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DMRC to provide General Consultancy for Phase 2 of Noida Metro Rail project
Naomi Pandya
Posted on: 2020-12-04 16:19:00
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Country: India
City: Noida
New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): Noida Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) appointed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) to provide general consultancy services for Phase 2 of Noida - Greater Noida Project. In this regard, a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) was signed today in New Delhi.
"Delhi Metro Rail Corporate Limited today signed an agreement with Noida Metro Rail Corporation Limited, under which DMRC will provide services to NMRC as General Consultants/Project Management Consultants for its Phase - 2 project from Noida Sector 51 to Greater Noida Sector 2," said DMRC via its Twitter handle.
The General Consultancy Agreement was signed by Sh. P K Garg, Director, Business Development, DMRC and Sh. Praveen Mishra, Executive Director, NMRC & ACEO, Noida Authority in the presence of senior officials of both DMRC and NMRC. The period of agreement will be for five (05) years.
As per this agreement, DMRC will assist and guide NMRC in preparation of complete bid documents for various System Packages (RS, Signalling, Telecom, OHE, Track, SCADA, etc.), contract award process, management of system contracts and proper integration of all new line systems with the existing Aqua Line (Noida-Greater Noida) Metro systems.
DMRC will also give suggestions to NMRC in Value Engineering and cost optimization for all work contracts along with proof checking and approval of Designs submitted by NMRC’s appointed DDC for Civil and E&M contracts works.
As per the terms in the Contract, DMRC will also be responsible for construction supervision and independent Quality and Safety Monitoring (IQSM) of all Contract Packages (Civil, E&M, and System Contracts), besides Testing and commissioning of the entire systems works and equipment and guiding for regulatory clearances for systems contracts.
DMRC will help NMRC in preparation of Construction, Operation and Maintenance Manuals for the proposed Phase – II corridors. DMRC will also assist NMRC in preparation of all documents needed for CMRS clearance, CMRS inspection and sanction process.
DMRC will also be responsible for planning and arranging training for the personnel of NMRC in Operation, Maintenance and Repair of various equipment and the system as a whole.
The role of NMRC will be to provide all reasonable assistance to DMRC to ensure effective discharge of its responsibilities under this agreement.
NMRC will be responsible for arranging funds for the project and payment to system contractors/consultants upon certification by GC. NMRC will also provide suitable office space in the Noida area for the GC team.
The Phase – II project of NMRC will be an extension of the Aqua Line from Sector 51 to Greater Noida Sector 2. This corridor is 9.605 km long consisting of five (05) elevated stations namely Noida Sector 122, Noida Sector 123, Greater Noida Sector 4, Ecotech 12 and Greater Noida Sector 2.
NMRC is currently operating the 29.07 km long Aqua Line from Noida Sector 51 to Greater Noida Depot which consists of 21 elevated stations. The Aqua Line began its passenger services from 26th January 2019.
After cancelling the last tender notice, NMRC on 28th November 2020 re-invited tender for the construction of an elevated corridor under the extension plan of 29.7 km Noida-Greater Noida Aqua Line in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Scope of Work
Contract NGNC-01: Part Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct and 5 elevated stations viz NOIDA SEC -122, NOIDA SEC-123 GR. NOIDA SEC-4 ECOTECH-12 GR NOIDA SEC-2 (excluding Architectural finishing Works and PEB works of stations) from Chainage 0.00 m to Chainage 9605 m of Noida -Greater Noida Metro Rail Project.
Key Information
- Tender Notice No.: NMRC/Civil/NGNC/123/R1/2020
- Issue Date: 28.11.2020
- Estimated Value of Work: Rs 491.99 Crore
- Work completion period: 24 months
- Security Money Deposit: Rs 1 Crore
- Dates for Submission of Bids: 28.11.2020 - 18.12.2020 up to 15.00 hrs
- Opening Date of Technical Bids: 18.12.2020 at 15.30 hrs
- Pre-bid meeting: 03.12.2020 at 11.00 hrs
This tender was originally published in May 2020 and cancelled in July 2020 due to the non-receipt of sufficient bids. However, in the revised tender notice NMRC has also increased the estimated value of work from Rs 430.69 crore to Rs 491.99 crore and the completion period from 20 months to 24 months. This tender was again cancelled in last month due to no sufficient response received from the civil contractors.
For more information about the project, please explore the Noida Metro page of Urban Transport News.
Naomi Pandya
Naomi is associated with Urban Transport News since its inception. She is working as a Corporate News Reporter.
