Pre-Bid queries and their clarifications w.r.t.
RFP issued for selection of Authority’s Engineers for
Bundelkhand Expressway Project
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Clause / Subject
No.
1 Evaluation Criteria and Sub Criteria for
2 Similarly, Evaluation Criteria and Sub
3 It is not clear from the R.F.P weather Sub-
4 From R.F.P it is also not clear that how
5 Page- 42, Appendix C-3 of RFP
Remuneration for Local Professional Staff:
S. NO.4: Resident Engineer (To be designated as Team Leader
in Maintenance period afterTeam Leader's work is completed) -
3nos.(1 for each package)
6 Page- 43, Appendix C-3 of RFP
Remuneration for Local Professional Staff:
S. No. 19: Safety Engineer - 1 no. (Common for 3 packages)
7 -
8 Eligibility criteria, Page – 6 and 7
Experience of 6-laning or more project to be considered with a
multiplication factor of 1.25 and experience of 4-laning project
to be considered with a multiplication factor of 1.
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
Please refer Addendum.
Relevant Experience of the firm for the
Assignment does not specify break - up of
score to be obtained by a firm under
different sub - heads, e.g. when a firm will
get full marks in different sub - heads.
Please refer Addendum.
Criteria for Qualification and Competence
of the key staff for the assignment does not
specify break - up of score to be obtained by
a key staff.
As per GCC clause 3.7, prior
consultants are to be appointed at bid approval shall be required
submission stage or to be appointed after for the appointment of sub-
award of Consultancy Services. consultant.
Please refer GCC clause 3.7.
much and what part of services may be
entrusted to sub - consultants.
For the post of key professional of Resident Number of Resident
Engineer, the number of staff required in Engineers required shall be
Appendix C-3 of RFP is mentioned as 3 (1 3 (1 for each package)
for each package) whereas the number of Please refer Addendum.
staff required against post of Resident
Engineer is mentioned as 4 in BOQ at S. No.
1.04.
It is presumed that the number of staff
required shall be 3 (1 for each package) for
the post of key professional of Resident
Engineer.
Please clarify.
For the post of key professional of Safety Number of Safety Engineer
Engineer, the number of staff required in required shall be 1 (common
Appendix C-3 of RFP is mentioned as 1 for 3 packages)
(common for 3 packages) whereas the Please refer Addendum.
number of staff required against post of
Safety Engineer is mentioned as 2 in BOQ
at S. No. 1.19.
It is presumed that the number of staff
required shall be 1 (common for 3 packages)
for the post of key professional of Safety
Engineer.
Please clarify.
UPEIDA give the tender to three different Not tenable.
company for three packages i.e. package I to
III therefore it is requested you that give the
opportunity to three different AE company
for package I to III.
One company will not provide to
supervision for three package in a one time
and project will be delay.
With reference to the above clause, we Not tenable.
understand that, the consultancy firm should
have minimum experience in project
supervision/ Independent /
Engineer/Authority‟s Engineer of 4/6-laning
project of aggregate length equal to length
equal to 1.5 times or more than the Project
Length for which RFP is invited.
However, with reference to the latest NHAI
standards, usually the multiplication factor
shall be applicable for 2/4/6 lane projects
towards the experience of the firm is as
follows, “For 2-lane projects experience of
4/6 lane also to be considered with a
multiplication factor of 1.5. Experience of
4/6-lane shall be considered interchangeably
for 4/6-laning projects. For 4/6-laning
projects, experience of 2 lane will be
considered with a multiplication factor of
0.4.”
Therefore, we kindly request you to include
the multiplication factor of 2-lane as well
towards the experience of the firm as per
NHAI standards. Please confirm.
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9 DATA SHEET, Section 5.1, It is requested to the Client to clarify Please refer Addendum.
i)Sub criteria for Relevant Experience of the firm for the whether 1 project comprising of 25% of
assignment, Page 22 Project Length will be eligible for obtaining
full marks.
Experience in Construction Supervision/Independent
Engineer/Authority Engineer in Highway Projects of 4/6-laning Also it is requested to the Client to modify Not tenable.
or more of length at least equal to 25% of Project Length, in the criteria as “Experience in Construction
last 7 years. -16 marks Supervision/Independent
Engineer/Authority Engineer in Highway
Projects of 2/4/6-laning or more of length at
least equal to 25% of Project Length, in last
7 years.”
10 DATA SHEET, Section 5.1, It is requested to the Client to clarify the Please refer Addendum.
i)Sub criteria for Relevant Experience of the firm for the number of Highway Project comprising of
assignment, Page 22 25% of Project Length or more that will be
eligible for obtaining full marks.
Experience in DPR preparation/ Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design Report for Number of Highway Projects (of Also it is requested to the Client to modify Not tenable.
length 25% of Project Length of 4/6-laning or more) in last 7 the criteria as “Experience in DPR
years. – 5 marks preparation/ Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design Report for Number of
Highway Projects (of length 25% of Project
Length of 2/4/6-laning or more) in last 7
years”.
11 APPENDIX B-5: Format of Curriculum Vitae (CV) For As the Client is aware that the experience Not tenable.
Proposed Professional Staff, Note: (f) Pg. 35 Certificates from the past employers have
not been a practice in the Country and
Experience Certificates from Employers to be attached. The therefore, a large number of professionals do
Consultants have the option of submitting such Experience not take their experience certificates from
Certificates at the time of Contract negotiation. However, in their employers. Therefore, the Consultants
case the Consultant is unable to produce the same at the time of requests to amend the requirement as:
Contract negotiation, the CV shall be considered unsuitable in "Experience Certificates from their
terms of Clause 3.4 (ix) of the “Letter of Invitation to the respective employers shall be produced to
Consultants” and action as appropriate will be taken. the extent possible".
12 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 61. It is requested to the client to consider Not tenable.
2. Deputy Team Leader Assistant Resident Engineer and
Executive Engineer in similar capacity.
1) Essential Qualification:
d) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader/
Resident Engineer /Project Manager Superintending Engineer or
equivalent / or similar capacity of at least two projects in
Construction Supervision of Highways.

e) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader or

similar capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation of
major highway Project of two laning with paved shoulder / four
– laning/ six –laning/ Expressway.

13 Enclosure-B, Qualification of Key Personnel, Pg. 61. It is requested to the Client to make a Please refer Addendum.
3.Senior Contract Specialist relaxation of 15 years in professional
experience of Contract Management.
1) Essential Qualification:
b) Professional Experience of 20 years in Contract
Management.
14 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 63. It is requested to the Client to consider Post As per clause 5. 2), post
5.Senior Quantity Surveyor Graduate in Civil Engineering. graduate degree in
2) Preferential Qualifications: Engineering is already a
a) Post Graduate Degree in Construction preferential qualification.
Management/Engineering/certificate course in management/
certificate course in construction management/certificate course
in contract management/ certificate course in quantity
surveying.
15 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 63. It is requested to the Client to consider Not tenable.
6.Highway Design Specialist experience in national assignments instead
of abroad.
2) Preferential Qualifications.
a) Experience as a Highway Design Specialist abroad.
16 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 63. It is requested to the Client to consider Not tenable.
7.Bridge Design Specialist experience in national assignments instead
of abroad.
2) Preferential Qualifications.
a) Experience as a Bridge Design Specialist abroad.
17 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 64. It is requested to the Client to consider Not tenable.
9. Senior Bridge & Structural Engineer experience in national assignments instead
of abroad.
2) Preferential Qualifications
b) Experience as a Bridge Engineer abroad.
18 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 67. It is requested to the Client to consider Not tenable.
10. Material Engineer experience in national assignments instead
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2) Preferential Qualifications
b) Abroad experience as Material Engineer in Highway
Construction projects.
19 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 68.
15. Electrical Engineer
1) Essential Qualifications:
b) Professional Experience of 15 years in construction
supervision of electrical works in similar position. Fully
familiar with installation, testing and commissioning of
electrical equipment and systems of Highways.
c) Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction /
Construction Supervision of Highway projects.
20 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 69.
17. Building Design & Construction Engineer
2) Preferential Qualifications:
b) Post Graduation in Building Design/Construction
Management.
21 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 69.
18. TMS Expert
2) Preferential Qualifications:
a) Post Graduation Electrical/ Electronics and Communication
Engineering
22 Enclosure-B, Qualification Of Key Personnel, Pg. 69
19. Safety Engineer
2) Preferential Qualifications
d) International Exposure in the field of Road Safety
Management Plan
23 "Payments for remuneration made in accordance with
Clause GC 6:2(a),
Pg. 97
(i) Consultants shall be paid billing rates for services rendered
by the personnel of all categories namely (i) key Personnel; (ii)
sub-Professional personnel and (iii) Support staff on man-moth
wise. For calculating billing rates of remaining items (during
construction period), of the financial proposal, namely (i)
transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii) Office Rent, (iv)
office supplies communication etc. (v) reports & document
printing and (vi) survey equipment etc. quoted amount
(pertaining to construction period only) of selected consultant
will be converted to percentage of civil work cost quoted by
civil contractors and payment will be made in proportionate to
the cumulative financial progress of the civil work of all the 3
packages put together, provided further that payment against
reimbursable expenditures shall be minimum of actually and
reasonably incurred by the Consultant or the proportionate
amount calculated as mentioned in this clause.
24 DATA SHEET, Section 5.1,
iii. Qualification and competence of following
professional/sub-professional staff for the assignment shall
be evaluated. The weightage for various key staff are as
under:
Weightage1 - 75
1The above total marks will be converted by applying a factor
of 15/56 to arrive at weightage for each CV.
25 Bid Due Date, Clause No. 22 of ITC, Page 9
Bid Due Date
26
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
of abroad.
It is requested to the Client to make a Not tenable.
relaxation of 15 years in professional
experience of construction supervision of
electrical works in similar position and
c) Experience of 5 years in similar capacity
in Construction / Construction Supervision
of Highway projects.
It is requested to the client to consider Post Not tenable.
Graduate in Structural Design/Structural
Engineer.
It is requested to the Client to consider Post Please refer Addendum.
Graduate in Instrumentation Engineer.
It is requested to the client to consider Please refer Addendum.
experience in national exposure in the field
of Road Safety Management Plan instead.
With reference to the above Clause, we Not tenable.
understand that, payment to the consultancy
firm of the financial proposal namely, (i)
transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii)
Office Rent, (iv) office supplies
communication etc. (v) reports & document
printing and (vi) survey equipment etc.
quoted amount will be percentage-wise.
However, with reference to the latest NHAI
standards which says, “6.2(a) "Payments for
remuneration and reimbursable items made
in accordance with Clause GC 6.2 (a) in
local currency shall be adjusted as follows :
i) Consultants shall be paid billing rates for
services rendered by the personnel of all
categories namely (i) key Personnel; (ii)
sub-Professional personnel and (iii) Support
staff on man-month basis . Billing rates of
remaining items of the financial proposal,
namely (i) transportation, (ii) Duty travel to
site (iii) Office Rent, (iv) office supplies
communication etc. (v) reports & document
printing and (vi) survey equipment etc. shall
be worked out month wise as per actual
expenditure.”
Hence, we kindly request to the Client to
change the payment criteria from percentage
basis to monthly basis as per NHAI
standards.
Please confirm.
It is requested to the Client for more clarity The factor is to be applied
on same. on the marks obtained by
each key personal CVs so
that evaluation for CVs are
done for a total marks of 75.
In order to submit a competitive and Not tenable.
comprehensive proposal and requires
involvement of highly experienced experts
with very specific criteria, it is requested to
extend the submission deadline by 30
working days beyond 10/12/2019.
Evaluation Criteria and Sub Criteria for Please refer Addendum.
Relevant Experience of the firm for the
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Assignment does not specify break - up of
score to be obtained by a firm under
different sub - heads, e.g, when a firm will
get full marks in different sub - heads,
27 Simi la rly, Evaluation Criteria and Sub Please refer Addendum.
Criteria for Qualification and Competence
of the key staff for the assignment does not
specify break - up of score to be obtained by
a key staff,
28 It is not clear from the RFP weather Sub- As per GCC clause 3.7, prior
consultants are to be appointed at bid approval shall be required
submission stage or to be appointed after for the appointment of sub-
award of Consultancy Services, consultant.
29 From RFP it is also not clear that how much Please refer GCC clause 3.7.
and what part of services may be entrusted
to sub - consultants,
30 Clause 22, Page 9 Both the timelines are contradictory to each Please refer Addendum.
Submission of Hard 11.12.2019 till other. We request the Client to kindly clarify
copy of Technical 14:00 hrs the same.
Proposal +
Document Fee +
Bid Security
Clause 4.1 d), Page 17
Hard copy of the documents as specified in point nos. 4.1 (b)
above (excluding Financial Proposal) only is required to be
submitted at the address given below latest by 1300 hours on
bid opening date.

31 Clause 4.1 d), Page 17 Both the clauses are contradictory to each Hard copy of financial
other. We request the Client to kindly clarify proposal is not to be
Appendix B-1, Page 28
whether we need to submit a hard copy of submitted.
Hard copy of the documents as specified in point nos. 4.1 (b) financial proposal or not? Please refer Addendum.
above (excluding Financial Proposal) only is required to be
submitted at the address given below latest by 1300 hours on
bid opening date.
First Para:
We are hereby submitting our Proposal, which includes this
Technical Proposal and a Financial Proposal sealed under a
separate envelope for the above mentioned work.
32 Clause 5.1, Data Sheet, Page 22 Since these are Greenfield Projects of Not tenable.
Sub criteria for Relevant Experience of the firm for the Authority Engineer‟s wherein currently
assignment: Greenfield Projects are executed to attain
Criteria " Marks sustainability. Hence, it would be
appropriate to provide additional marks
Year of Establishment of the Firm (In case of JV 2 from this marking criteria to the firms with
year of establishment of Lead Member shall be having Greenfield Projects experience of
considered) similar size/length within last 7 years.
Average Annual Turnover (last 3 years) from 2 It is requested to please confirm the same.
consultancy business
Experience in Construction 16
Supervision/Independent Engineer/Authority
Engineer in Highway Projects of 4/6**-laning or
more of length at least equal to 25% of Project
Length, in last 7 years*
Experience in DPR preparation/ Feasibility Study 5
cum Preliminary Design Report for Number of
Highway Projects (of length 25% of Project
Length of 4/6**laning or more) in last 7 years*
Total 25
33 Clause 13, Page 57 We request the Client to kindly allow 30 Not tenable.
PERFORMANCE SECURITY days of time to submit Performance Security
The successful consulting firm shall have to submit a Bank from the date of issue of LOA since
Guarantee (BG) for an amount of 2.50% of the Contract Value procuring a bank guarantee from banks
within 15 days of issue of LOA. The BG shall be valid for a taken reasonable amount of time.
period of 2 months beyond the expiry of the Contract period. We also request the Client to kindly allow
The BG shall be in the format specified in Appendix H of draft bank guarantees from any Scheduled Bank
contract form and furnished from a Nationalized Bank, IDBI or in India instead of Nationalized Bank.
/ ICICI Bank / EXIM Bank. In case of JV, the BG shall be Please confirm.
furnished on behalf of the JV and not individually by the
members.
34 Enclosure-A, Page 59 There is a discrepancy in the sub-total The sub-total of man-month
Total Man-month in Maintenance / Defect Liability period of 60 wherein 404 is mentioned as total. However, in Maintenance / Defect
months is 404. upon calculation, the sub-total comes out to Liability period of 60
484. months shall be read as 484.
The same (sub-total as 484) is also Please refer Addendum.
mentioned in the BoQ.
Please modify/correct the same.
35 S. No. 6, Enclosure B, Page 63 Most of the experts from the transportation Not tenable.
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No. by CEC
Highway Design Specialist sector with 20 years experience are not
1) Essential Qualifications. executing any design related projects but
a) Post Graduate in Transportation/Highway/Pavement only managing the projects as Project
Engineering from recognized university. Managers. Hence, to propose exclusive
b) Professional Experience of 15 years. 12 years of Bridge Design Specialist, we request the
experience in handling design of Highways. client to kindly consider the following
c) At least 5 years‟ experience as Sr. Pavement modifications:
Engineer / Highway Design Engineer or similar Highway Design Specialist
capacity in Highway project in designing highways 1) Essential Qualifications.
using computer design software. a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from
d) HDS should have handled as Sr. Pavement Engineer a recognized University.
/ Highway Design Engineer or similar capacity of at b) Professional Experience of 15 years.
least one Projects of project Preparation of major 12 years of experience in handling
highway Project of four–laning/ six –laning/ design of Highways.
Expressway. c) At least 5 years‟ experience as Sr.
e) Not more than 65 years of age. Pavement Engineer / Highway
Design Engineer or similar capacity
2) Preferential Qualifications
in Highway project in designing
highways using computer design
Experience as a Highway Design Specialist abroad.
software.
d) HDS should have handled as Sr.
Pavement Engineer / Highway
Design Engineer or similar capacity
of at least one Projects of project
Preparation of major highway Project
of four–laning/ six –laning/
Expressway.
e) Not more than 65 years of age.
2) Preferential Qualifications
a) Post Graduate in
Transportation/Highway/Pavement
Engineering from recognized
university.

