The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has invited sealed Bids from the eligible Bidders for Request for Proposal for Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Maintenance of NCMC EMV based Automatic Fare Collection System based on PPP Revenue model.
- Tender Reference No: GMRC/S&T/AFC-02/SURAT/PH-1/R/2022
- Name of Work: Request for Proposal for Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Maintenance of NCMC EMV based Automatic Fare Collection System based on PPP Revenue model.
- EMD: INR 1.40 Crore
- Completion period of Work: 23 Months
- Document Download Start Date: 05th July, 2022
- Document Download End Date: 20th August, 2022
- Pre- Bid Meeting Date: 19th July, 2022
- Bid Submission Start Date: 05th July, 2022
- Bid Submission End Date: 20th August, 2022
- Tender Opening Date: 20th August, 2022
General:
- The Project has two distinct corridors, with double track as under:
| S.No. | Corridor | Underground | Elevated (KM) | Total (KM) |
| Phase-1 | ||||
| 1 | Corridor-1 Sarthana to Dream City | 6.47 | 15.14 | 21.61 |
| 2 | Corridor-2 Bhesan to Saroli | – | 18.74 | 18.74 |
| Total | 6.47 | 33.88 | 40.35 | |
- Corridor-1: Sarthana to Dream city: This corridor provides metro connectivity to Gadhpur Township, Sarthana Nature Park, Nana Varachhe village, Kalakunj Junction, Kapodra and Puna village, Labheshwar Chowk area, Big Diamond Market (Mini Bazar) of Surat, Retail Sari Market, Surat Railway Station, Muskati Hospital, Bhagal junction, Gandhi Bagh, Chowk Bazar, Majura Gate, Roopali Canal, Altha Treatment, Althan Gram, VIP road Women IIT, Bhimrad, Convention City and Dream City.
- Corridor-2: Bhesan to Saroli: Prominent areas like Bhesan Treatment Plant, International Cricket Stadium, SMC Botanical Garden, Palanpur, LP Savani School, Performing Art Centre, TGB Circle, Aquarium, Badri Narayan Temple, Star Bazar, Tapi River, Athawa Chopati, Majura Gate, UdhanaDarwaja, Kamala Darwaja, Anjana Junction, Parvat Pataya, Magub Village, Bharat Cancer Hospital, Saroli, etc. are connected through this route.
Scope of Work:
- GMRC Ltd., a Special Purpose Vehicle of the Government of India and Government of Gujarat, is implementing the Surat Metro Rail Project Phase-I. There are two corridors; Sarthana to Dream City Corridor of 21.61Kms and Bhesan to Saroli Corridor of 18.74 Kms, comprising a combination of elevated and underground stations and 02 Depots. GMRC envisaged implementing an open loop ticketing system for the surat metro.
- To accelerate the said ticketing plan in a cost-effective and timely manner Surat Metro intends to implement the Smart Ticketing System which comprises the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) solution and the EMV based contactless Smart Card system.
- The proposed business model envisages a consortium with the financial institution as the prime bidder. The consortium would be responsible for setting up the AFC solution along with the EMV based contactless smart card system. The AFC solution provider is the mandatory member of the consortium. In this model, the complete capital expenditure is offset by a Financial Institution led consortium. FI, which is the prime bidder can act as acquirer as well as issuer bank.
- Prime bidder, as part of its technical proposal, is allowed to propose one entity for the role of AFC provider and the Consortium should not comprise more than 4 members including the prime bidder in the consortium subject to the following conditions:
- Each of the entities proposed in consortium shall meet the Eligibility criteria for the member as requested in RFP and bid submission requirement including relevant bidding forms. Prime Bidder is required to include all relevant details of each entity as per the bidding forms provided in the RFP.
- Prime bidder shall also attach Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) (original copy) or Letter of the intent (FORM TECH 2) as per ITB 3.1 signed with each member proposed in consortium, i.e. one MoU or Letter of the intent per member as per ITB 3.1 and prime bidder, which establishes:
- The role of each consortium member executing scope of services and requirements of the RFP
- The formal declaration of proposed members consent on back-to-back arrangement for the RFP and ensuing contract with the Prime bidder and the Technical and Financial Proposal submitted by the Prime Bidder.
- All members (FI & Other consortium members including AFC Provider) shall have Joint & Several liabilities for the proposed services.
- GMRC shall evaluate each of the entities proposed in consortium members as per the eligibility criteria set out in this RFP.
- Before the expiration of the period of bid validity, the Employer shall notify the successful Bidder, in writing, that its bid has been accepted. The notification letter (hereinafter and in the Conditions of Contract and Contract Forms called the “Letter of Acceptance”) shall be issued to the successful bidder seeking the acceptance of LoA.
- Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited also plans to extend its services to offer contactless smartcard-based ticketing systems to Surat metro parking services and other modes of transport, etc in Surat and can potentially extend to other transit agencies like cabs/autos also. The AFC system could be extended to Private Bus operators based on their voluntary adoption of the proposed AFC system.
The complete documents can be downloaded from www.gujaratmetrorail.com/tenders/
Source: GMRC -Tender
