Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project: General Consultancy Services for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) From Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna, Manesar and Kharkhoda in the State of Haryana

UPDATED ON 28 AUGUST 2020 (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 20 JULY 2020): The deadline date changed from 31 August to 14 September 2020 at 03:00 pm due to administrative reasons

UPDATED ON 24 AUGUST 2020: The documents:

-- FINAL-REOI-GC-20.08.2020.pdf

-- Corrigendum-2-20-08-2020.pdf

have been attached (which can be accessed by selecting the links under “Attachments”).

UPDATED ON 14 AUGUST 2020 (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 20 JULY 2020): The deadline date changed from 17 August to 31 August 2020 at 03:00 pm and the document “C1-REOI.pdf” has been attached (which can be accessed by selecting the link under “Attachments”).

 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

No.HORC-48/REOI/2020/01                                                                                Date: 20 July, 2020

Country: INDIA

Name of Project: HARYANA ORBITAL RAIL CORRIDOR PROJECT

Project No: 000370

Assignment Title: General Consultancy Services for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) From Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna, Manesar and Kharkhoda in the State of Haryana.

Reference No: HORC/GC/2020/01

The Government of Haryana (GoH) has applied for financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) towards the cost of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the consulting services. The project is being implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC), JV Company of Ministry of Railways (MoR) and Govt. of Haryana (GoH).

The objective of the consulting services (the “Services”) is to provide General Consultancy Services for successful planning, basic & detailed designs, preparation of specifications, preparation of proposal documents and tender assistance, checking designs, project management and supervision including construction supervision, safety, quality and environmental management, interface management, testing and commissioning of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) (the “Project”). The planning shall include O&M phase as well. The draft Terms of Reference (TOR) is available at www.hridc.co.in and E-procurement portal of Government of Haryana https://etenders.hry.nic.in.

HRIDC now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The minimum eligibility criteria are:

Experience of similar assignments: The Consultant must have completed/ substantially completed following “Eligible work(s)” during the last Ten (10) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited:
 

At least one “Eligible Composite Work” (i.e. work including components of Civil Engineering, Electrical & OHE works and Signaling & Telecommunication (S&T) works) of value not less than equivalent INR 420 million (Civil Engg - INR 315 million, Electrical & OHE - INR 63 million and S&T - INR 42 million),  
OR

At least two “Eligible Composite Works” (i.e. works including components of Civil Engineering, Electrical & OHE works and Signalling & Telecommunication (S&T) works) each of value not less than equivalent INR 280 million (Civil Engg - INR 210 million, Electrical & OHE - INR 42 million and S&T - INR 28 million), 
OR

At least three “Eligible Composite Works” (i.e. works including components of Civil Engineering, Electrical & OHE works and Signalling & Telecommunication (S&T) works) each of value not less than equivalent INR 210 million (Civil Engg - INR 157.5 million, Electrical & OHE - INR 31.5 million and S&T - INR 21 million)
AND

The consultant must have experience of at least two MDB financed projects.
AND

Financial Performance: Submission of audited financial data for the last five (5) years to demonstrate the current soundness of the Consultant’s financial position and its prospective long term profitability with the following as minimum criteria: Profit after tax (PAT) during any two (2) years out of last five (5) years should be positive.
AND

Average Annual Turnover from Consultancy related Activities: Average annual turnover should be at least INR 350 million as total certified payments received from contracts in progress or completed within last Five (5) Financial Years.
AND

Net worth: The Consultant should have a positive Net worth. This will be judged from the audited balance sheet data of the last financial year ending on a date not prior to 18 months from the date of submission of REOI.
 

Notes for ‘A’:

“Eligible Works” shall mean: Consultancy work as “Project Management Consultant/ General Consultant” for a new railway line or gauge conversion of a railway line or doubling / tripling / quadrupling of a railway line or modern rail-based mass rapid transit system excluding LRT/ TRAM/ Monorail Systems”.
 

Substantially completed work(s) shall mean: The work(s) where the Consultant has completed 90% of the work in the scope which shall be supported by Client’s Certificate.
 