Please confirm.

36 S. No. 7, Enclosure B, Page 63
Bridge Design Specialist
1) Essential Qualifications.
a) Post Graduate in Structural Engineering from a
recognized University.
b) Professional Experience of 20 years.
c) 15 years experience in handling design of bridge /
Flyover / ROB and other structures.
d) At Least 5 years experience in independently
designing of Major Highway Bridges / ROBs /
Flyovers using computer design software.
e) Not more than 65 years of age.
2) Preferential Qualifications:
a) Experience as a Bridge Design Specialist abroad.
37 SECTION 1:INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS;
Clause 14; A)Eligibility criteria for sole applicant firm ;
1(a)& 1 (b)(Page No.6)
The firm should have minimum experience of preparation of
detailed Project Report/Feasibility Study cum Preliminary
Design Report of 4/6** Ianing project of aggregate length equal
to 1.5 times or more than the Project Length mentioned in Table
1. Firm should also have prepared DPR/Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design Report for at least one project of similar
category of four/six Ianing work of25% of Project Length
mentioned in Table1.
38 SECTION 1:INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS;
Clause 14; A)Eligibility criteria for sole applicant firm; 1(a)
& 1 (b)(Page No. 6)
Most of the experts from the transportation Not tenable.
sector with 20 years experience are not
executing any design related projects but
only managing the projects as Project
Managers. Hence, to propose exclusive
Bridge Design Specialist, we request the
client to kindly consider the following
modifications:
Bridge Design Specialist
1) Essential Qualifications.
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a
recognized University.
b) Professional Experience of 15 years.
c) 12 years experience in handling design
of bridge / Flyover / ROB and other
structures.
d) At Least 5 years experience in
independently designing of Major
Highway Bridges / ROBs / Flyovers
using computer design software.
e) Not more than 65 years of age.
2) Preferential Qualifications
b) Post Graduate in Structural Engineering
from a recognized University.
Please confirm.
We request you to please re-visit this Not tenable
clause and consider below criteria:
In DPR projects -Feasibility Study Report
submission also consider for evaluation.
We request you to consider substantially Not Tenable
completed projects (i.e more that
80%completed).

The firm should have minimum experience of Project

Supervision I Independent Engineer/ Authority's Engineer of
4/6**Ianing project of aggregate length equal to1.5 times or
more than the Project Length mentioned in Table 1.
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Firm should also have experience of Project

Supervision/Independent Engineer/Authority' Engineer of at
least one project of similar category of four/six Ianing work of
length equal to 25% of Project Length mentioned in Table 1.
39 Section 2. Letter of Invitation to Consultants; Part We request you to delete this clause as some Not tenable
1:Technical Proposal; Clause 3.3 (ii)(Page No. 13) international consultants are trying to
The Applicants should prefer to field as many of their establish in India, and they have limited
permanent staff as possible. During evaluation of CV of a permanent staff in India so far.
retainer, such cv will be getting only 60%weightage of the
marks allocated for the sub-criteria "Employment with Firm".
The permanent staff would be considered those already
employed with the firm prior to one year from the month during
which this Tender Notice is issued. Applicant shall submit the
details of the period of employment of the proposed personnel
with the firm.
40 Section 2. Letter of Invitation to Consultants; Part We request you to please re-visit this clause Not tenable.
1:Technical Proposal; Clause 3.4; iv a)(Page No. 13) and allow use of scan signature of key
CVs strictly in the prescribed format and recently signed in blue personnel. At the time of deployment
ink on each page by the proposed professional staff and the consultant will submit CV's with original
Managing Director/ Head or the authorized representative of the signature.
firm.
41 DATA SHEET; 5.1. The points assigned to Technical We request you to please provide detailed Please refer Addendum.
Evaluation criteria; i. & iii (Page No. 22) marks distribution calculation sheet for Firm
Sub criteria for Relevant Experience of the firm for the Relevant Experience and Key Personnel's.
assignment.
Qualification and competence of following professional/ sub-
professional staff for the assignment shall be evaluated. The
weightage for various key staff are asunder:
42 DATA SHEET; 5.1The points assigned to Technical We observe that the allocated man-months Please refer Addendum.
Evaluation criteria; iii(Page No. 22) are mismatch from APPENDIX C-3 (Page
S. Staff Position (No. X Marks) Marks No. 42 & 43) and Enclosure-A (Page No.58
No. & 59). Please clarify.
1. Team Leader-cum-Highway Engineer 50
(1 X 50)
2. Deputy Team Leader (1 X 30) 30
3. Sr. Contract Specialist (1 X 15) 15
4. Resident Engineer (3 X 10) 30
5. Senior Quantity Surveyor (1 X 8) 8
6. Highway Design Specialist (1 x 10) 10
7. Bridge Design Specialist (1 x 10) 10
8. Sr. Pavement Engineer (1 X 10) 10
9. Sr. Bridge/Structural Engineer (1 X 10) 10
10. Design Engineer (Bridges / Structures) 15
(3 X 5)
11. Highway Engineer (6 X 4) 24
12. Bridge/Structural Engineer (6 X 4) 24
13. Material Engineer (3 X 4) 12
14. Environment Expert (1 X 6) 6
15. Electrical Engineer (1 X 5) 5
16. Geotechnical Expert (1 X 5) 5
17. Building Design and Construction 4
Engineer (1 X 4)
18. TMS and HTMS Expert (1 X 5) 5
19. Safety expert (1 X 7) 7
Total 280
Weightage1 75
43 SECTION 3.FORMATS FOR SUBMISSION OFF IRMS Please clarify, work in hand projects also Not tenable
CREDENTIALS ;Clause ix.(Page No. 26) allotted marks? If yes, please provide
Assignments in hand including those for which the Letter of detailed marks distribution calculation sheet.
Acceptance from the clients received as on 7 days prior to due
date for submission of proposals: The details shall be given in
the following format.
44 GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT; Clause4.5 We request you to please re-visit this clause Not tenable
(c)(Page No. 90) and consider below suggestions:
Removal and/or Replacement of Personnel Changes in existing clause:
1. No deduction in case replacement due
to death/extreme medical ground.
2. Total Replacement up to 33% of Key
Personnel's, 5% remuneration deduct of
replaced key personnel's.
3. Total Replacement between 33% to
50% of Key Personnel's, 10%
remuneration deduct of replaced key
personnel's.
4. Total Replacement between 50% to
66% of Key Personnel's, 15%
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remuneration deduct of replaced key
personnel's.
5. Total Replacement beyond 66% of Key
Personnel's, 20% remuneration deduct
of replaced key personnel's.
Add new clause:
1. Maximum limit of
deductions/recoveries/ reduction in
payment effected in terms of provisions
of replacement shall be10% of the
original contract price.
45 General Please confirm, wholly owned subsidiary Not tenable.
Parent/holding company credentials company, registered / incorporated in India
can use their financial and technical
credentials of parent company
46 General We request you to please consider same Please refer Addendum.
CV's of Key Personnel's CV's of one Key personnel for both
packages. Please confirm.
47 Date Extension We request you to kindly extend the Not tenable
proposal submission date by at least 3weeks
after pre-bid reply.
48 There is no mention of associate partner for Not tenable
bidding. Only JV partner is mentioned.
Request you to kindly consider the associate
partner tooas is considered in MORTH/
NHAI or any other state govt bid. This will
help us not only promote local companies to
participate in bids for technical experience
bit also help in local manpower support in
terms of Sub professionals/ Support staff
for carrying our work.
49 May please add the below clause for engagement of an "The applicant whether a sole applicant or Not tenable
Associate firm at no. ll page no. 5 of RFP: - lead member with joint venture may also
include an Associate for providing key
personnel. In such case, the applicant should
submit an MOU with associate regarding
role and responsibility of Associate
Company. However, the maximum no. of
key personnel from Associate firm during
RFP proposal and implementation of
contract should be limited to two (2)"
50 We hereby request to the Authority to allow Not tenable
to include an Associate firm as per standard
RFP for appointment of Authority's
Engineer
51. We would like to request you to kindly Not tenable
extend the proposal submission date by at
least 3 weeks i.e. up to 31st December 2019
for your kind consideration. The project
staff requirement as per RFP is 35
professional staff (Part/ Full time basis), 27
sub-professional staff (full time basis) and
24 support staffs. The Consultant will try to
include maximum staff from in-house,
however the project staff requirement is
huge and would require hiring few staff
from outside market and need time to
prepare a responsive and competitive
proposal. Please consider and confirm.
52. At least Quantity Surveyor post should be Not tenable
considered full time in maintenance period
of 60 months in place of 6 months. Our
experience of handling such projects in that
there are always Change of Scope (COS)
issues, finalization of final bills of
Contractor or other pending works related to
QS throughout the Contract period. Kindly
consider & confirm.
53. office rent under Appendix C-3 Please refer office rent under Appendix C-3, Site Office for Package-II
where it is written that in an addition to HO shall be in Banda in
at Banda the Consultant shall maintain at addition to the HO at Banda
least 3 no of field offices of minimum 200 and other two field offices
sqm area but in the table only 2 no of field shall be established to cover
office details are mentioned. Please add the all the Packages of the
3rd field office detail also. Project Expressway.
54. clause no-6.4 (c) under General Conditions of Contract Please refer clause no-6.4 (c) under General Not tenable
Conditions of Contract in which it is
mentioned that the payment of AE shall be
made within 60 days from the date of
invoice receipt by client. Please consider the
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time period as 30 days to maintain the cash
flow of consultant or else pay 75% of
invoiced amount within 3 days of
submission of invoice. This may please be
considered.
55. If the project extends beyond the contract Not tenable
period then Consultant may please be
notified at-least 3 months in advance about
Client‟s intention of extending the
consultancy services as this would help the
consultant in planning and retaining the
employed staff for continuation of their
services for the extended period.
56. If at all the contract gets extended beyond 96 Not tenable
months, the rate of escalation may be
considered as 10% after mutual negotiation
as the consultants have generated the
Financial Proposal based on of 96 months
period considering 5% escalation only.
57. It is requested to approve the CVs of Non- Not tenable
key Experts within 30 days from the date of
submission of CVs and beyond which it is
automatically considered as approved. As it
is extremely difficult to retain the staff for
the position offered in the project in case of
delayed approvals.
Our experience is that this process takes too
long sometime that by the time we get
approval, the proposed staff is no more
available and project suffers. Authority is
requested to take it on priority as
Supervision is only man power dependent.
58. Clause no 4.4(a) of GCC the working hours and holidays for As per Clause no 4.4(a) of GCC the working Appendix E clearly specifies
key personnel are set forth in Appendix E hours and holidays for key personnel are set that The Consultants Key
forth in Appendix E, but no absolute personnel and all other
working hours are mentioned in Appendix- professional / Sub
E. The working hours are defined as per Professional / Support Staff /
employers‟ policy for head office staff and Sub-Consultancy personnel
site office staff /as per demand of project. shall work 6 days (Mondays
Please specify, if any fixed duration for the through Saturday) every
Consultants working on the project. Kindly week and observe the
confirm. Gazetted Holidays of
Government of Uttar
Pradesh as Holidays. The
Consultant shall work as per
the work program of the
EPC Contractor.
59. clause 6.4 (a) 1) & 3) on page 98 of Special Conditions of Please refer clause 6.4 (a) 1) & 3) on page Not tenable
Contract of the RFP 98 of Special Conditions of Contract of the
RFP, which states that Advance Payment
will be set off by the Client in equal
installment against the statements for first
12 months of the services until the Advance
payment has been fully set off. And Interest
rate shall be 10% per annum (on outstanding
amount) for local currency. We request
client to consider the large size of project
(reimbursable and remuneration cost
expenses) and allow to pay the Mobilization
Advance interest free. Please consider and
clarify.
60. Please note in Financial Proposal Appendix The Bidder has to quote his
C-3: Breakdown of Costs as per RFP page rates in BoQ format
47, Reports and Document Printing , the considering number of
total no. of copies in Sr.No.1 is 288, reports to be submitted
Sr.No.2 is 864, Sr.No.3 =108. However as monthly/quarterly each in 3
per Financial Encrypted file, Sr.10 Reports sets.
and Document Printing , the total no. of
copies in Sr.no.10.01 is 96, Sr.no.10.02 is
288, Sr.no.10.03 is 12 .Kindly provide the
corrected Financial Proposal Encrypted File.
61. Section 1: Information to Consultants, Clause 14(A) Please refer Section 1: Information to Not tenable
Consultants, Clause 14(A) “** Experience
of 6 laning or more project to be considered
with a multiplication factor of 1.25 and
experience of 4 laning project to be
considered with a multiplication factor of 1”
- Please clarify whether 2 Lane project
experience will be considered with a
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multiplication factor. We request to consider
“For 4/6 laning projects, experience of 2
lane will be considered with a multiplication
factor of 0.4, but only for those 2 lane
projects whose consultancy services was
more than Rs.3.0 crores. Kindly consider
and confirm
62. ToR clause 11.2 and RFP Enclosure –B (Page 60-69) Please refer ToR clause 11.2 and RFP Not tenable
“Qualification of key personnel Enclosure –B (Page 60-69) “Qualification of
key personnel, it is mentioned that “The age
of the Key Personnel should not be more
than 65 years on the date of submission of
proposal”. We would request you to kindly
consider the Age Limit as 70 years in place
of 65 years. Please consider and confirm.
63. Clause 3.4(iv) (g) of Section 2 (page 13-14) on fake or Please refer Clause 3.4(iv) (g) of Section 2 Not tenable
inflated cv of personnel (page 13-14) on fake or inflated cv of
personnel. The Consultant would be
penalised by so many means viz. refunding
the salary and perks, interest of 12%,
imposition of penalty @ 10% of salary and
perks, other consequences and reduced
person month rate etc. While we fully
appreciate the objective, certain practical
aspects need to be considered and valued.
Further, the Consultants do not have any
such tool/ mechanism to verify the
authenticity of the qualification and
experience of any candidate; they can only
rely on the documents provided by a
candidate. As a Consultant, we can take full
responsibility of his permanent employee‟s
experience for their employment period in
organization. In view of this practical
perspective, the risk, responsibilities and
financial implications imposed on the
Consultants through these clauses are
extremely stringent and unrealistic. We seek
your judicious consideration and rational
modification on this matter. Please consider
and confirm.
64. GCC, Clause 4.5 (d) (Page 89-90) Please refer GCC, Clause 4.5 (d) (Page 89- Not tenable
90) in regard of Removal and /or
Replacement of Personnel on incorrect or
inflated CV of personnel. The Consultant
would be penalized by imposing 15%
penalty on submitting wrong information
and also 15% reduction in the salary of new
proposed personnel in place of replaced
personnel. While we fully appreciate the
objective, certain practical aspects need to
be considered and appreciated. Being a
reputed Consultant, we can‟t indulge into
such malpractices where our image and
market standing may get affected. The
Consultants do not have any such tool/
mechanism to verify the authenticity of the
qualification and experience of any
candidate; they can only rely on the
documents provided by a candidate. As a
Consultant, he can take full responsibility of
its permanent employee‟s experience for
their employment period in his organization.
In view of this practical perspective, the
risk, responsibilities and financial
implications imposed on the Consultants
through this clause is extremely stringent
and unrealistic. We seek your judicious
consideration and request you to please
waive off the penalty.
65. Page-8, point-16 This clause have been amended by all the Not tenable
Consultants (sole firm or lead firm or any of the JV partners) government authorities till date including
who have been debarred / blacklisted by NHAI or any other NHAI, Morth etc and hence, we request you
central/state government organization or by any National / to amend it as mentioned below:-
International funding agency in last 5 years, need not apply as • The Consultant (sole firm or lead firm or
their RFP proposal will not be entertained and shall be any of the JV partners) should not have
summarily rejected debarred / blacklisted by NHAI or any other
central/state government organization or by
any National / International funding agency
as on date of submission
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66. Page-13, clause-3.3 (ii)
The Applicants should prefer to field as many of their
permanent staff as possible. During evaluation of CV of a
retainer, such CV will be getting only 60% weightage of the
marks allocated for the sub-criteria “Employment with Firm”.
The permanent staff would be considered those already
employed with the firm prior to one year from the month during
which this Tender Notice is issued
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
As per the RFP, page 23, point-iii, there are Not tenable
total 19 designations for which 35 CV‟s are
required to be submitted in the technical
proposal. You would appreciate the fact that
the staffing requirement is huge and it is
extremely difficult to propose this number
of in-house candidates working with the
firm since last 1 years on a single project as
most of the staff is already working on other
ongoing projects.

