RITES Limited, a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, invites online e-tender for Engagement of system integrator for supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of monitoring system for Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) for Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge across river Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
- Tender Reference Number: RITES/RCED/RI/SHMS/2019/02/R1
- Name of Work: Engagement of system integrator for supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of monitoring system for Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) for Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge across river Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
- Estimated Cost of Work: INR 38.2 Crore
- EMD: INR 25 Lakh
- Completion Period: 32 Months (08 month-execution, 24 month-maintenance period)
- Document Download / Sale Start Date: 10th October, 2022
- Document Download / Sale End Date: 07th November, 2022
- Bid Submission Start Date: 27th October, 2022
- Bid Submission End Date: 07th November, 2022
- Bid Opening Date: 09th November, 2022
Background:
- The Bogibeel bridge (27°24′31″N; 94°45′37″E), situated 17 km downstream of Dibrugarh and Dhemaji, spans the Brahmaputra River and connects the town of Dibrugarh in the south to Dhemaji to the river’s north.
- The bridge is located just over 20 km away from the Assam- Arunachal Pradesh border and is thus expected to act as an alternative to the Kolia Bhomora Setu, Tezpur in providing connectivity to nearly five million people residing in Upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
- Bogibeel bridge is providing a connection between the Rangia – Murkongselek section of the North East Frontier Railway on the north bank of Brahmaputra and Lumding–Dibrugarh section that lies to the south of the Brahmaputra.
About Bogibeel Bridge:
- Bogibeel bridge is a 4.94 Km long (1×33.4 m + 39×125 m + 1×33.4 m) Rail-cum-Road Bridge consisting of a fully welded two tier steel & concrete composite Warren type truss, supporting 2 rail tracks at the bottom level along with footpath on both sides and 3 lane road on the top deck.
Salient feature of the bridge:
| Sr. No. | Brief Description of Items | Design Parameters |
| 1 | Total Bridge Length (Main Bridge) | 4.94 Km |
| 2 | Span Arrangement | 39 x 125 m + 2 x 32.6 m |
| 3 | Superstructure (Warren type truss) Size | 11.60 m (B) x 12.50 m (H) |
| 4 | Bridge Design Life | 120 Years |
| 5 | Seismic Zone | V |
| 6 | Design Speed- Rail | 120 KMPH |
| 7 | Maximum Speed- Road | 100 KMPH |
| 8 | Design Discharge | 73000 Cumecs |
Scope of Work:
- Northeast Frontier Railway has appointed RITES to provide Structural Health and Monitoring System (SHMS) of Bogibeel Bridge Rail-Cum- Road Bridge. The purpose of proposed SHMS system is:
- To measure the parameters which have an influence on the structural performance and intended service of the Bridge.
- Assessment of factors that influence user safety.
- The assignment awarded to M/s RITES ltd. is a comprehensive work related with technical design, supply, delivery, installation customization, development, testing and commissioning of the complete SHMS System, design and construction of Control Room as well as providing necessary training of the railway staff. In addition, maintenance of the entire SHMS for 24 months during operations as annual maintenance period from the date of commissioning, as notified by Railway; is also included in the Scope of work.
N.F. Railway has divided the above work under following three items:
- Item-I: Supply and installation of various instruments (as per list attached at Appendix-1 Detailed Sensor placement of Section-5 : Technical Specification) along with distributed data acquisition systems complete with cabling network, server for data processing & control system, data acquisition devices, consoles, work stations, portable computers data link modems & drivers, etc. and all hardware required for functioning of the Structural Health Monitoring System of the bridge inclusive of all IT equipment for control room as per detailed Technical Specifications (refer Section 5 Technical Specifications).
- The quality specification for equipment to be used shall be of compact design, rugged construction, easy to install and service, be vibration-proof mounted and protected against corrosion.
- All sensor modules and hardware shall have a design working life of at least 05 years and the remaining SHMS infrastructure including cabling, sensor housings and fixing shall have a design working life of at least 10 years.
- Item-II: Construction of Control room building for SHMS at the South Bank of Bogibeel Bridge as per approved design and drawings complete with all sanitary fixtures, furniture, electrical fixtures, cooling arrangement, etc. for proper functioning of the SHMS hardware.
- Item-III: Design of the Global communication network system (GCNS) and Data Acquisition systems (DAS) which will include design of the sensor system, cabling network system and data acquisition units, including detailed sensor placement specification; design of Mechanical & electrical system which will include design of cable routings for GCNS and placement of cabinets for DAS and planning for the electrical power supply for the DAS; a structural health data management system custom built for the Bogibeel bridge which will provide data evaluation, provide on-line presentation of SHMS values including warning and alarms and provide historical data including production of predefined reports.
- The connectivity of the SHMS with the Bridge Management system shall be done by the agency with suitable software and hardware for extracting the data of SHMS through the Bridge Management System of Railways.
Work Experience:
- The bidder should have following minimum similar work experience in the last 07 years prior to the last stipulated date for submission of the bid:
- The bidder should have successfully delivered a Structural Health monitoring system with at least 75 sensors in India or in foreign country for at least one bridge having span greater than 75m or a bridge having total length in excess of 200m.
- Bidders should have experience of maintenance for at least 1 year of full structural health monitoring system on any project.
- Bidders should have experience of working on bridge components (other than instrumentation) of at least one bridge of span greater than 75m or a bridge of total length in excess of 200m. Experience of working on bridge/bridge components (other than instrumentation) over open water
- Experience of working on bridge/bridge components (other than instrumentation) railway bridges
Notes:
- Only such works shall be considered where physical completion of entire work is over or commissioning of work has been done, whichever is earlier.
- The Bidder should submit the details of such similar completed works as per the format at Proforma-1 enclosed. Bidders should also submit the complete details of the owner/concerned authority (Name of the owner/Authority, whether the Credential issuing Authority is Government Organizations/Semi Government Organizations of Central or State Government; or Public Sector Undertakings/ Autonomous Bodies of Central/State Government or their subsidiaries/ Public Ltd.
- Companies listed in Stock exchange in India or Abroad or subsidiaries of such companies, Name of concerned officer, email id and contact details for verification of credentials in the Proforma 1.
- Works carried out by another Contractor on behalf of the Bidder on a back-to-back basis will not be considered for satisfaction of the Qualification Criterion by the Bidder.
- Credential certificates issued by Government Organizations/Semi Government Organizations of Central or State Government; or by Public Sector Undertakings/ Autonomous Bodies of Central/State Government or their subsidiaries/by Public Ltd. Companies listed in Stock exchange in India or Abroad or subsidiaries of such companies shall only be accepted for assessing the eligibility of a Bidder.
- Certificates issued by one of the aforesaid organizations as a lead member (having equity stake of 51% or more) of a Joint Venture (JV) for work executed for the JV, will also be acceptable. In case of PPP projects, if the bidder has executed a work for a concessionaire who is one of the aforesaid organizations, then the certificate issued by such concessionaire or by the public authority concerned, will also be acceptable.
- The cutoff date shall be calculated backwards from the last stipulated date for submission/opening of Tender i.e. for a Tender which is being opened on 06.08.2014, the cut-off date shall be 07.08.2007.
Tender documents may be downloaded from CPPP website https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app and from RITES website https://www.rites.com/
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