Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited will appoint an independent engineer by December 14 from the six prequalifiied consortia, according to its managing director NVS Reddy.
The officials have conducted a pre-bid meeting with the six consortia/firms.These are Aecom Asia (Hong Kong) and Aarvee Associates (Hyderabad); Talferr SpA (Italy) and Sai Consulting Engineers (Ahmedabad); Louis Berger (Indian outfit of US company); Mott MacDonald (Indian outfit of UK company); Parsons Brinckerhoff (Indian outfit of US company) and UMTC (New Delhi); and Scott Wilson (UK) and Scott Wilson India. The six have been prequalified from 17 applications submitted earlier.
The technical bids will be evaluated for 80 marks and their financial bids will be given a weight of 20 marks. The total expenditure for the post is likely be around Rs 80 crore for a five-year contract and would be borne on a 50-50 basis by the state government and L&T, which bagged the Rs 12,132 crore metro rail project.
Based on the combined score, one consortium will be selected as the independent engineer for the project.
Officials of metro rail, government adviser T Stanley Babu, L&T and consortia attended the meeting today.
The independent engineer will be a well-experienced body of experts in structural engineering, track, rolling stock (coaches), station planning, train operations, construction safety engineering, signalling, telecommunications, and electric traction among others.
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Reddy said the independent engineer will be responsible for checking the designs and drawings submitted by L&T, which is expected to achieve financial closure in March next year.
It will also inspect and monitor the quality of construction works, test coaches and various other components of the project to ensure that the system is built according to the prescribed technical specifications, performance criteria and safety standards over a five-year construction period.
The metro rail system will be a two-track project on an elevation. The traffic is estimated to touch 1.5 million in 2014 and 2.2 million in ten years.
The fares will be between Rs 8 and Rs 19. The concession is for 35 years, including the construction period, and could be extended by another 25 years. L&T will have the right of first refusal.
In all, 269 acre is needed for the project. Of this, about 65 acre would be government land and the remaining 204 acre would be acquired from the private parties.