Hence, we request you remove this

67. Page-15, clause-3.6
For calculating billing rates of remaining items (during
construction period) of the financial proposal, namely (i)
transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii) Office Rent, (iv)
office supplies communication etc (v) reports & document
printing and (vi) survey equipment etc. quoted amount
(pertaining to construction period only)of selected consultant
will be converted to percentage of civil work cost quoted by
civil contractors and payment will be made in proportionate to
the cumulative financial progress of the civil work of all the 3
packages put together
68. Page-16, clause-3.6
Beginning 13th month from the last date of submission of bid,
billing rates shall be increased to cover all items of the contract
i.e. remuneration, vehicle hire, office rent, consumables,
furniture etc @ 5% every 12 months.
69. Page-22, clause-5.1, sub clause-i
Experience in Construction Supervision / Independent Engineer/
Authority Engineer in Highway Projects of 4/6**-laning or
more of length at least equal to 25% of Project Length, in last 7
years* - 16 Marks
70. Page-22, clause-5.1, sub clause-i
Experience in DPR preparation / Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design Report for Number of Highway Projects (of
length 25% of Project Length of 4/6**laning or more) in last 7
years* - 5 Marks
71. Page-23
Sub criteria for qualification of key Personnel (i.e.
Professional staff)
General Qualification – 25
Adequacy for the project - 70
72. Page-43
Electrical Engineer, Building Design Engineer and TMS/HTMS
Expert shall give their inputs at later stage of the project as and
when required
weightage of 5 % marks allocated to the
employment with the firm and instead
provide this marks for the language
proficiency of the staff.
We note that as a result of this clause, the Not tenable
cost of the listed items during any
construction delay period would not be
covered. We therefore request that should
our tender be successful, additional costs
towards the listed items during the
construction delay period be reimbursed to
the Consultant (Authority Engineer) at the
applicable monthly rate provided by the
consultant in the Financial Proposal.
Alternatively, we request for addition of a
clause which should state that if the delay is
not attributable to the Consultant, the
payment during the delay period shall be
made as per applicable monthly rate
We request you that the billing rates shall be Not tenable
increased for the remuneration part @ 7.5%
every 12 months
We understand that a single project is Please refer Addendum.
enough to score the entire 16 marks. Please
clarify.
We understand that a single project is Please refer Addendum.
enough to score the entire 5 marks. Please
clarify
As per page-60, the requirement for each Please refer Addendum.
key personnel‟s are bifurcated in to essential
qualification and preferential qualification
(For education as well as Experience)
We request you to please provide the
weightage of marks that would be allocated
for essential qualification as well as
preferential qualification.
We suggest to provide the following
weightage:-
• Essential qualification – 90
• Preferential qualification - 10
The Man-months for these positions during As per Appendix E, the
the construction as well as during the DLP Consultant shall work as per
are mentioned in the RFP on page 42 and the work program of the
43. Hence, we request you to please clarify EPC Contractor.
the statement “Electrical Engineer, Building
Design Engineer and TMS/HTMS Expert
shall give their inputs at later stage of the
project as and when required”.

We request you to clarify that what will be

the additional man-months which the
consultant has to consider and during which
period are the services of these Experts be
required in addition to the Man-months
mentioned on Page 42 and 43 of the RFP
73. Page-58 We understand that there are only 3 Please refer Addendum
Team Leader Cum Senior Highway Engineer – 1 no. (Common packages and not 4 packages. Please correct
for 4 packages the typo error
74. Page-60 The expertise of Team Leader for a Not tenable
Team Leader cum Senior Highway Engineer DPR/Project preparation role is significantly
Essential Qualifications:- different that the expertise for a Supervision
e) TL should have handled as Team Leader or similar capacity assignment.
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of at least one Projects of project Preparation of major highway
Project of 2 laning with paved shoulders / four - laning/ six – We therefore request you to keep this clause
laning / Expressway in the preferential qualification, as it is
difficult to find the candidates with Team
Leader experience both in Construction
Supervision and in Project Preparation.
75. Page-60, Page-61, page-62 We request you to consider Post Graduate in Not tenable
Civil Engineering as well under preferential
 Sr. No-1- Team Leader cum Senior Highway Engineer qualification
• Sr. No-2-Deputy Team Leader
• Sr. No-4-Resident Engineer

Preferential Qualifications:-
a) Post Graduate Degree in Construction Management/Highway
Engineering/Transportation/Pavement Engineering / Soil
Mechanics / Foundation Engineering
76. Page-61 The expertise of Team Leader for a Not tenable
Deputy Team Leader DPR/Project preparation role is significantly
Essential Qualifications different that the expertise for a Supervision
e) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader or assignment.
similar capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation of
major highway Project of two laning with paved shoulder / four We request you to keep this clause in the
– laning/ six –laning/ Expressway preferential qualification, as it is difficult to
find the candidates with Dy. team Leader
experience both in Construction Supervision
and in Project Preparation

77. Page-62 We note that in case all other senior staff Please refer Addendum.
Senior Contract Specialist like Team Leader cum Senior Highway
Essential Qualifications:- Engineer, Deputy Team Leader, Resident
b) Professional Experience of 20 years in Contract Management Engineer the Professional Experience of 15
Preferential Qualifications:- years is requested in their respective fields,
a) Degree in Law/PG in management/certificate course in whereas in case of Senior Contract
management/ certificate course in construction management/ Specialist this is 20 years. Hence we request
certificate course in contract management you to modify the clause as below:-
Senior Contract Specialist
Essential Qualifications:-
b) Professional Experience of 15 years in
Contract Management
Preferential Qualifications:-
a) Degree in Law/PG in
management/certificate course in
management/ certificate course in
construction management/ certificate course
in contract management / PG in Civil
Engineering

78. Page-63 We request you to consider Post Graduate in Not tenable

Highway Design Specialist Civil Engineering as well
Essential Qualifications
a) Post Graduate in Transportation/ Highway/Pavement
Engineering from
recognized university

79. Page-66 We request you to modify the clause as Not tenable

Highway Engineer below:-
Preferential Qualifications:- Highway Engineer
a) Post Graduate Degree in Highway Engineering Preferential Qualifications:-
a) Post Graduate Degree in Highway
Engineering / Civil Engineering /
Transportation Engineering
80. Page-67 – 68 We have noted that in point C of page 68, Not tenable
Electrical Engineer for Electrical Engineer the Experience of 8
b) Professional Experience of 15 years in construction years in similar capacity in Construction /
supervision of electrical Construction Supervision of Highway
works in similar position projects is requested. Hence we request you
to modify the clause “b” as below:-
Electrical Engineer
b) Professional Experience of 15 years in
design / construction supervision of
electrical works
81. Page-68 Please specify the Age Limit for this Please refer Addendum
Geotechnical Expert position
82. Page-68 • Please specify the Age Limit for this Please refer Addendum
Building Design & Construction Engineer position Not tenable
Preferential Qualifications: • We request you to consider Post Graduate
b) Post Graduation in Building Design/Construction in Civil Engineering as well under
Management preferential qualification

