General Manager, Rail India Technical and Economic Services (Rites), Urban Transport Division, 9TH Floor, Hindustan Times House, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001, Fax: 91-011-3315286, Telex: 0321-62596, Tel: 91-011-3315692 Or 3316253, Or 3714381

V -- INDIA: S411 CONTRACTORS - LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS SOL TENDER # RITES/UT/251/95 The Rail India Technical and Economic Services (Rites), a government of India enterprise, has invited international prequalification bids on behalf of andhra pradesh State government for introduction of light Rail transit system (lrts) in the cities of hyderbad, vijaywada, vishakhapatnam and guntur, andhra pradesh on built, operate and transfer (bot) basis vishakhapatnam, vijayawada, guntur and hyderabad are fast growing cities the government is concerned with the increasing air pollution, fuel wastage, road congestion and falling journey speeds due to growing Urban Transport demands some relevant parameters of these four ciities are as follows - vishakha- vijayawada guntur hyderabad - patnam population (91) 1 05 0.85 0.47 4.34 (million) rate of growth 5 7 per 4.34 per 2.51 per 5.49 per (1981-91) cent cent cent cent of population per annum Urban area 258 332 30 522 (sq.Km) forecast 1 35 1.02 0.57 5.36 population (2011) MIL forecast 1 69 1.25 0.67 6.68 population (2011) MIL present bus bus bus bus mass Transport the prequalified applicant will be required to undertake necessary studies, at their own cost, and submit, in separate envelopes, Technical and financial proposals to construct and operate a light Rail transmit system, separately for each of the four cities the government is aware of the capital-intensive nature of lrts projects the high ridership potential of these cities in General should however, make the projects commercially viable the proposals of the prequalified applicants will be evaluated on the basis of quality of service offered, the demonstrated Technical competence, quality of the Technical proposal, and the period in which the system will start operating the government hopes to finalize and sign the agreement with the selected applicants soon new Delhi the prequalifcation brochure is available from the office of Rites, a P. government consultant by writing a letter of expression of interest to General Manager, Rail India Technical and Economic Services Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, New Delhi, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521 9000, Refer to T0016.. (0186)

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