RLDA invites bids for grant of lease for Development of Multi-Functional Complexes at various railway stations for 45 Years

In continuation to the tender for grant of lease for Commercial Development of Railway land, the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has now invited bids for Grant of Lease for Development of Multi-Functional Complexes (MFCs) at Bellary, Sikar, Purulia, Dhakuria, Malda Town, Bharatpur and Tiruchifort Railway Stations for 45 Years.

• Tender Reference Number:  RLDA/RFP/MFC/02 of 2021
• Name of work: Grant of Lease for Development of Multi-Functional Complexes (MFCs) at Bellary, Sikar, Purulia, Dhakuria, Malda Town, Bharatpur and Tiruchifort Railway Stations for 45 Years.
• Document Download Start Date: 22-Mar-2021 
• Document Download End Date: 12-May-2021
• Bid Submission Start Date: 22-Mar-2021 06:01 PM     
• Bid Submission End Date: 12-May-2021 03:00 PM
• Bid Opening Date: 12-May-2021

About the project:

Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has been authorized by the Minis-try of Railways to undertake the development of the Multifunctional Complexes (MFCs) at Railway Stations across India. This tender/bid is for development of MFCs at SevenSites as listed below:

• The development of Multifunctional Complexes (MFCs) may be undertaken with Addi-tional Built Up Area  beyond the Built UpArea prescribed in above table subject  to permissible in terms of Bye-Laws and developer agree to pay Additional Lease Premium and Additional Annual Lease Rent on Pro-rata basis.
• Each site is located in the vicinity of respective stations building and falls in the circulat-ing area of the Railway stations or nearby the Railway Station.For site plans and site in-ventory, please refer Schedule and Specifications (RLDA LDHB Part –V).
• All the sites enjoy very good connectivity to different parts of the city. Further details can be seen in the Project Information Memorandum (PIM) uploaded on the official website of RLDA.
• The Sites are proposed to be given on a 45 year lease for development of MFCs on “as is where is basis”.

Scope of the Project:

The following shall supplement the Scope of the Project specified in Article 2 of GCLA:-

• The  Lessee shall, at its own risk, cost and expense, arrange to design, finance, construct and develop the MFC(s) at the Sites(s) within a maximum period of 24  (Twenty Four) months from the Effective Date in terms of the Lease Agreement.
• MFCs being railway’s operational buildings, approval of plans  from local authorities is not required and only approval of Nodal Officer of RLDA shall be required. Nodal Officer shall give approval to plans subject to the consultation by Lessee with the Urban Development Authority in urban areas and compliance of other statutory requirements of building laws by the Les-see.
•  The Lessee shall arrange at its own  cost  power supply, water supply and sanitation facilities and other utilities for the MFCs where Railway is not able to provide these ser-vices but on Railway’s prescribed charges. Railway shall provide suitable access from surrounding railway land for bringing  these utilities to the MFCs without any way and leave charges. 
• However, it will be the Lessee’s responsibility to follow the local building bye laws and take all necessary approvals from competent authorities (including environ-mental clearances, permissions for cutting tress, etc) wherever required. 
• Any charges for obtaining such approvals from the competent authorities shall be paid by the Lessee to the authority (ies) concerned. RLDA will facilitate the Lessee in dialogue/obtaining such permissions from local authority on best effort basis.
• The Lessee shall complete the construction and commission of the first phase with a minimum built up area of 200 sqm and provide rail user facilities preferably like shopping, book stall, ATM, food stall, PCO booth, medicine and variety store etc. at each MFC Site within a period of 9 months from the date of handing over of the Site to the Lessee. In case it is not feasible to oper-ationalize 200 sqm. Earlier than the  main MFC building due to size or layout constraint of the specific MFC/Site, suitable extension may be considered in terms of Clause 14.2.2 of GCLA by RLDA on specific request with justification by the Bidder.
• The Lessee shall prepare the plan for each MFC subject to fulfilment of requirements of the Lease Agreement and the Built Up Area not exceeding the maximum limit specified therein. 
• While preparing the development plan, the Lessee shall provide at least 15% extra parking facilities within the MFC than required as per bye laws of the local authorities for the proposed development and inno case the developed parking shall attract vehicles more than its design capacity.
• The Lessee shall be permitted to market and sub-lease Built Up Area for usage for any legal and lawful  activities  preferably rail user facilities like shopping, food stalls/restaurants, book stalls, PCO booths, ATMs, medicine and variety stores, budget hotels, parking etc. but excluding the ac-tivities that attract crowd like theatres, cinemas, or any other such activity having periodic showtimes. However, multiplexes up to a sitting capacity of 200 persons for each screen may be allowed.
• The Lessee shall design and construct all permanent civil structures(s) for the Design Life. While designing the structure to be built on the Site, the Lessee shall adopt the elevation and outside finishes of the building in such a manner that it is aesthetic and matches with the architecture of the railway station building as well as the local architectural ethos of the city where the Site is locat-ed. 
• The Lessee will also try to depict local history and culture by way of suitable murals, paint-ings  etc. in the  public  areas. The  design should be  based on construction material and  construc-tion methodology that causes minimum hindrance to smooth movement of passengers  and vehi-cles to and from the railway station.
• The Lessee shall design and provide a suitable signage for the MFC building  depicting the name of the complex as “Multi-FunctionalComplex”, name of RLDA and the Lessee along with their respective logos after the completion of the Project. The Lessee shall submit the design of the signage to the Nodal Officer for approval.

The complete Tender Document can be viewed/ downloaded (for view purpose only and not for bidding) from the e-Procurement  portal i.e. www.tenderwizard.com/RLDA free of cost or link on the Tender section of RLDA website.

Source: RLDA-Tender | Image Credit (representational): MoR