83. Page-69 1) Please specify the Age Limit for this Please refer Addendum.
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TMS Expert
Essential Qualifications:
a) Graduate in Electrical/Electronics and Communication
Engineering from a recognized university
Preferential Qualifications:
a) Post Graduation Electrical/ Electronics and Communication
Engineering
84. Page-89-90, Clause-4.5, c
Removal and/or Replacement of Personnel
For the replacement due to death/extreme medical ground, the
remuneration to be paid to any of the Key Personnel provided as
a replacement shall be 90% of the remuneration which would
have been payable to the original Key Personnel replaced.
However, for the reason other than death/extreme medical
ground, (i) for total replacement up to 33% of key personnel,
remuneration of replaced Key Personnel shall be 80% of the
remuneration which would have been payable to the original
Key Personnel
replaced (ii) for total replacement between 33% to 50%,
remuneration of replaced Key Personnel shall be 75% of the
remuneration which would have been payable to the original
Key Personnel replaced and (iii) for total replacement between
50% to 66%, remuneration of replaced Key Personnel shall be
70% of the remuneration which would have been payable to the
original Key Personnel replaced (iv) for total replacements
beyond 66% of the key personnel the client shall initiate action
of higher penalty/termination/debarment up to 2 years as
considered appropriate.
No reduction in remuneration shall be done in case of
replacement of sub-professional staff.
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
position
2) The roles and responsibilities of TMS
includes hardware, software and
implementation, commissioning which is
generally part of Information Technology.
Hence we request you to modify the clause
as below:
TMS Expert
Essential Qualifications:
a) Graduate in Electrical/Electronics and
Communication Engineering / Information
Technology / Computer Engineering from a
recognized university
Preferential Qualifications:
a) Post Graduation Electrical/ Electronics
and Communication Engineering /
Information Technology / Computer
Engineering
• Due to number of similar urban Not tenable
transportation projects that are underway
throughout, there is a huge scarcity of
experienced resources. In addition, due to
the resource availability shortage it is
extremely difficult to retain the staff on the
project during the contract period.
• The current stipulation of penalty is too
high and will cripple the functioning of the
consultant.
• We request that the replacements of Key
Professionals should be allowed without any
penalty in exceptional circumstances like
personnel not being available for reasons of
any incapacity or due to health or voluntary
resignation from firm or termination from
the firm. Such replacements would be made
with personnel qualified and experienced as
per the stipulations of the RFP.
• For replacement due to any other reasons,
the remuneration provided is very high.
We request you to modify it as below:-
Removal and/or Replacement of
Personnel
For the replacement of Key Professionals
due to death/extreme medical ground/ for
reasons of any incapacity or due to health or
voluntary resignation from firm or
termination from the firm, there will be no
penalty for replacement provided that such
replacements would be made with personnel
qualified and experienced as per the
stipulations of the RFP
However, for the reason other than
death/extreme medical ground,
(i) for total replacement up to 33% of key
personnel, remuneration of replaced Key
Personnel shall be 95% of the remuneration
which would have been payable to the
original Key Personnel replaced
(ii) for total replacement between 33% to
50%, remuneration of replaced Key
Personnel shall be 90% of the remuneration
which would have been payable to the
original Key Personnel replaced and
(iii) for total replacement between 50% to
66%, remuneration of replaced Key
Personnel shall be 85% of the remuneration
which would have been payable to the
original Key Personnel replaced
(iv) for total replacements beyond 66% of
the key personnel the remuneration of
replaced Key Personnel shall be 75% of the
remuneration which would have been
payable to the original Key Personnel
replaced
No reduction in remuneration shall be done
in case of replacement of sub-professional
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85. Page-93, clause-6.4, sub clause-c
The Client shall cause the payment of the Consultants
periodically as given in schedule of payment above within sixty
(60) days after the receipt by the Client of bills with supporting
documents. Only such portion of a monthly statement that is not
satisfactorily supported may be withheld from payment
86. General NIT
Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority
has taken up development of six packages of „Bundelkhand
Expressway‟ & two packages of „Gorakhpur Link Expressway‟
Projects and intends to procure Consultancy Services of
(i) Two „Authority‟s Engineers and one
PMC-cum-ETA for „Bundelkhand Expressway‟ and
(ii) One „Authority‟s Engineer and one PMC cum- ETA for
„Gorakhpur Link Expressway‟ Project.
87. Page-8
Last date of Submission is on 10/12/2019
88. General:Cl14 A)Sub Clause 1a) (pg 6)
Eligibility criteria for sole applicant firm.
Experience of the firm in last 7 years
Preparation of DPR (NH/SH/Equivalent)
The firm should have minimum experience of preparation of
detailed Project Report/ Feasibility Study cum Preliminary
Design Report of 4/6** laning project of aggregate length equal
to 1.5 times or more than the Project Length mentioned in Table
1
89. General:Cl14 A)Sub Clause 1b)(pg 7)
Eligibility criteria for sole applicant firm.
Experience of the firm in last 7 years
Preparation of DPR (NH/SH/Equivalent)
Firm should also have prepared DPR/Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design Report for at least one project of similar
category of four/six Ianing work of25% of Project Length
mentioned in Table 1.
90. DATA SHEETCl5.1. (i) Pg (22)
Sub criteria for Relevant Experience of the firm for the
assignment.
91. DATA SHEET Cl 5.1. (iii)Pg (23)
Sub criteria for qualification of key
Personnel
92. SECTION 3.FORMATS FOR SUBMISSION OF FIRMS
CREDENTIALS Appendix ACl. ix. Pg. 26
Assignments in hand including those for which the Letter of
Acceptance from the clients received as on 7 days prior to due
date for submission of proposals: The details shall be given in
the following format,
93. General: Cl 10 (pg 4)
Consultants may apply either as a sole firm or forming Joint
Venture with other consultants. In case of Joint Venture, the
maximum number of Joint Venture partners is limited to 2 (i.e.
one lead + 1JV partner). Formulation of more than one JV with
different partners for the same work is not allowed and all such
proposal involving the firms shall be treated· as non-responsive
and liable to be rejected. If the consultant submits bids as sole
applicant and also in JV with another consultant, both bids shall
be summarily rejected. No consultant shall submit more than
one bid either individually or /and as part of any JV.
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
staff.
You will appreciate that the consultant will Not tenable
mobilize substantial resources on the Project
and therefore will remain in requirement for
periodic fund to manage the working capital
requirement on the Project.
We therefore request you that in line with
the practice being adopted by other
government agencies like NHAI, please
reconsider the time period for payment of
invoices as follows:
• 75% of the invoice may be paid within
seven (7) days and the remaining 25% shall
be paid within 30 days from the date of
receipt of invoice by client
Please refer Addendums.
• We request you to please clarify if a (for AEs and PMC-cum-
consultant is allowed to bid for AE as well ETA both)
as PMC job for a particular location i.e. Can
a consultant bid for AE Bundelkhand as well
as PMC Bundelkhand?. Further, please
clarify the process for award of work of AE
as well as PMC.
• Also please clarify if the consultant can
Bid for all the 3 AE jobs and / or / all the 2
PMC jobs. Further, please clarify the
process for award of work in such cases.
Considering the number of CV‟s required to Not tenable
be submitted, the time available is very less.
We request you to provide at least 3 weeks‟
time for preparing proposal after reply to
pre-bid queries are issued
The experience of the firm for the Not tenable.
DPR Projects in which deliverables
upto Feasibility Report has been
submitted successfully should be
considered.
Kindly Clarify
The experience of the firm for the DPR Not tenable.
Projects in which deliverables upto
Feasibility Report has been submitted
successfully should be considered.
Kindly Clarify
Kindly provide the detailed evaluation Please refer Addendum.
criteria for calculation of marks for Relevant
Experience of the firm for the assignment.
Kindly provide the detailed evaluation Please refer Addendum.
criteria for calculation of marks for Relevant
Experience of the Professional staff for the
assignment.
Kindly provide the marks allotted for in Completed Projects or
hand DPRs and the detailed evaluation substantially completed
criteria for same. Projects shall only be
considered in evaluation.
Kindly modify this clause as: Not tenable
Consultants may apply either as a sole firm
or forming Joint Venture/ Associate with
other consultants. In case of Joint Venture,
the maximum number of Joint Venture
partners is limited to 2 (i.e. one lead + 1 JV
partner/Associate). Formulation of more
than one JV with different partners for the
same work is not allowed and all such
proposal involving the firms shall be treated
as non-responsive and liable to be rejected.
If the consultant submits bids as sole
applicant and also in JV with another
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94. Cl 6.2 (a)(i)(pg 97)
Consultants shall be paid billing rates for services rendered by
the personnel of all categories namely (i) key Personnel; (ii)sub-
Professional personnel and (iii)Support staff on man-moth wise.
For calculating billing rates of remaining items (during
construction period), of the financial proposal, namely
(i)transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii)Office Rent, (iv)
office supplies communication etc (v) reports &document
printing and (vi) survey equipment etc. quoted
amount(pertaining to construction period only)of selected
consultant will be converted to percentage of civil work cost
quoted by civil contractors and payment will be made in
proportionate to the cumulative financial progress of the civil
work of all the 3 packages put together, provided further that
payment against reimbursable expenditures shall be minimum
of actually and reasonably incurred by the Consultant or the
proportionate amount calculated as mentioned in this clause.
However, during the maintenance period, to cater for the
possibility that the packages will not be completed in
synchronous manner i.e. there might be a scenario that 2 out of
3 packages enter into DLP while 1 package is under
construction, the demobilization for items namely (i)
transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii) Site Office, (iv) office
supplies & communication etc (v) reports& document printing
shall be made as per the requirements and under consultation
with the Authority. The payment during maintenance period
shall be made as per the deployed items on monthly basis.
Beginning 13th months from the last date of submission of bid,
billing rates shall be increased to cover all items of contract
@5% every 12 months. However, for evaluation and award of
the Bid proposals, the quoted initial rate (as applicable for first
12 months from last date of submission of bid) shall be
multiplied by the total time input for each position on this
contract, i.e. without considering the increase in the billing
rates. All payments shall be made in Indian Rupees and shall be
subjected to applicable Indian laws withholding taxes if any.
95. RFP Page 11, Section 2 letter of Invitation to Consultants.
Clause 1.12.
"Consultants who agree to such extension shall confirm that
they maintain the Availability of the Professional staff
nominated in the Proposal. or in their confirmation of extension
01 validity of the Proposal. Consultants could submit new staff
in replacement, who would be considered in the final evaluation
for contract award.
96. RFP Page 15Section 2 LOI to Consultants, clause
3.6FinancialProposal
For calculating billing rates of remaining items (during
construction period) of the financial proposal, namely (i)
transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii) Office Rent, (iv)
office supplies communication etc (v) reports & document
printing and (vi) ·survey equipment etc. quoted amount
(pertaining to construction period only) of selected consultant
will be converted to percentage of civil work cost quoted by
civil contractors and payment will be made in proportionate to
the Cumulative financial progress of the civil work of all the 3
packages put together.
97. RFP page 89-90. General Conditions of Contract. Clause 4.5
( c)
"…….the remuneration to be paid to any of the Key Personnel
provided as are placement shall be 90% of the remuneration
which would have been payable to the original Key Personnel
replaced. However, for the reason other than death/extreme
medical ground, (i)for total replacement up to 33% of key
personnel, remuneration of replaced Key Personnel shall be
80% of the remuneration which would have been payable to the
original Key Personnel replaced (ii) for total replacement
between 33% to 50%, remuneration of replaced Key Personnel
shall be 75% of the remuneration which would have been
payable to the original Key Personnel replaced and (iii) for total
replacement between 50% to 66%,remuneration of replaced
Key Personnel shall be 70% of the remuneration which would
have been payable to the original Key Personnel replaced (iv)
for total replacements beyond 66% of the key personnel the
client shall initiate action of higher
penalty/termination/debarment up to 2years as considered
appropriate. No reduction in remuneration shall be done in case
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
consultant, both bids shall be summarily
rejected. No consultant shall submit more
than one bid either individually or /and as
part of any JV.
Kindly modify this clause as: Not tenable
Consultants shall be paid billing rates for
services rendered by the personnel of all
categories namely (i) key Personnel; (ii)
sub-Professional personnel and (iii)Support
staff on man-moth wise and for
reimbursable items (i)transportation, (ii)
Duty travel to site (iii) Office Rent, (iv)
office supplies communication etc (v)reports
& document printing and(vi) survey
equipment etc. as per quoted amount.
Beginning 13th months from the last date of
submission of bid, billing rates shall be
increased to cover all items of contract @
5%every 12 months. However, for
evaluation and award of the Bid proposals,
the quoted initial rate(as applicable for first
12 months from last date of submission of
bid)shall be multiplied by the total time
input for each position on this contract, i.e.
without considering the increase in the
billing rates. All payments shall be made in
Indian Rupees and shall be subjected to
applicable Indian laws withholding taxes if
any.
Generally the technical evaluation shall take Not tenable
into account of the original CV's replaced
CV(s) is considered as per provisions of
replacement without any cost deductions.
Kindly consider.
We request for non-linking of reimbursable Not tenable
expenditure with financial progress of the
contractor. Same is applicable in MoRTH as
well as NHAI projects. In view of the same
we would like to request you to kindly"
remove the clause of construction linked
payment on some items and request you
amend the same.
The assignment period is to last for7 years Not tenable
and it is not feasible to retain same key
personnel and the frequent changes are not
ruled out. We request for adopting a realistic
approach for the replacement and no
deductions are proposed alter a certain
period.
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of replacement of sub Professional staff.
98. Appendix 1:Form of Bank Guarantee for Advance Kindly consider it as: Nationalized Indian Not tenable
Payments (Reference Clause 6.4(a} of Contract}, Page111 Bank or reputed foreign commercial Bank or
Note 2: The bank guarantee shall be from a Nationalized Indian any Scheduled Commercial Bank approved
Bank or reputed foreign commercial Bank acceptable to client by RBI having.
for Foreign Consultant with counter guarantee from
Nationalized Bank. Bank guarantee furnished by Foreign
consultant shall be confirmed by any Nationalized Bank in
India.
99. General Replacement of RE during maintenance Not tenable
Replacement of RE during maintenance period period without deduction of rate may please
be allowed. As no competent
RE/Professional wish to continue in long
maintenance period.
100. If contract gets extended beyond 96 If at all the contract gets extended beyond 96 Not tenable
months months, the rate of escalation may be
considered as10% as the consultants have
generated the Financial Proposal based on of
96 months period considering 5% escalation
only.
101. CV of one Key Personnel Team Please clarify and confirm whether the CV Please refer Addendum.
of one Key Personnel Team can be proposed
for all the 2Contract Packages.
102. Extension of Bid Due Date It is requested to extend bid due date by 15 Not tenable
10.12.2019 days i.e. 25.12.2019
103 RFP document The Consultants would also like to confirm A bidder will be allocated
General whether same team can be proposed for both one package only with one
the consultancy packages of Bundelkhand exclusive team
Expressway Project and Gorakhpur
Expressway project.
This may please be confirmed.
104 Section 6, TOR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, As few projects have been implemented in Not tenable
Page No. 60-61, 66-67 and 69 the country, therefore, the Consultants
Team Leader cum Senior Highway Engineer request to Client to also consider 2-lane
Deputy Team Leader projects with the multiplication factor of 0.5
Highway Engineer as the same is considered by NHAI /
Environment Expert MoRTH.
Safety Engineer This may please be consider and confirmed.
…………. 2 laning with paved shoulders / four-laning / six –
laning / Expressway.
105 Section 6, TOR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants understand that 2-laning Not tenable
Page No. 60-61, 66-67 and 69 projects will also be considered with the
Resident Engineer multiplication factor of 0.5 as the same is
d) Should have handled at least 2 Highway projects of about 20- considered by NHAI / MoRTH.
25 km each.
This may please be confirmed.
106 Section 6, TOR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants understand that 2-laning Not tenable
Page No. 62 projects will also be considered in addition
to 4/6 lane as similar construction work
Resident Engineer with Consultants / Contractor.
c) At least 8 years experience as Resident Engineer/Assistant
Resident Engineer /Highway Engineer /Project Director This may please be confirmed
/Project Manager/ Superintending Engineer or equivalent/
Executive Engineer or equivalent on similar construction
work/Independent Engineering project.
107 Qualification of Key Personnel, Page No. 60 to 69 As no specific length is mentioned where Not tenable
Team Leader cum Senior Highway Engineer number of projects is required for the said
Deputy Team Leader positions, however 20-25 km length is
Senior Quantity Surveyor required for the position of Resident
Highway Design Specialist Engineer, therefore, the Consultants
Sr. Pavement Engineer understand that the same is also applicable
Highway Engineer for all the key personnel where number of
Material Engineer highway projects is required.
Environment Expert The Consultants understand that 2-lane
Electrical Engineer projects will also be considered with the
TMS Expert multiplication factor of 0.5 as the same is
Safety Engineer considered by NHAI / MoRTH.
This may please be confirmed.
108 Section 6, TOR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, As similar capacity is not define for the said Not tenable
Page positions, therefore the consultants
Senior Contract Specialist understand that Executive Engineer and
Senior Quantity Surveyor above will be considered from the Govt.
Highway Design Specialist Organizations in similar capacity.
Sr. Pavement Engineer
Material Engineer
Sr. Bridge & Structural Engineer
Bridge & Structural Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Safety Engineer
Geotechnical Expert
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Building Design & Construction Engineer
109 Section 6, TOR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, As per the ToR, the same professional Not tenable
Page No. 61 experience is required for the position of
Deputy Team Leader Team Leader & Deputy Team Leader.
e) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader or The Consultants understand that expert with
similar capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation of similar professional experience may not like
major highway Project of two laning with paved shoulder / four to work as Deputy Team Leader if his CV is
– laning / six–laning / Expressway. suitable for the position of Team Leader.
Therefore, the Consultant would like to
request to omit the requirement of design
experience for the position of Deputy Team
Leader.
This may please be consider and confirmed.
110 Section 6, TOR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultant understand that experience As per RFP
Page No. 61 with contractor as Project Manager will be
Deputy Team Leader considered.
d) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader/ This may please be confirmed.
Resident Engineer /Project Manager Superintending Engineer or
equivalent / or similar capacity of at least two projects in
Construction Supervision of Highways.
111 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants request the Client to Please refer Addendum.
Page No. 61 consider 20 years of professional experience
instead of 20 years in Contract Management
Senior Contract Specialist with relevant experience of 6 years as
Professional Experience of 20 years in Contract Management Contract Specialist.
This may please be considered and
confirmed.
112 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, Various experts are available with Degree in Not tenable
Page No. 63 Civil Engineering and rich and extensive
Highway Design Specialist experience of highway design projects but
Post Graduate in Transportation / Highway/ Pavement might not possess Post Graduate.
Engineering from recognized university. Hence, the Client is requested to amend the
requirement as Degree in Civil Engineering.
Post Graduate in Transportation / Highway /
Pavement Engineering and other civil
engineering related field will be preferred.
The Consultants would also like to request
the Client to consider Post Graduation in
other Civil Engineering related field with
the existing requirement
The same may be accepted and Confirmed.
113 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants request the Client to Not tenable
Page No. 66 consider Post Graduation in other Civil
Highway Engineer Engineering related field with the existing
Post Graduate Degree in Highway Engineering. requirement.
This may please be confirmed.
114 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, Various experts are available with Degree in Not tenable
Page No. 64 Civil Engineering and rich and extensive
Bridge Design Specialist experience of structural design of
Essential Qualification infrastructure projects but might not possess
a) Post Graduate in Structural Engineering from a recognized Post Graduate in Structural Engineering.
University. Hence, the Client is requested to amend the
requirement as Degree in Civil Engineering.
Masters in Structural Engineering will be
preferred.
The same may be accepted and confirmed.
115 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, As Highway Design Engineer do not work Not tenable
Page No. 64 as Pavement Engineer, therefore the
Sr. Pavement Engineer Consultants request the Client to consider
c) At least 5 years' experience as Highway Design Highway Engineer along with the existing
Engineer / Pavement Engineer or similar capacity in Highway requirement and amend the requirement as:
project. “(c)At Least 5 years experience as Highway
Engineer/ Highway Design / Pavement
Engineer or similar capacity in Highway
Project”.
This may please be confirmed.
116 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants understand that Not tenable
Page No. 67 Environmental Planning/ Environmental
Environment Expert Engineering/ Environmental
Post Graduate in Environmental Science or equivalent Management will be considered as
equivalent in the qualification requirement
for the position of Environment Expert.
This may please be confirmed.
117 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants would like to mention that Not tenable
Page No. 67 the experts having more than 15 years
experience are providing their intermittent
Environment Expert input on various projects and may not be
b) Total Professional Experience of 15 years in available for the full time duration,
handling environmental aspects of highway projects. therefore, the Consultants request to amend
as –
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“b) Total Professional Experience of
10 years in handling environmental aspects
of highway projects.”
This may please be considered and
confirmed.
118 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, As various experts are available having vast Not tenable
Page No. 68 experience in similar highway projects in