Separate Completed/Substantially completed works of minimum required values for each component shall also be considered for fulfillment of experience of similar assignments
 

The Completed works/ Substantially completed works shall include detailed design experience and Construction supervision experience covering all the three components i.e. Civil Engineering (Earthwork, Bridges, Tunnels, Track works), Electrical & OHE (SCADA, OCS, TPS) and S&T.
 

In case of a foreign consultant (either as a single entity or as a Lead Member in a JV/Consortium), the foreign consultant must have completed/substantially completed at least one “Eligible Composite Work” (i.e. work including components of Civil Engineering, Electrical & OHE works and Signalling & Telecommunication (S&T) works) of value not less than equivalent INR 210 million (Civil Engg - INR 157.5 million, Electrical & OHE - INR 31.5 million and S&T - INR 21 million) outside his country of origin during the last ten years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, in addition to the above requirement.
 

Only work executed as consultant to the Employer shall be considered/ evaluated. Works executed as sub-consultant to a consultant shall not be considered.
 

Where the work in fulfilment of criteria at ‘A’ above, is undertaken by a group (Joint Venture or Consortium), only that portion of the work which is undertaken by the concerned consultant shall be considered and the remaining done by the other members of the group shall be excluded. This is to be substantiated with documentary evidence such as JV/ Consortium agreement clearly giving the scope of work of each member of JV/ Consortium or a Completion Certificate issued by the client.
 

Expression of Interest (EOI) submitted by the Consultant must include the following:

Introductory letter on the letter head (with complete contact details – name of contact person, mailing address, telephone, fax, e-mail etc.) explaining how the Consultant is best suited to deliver the task;
Consultant’s Information Sheet as per Annexure-C
Organization profile of the Consultant;
Details of relevant similar projects undertaken in the past ten (10) years as per Annexure-D
Annual reports for the last five (5) financial years as per Annexure-E;
Short note on the similar projects implemented by the Consultant pertaining to the eligibility criteria indicated above; and
Power of Attorney for Authorized Signatory of Single Entity/Joint Venture/Consortium Members as per Annexure-F
Affidavit for Blacklisting/Banning as per Annexure-G
Joint Venture/Consortium forms (if applicable) as per Annexure-H
 

The EOI should contain sufficient supporting documents to substantiate the claim of the Consultant towards their qualification as per the shortlisting criteria.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section II, paragraph 4.4, and paragraph 4.9 of the AIIB’s “Procurement Instructions for Recipients” June 2, 2016, setting forth the AIIB’s policy on conflict of interest and eligibility. A copy of this document can be downloaded from the website of AIIB (www.aiib.org).  

Consultants may be a single entity or a Joint Venture (JV) with not more than five (5) JV partners and with minimum of 10% participation of each. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. In case of JV/ Consortium, change in constitution or percentage participation shall not be permitted at any stage after the EOI submission, otherwise the Consultant shall be treated as non-responsive. The eligibility Criteria for JV/Consortium is detailed out in Annexure-A.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Instructions for Recipients.

Expression of Interest (EOI) must be uploaded online on the E-procurement portal of Government of Haryana https://etenders.hry.nic.in not later than 15:00 hrs on 17 August, 2020. Scanned copy of the EOI, uploaded by the Consultant, shall be clear & readable. However, Authority reserves the right to ask for the hard copy/clarification on the documents/credentials already submitted by the Consultant which he has to submit within 7 days of receipt of letter.

The submitted EOIs by the Consultants will be evaluated based on the shortlisting criteria as detailed out in Annexure B. Top six (6) Consultants will get shortlisted based on the maximum score gained in their respective EOIs.

Further information can be obtained through correspondences at the address below during office hours i.e. 09:30 to 18:00 hours:

Deputy General Manager (Projects)

Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited,

SCO 17-18-19, 3rd Floor,

Sector-17A, Chandigarh - 160017, India

Tel:  0172-2715644

E-mail: hridc2017@gmail.com

Website: www.hridc.co.in