Member Electrical Railway Board Shri Navin Tandon Holds Press Conference To Give Briefing About Madhepura Electric Loco Factory, Kanchrapara Emu/Memu Coach Factory, Trainset Project
Member Electrical Railway Board Shri Navin Tandon held press conference to give briefing about Madhepura Electric Loco factory, Kanchrapara Emu/Memu coach factory, trainset project on 12th November, 2015. Following is the brief summary of information provided by him:- BRIEF ON ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FACTORY, MADHEPURA PROJECT
Salient Feature
? Selection of JV partner through 2 stage (RFQ/RFP) International Competitive Bidding (ICB);
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? Selected bidder to form a JV with 26% equity of MoR ( Equity limited to Rs 100 Cr);
? MoR to provide land for Factory on 30 years lease (Land acquired as per the provision of Railways Act);
? Factory to be set-up within 3 years of award of contract;
? Prototype Locomotive Supply to commence within 2 years of award of contract;
? Imported locos - 5 (0.625% of total procurement)
? Indigenous locos - 795
? All payments to be made in INR
? Custom duties payable only on imported 5 locomotives
? JV Company permitted to export locos from this factory after meeting IR's requirement.
? Price discovered on least life cycle cost basis.
? Most energy efficient with regenerative braking.
? Project enables continuous upgrade of technology over time.
JV's Obligation
? Setting up of Locomotive Factory and Township at Madhepura to manufacture 12,000 hp Electric Locomotives
? Setting up of two Maintenance Depots for maintenance (Depots to be transferred to MoR) - Saharanpur and Nagpur
? Setting up of one Training Institute at Saharanpur
? Supply of 800 locomotives over 11 years (Annual variation in quantity: +/-10% )
? Maintenance of first 250 locomotives for 13 years (POH + 1 Yr) at Saharanpur
? Maintenance Supervision of next 250 locos for 4 years (Man power to be provided by MoR) at Nagpur
? On-shore and off-shore training of IR personnel.
? JV to ensure guaranteed Availability (95%) / Reliability (2,00,000 kms per failure) and 87% Energy Efficiency (product of efficiencies of Traction Transformer, Motor and Converter) with provision of penalty for non-compliance.
Ministry of Railways' Obligation
? Provide land comprising the site (275 acres), free from encumbrances on lease for construction of the Factory and Township on a lease of 30 years.
? Provide land comprising the depot sites free from encumbrance on license for setting up and operating Maintenance depots.
? Provide Rail track and electrified traction lines connecting the Factory and Maintenance Depots to the existing railway track.
? Provide road connectivity to the Factory and Maintenance Depots
? Provide electric transmission line and substation for the factory (132/33 kV) within 2 years.
? 26% of Equity contribution by MoR in JV subject to ceiling of Rs 100 Cr. (Debt:Equity - 70 :30)
? Assured off-take of 800 Locomotives by MoR from JV
Procurement of 12000 HP High Horse Power Locomotives
800 locomotives are to be procured over a period of 11 years commencing from the 2nd Anniversary of Appointed Date.
Average cost of acquisition of each locomotive is Rs. 24.88* crore at Current Price.
Total Cost of acquisition of 800 locomotives is Rs 19,904 crore at Current Price over 11 years.
* Unit Price of Locomotive quoted by L1 bidder is Rs. 28.4 crore which is the Base Price of 35 locomotives to be supplied in the Third Year of Supply. The price of locomotives from the fourth year of supply would be subject to a 3% annual reduction over the Supply Period. The price of the 5 imported locomotives would be 110% of the Base Price.
The Selected Company would be required to set up a manufacturing facility at Madhepura, Bihar and two Maintenance Depots at Saharanpur and Nagpur to undertake maintenance of the first 500 locomotives.
Only 5 locomotives are to be imported and the balance 795 are to be Made in India.
BRIEF ON SETTING UP OF RAIL COACH FACTORY, KANCHRAPARA WEST BENGAL UNDER JV ROUTE
Background
Cabinet in Feb, 2010 approved setting up a Rail Coach Factory at Kanchrapara in West Bengal at an estimated cost of Rs. 860 crore through JV route (with 26% equity of MoR limited to Rs. 60-80 crore) for manufacture 500 EMU/MEMU coaches annually.
As per estimates of National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC) there would be a requirement of 30,000 EMU/ MEMU coaches by 2032.
The JV partner is to be selected through International Competitive Bidding (ICB). Bid documents are to be prepared on the basis of bid documents approved by the Cabinet for Madhepura and Marhowra factories duly incorporating project specific changes.
Project Contours
Selected JV partner will set up a factory at Kanchrapara in West Bengal for manufacturing of EMU/MEMU coaches and maintenance and training infrastructure on IR. It is proposed to produce about 5000 coaches over 10 years. The coaches shall be of state-of-the-art technology with IGBT propulsion system and of stainless steel/ aluminium design to ensure higher energy efficiency and longer life.
This factory would be set up on Railway land at Kanchrapara (West Bengal).
Site works related to filling of land, widening of roads and provision of 33kV substation is nearing completion.
The Factory will attract significant FDI apart from creating opportunities for direct and indirect employment. There will be transfer of technology to India to manufacture various equipment including IGBT based propulsion system. The project has the potential of developing India as a manufacturing hub for manufacture of State-of -Art EMU/MEMUs and Metro Coaches in South East Asia.
Bidding Process
A two stage bidding process has been adopted for selection of a suitable JV partner to execute the project. Accordingly, an exercise for pre-qualification of bidders was initiated and eight firms had been pre-qualified on August 13, 2010 for submission of financial bids.
However, the process was annulled due to efflux of time and fresh RFQ has been initiated on October 1, 2015. The application due date is January 15, 2016 and the RFP process is expected to conclude by April/ May 2016.
? The first two proto-type Train Sets would be supplied by the Company after two years of the appointed date. The supply would continue for a period of five years thereafter.
? The selected bidder would have the option to import two Train Sets and the subsequent Train Sets will have to be manufactured in India, thus making it a true 'Make in India' proposition.
? In order to enable Indian Railways acquire technology for maintenance matching international standards, the selected Company would be entrusted maintenance obligation for a period of 7 years. Designated staff of the Indian Railways will be deputed to ensure transfer of maintenance skill and learn new systems of maintenance which would enable IR to maintain the Train Sets after 7 years for its life of 35 years. It would thus, ensure a true transfer of technology for maintenance. In this direction, the Company would be required to set up a maintenance facility at Ghaziabad.
? The Company would undertake comprehensive maintenance of the Train Sets in accordance to the prescribed maintenance schedule and also ensure guaranteed reliability and availability as per defined terms. Prescribed Maintenance Fees would be paid to the Company for carrying out the Maintenance Obligation.
? The Company would transfer all the maintenance assets including the depots to the Government on completion of the maintenance period of all the Train Sets.
? Bidding Process
A two stage bidding process has been adopted for selection of a Bidder to execute the project. Accordingly, an exercise for pre-qualification of bidders was initiated and following five Applicants have been pre-qualified on September 11, 2015 for submission of financial bids.
1) Consortium of Alstom and BEML
2) Consortium of CAF and Bombardier
3) Consortium of Hitachi and Ansaldo
4) Consortium of Kawasaki, Toshiba and BHEL
5) Siemens
The Bid due date is December 21, 2015.