various positions including as Geotechnical
Geotechnical Expert Expert but might not have experience of 15
b) Professional Experience of 15 years as Geotech Expert years as Geotech Expert. Thus the
Consultants request the Client to consider 15
years of professional experience instead of
15 years as Geotech Expert.
The Consultants would like to request that
following positions may also be considered
as similar capacity:
 Material Engineer
 Pavement Engineer
 Pavement/Material Engineer
 Material-cum-Geotechnical Expert
 Executive Engineer and above
This may please be considered and
confirmed.
119 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants request to amend as – Not tenable
Page No. 68 “c) Experience of at least 5 years in
Highway Design/ Construction or related
Geotechnical Expert fields as Geotech Expert or similar
c) Experience of at least 5 years in Highway capacity.”
Construction or related fields as Geotech Expert This may please be considered and
confirmed.
120 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, Number of experts are available having Post Not tenable
Page No. 68 Graduate Degree in Geology and vast
Geotechnical Expert similar experience. Therefore, the
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized Consultants would like to request the Client
University to also considered Post Graduate Degree in
Geology and amend the qualification
requirement as:
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering/
Post Graduate Degree in Geology from a
recognized University.
“This may please be considered and
confirmed.”
121 Section 6, ToR, Enclosure B Qualification of Key Personnel, The Consultants request to amend as: Not tenable
Page No. 68 “c)Experience of 5 years in similar capacity
Electrical Engineer in Construction / Construction supervision
c)Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction / of Highway projects.”
Construction supervision of Highway projects. This may please be considered and
confirmed.
122 Section 2 3.2 (ii), Page No. 13 The Consultants understand that the expert
The Applicants should prefer to field as many of their working with the bidding Consultants for
permanent staff as possible. During evaluation of CV of a more than 1 year will get full 5 marks.
retainer, such CV will be getting only 60% weightage of the The Consultants to request the Client to
marks allocated for the sub-criteria “Employment with Firm”. elaborate “Retainer”
 The expert who has worked with the The expert working with the
firm in past. firm as consultants and
 The expert working with the firm as being paid a specific amount
freelance consultants and being paid a every month for providing
specific amount every month for inputs as and when required.
providing inputs as and when required.
 The expert who has given consent to
the bidding Consultants.
Further, the Consultants would like to
confirm
 What sought of documentary proof the Please refer Clause 3.4 iv (a)
Consultants needs to provide to claim of Section-2.
and expert as Retainer. Managing Director/Head of
the firm/Authorized
Representative of the firm to
certify.
May please also confirm the minimum Please refer Clause 3.3ii.
duration with the bidding Consultants is Section-2
required to get 60% weightage for the
Retainer
123 Data Sheet, Clause 5, Page No. 23 The Consultants would like to suggest that Please refer clause 3.4 (iv)
Employment with Firm - 5 marks for claiming 5 marks against permanent (a) and (b) of Section 3 and
employment of the expert with the firm, the Appendix B-5; format of
some documentary proof, such as CV provided with the RFP.
employment certificate duly certified by the Applicants must declare
Chartered Accountant and recent TDS years with the firm/entity
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certificate, supporting the permanent the which is to be certified by
employment of the expert with the firm the Managing Director/Head
should be enclosed along the CV in the or the authorized
Technical Proposal. representative of the firm.
Experience Certificate from
the employers are to be
attached alongwith the CV,
with the option of
submitting such Experience
Certificate at the time of
Contract negotiation
124 Sr. No. VIII of Appendix C-3, Financial Format in hard copy of There are discrepancies in the No. of copies The Bidder has to quote his
RFP given in Sr. No.10 of uploaded BOQ (Excel rates in BoQ format
AndSr. No.10 of BOQ uploaded Excel file file) and Sr. No. VIII of RFP Appendix C3 considering number of
As per hard copy of RFP: of Section 5. reports to be submitted
Reports and Document Printing The copies given in the RFP seems correct. monthly/quarterly each in 3
1) Monthly Reports (Common for all packages) – 288 copies Therefore, kindly correct the no. of copies of sets.
2) Monthly Reports (Package wise) – 864 copies each report in the BOQ also and upload the
3) Quarterly Reports – 108 copies Revised BOQ format in the web site
As per soft copy of BOQ:
10.01) Monthly Reports – 96 copies
10.02) Monthly Reports – 288 copies
10.03) Quarterly Reports – 12 copies
125 Clause No. 4.5 (c) of GCC In this regard, it is submitted that all the Not tenable
Replacement of Key Personnel consultants try their level best to keep the
As per Clause 4.5 (c) of GCC, for the replacement due to proposed key personnel but due to
death/extreme medical ground, the remuneration to be paid to unavoidable circumstances beyond their
any of the Key Personnel provided as a replacement shall be control, substitutions are needed. Above
90% of the remuneration which would have been payable to the mentioned conditions of the client are harsh
original Key Personnel replaced. However, for the reason other and should be modified as in all other
than death/extreme medical ground, (i) for total replacement up ongoing projects of NHAI, MoRT&H, PWD
to 33% of key personnel, remuneration of replaced Key and other State Govt etc. i.e. the Client shall
Personnel shall be 80% of the remuneration which would have reduce remuneration by 5% upto 33% of key
been payable to the original Key Personnel replaced (ii) for total personnel; reduction of 10% of the
replacement between 33% to 50%, remuneration of replaced remuneration between 33% to 50% and
Key Personnel shall be 75% of the remuneration which would reduction of 15% of the remuneration
have been payable to the original Key Personnel replaced and between 55% to 66% of key personnel.
(iii) for total replacement between 50% to 66%, remuneration of Total replacement beyond 66% of the total
replaced Key Personnel shall be 70% of the remuneration which key personnel, the client may initiate action
would have been payable to the original Key Personnel replaced for termination.
(iv) for total replacements beyond 66% of the key personnel the This may please be confirmed
client shall initiate action of higher
penalty/termination/debarment up to 2 years as considered
appropriate.
126 Clause No.3.6 of Letter of Invitation and Clause No. 6.2(a) of From this Clause, it may be seen that the Not tenable
SCC Client has co-related the Billing rates of
reimbursable items such as transportation,
As per clause No. 3.6 of LOI, Selected Consultants shall be paid duty travel to site, office rent, office
billing rates for services as per financial proposal submitted by supplies, communication, reports &
them on the basis of services rendered by the personnel of all document printing and survey equipment,
categories namely (i) Key Personnel; (ii) sub-Professional etc. with the financial progress of the civil
personnel and (iii) Support staff on man-month wise. For works.
calculating billing rates of remaining items (during construction This is unfair as if there are lapses on the
period) of the financial proposal, namely (i) transportation, (ii) part of Contractor during execution of civil
Duty travel to site (iii) Office Rent, (iv) office supplies works resulting in poor progress of the civil
communication etc. (v) reports & document printing and (vi) works, the Consultants shall be penalized
survey equipment etc. quoted amount (pertaining to without their fault as they will be paid less
construction period only) of selected consultant will be towards reimbursable items. The
converted to percentage of civil work cost quoted by civil Consultants have incurred expenses towards
contractors and payment will be made in proportionate to the reimbursable items, which should be paid as
cumulative financial progress of the civil work of all the 3 per actuals on monthly basis alongwith
packages put together. However, during the maintenance period, remuneration and should not be dependent
to cater for the possibility that the packages will not be on the financial progress of the civil works.
completed in synchronous manner i.e. there might be a scenario Further, it is submitted to kindly refer
that 2 out of 3 packages enter into DLP while 1 package is MoRT&H Circular No.RW-NH-
under construction, the demobilization for items namely (i) 34048/7/2013-S&R(B) dated 29.10.2018
transportation, (ii) Duty travel to site (iii) Site Office, (iv) office wherein payment Clause has been modified
supplies &communication etc (v) reports & document printing stating that all the payment pertaining to
shall be made as per the requirements and under consultation remuneration and reimbursable shall be
with the Authority. The payment during maintenance period made every month as per actual deployment
shall be made as per the deployed items on monthly basis. of personnel & logistics against earlier
instructions stating that the payments shall
be made based on percentage of Civil works
quoted by Civil Contractor and payment are
made in proportionate to the financial
progress of Civil Works.
Hence, it is requested that the Consultants
billing rates towards reimbursable items
should not be co-related with the financial
progress of the civil works.
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127 Clause No.11 of TOR In this regard, given time period to provide Not tenable
Performance Security Performance Security Bank Guarantee to the
It is mentioned that the successful consulting firm shall have to Client is inadequate. Sometime the
submit a Bank Guarantee (BG) for an amount of 2.50% of the Consultant needs more time to complete
Contract Value within 15 days of issue of LOA. various Banking formalities to get Bank
Guarantee from the Bank.
The Client is requested to kindly provide
atleast 30 days from issue of LOA to submit
Performance Security Bank Guarantee to the
Client.
128 Additional Point It is requested that the date of submission of Not tenable
Extension of Date the proposal may please be extended and a
period of at least three weeks may please be
granted for the preparation of the proposal
from the date of issue of clarifications so
that our Experts can prepare a
comprehensive proposal addressing all the
issues of the RFP document / ToR.
129 SECTION 1: Information to Consultants, Point No. 10 on Page We request you to please allow a consultant Not tenable
No. 4 & 5 of RFP to participate in this project as Associate
Consultants may apply either as a sole firm or forming Joint Member (so as allow the Lead partner to
Venture with other consultants. In case of Joint Venture, the have a wider choice of capable CVs in the
maximum number of Joint Venture partners is limited to 2 (i.e. pre and post bid stage)
one lead + 1 JV partner). ………… ………. No consultant shall
submit more than one bid either individually or /and as part of
any JV.
130 SECTION 1: Information to Consultants, Point No. 10 on Page Please allow a wholly owned subsidiary of Not tenable
No. 4 & 5 of RFP an International firm to claim the technical
and financial (turnover, etc.) credentials of it
Consultants may apply either as a sole firm or forming Joint Holding company. This because
Venture with other consultants. In case of Joint Venture, the International firm set up wholly owned
maximum number of Joint Venture partners is limited to 2 (i.e. subsidiaries to bid and execute assignments
one lead + 1 JV partner). ………… ………. No consultant shall in India. You can also ask for an
submit more than one bid either individually or /and as part of undertaking by the Holding firm stating that
any JV. they will support all activities of their
subsidiary (including technical and
financial) in India
131 SECTION 1: Information to Consultants, Point No. 14, A). on We request you to please extend the Not tenable
Page No. 6 of RFP experience limit upto 10 years. This will
allow more Expressway projects to be
Eligibility criteria for sole applicant firm. showcased by the Consultants
Experience of the firm in last 7 years
132 DATA SHEET, Clause No. 5.1, iii, Pg. 23 of RFP Please allow the consultants to bid both the Please refer Addendum.
Qualification and competence of following professional/sub- packages with one team.
professional staff
133 SECTION 6: Clause 13; Performance Security, Pg 57& 58 of We request you to allow the consultant to Not tenable
RFP submit the Performance Security on Year to
Year basis with an undertaking (Affidavit)
Performance Security to extend the validity on yearly basis. Global
Banks generally provide one year BGs to
International firms in India
134 General We request to please extend the proposal Not tenable
Time Extension submission date by 4 weeks from the date of
issuance of clarifications. Documents have
to be translated, apostilled and notarised
which takes some time for International
firms
135 Note2Page25ofRFP We understand that the projects achieved The projects where more
The projects where morethan90%ofthework has been completed physical progress of 90%will be considered than 90% of the work has
shall be considered as substantially completed. The same shall and counted for evaluation. Kindly confirm been completed shall be
be certified by the Employer for the respective project. considered as substantially
completed. The same shall
be certified by the Employer
for the respective project
136 SECTION2. LETTER OF INVITATION TO We understand that permanent employee The expert working with the
CONSULTANTS, Clause3.3(ii) will have 100% of be weightage under sub- firm as consultants and
The Applicants should prefer to field as many of their criteria of Employment with Firm. being paid a specific amount
permanent staff as possible. During evaluation of CV of a Kindly clarify the definition of retainer to every month for providing
retainer, such CV will getting only 60% weightage of the get 60% weightage under this head. inputs as and when required.
marks allocated for the sub-criteria "Employment with Firm".
The permanent staff would be considered those already
employed with the firm prior to one year from the month during
which this Tender Notice is issued. Applicant shall submit the
details of the period of employment of the proposed personnel
with the firm.
137 The inputs for Senior Pavement Engineer, Senior Kindly clarify whether Headquarters should Please refer clause 4.19 of
Bridge/Structure Engineer shall be taken at least 40% in the be assumed as Consultant's Home Office or ToR (Section-6)
field every month and for the balance period, input will be Consultant's TL Office.
from the Headquarters, since for their services,
substantial support is needed from the Headquarters. Besides,
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for the position of Sr. Contract specialist the input shall be
minimum for 20% period every month in the field and for
balance 80% period at Headquarters. Similarly for the Team
Leader and Dy. Team leader the input shall be minimum
10%period every month in the field and balance 90% at
Headquarters. The input in the field mentioned above for all the
above said key personnel is minimum and should be such
that each package is visited at least once in a month. For
days other than authorized leave and site visit by personnel of
the Authority Engineer, the entire team working at the
Headquarter (TL office) and Site Office
{RE Office) shall register their attendance on an biometric
recording instrument on a daily basis and shall submit the
summary of attendance on a monthly basis to the Authority
without fail along with the bills raised by the Authority
Engineer. Supporting documents of authorized leave and site
visits made by the personnel shall be submitted alone with the
monthly statement
138 Clause 11.3, Page 56 of RFP We understand that CV of sub- professional CVs of sub-professional
In addition to above, consultants are required to propose other staff and other field staff need not to be staff shall be evaluated for
key personnel, sub- professional staff and other field engineers submitted at this stage. However their CV their suitability by
as detailed in Enclosure-A and the minimum qualification will need to be get approved before Employer‟s Representative
requirements for the same is enclosed in Enclosure-B. mobilization. Kindly confirm. before deployment.
139 GCC, Clause 4.5, Page 89 Of RFP In case of replacement due to Please refer Addendum.
death/extreme medical ground, there should
4.5 Removal and/or Replacement of Personnel: For the not be any penalty on the replacement of
replacement due to death/extreme medical ground, the Key Staff. Kindly consider the same.
remuneration to be paid to any of the Key Personnel
provided as a replacement shall be 90% of the remuneration Penalty on replacement of 20% up to total
which would have been payable to the original Key Personnel replacement of 33% of key experts is very
replaced. However, for the reason other than death/extreme high. Consultant always do their best to
medical ground, retain the key experts and however to retain
(i) for total replacement up to 33% of key personnel, them is not in the hand of consultant.
remuneration of replaced It is requested to relax the %age on
Key Personnel shall be 80% of the remuneration replacement i.e. 10% up to 33%
which would have been payable to the original Key replacements and 15% on replacement
Personnel replaced. (ii) for total between 33% to 50% and 20% on
replacement between 33% to 50%, remuneration of replaced replacement between 50% to 66%
Key Personnel shall be 75% of the remuneration which would replacement.
have been payable to the original Key Personnel replaced and
(iii) for total replacement between 50% to 66%,
remuneration of replaced Key Personnel shall be 70% of the
remuneration which would have been payable to the original
Key Personnel replaced
(iv) for total replacements beyond 66% of the key personnel the
client shall initiate action of higher
penalty/termination/debarment up to 2 years as considered
appropriate. No reduction in remuneration shall be done in case
of replacement of sub-professional staff.
140 SCC, Clause 6.2 (a) I The project is divided into three different Not tenable
Payments for remuneration made in accordance with Clause GC packages and consultant need to maintain
6:2(a) in shall be adjusted as follows: the vehicles and four offices even when
Consultants shall be paid billing rates for services rendered there is no progress or slow progress of
by the personnel of all categories namely (i) key Personnel; (ii) work. All these services are provided on
sub- Professional personnel and (iii) Support staff on man-moth hiring basis and their monthly bill/rent
wise. For calculating billing rates of remaining items (during need to be paid by consultant on monthly
construction period), of the financial proposal, namely (i) basis .
transportation, In view of the same we request you to
(ii) Duty travel to site (iii) Office Rent, (iv) office supplies kindly make payments on monthly basis for
communication etc. (v) reports & document printing and (vi) all these services.
survey equipment etc. quoted amount (pertaining to
construction period only) of selected consultant will be
converted to percentage of civil work cost quoted by civil
contractors and payment will be made in proportionate to
the cumulative financial progress of the civil work of both the
2 packages put together, provided further that payment against
reimbursable expenditures shall be minimum of actually and
reasonably incurred by the Consultant or the proportionate
amount calculated as mentioned in the clause
141 Bid submission due date As there are 35 Key experts who are Not tenable
10th December 2019 required and identification of suitable
experts is a challenging and time taking
process, we request you to kindly extend the
bid due date at least by two weeks.
142 APPENDIX C-3: BREAKDOWN OF COSTS We understand that all these 6 replacements Please refer Clause 4.5 (c)
Page42 allowed after Construction Period for
A maximum of 6 replacements shall be allowed after the deployment shall be free of any penalty.
Construction Period for deployment in Maintenance Period. Kindly confirm.
143 Eligibility Criteria Page 6 We request you to consider Experience of The query is not clear.
The firm should have minimum experience of preparation of Design Projects under Experience in DPR
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detailed Project Report/ Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design Report of 4/6** laning project of
aggregate length equal to 1.5 times or more than the Project
Length mentioned in Table 1
144 Letter to Consultants Clause 1.12
Page 11
The Data Sheet indicates how long Consultants' Proposals must
remain valid after the submission date. During this period,
Consultants shall maintain the availability of Professional staff
nominated in the Proposal. The Authority will make its best
effort to complete negotiations within this period. Should the
need arise, however, the Authority may request Consultants to
extend the validity period of their proposals. Consultants who
agree to such extension shall confirm that they maintain the
availability of the Professional staff nominated in the Proposal,
or in their confirmation of extension of validity of the Proposal,
Consultants could submit new staff in replacement, who would
be considered in the final evaluation for contract award.
145 61 -70
Enclosure -B:
Qualification of Key Personnel
146 48
Appendix C-3: Breakdown of Costs
VIII. Reports and Document Printing
Monthly reports (Common for All Packages -Executive
Summary) -Limited to 30 pages -288 copies
Monthly Reports (Package Wise) -864 copies
Quarterly Reports (Package Wise) -108 copies
Financial Proposal Excel Sheet
Financial Proposal Excel Sheet Schedule J. Reports and
Document Printing
Monthly reports (Common for All Packages -Executive
Summary) -Limited to 30 pages -96 Copies Monthly Reports
(Package Wise) -288 Copies Quarterly Reports (Package Wise)
- 36 Copies
147 9 In view of this large sized projects involving
Due Date
5. Bid Due Date -10.12.2019 at 13:00 Hrs.
6. Submission of Hard Copy of Technical Proposal + Document
Fee + Bid Security -11.12.2019 at 14:00 Hrs
148 SECTION 1: INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS
Clause 10 (Page 4)
Consultants may apply either as a sole firm or forming Joint
Venture with other consultants. In case of Joint Venture, the
maximum number of Joint Venture partners is limited to 2 (i.e.
one lead + 1 JV partner).
149 Page 18 Clause 15
State Bank of India BC Selling rate as on last date of
submission of the bid
150 Page 17
Accessing/ Purchasing of RFP documents
It is mandatory for all the Applicants to have class-II Digital
Clarifications as decided
Query
by CEC
preparation. Feasibility Study cum
Preliminary Design.
Kindly confirm.
Many times it happens that the gap between Not tenable
the Negotiation stage and Letter of Award
stage gets prolonged and the proposed Key
Personnel might not be available for the
assignment.
In such a circumstance we request that there
may not be any penalty on such
replacements.
Kindly consider.
We request you to kindly provide the Please refer Addendum.
detailed Evaluation Criteria for assessment
of score of Firm and the Key personnel
There is variance with regard to no of copies The Bidder has to quote his
of reports between Schedule-J of Financial rates in BoQ format
Proposal Excel Sheet and Section VIII. considering number of
reports to be submitted
Reports and Documents Printing of monthly/quarterly each in 3
Appendix C-3: Breakdown of Costs at Page sets.
No: 48 of RFP.
We therefore request you to kindly rectify
this.
Not tenable
submission of CVs of 35 persons (Key
Personnel), we request you to kindly
postpone the due date of proposal
submission by 10 to 15 days enabling the
consultants to submit the comprehensive
proposal.
We request you to include associate Not tenable.
company along with JV.
Following clause is all NHAI, Ministry,
PWD etc government tender for allowance
of associate.
“the applicant whether a sole applicant or
lead member with joint
venture may also include an Associate for
providing key personnel. In such case, the
applicant should submit an MOU with
associate regarding role and responsibility of
Associate Company. However the maximum
no. of key personnel from Associate firm
during RFP proposal and implementation of
contract should be limited to two (2).”
There are certain countries for which State Please refer Addendum.
Bank of India does not give selling rate.
We request you to kindly Reserve Bank of
India (Selling rate) /International Monetary
Fund as on 28 days before the date of
submission of the bid
Digital Signature Certificate is a secure Please refer Addendum.
digital key that is issued by the certifying
authorities for the purpose of validating and
certifying the identity of the person holding
this certificate.
Sl. Clarifications as decided
Clause / Subject Query
No. by CEC
Signature Certificate (DSC) (in the name of Authorized
Signatory / Firm or Organisation / Owner of the Firm or This can be issues by licensed Certifying
Organisation) from UP Electronics Corporation Limited to Authority (CA) issues the digital signature.
participate in e-tendering
Hence we request you to kindly not put a
mandatory requirement for DSC from UP
Electronics Corporation Limited.

