Two bidders have applied for selection as project development consultant for Agra-Lucknow expressway. The bidders are Consortium of M/s Feedback Infrastructure Services Pvt. Ltd. with M/s Redecon (India) Pvt Ltd and consortium of M/s Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd with Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd. The eight lane eco-friendly greenfield expressway is proposed to be built on minimum distance formula through public-private partnership model.
Both bidders made detailed technical presentation to Consultant Evaluation Committee under the chairmanship of infrastructure and industrial development commissioner (IIDC) Anil Kumar Gupta. The presentations focused on experience of bidders in imparting consultancy services for development of expressways and road projects along with proposed methodology for time bound completion of work.
A concept report has already been prepared and accepted for this project. Implementing and nodal agency for first of its kind PPP expressway project is Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Authority (UPEIDA).
CEO, UPEIDA, Mukul Singhal said the evaluation of technical bids would be completed within a week and then financial bids would be opened for selection of the consultant.
Envisaged to provide a smooth link between Lucknow and Agra, this expressway will be built covering a distance of about 270 km.
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