get the stamp paper

and notarize them.

Hence we request you to kindly

extend the due date of submission by

minimum upto 3 weeks after the

current due date, which will enable us

submit a comprehensive bid

document.

As per RFP.

Arvee Associates

89 Required

Qualifications &

Experience of

Key Personnel:

Road Safety

Engineering

Specialist Page

no.93



with post-graduation


Engineering and additional

specialist training and


engineering aspects of traffic

and transport safety in roads

design / construction /

management.

We request you to include Traffic &

Transportation and change it as

follows:




Highway Engineering or Traffic &

Transportation and additional

specialist training and qualifications

directly relevant to engineering

aspects of traffic and transport safety


Page 37 of 38

in roads


90 Required

Qualifications &

Experience of

Key Personnel:

Financial

Expert Page

no.92

He shall posses an MBA Degree

(or equivalent) in Finance.


“Chartered Accountancy” course as

eligible qualification, as is being

considered by World Bank in other

projects.


91 Required

Qualifications &

Experience of

Key Personnel:

Senior Bridge /

Tunnel cum

Structural

Engineer Page

no.90

He will have relevant

professional experience of at

least 10 years. Out of which he

should have worked for at least 5

years on bridge and tunnel

construction projects including

design, drawing and construction

of bridges and tunnels. He

should have at least 5 years

experience in

rehabilitation/repair/

maintenance of bridges and

tunnels. He should have also

experience in structural design,

drawing and construction of

minor bridges and tunnels and

all kinds of CD works.

It is unlikely to find a person who has

experience in design, construction of

both tunnels and bridges.

We therefore request you to kindly

divide the positions separately as

Senior Bridge / Structural Engineer

and Tunnel Engineer/Expert.


92 Section 2.

Instructions to

Consultants

C. Submission,

Opening and

21.1. Criteria, Sub-criteria, and

point system for the evaluation

of the Full Technical Proposals:

I) Specific experience of the

Consultant (as a firm) relevant to

We presume that experience in

railway tunnel projects will also be

considered under the specific

experience of firm and Key Personnel.

Kindly clarify.

Agreed

Specific experience of the Consultant (as a firm) relevant to

the assignment means Experience in similar types of

assignments with same topographical conditions which

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Evaluation Page

no.36

the assignment: includes :

1. Overall experience related to tunnel/road tunnel

/railway tunnel projects

2. Experience of similar projects in developed

countries

3. Experience of similar projects in developing

countries

4. Experience of similar projects in mountainous/steep

terrain

93 Section 2.

Instructions to

Consultants

C. Submission,

Opening and

Evaluation Page

no.38

iii) Key Experts’ qualifications

and competence for the

Assignment:

3) Relevant experience in the

region (working level fluency in

local language(s)/knowledge of

local culture or administrative

system, government

organization, etc. - 10%

We presume that the relevant

experience in the neighboring states of

Himachal Pradesh will also be

considered.

Kindly Clarify.

Yes, relevant experience in the neighboring states of

Himachal Pradesh will also be considered.

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