Also for tenders, Class 3 certificate is used.

Kindly modify the clause as

“It is mandatory for all the Applicants to

have Class-III digital signature certificate
(with both Signing and Encryption
certificate) (in the name of person who will
sign the Application) from any of the
licensed certifying agency (“CA”)
[Applicants can see the list of licensed CAs
from the link www.cca.gov.in] to participate
in e-tendering”
 Addendum to RFP documents for selection of Authority’s Engineers for supervision of
Package – I to Package – III and Package – IV to Package – VI of Bundelkhand Expressway Project

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Existing Provisions in RFP Document Modified Provisions
No. Document
1. …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………
…... …...
In case the financial figures and values of services In case the financial figures and values of services
provided are in foreign currency, the above provided are in foreign currency, the above
Section 1
enhancement factors will not be applied. Instead, enhancement factors will not be applied. Instead,
Clause 15
current market exchange rate (State Bank of India current market exchange rate (State Bank of India
BC Selling rate as on last date of submission of the BC Selling rate as on 15 days prior to bid due
bid) will be applied for the purpose of conversion date) will be applied for the purpose of conversion
of amount in foreign currency into Indian Rupees. of amount in foreign currency into Indian Rupees.
2. Section 2 Consultants shall furnish information
Deleted.
Clause 1.11 ……………………….. Financial Proposal
3. Hard copy of the documents as specified in point Hard copy of the documents as specified in point
nos. 4.1 (b) above (excluding Financial Proposal) nos. 4.1 (b) above (excluding Financial Proposal)
Section 2
only is required to be submitted at the address only is required to be submitted at the address
Clause 4.1 d)
given below latest by 1300 hours on bid opening given below latest by 1400 hours on bid opening
date……………… date……………………..
4. The Authority has issued the RFPs for selection
of two Authority’s Engineers. The sequence for
opening the financial bid for two Authority’s
Engineers shall be as follows:
1. Package I to Package III
2. Package IV to Package VI

If the Applicant submits the Bid for both the

AEs with wholly different teams, and if its
Section 2 respective technical Bid qualifies for both the
Clause 4.3.1 AEs, its financial proposal shall be opened for
Online opening of both AEs.
-
application
New clause Applicant can also submit bids for both the
4.3.1.2 iii AEs i.e (“Package I to Package III” and
“Package IV to Package VI”) with teams
comprising of wholly or partially same key
personnel and if the Applicant’s Technical
Proposal qualifies for both the AEs, then on
opening of financial proposal, if the Applicant
has scored the highest combined score for the
“Package I to Package III”, then Applicant's
financial proposal for “Package IV to Package
VI” shall not be opened.
5. Section 2
Sub-criteria for Technical Evaluation are given
Data Sheet
- in Appendix EC appended.
New Clause 5.1
iv.
6. SECTION 5: FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION OF
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL; TO BE SUBMITTED
SECTION 5: FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION OF
SECTION 5: ONLINE ONLY IN BOQ FORMAT IN
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
FORMAT FOR SEPARATE E-ENVELOPE (HARD COPY OF
SUBMISSION OF FINANCIAL PROPOSAL MUST NOT BE
Appendix C-1 Financial proposal submission form
FINANCIAL SUBMITTED).
PROPOSAL Appendix C1: Deleted
Appendix C-2 Summary of costs
Appendix C2 and C3: Only indicative to facilitate
filling of BoQ format online. Columns containing
Appendix C-3 Breakdown of costs
“Billing Rate” and “Amount” are not to be filled.

7. Section 6 S. Key Man-month Man-month in S. Key Man-month Man-month in

Enclosure-A No. Personnel in Maintenance / No. Personnel in Maintenance /
A: Key Personnel Construction Defect A: Key Personnel Construction Defect
MAN - period of 30 Liability period of 30 Liability
months* period of 60 months* period of 60
MONTHS months1 months2
INPUT FOR 1 Team leader 36 6 1 Team leader 36 6
KEY cum Senior cum Senior
PROFESSIONA Highway Highway
L STAFF Engineer – 1 Engineer – 1

1
Intermittent Inputs
2
Intermittent Inputs
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No. Document
AUTHORITY no no
ENGINEER (common for 4 (common for 3
packages) packages)
…. ……. ……. ……. …. ……. ……. …….
19 ……. ……. ……. 19 ……. ……. …….
Sub Total 1140 404 Sub Total 1140 484
B: Sub Professional B: Sub Professional
Staff Staff
(a) ……… …… …… (a) ……… …… ……
8. Section 6
Enclosure B,
Clause 3 Senior Professional Experience of 20 years in Contract Professional Experience of 15 years in Contract
Contract Specialist Management. Management.
1) Essential
Qualifications b)
9. Geotechnical Expert
Geotechnical Expert3
Duties: Geotechnical Expert (GE) will be reporting
Duties: Geotechnical Expert (GE) will be reporting to the Team Leader and give input as and when
to the Team Leader and give input as and when required. GE shall be responsible for analyzing and
required. GE shall be responsible for analyzing and verifying the specifications and results of
verifying the specifications and results of Geotechnical investigations and geotechnical
Geotechnical investigations and geotechnical details submitted by the contractor and producing
details submitted by the contractor and producing technical report of ground investigation and
technical report of ground investigation and interpretation using state of the art 2D, 3D ground
interpretation using state of the art 2D, 3D ground modeling software. GE shall be responsible for
modeling software. GE shall be responsible for giving her/his input regarding quality and
giving her/his input regarding quality and suitability of earth, stones, sand etc. used in the
suitability of earth, stones, sand etc. used in the project and stability and protection of embankment,
project and stability and protection of embankment, structures etc.
structures etc.
Section 6
Enclosure B, GE should have the following qualification /
Clause 16 GE should have the following qualification / experience.
experience.
1) Essential Qualifications:
1) Essential Qualifications:
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University.
recognized University.
b) Professional Experience of 15 years as
b) Professional Experience of 15 years as Geotech Expert
Geotech Expert
c) Experience of at least 5 years in Highway
c) Experience of at least 5 years in Highway Construction or related fields as geotech Expert.
Construction or related fields as geotech Expert.
d) Not more than 65 years of age.
2) Preferential Qualifications:
2) Preferential Qualifications:
a) Post Graduation in Geotechnical/Soil
Mechanics / Foundation Engineering. a) Post Graduation in Geotechnical/Soil
Mechanics / Foundation Engineering.

10. Building Design & Construction Engineer
Duties: Building Design & Construction Engineer
(BDCE) shall report to Team Leader and respective
Resident Engineer. BDCE shall be responsible for
verifying the specification, quantities, checking and
Section 6 analyzing the layout and structure design of all
building structures using latest design software,
Enclosure B,
submitted by the contractor and producing
Clause 17
technical report using building & structural
modeling software. BDCE shall also be responsible
for monitoring the quality, quantity and progress of
construction activity of building works and
examination of Change of Scope orders and
quantities related to these thereof.
Building Design & Construction Engineer
Duties: Building Design & Construction Engineer
(BDCE) shall report to Team Leader and respective
Resident Engineer. BDCE shall be responsible for
verifying the specification, quantities, checking and
analyzing the layout and structure design of all
building structures using latest design software,
submitted by the contractor and producing
technical report using building & structural
modeling software. BDCE shall also be responsible
for monitoring the quality, quantity and progress of
construction activity of building works and
examination of Change of Scope orders and
quantities related to these thereof.
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Existing Provisions in RFP Document Modified Provisions
No. Document

BDCE should have the following qualification / BDCE should have the following qualification /
experience. experience.

1) Essential Qualifications: 1) Essential Qualifications:

a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a
recognized University. recognized University.
b) Professional Experience of 15 years in b) Professional Experience of 15 years in
construction / supervision of building / Estimation / construction / supervision of building / Estimation /
structure design of buildings. structure design of buildings.
c) Experience of 8 years in similar capacity c) Experience of 8 years in similar capacity
in Construction / Construction supervision / in Construction / Construction supervision /
Structural Design of Buildings. Structural Design of Buildings.
2) Preferential Qualifications: d) Not more than 65 years of age.
b) Post Graduation in Building 2) Preferential Qualifications:
Design/Construction Management.
b) Post Graduation in Building
Design/Construction Management.

11. TMS Expert

TMS Expert
Duties: TMS Expert (TMSE)shall report and assist
to team leader regarding all aspects of TMS /
HTMS design and supervision. TMSE shall be
responsible for checking and verifying the
configuration and quality of TMS and HTMS
hardware, software and implementation,
commissioning, operation of the same at site and
examination of Change of Scope Orders if any and
verifying the quantities and it's valuation. TMSE
shall also check the suitability of TMS / HTMS
technologies suggested by the contractors and help
Section 6
the Team Leader to arrive at appropriate decision.
Enclosure B,
Clause 18 1) Essential Qualifications:
a) Graduate in Electrical/Electronics and
Communication Engineering from a
recognized university.
b) 15 years of total professional experience
out of which at least 5 years as a TMS /
ATMS / HTMS expert for road projects.
c) TMSE should have handled at least 2
major toll / HTMS road projects.
2) Preferential Qualifications:
a) Post Graduation Electrical/Electronics
and Communication Engineering
Duties: TMS Expert (TMSE)shall report and assist
to team leader regarding all aspects of TMS /
HTMS design and supervision. TMSE shall be
responsible for checking and verifying the
configuration and quality of TMS and HTMS
hardware, software and implementation,
commissioning, operation of the same at site and
examination of Change of Scope Orders if any and
verifying the quantities and it's valuation. TMSE
shall also check the suitability of TMS / HTMS
technologies suggested by the contractors and help
the Team Leader to arrive at appropriate decision.
1) Essential Qualifications:
a) Graduate in Electrical/Electronics and
Communication Engineering from a
recognized university.
b) 15 years of total professional experience
out of which at least 5 years as a TMS /
ATMS / HTMS expert for road projects.
c) TMSE should have handled at least 2
major toll / HTMS road projects.
d) Not more than 65 years of age
2) Preferential Qualifications:
Post Graduation Electrical/Electronics and
Communication Engineering/Instrumentation
Engineering

12. Safety Engineer Safety Engineer

Duties: Safety Engineer(SE) shall be responsible
Section 6 for the overall Road Safety Aspect of the Project.
SE shall ensure that safety provisions as per
Enclosure B, relevant codes are strictly followed at site during
Clause 19) Construction of Road and also during the
Maintenance Period.
Duties: Safety Engineer(SE) shall be responsible
for the overall Road Safety Aspect of the Project.
SE shall ensure that safety provisions as per
relevant codes are strictly followed at site during
Construction of Road and also during the
Maintenance Period.
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No. Document
1) Essential Qualifications.
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a
recognized University.
b) Professional Experience of 15 years.
c) Minimum 10 years experience in Road
Safety works of Major Highway Projects (2 laning
with paved shoulder / 4 / 6 laning/ Expressway
projects)
d) Experience in Road Safety Audit of at
least 2 nos2 laning with paved shoulder /4/6 lane
highway / expressway project including 1 nos at
design stage
e) Not more than 65 years of age.
2) Preferential Qualifications
a) Post Graduate Degree in Traffic/
Transportation/Safety Engineering/Transportation
Planning.
b) Involvement in Preparation of Road
Safety Policy of Nation / State / City.
c) Preparation of Road Safety Management
Plan for inter urban Highways in PPP/EPC mode.
d) International Exposure in the field of
Road Safety Management Plan
13. Any of the Personnel provided ………………
………………………. other costs arising out of or
incidental to any removal and/or replacement. For
the replacement due to death/extreme medical
Section 7 ground, the remuneration to be paid to any of the
Key Personnel provided as a replacement shall be
GCC clause 4.5 C
90% of the remuneration which would have been
payable to the original Key Personnel replaced.
….………………………
14. We, the undersigned, offer to provide the
Section 7 consulting services for the above in accordance
First Para, with your Request for Proposal dated
Appendix B-1, _____________and our Proposal. We are hereby
Technical submitting our Proposal, which includes this
Proposal Technical Proposal and a Financial Proposal sealed
Submission Form under a separate envelope for the above mentioned
work.
15. Rental cost towards Survey Equipment (GPS/Total
station /Auto Level) with semiskilled survey Party
BoQ format (2 persons) and one dedicated vehicle for Survey
item No, 11.01 Party (inclusive of vehicle rental driver‟s salary,
fuel operation and maintenance etc complete) with
rods, flags and other sundries – 2 Nos.
16. It is mandatory for all the Applicants to have class-
II Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) (in the name
Section 2
of Authorized Signatory / Firm or Organisation /
Clause 4.2.1.1 Owner of the Firm or
Organisation) from UP Electronics Corporation
Modified Provisions
1) Essential Qualifications.
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a
recognized University.
b) Professional Experience of 15 years.
c) Minimum 10 years experience in Road
Safety works of Major Highway Projects (2 laning
with paved shoulder / 4 / 6 laning/ Expressway
projects)
d) Experience in Road Safety Audit of at
least 2 nos2 laning with paved shoulder /4/6 lane
highway / expressway project including 1 nos at
design stage
e) Not more than 65 years of age.
2) Preferential Qualifications
a) Post Graduate Degree in Traffic/
Transportation/Safety Engineering/Transportation
Planning.
b) Involvement in Preparation of Road
Safety Policy of Nation / State / City.
c) Preparation of Road Safety Management
Plan for inter urban Highways in PPP/EPC mode.
Any of the Personnel provided ………………
……………………. other costs arising out of or
incidental to any removal and/or replacement. For
the replacement due to extreme medical ground,
the remuneration to be paid to any of the Key
Personnel provided as a replacement shall be 90%
of the remuneration which would have been
payable to the original Key Personnel
replaced………………………………..
We, the undersigned, offer to provide the
consulting services for the above in accordance
with your Request for Proposal dated
_____________and our Proposal. We are hereby
submitting online our Technical Proposal and a
Financial Proposal (in BOQ Format) under
separate e-envelopes for the above mentioned
work.
Rental cost towards Survey Equipment (GPS/Total
station /Auto Level) with semiskilled survey Party
(3 persons) and one dedicated vehicle for Survey
Party (inclusive of vehicle rental driver‟s salary,
fuel operation and maintenance etc complete) with
rods, flags and other sundries – 3 Nos.
It is mandatory for all the Applicants to have Class-
II / Class-III Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)
(in the name of Authorized Signatory/Firm or
Organisation/ Owner of the Firm or Organisation)
from UP Electronics Corporation Limited or from
any of the licensed certifying agency (“CA”)
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No. Document
Limited to participate in e-tendering of
UPEIDA as per Government Order No. 1067/78-2-
2017-42 IT/2017 dated May 12, 2017 to
participate in the e-tendering process.
The effect of the modifications of the above mentioned clauses shall be applicable mutatis mutandis in the entire RFP document.
Modified Provisions
authorised by Controller of Certifying
Authority, GoI as per Government Order No.
1067/78-2-2017-42 IT/2017 dated May 12, 2017 to
participate in e-tendering of UPEIDA.
The Authority shall not be responsible if the
applicant fails to submit its proposal due to DSC
registration problem or due to any last moment
submission problem on E-Tender Portal.
 APPENDIX -EC

Evaluation Sub Criteria

S.No Description Max.

Marks

1 Year of Establishment of the Firm (In case of JV year of establishment 2

of Lead Member shall be considered)

(i) Upto 5 years: 1.5 marks

(ii) More than 5 years: 2 marks

2 Average Annual Turnover (last 3 years) from consultancy business 2

(i) <2% of Estimated Project Cost: 0 Marks / Disqualify

(ii) 2 % to 4% of Estimated Project Cost: 1.5 Marks

(iii) More than 4% of Estimated Project Cost: 2 marks

3 Experience in Construction Supervision/Independent 16

Engineer/Authority Engineer in Highway Projects of 4/6-laning or more
of length at least equal to 25% of Project Length, in last 7 years

(i) 1 Project: 12 marks

(ii) Add 1 (one) mark extra for each completed project subject to Max of
4 marks.

4 Experience in DPR preparation/ Feasibility Study cum Preliminary 5

Design Report for Number of Highway Projects (of length 25% of
Project Length of 4/6 laning or more) in last 7 years

(i) 1 Project: 4 marks

(ii) Add 0.25 (zero point two five) marks extra for each additional project
subject to Max 1 mark.

TOTAL 25
 1. Team Leader cum Senior Highway Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure-B of RFP

1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(Max)

a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from recognized university. 80%

2a) Post Graduate Degree in Construction Management/Highway 20% (max)

Engineering/Transportation/Pavement Engineering / Soil Mechanics /
Foundation Engineering.

(b) Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling Highway Contracts. 15 years

(Min)

Marks for “Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling Highway 15

Contracts ” marks(Max)

(i) Experience of 15 years 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

(c) At least 5 years’ experience as Team Leader/Dy. Team Leader / Resident 5 years
Engineer/Project Manager or similar capacity in Highway project. (Min)

Marks for “Experience as Team Leader/Dy. Team Leader/Resident 15 marks

Engineer/Project Manager or similar capacity in Highway Projects” (Max)

(i) Experience of 5 years 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

d) TL should have handled as Team Leader/Dy. Team Leader / Resident 2 Projects

Engineer/Project Manager or similar capacity of at least two projects in (Min)
Construction / Construction Supervision of Highways.

Marks for “Should have handled as Team Leader/Dy. Team 25 marks

Leader/Resident Engineer/Project Manager or similar capacity in (Max)
Construction / Construction Supervision of Highway Projects (Min 30Km
with 8-lane/Expressway or 40 Km with 6-lane or 50 Km with 4-lane
 (i) Experience of 2 Projects 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 2 Projects: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)

e) TL should have handled as Team Leader or similar capacity of at least one 1 project
Projects of project Preparation of major highway Project of 2 laning with (Min)
paved shoulders / four - laning/ six –laning / Expressway.

Marks for “TL should have handled as Team Leader or similar capacity of 10 marks
at least one Projects of project Preparation of major highway Project of 2 (Max)
laning with paved shoulders / four - laning/ six –laning / Expressway.”

(i) Experience of 1Project 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)

2b) Supervised Highway Construction projects with flexible pavements. 1 Project

(Desired
Min)

Marks for “Experience in Supervision of Highway Construction with 5 marks

flexible pavements (Min 30Km with 8-lane/Expressway or 40 Km with 6- (Max)
lane or 50 Km with 4-lane .”

(i) Experience of 1Project 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks

(Data (Max)
Sheet)
(i) On retainership basis 60%

(i) 1 year 80%

(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20% (max)
employment with firm over 1 year

Total Score 100

*Only those projects will be considered for evaluation at Sl 1(d) above where input of the personal
is at least one year and 1 (e ) above where the input of personnel is at least six months
 2. Deputy Team Leader Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(Max)

a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from recognized university. 80%

2a Post Graduate Degree in Construction Management/Highway 20% (max)

Engineering/Transportation/Pavement Engineering / Soil Mechanics
/ Foundation Engineering.

b) Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling Highway 15 years

Contracts. (Min)

Marks for “Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling 15

Highway Contracts. ” marks(Max)

(i) Experience of 15 years 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

c) At least 8 years’ experience as Deputy Team Leader/ Resident 8 years (Min)

Engineer /Project Manager / Superintending Engineer or equivalent
/ or similar capacity in Highway project.

Marks for “Experience as Dy. Team Leader/Resident 15 marks

Engineer/Project Manager/Superintending Engineer or equivalent (Max)
or similar capacity in Highway Projects”

(i) Experience of 8 years 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

d) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader/ Resident 2 Projects

Engineer /Project Manager Superintending Engineer or equivalent / (Min)
or similar capacity of at least two projects in Construction
Supervision of Highways.

Marks for “Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader/ 25 marks
Resident Engineer /Project Manager Superintending Engineer or (Max)
equivalent / or similar capacity of at least two projects in
Construction Supervision of Highways.”
 (i) Experience of 2 Projects 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 2 Projects: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)

e) Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader or similar 1 project

capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation of major (Min)
highway Project of two laning with paved shoulder / four – laning/
six –laning/ Expressway.

Marks for “Dy. TL should have handled as Deputy Team Leader or 10 marks
similar capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation of (Max)
major highway Project of two laning with paved shoulder / four –
laning/ six –laning/ Expressway.”

(i) Experience of 1 Project 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)

2b) Experience of Construction Supervision on Highway Project. 1 Project

(Desired Min)

Marks for “Experience in Supervision of Highway Construction (Min 5 marks

30Km with 8-lane/Expressway or 40 Km with 6-lane or 50 Km with (Max)
4-lane or more 80 km of 2-lane with paved shoulder).”

(i) Experience of 1Project 80%

(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks

Sheet) (Max)

(i) On retainership basis 60%

(i) 1 year 80%

(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20% (max)
employment with firm over 1 year

Total Score 100

*Only those projects will be considered for evaluation at Sl 1(d) above where input of the personal
is at least one year and 1 (e ) above where the input of personnel is at least six months
 3. Sr. Contract Specialist Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure- B of RFP
1 Essential Qualification 25 marks
(Max)
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University. 80%
2a) Degree in Law/PG in management/certificate course in management/ 20% (max)
certificate course in construction management/certificate course in
contract management.
b) Professional Experience of 15years in Contract Management. 15 years
(Min)
Marks for “Total Professional Experience of Contract Management ” 20 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii)5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)
c) Experience of at least 6 years as Contract Specialist on any 6 years (Min)
National/State Highway/ Expressway project.
Marks for “Experience of at least 6 years as Contract Specialist on any 20 marks
National/State Highway/ Expressway project.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 6 years 80%
(ii) 5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)
d) Contract Management of a large Highway contract say over Rs.150 crore 1 Projects
including experience of handling Variation orders, claims of the (Min)
contractor and there appropriate disposal.
Marks for “Contract Management of a large Highway contract say over 25 marks
Rs.150 crore including experience of handling variation orders, claims of (Max)
the contractor and there appropriate disposal”
(i) Marks for 150 crores 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 20%(max)
e) Handled Arbitration cases in respect of any Highway project. 1 Project
(Min)
Marks for “Experience of Handling Arbitration cases in respect of any 5 marks (Max)
Highway project of Min 25 Km length of 4-lane/6-lane "
(i) Marks for 25 kms of 4/ 6 lane 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 5% and
20%(max)
Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)
3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
(Data (Max)
Sheet) (i) On retainership basis 60%
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 5% and
employment with firm 20%(max)
Total Score 100
 4. Resident Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure -B of RFP

1 Essential Qualification 25 marks

(Max)
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University. 80%
2a) Post Graduate Degree in Construction Management/Highway 20% (max)
Engineering/Transportation/Pavement Engineering/ Soil Mechanics /
Foundation Engineering.

b) Professional Experience of 15 years in supervision of Highway Projects. 15 years

(Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience of 15 years in supervision of Highway 15 marks
Projects.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

c) At least 8 years experience as Resident Engineer/Assistant Resident 8 years (Min)

Engineer/Highway Engineer / Project Director/Project
Manager/Superintending Engineer or equivalent/Executive Engineer or
equivalent on similar construction work/Independent Engineering
project.
Marks for “At least 8 years experience as Resident Engineer/Assistant 25 marks
Resident Engineer/Highway Engineer / Project Director/Project (Max)
Manager/Superintending Engineer or equivalent/Executive Engineer or
equivalent on similar construction work/Independent Engineering
project.”
(i) Marks for 8 years 80%
(ii) 5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

d) Should have handled at least 2 Highway projects of about 20- 25 km 2 Projects

each. (Min)
Marks for “Should have handled at least 2 Highway projects of about 20- 25 marks
25 km each.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 2 projects of 20- 25kms each 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 5% and
20%(max)

2 b) Experience of Construction Supervision on Highway Project. 1 Project

(Min)
Marks for “Experience of Construction Supervision on Highway Project.” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii)5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 5% and
20%(max)
Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks

(Data (Max)
Sheet) (i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii)5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%(max)
employment with firm
Total Score 100

5. Senior Quantity Surveyor Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1. Essential Qualification 25 marks

(Max)
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from recognized university. 80%
2a) Post Graduate Degree in Construction 20% (max)
Management/Engineering/certificate course in management/ certificate
course in construction management/certificate course in contract
management/ certificate course in quantity surveying.

b) Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling Highway Contracts. 15 years

(Min)
Marks for “Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling Highway 20 marks
Contracts” (Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)

c) At least 10 years experience as Quantity Surveyor in Highway project. 10 years

(Min)
Marks for “ At least 10 years experience as Quantity Surveyor in Highway 25 marks
project” (Max)
(i) Marks for 10 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)

d) SQS should have handled as Quantity Surveyor in at least two projects in 2 Projects
Construction / Construction Supervision of Two/four / Six laning of (Min)
Highways/ Expressway.
Marks for “SQS should have handled as Quantity Surveyor in at least two 25 marks
projects in Construction / Construction Supervision of Two/four / Six laning (Max)
of Highways/ Expressway.”
 (i) Marks for 2 projects 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 5% and
20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks

(Data (Max)
Sheet) (i) On retainership basis 60%
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of employment 20%(max)
with firm
Total Score 100

6.Highway Design Specialist Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure- B of RFP
1. Essential Qualification 25 marks
(Max)
a) Post Graduate in Transportation/Highway/Pavement Engineering from 100%
recognized university

b) Professional Experience of minimum 15 years.

Marks for “Professional Experience of 15 years. ” 15 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 15years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

b) 12 years of experience in handling design of Highways.

Marks for “Experience of at least 12 years in Highway Designing 20 marks
works.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 12 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

c) At least 5 years’ experience as Sr. Pavement Engineer / Highway Design 5 Years

Engineer or similar capacity in Highway project in designing highways (min)
using computer design software.
Marks for “At least 5 years’ experience as Sr. Pavement Engineer / 10 marks
Highway Design Engineer or similar capacity in Highway project in (Max)
designing highways using computer design software”
(i) Marks for 5years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)
 d) HDS should have handled as Sr. Pavement Engineer / Highway Design 1 Project
Engineer or similar capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation (Min)
of major highway Project of four–laning/ six –laning/ Expressway.
Marks for “Experience Sr. Pavement Engineer / Highway Design Engineer 20 marks
or similar capacity of at least one Projects of project Preparation of major (Max)
highway Project of four–laning/ six –laning/ Expressway”
(i) Marks for one year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 20%(max)

2a a) Experience as a Highway Design Specialist abroad. 1 Project

(min)
Marks for “Highway Design Specialist abroad” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 years

(Min)
3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
(Data (Max)
Sheet) (i) On retainership basis 60%
(i)1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of employment 20%(max)
with firm
Total Score 100

7. Bridge Design Specialist Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1. Essential Qualification 25 marks
(Max)
a) Post Graduate in Structural Engineering from a recognized University 100%

b) Professional Experience of 20 years 20 years

(Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience of 20 years” 25 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 20 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

c) 15 years experience in handling design of bridge / Flyover / ROB and 15 years

other structures. (Min)
 Marks for “Experience of at least 15 years in handling design of 20 marks
bridge / Flyover / ROB and other structures.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

d) At Least 5 years experience in independently designing of Major 5 Years

Highway Bridges / ROBs / Flyovers using computer design software (min)
Marks for “use of Computer Software Programmes for Design of of 20 marks
Major Highway Bridges / ROBs / Flyovers over 5 years” (Max)
(i) Marks for 5 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)

2a) Experience as a Bridge Design Specialist abroad. 1 Project

(min)
Marks for “Highway Design Specialist abroad” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for threshold 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 years

(Min)
3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis 60%
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%(max)
employment with firm
Total Score 100

8. Sr. Pavement Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel
Enclosure B of RFP

Essential Qualification 25
1
marks(Max)
a) (i) Graduate in Civil Engineering from recognized university. 80%

2a) (ii) Post Graduate Degree in Highway / Transportation / Pavement 20% (max)
Engineering / Soil Mechanics.
Total Professional Experience of 12 years in handling Highway 12 years
Projects. (Min)
b) Marks for “ Total Professional Experience of 12 years in handling
15
Highway Projects.”
marks(Max)
 (i) Experience of 12 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 12 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)
At least 5 years’ experience as Highway design Engineer/ Pavement
Engineer or similar capacity in Highway Projects. 8 years (Min)
Marks for “At least 5 years’ experience as Highway design Engineer/ 40 marks
c) Pavement Engineer or similar capacity in Highway Projects” (Max)
(i) Experience of 5 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

Experience of Design of Highway Projects. 1 Project

(Min)
Marks for “Experience of Design of Highway Projects.” 15 marks
2b (Max)
(i) Experience of 1 Project 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
3 (Data
Sheet) (i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of
employment with firm over 1 year 20% (max)

Total Score 100

9. Senior Bridge & Structural Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(Max)
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University. 80%
2a) (ii) Post Graduate Degree in Structural Engineering. 20% (max)

b) Professional Experience of 20 years. 20 years

(Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience of 20 years.” 15
marks(Max)
(i) Experience of 15 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

c) 15 years experience in Construction / Construction Supervision of 15 years

bridge / interchange / any other structures. (Min)
 Marks for “15 years experience in Construction / Construction 15 marks
Supervision of bridge / interchange / any other structures.” (Max)
(i) Experience of 15 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)
d) Must be familiar with modern methods of construction of 1 Project
bridges/ROB/flyover involving RCC/pre- stress concrete, design (Min)
standards, technical specifications and statistical Quality
Control/Assurance procedures for construction of different component
of bridges
Marks for "Must be familiar with modern methods of construction of 10 marks
bridges/ROB/flyover involving RCC/pre- stress concrete, design (Max)
standards, technical specifications and statistical Quality
Control/Assurance procedures for construction of different component
of bridges"
(i) Experience of 1Project 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)
e) Experience in similar capacity in supervision of 4 Major Highway Bridges 4 Major
on Pile/Well foundation. Highway
Bridges
(Min)
Marks for “Experience in similar capacity in supervision of 4 Major 15 marks
Highway Bridges on Pile/Well foundation.” (Max)
(i) Experience of 4 Major Highway Bridges 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 2 Projects: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)
f) Experience in supervision of Rehabilitation and repair of 4 nos. Bridges. 4 nos.
Bridges
(Min)
Marks for “Experience in supervision of Rehabilitation and repair of 4 10 marks
nos. Bridges.” (Max)
(i) Experience of 4 nos of Bridges 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)

2b Experience as a Bridge Engineer abroad. 1 Project

(Min)
Marks for “ Experience as a Bridge Engineer abroad” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) Experience of 1Project 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)
Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)
3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis 60%
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20% (max)
employment with firm over 1 year
Total Score 100
 10. Design Engineer (Bridges / Structures) Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1 General Qualification 25
marks(Max)
a) (i) Graduate in Civil Engineering from recognized university 80%
2a) Post Graduate Degree in Structural Engineering 20% (max)

b) Total Professional Experience of 10 years in handling design of 10 years

Structures in Highway Projects. (Min)
Marks for “Total Professional Experience of 10 years in handling design 30
of Structures in Highway Projects.” marks(Max)
(i) Experience of 10 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 10 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

c) At least 5 years experience as Design Engineer(Bridges / Structures) or 8 years

similar capacity in Structures for Highway project. (Min)
Marks for “At least 5 years experience as Design Engineer(Bridges / 40 marks
Structures) or similar capacity in Structures for Highway project.” (Max)
(i) Marks for threshold 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis 60%
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20% (max)
employment with firm over 1 year
Total Score 100

11. Highway Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1 Essential Qualification 25 marks

(Max)
a) (i) Graduate in Civil Engineering from recognized university. 80%
2a) (ii) Post Graduate Degree in Highway Engineering. 20% (max)

b) Total Professional Experience of 12 years in handling Highway Contracts 12 years

 (Min)
Marks for “Total Professional Experience of 12 years in handling 20 marks
Highway Contracts” (Max)
(i) Marks for 12 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)

c) At least 5 years’ experience as Highway Engineer / Assistant Resident 5 years

Engineer / Executive Engineer/ Dy. Project Manager or similar capacity (Min)
in Highway project.
Marks for “At least 5 years’ experience as Highway Engineer / 25 marks
Assistant Resident Engineer / Executive Engineer/ Dy. Project Manager (Max)
or similar capacity in Highway project.”
(i) Marks for 5 years 80%
(ii)5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)

d) HE should have handled as Highway Engineer or similar capacity of at 1 Projects

least one Projects of project Preparation / Construction / Construction (Min)
Supervision of major highway Project of two lane with paved shoulder /
four- laning/ six –laning/ Expressway.
Marks for “handling as Highway Engineer or similar capacity of at least 25 marks
one Projects of project Preparation / Construction / Construction (Max)
Supervision of major highway Project of two lane with paved shoulder /
four- laning/ six –laning/ Expressway. ”
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii)5 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 5% and
20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 5% and
employment with firm 20%(max)
Total Score 100

12.Bridge & Structural Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1. Essential Qualification 25 marks

(Max)
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University. 80%
 2a) Post Graduate Degree in Structural Engineering. 20% (max)

b) Professional Experience of 15 years. 15 years

(Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience of 15 years.” 15 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)
c) 10 years experience in Construction / Construction Supervision of 10 years
bridge / interchange / any other structures. (Min)
Marks for “10 years experience in Construction / Construction 20 marks
Supervision of bridge / interchange / any other structures.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 10 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 5% and
20%(max)
d) Must be familiar with modern methods of construction of 2 ProjectS
bridges/ROB/flyover involving RCC/pre- stress concrete, design (min)
standards, technical specifications and statistical Quality
Control/Assurance procedures for construction of different component
of bridges.
Marks for “Must be familiar with modern methods of construction of 10 marks
bridges/ROB/flyover involving RCC/pre- stress concrete, design (Max)
standards, technical specifications and statistical Quality
Control/Assurance procedures for construction of different component
of bridges.”
(i) Marks for 2 project 80%
(ii) Increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 5% and
20%(max)
e) Experience in similar capacity in supervision of 4 Major Highway Bridges 4 Major
on Pile/Well foundation. Highway
Bridges
Marks for “Experience in similar capacity in supervision of 4 Major 25 marks
Highway Bridges on Pile/Well foundation.” (Max)
(i) Marks for4 bridges 80%
(ii)5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 5% and
20%(max)
Employment with the firm 1 years
(Min)
3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the firm’’ 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5 % increase for marks for every increase in no. of years of 20% (max)
employment with firm.
Total Score 100
 13. Material Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1. Essential Qualification 25 marks
(Max)
a) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University 80%
2a Post Graduate Degree in Geo-Technical Engineering/ Soil Mechanics 20% (max)
and Foundation Engineering

b) Professional Experience of 15 years in construction of Highways / 15 years

Roads / Airfield Runways (Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience in construction of Highways / 15 marks
Roads / Airfield Runways of 15 years” (Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%(max)
experience

c Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction / Construction 8 years (Min)

Supervision of Highway projects
Marks for “Experience in similar capacity in Construction / Construction 15marks
Supervision of Highway projects” (Max)
(i) Marks for 8 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%(max)
experience

d) Experience as Material / Geotechnical Engineer in 4 Projects

Construction/Construction Supervision of at least 4 Highway projects (Min)
Marks for “Experience as Material / Geotechnical Engineer in 25 marks
Construction/Construction Supervision of Highway projects(4-Lane/6- (Max)
lane or 2-Lane equivalent)”
(i) Marks for 4 highway projects 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 20%(max)

e) Must be familiar with material property of road construction material, 2 ProjectS

technical specifications and procedures of material tests and testing (min)
equipment.
Marks for “Familiar with material property of road construction 10 marks
material, technical specifications and procedure of material tests and (Max)
testing equipments”
(i) Marks for 2 Projects 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)

2b Preferential Qualification
Experience as a Material Engineer abroad 1 Project
(min)
 Marks for “Experience as a Material Engineer abroad” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 years (Min)

3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%(max)
employment with firm
Total Score 100

14.Environmental Expert Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1 Essential Qualification 25 marks
(Max)
a) Post Graduate in Environment Science or equivalent from recognized 100%
university
b) Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling environmental 15 years
aspects of highway projects (Min)
Marks for “Experience in handling environmental aspects of highway 20 marks
projects for15 years” (Max)
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)
c) EnE should have handled as Environment Expert in at least two projects 2 Projects
in Construction Supervision of Two laning with paved shoulder /four / (Min)
Six laning/ Expressway of Highways
Marks for “handling as Environment Expert in at least two projects in 50 marks
Construction Supervision of Two laning with paved shoulder /four / Six (Max)
laning/ Expressway of Highways ”
(i) Marks for 2 projects 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)
Employment with the Firm 1 years
(Min)
3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%(max)
employment with firm
Total Score 100
 15.Electrical Engineer Scoring
Scale

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1. Essential Qualification 25 marks
(Max)
a) Graduate in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University 100%

b) Professional Experience of 15 years in construction supervision of electrical 15 years

works in similar position. Fully familiar with installation, testing and (Min)
commissioning of electrical equipment and systems of Highways.
Marks for “ Experience in construction supervision of electrical works in 15 marks
similar position. Fully familiar with installation, testing and commissioning of (Max)
electrical equipment and systems of Highways for 15 years”
(i) Marks for 15 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

c) Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction / Construction 8 years

Supervision of Highway projects. (Min)
Marks for “Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction / 10 marks
Construction Supervision of Highway projects.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 8 years 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of experience 20%(max)

d) Experience as Electrical Engineer in Construction/Construction Supervision 2 Years

of at least 2 Highway projects (min)
Marks for “Experience as Electrical Engineer in Construction/Construction 10 marks
Supervision of at least 2 Highway projects” (Max)
(i) Marks for threshold 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects. 20%(max)

2b Expertise in power transformers, power & control cables, current &voltage 1 Project
transformers (Min)
Marks for “Expertise in power transformers, power & control cables, current 10 marks
&voltage transformers.” (Max)
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 20%(max)

2c) Experience in Power distribution systems, lighting systems, power studies 1 Project
and project trouble shooting. (Min)
Marks for "Experience in Power distribution systems, lighting systems, 10 marks
power studies and project trouble shooting". (Max)
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 20%(max)
 2d Background of installation and commissioning of generators, transformers, 1 Project
transmission lines, protection systems and UPS units (Min)
Marks for "Background of installation and commissioning of generators, 10 marks
transformers, transmission lines, protection systems and UPS units" (Max)
(i) Marks for 1 project 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of Projects 20%(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 years

(Min)
3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
(Data (Max)
Sheet) (i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5% increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of employment 20%(max)
with firm
Total Score 100
*Only those projects will be considered for 2(c) and 2(d) above where input of the personal is at
least six months

16. Geotechnical Expert Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(M
ax)
a) (i) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University. 80%
2a (ii) a) Post Graduation in Geotechnical/Soil Mechanics / Foundation 20%
Engineering. (max)

b Professional Experience of 15 years as Geotech Expert 15 years

(Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience of 15 years as Geotech Expert” 40
marks(M
ax)
(i) Experience of 15 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20%
(max)

c Experience of at least 5 years in Highway Construction or related fields as 5 years

Geotech Expert (Min)
 Marks for “Experience of at least 5 years in Highway Construction or 30 marks
related fields as Geotech Expert” (Max)
(i) Marks for 5 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20%
(max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year

(Min)
3 (Data Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
Sheet) (Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of 20%
employment with firm over 1 year (max)
Total Score 100

17.Building Design & Construction Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP
1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(M
ax)
a (i) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University 80%
2b) (ii) Post Graduation in Building Design/Construction Management 20%
(max)

b) Professional Experience of 15 years in construction / supervision of building 15 years

/ Estimation / structure design of buildings (Min)
Marks for “Professional Experience of 15 years in construction / supervision 30
of building / Estimation / structure design of buildings” marks(M
ax)
(i) Experience of 15 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20%
(max)

c) Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction / Construction 8 years

supervision / Structural Design of Buildings (Min)
Marks for “Experience of 8 years in similar capacity in Construction / 40 marks
Construction supervision / Structural Design of Buildings” (Max)
(i) Marks for 8 year 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 8 years: 5.0% marks per year 20%
(max)
3 (Data Employment with the Firm 1 year
Sheet) (Min)
Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
(Max)
(i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of employment 20%
with firm over 1 year (max)
Total Score 100

18. Traffic Management Systems Expert Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(Max
)
a) (i) Graduate in Electrical/Electronics and Communication Engineering from a 80%
recognized university.
2a) (ii) Post Graduation Electrical/Electronics and Communication 20% (max)
Engineering /Instrumentation Engineer

b 15 years of total professional experience 15 years

(Min)
Marks for “Total Professional Experience in handling Highway Projects ” 15
marks(Max
)
(i) Experience of 15 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

At least 5 years as a TMS / ATMS / HTMS expert for road projects 5 years
(Min)
Marks for “At least 5 years as a TMS / ATMS / HTMS expert for road 25 marks
projects” (Max)
(i) Marks for 5 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 5 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

c TMSE should have handled at least 2 major toll / HTMS road projects. 2 Projects
(Min)
Marks for “TMSE should have handled at least 2 major toll / HTMS road 30 marks
 projects.” (Max)
(i) Experience of 2 Projects 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 2 Projects: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)

Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)

3 Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
(Data (Max)
Sheet) (i) On retainership basis (60%)
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of employment 20% (max)
with firm over 1 year
Total Score 100

19. Safety Engineer Scoring

Reference - Section 6 - Qualification of key personnel

Enclosure B of RFP

1 Essential Qualification 25
marks(Max
)
a) (i) Graduate in Civil Engineering from a recognized University. 80%
2a (ii) Post Graduate Degree in Traffic Transportation/Safety 20% (max)
Engineering/Transportation Planning.

b) Professional Experience of 15 years. 15 years

(Min)
Marks for “Total Professional Experience of 15 years in handling Highway 15
Projects ” marks(Max
)
(i) Experience of 15 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 15 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

c) Minimum 10 years experience in Road Safety works of Major Highway 10 years

Projects (2 laning with paved shoulder / 4 / 6 laning/ Expressway projects) (Min)
Marks for “experience in Road Safety works of Major Highway Projects (2 20 marks
laning with paved shoulder / 4 / 6 laning/ Expressway projects)” (Max)
 (i) Marks for 10 years 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 10 years: 5.0% marks per year 20% (max)

d) Experience in Road Safety Audit of at least 2 nos 2 laning with paved 2 Projects
shoulder /4/6 lane highway / expressway project including 1 nos at design (Min)
stage
Marks for “Experience in Road Safety Audit of at least 2 nos 2 laning with 25 marks
paved shoulder /4/6 lane highway / expressway project including 1 nos at (Max)
design stage”
(i) Experience of 2 Projects 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 2 Projects: 5.0% marks per project 20% (max)

2b) Involvement in Preparation of Road Safety Policy of Nation / State / City 1 project
(Min)
Marks for “Involvement in Preparation of Road Safety Policy of Nation / State 5 marks
/ City ” (Max)
(i) Experience of 1Project 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)

2c Involvement in Preparation of Road Safety Management Plan for inter urban 1 project
Highways in PPP/EPC mode. (Min)
Marks for “Involvement in Preparation of Road Safety Management Plan for 5 marks
inter urban Highways in PPP/EPC mode.” (Max)
(i) Experience of 1Project 80%
(ii) Experience of more than 1 Project: 5.0% marks per project 20%(max)
Employment with the Firm 1 year (Min)
3(Dat Marks for “Employment with the Firm” 5 marks
a (Max)
Sheet)
(i) On retainership 60%
(i) 1 year 80%
(ii) 5.0 % increase of marks for every increase in no. of years of employment 20% (max)
with firm over 1 year
Total Score 100