Two-stage tender process to be done by general consultant DMRC
Minister for Industries and IT P.K. Kunhalikutty
inaugurated the project office of Kerala Monorail Corporation Ltd.
(KMCL) at Civil Station here on Saturday. KMCL, chaired by Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy, is the special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up to
execute the Rs.5,581-crore monorail project in Thiruvananthapuram and
Kozhikode.
Minister for Public Works and KMCL Vice
Chairman V.K. Ebrahim Kunju told reporters at the function that global
tenders had been floated for the project in Thiruvananthapuram and
Kozhikode. The tenders would be finalised by December. The first phase
construction for Kozhikode would begin in January 2014 and completed in 3
years, he added.
The corporation had given the green signal for floating tenders during the last week of June.
The
tenders would be floated treating the two projects as one. A combined
distance of 36.4 km would be covered during the first phase. The
two-stage tender process was being taken up by the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC), the general consultant for the projects.
The
process included request for qualification (RFQ) and request for
proposal (RFP). The tenders were being floated to select companies to
design the monorail project and set it up in the two cities, operate and
maintain it five years, and to mobilise funds.
Apart
from the construction work on the monorail, those selected would have
to supply rolling stock, build signal and telecommunication facility,
and construct stations and depots.
The first phase
of the monorail in Kozhikode would cover 14.2 km from the Government
Medical College to Meenchantha, with 15 stations.
Much
land acquisition was not needed in the first phase. The corporation
would have to deal with strong protests, from local people and
merchants, during the second phase of the project, Mr. Kunju said.
The
second phase of the project would be from Meenchantha to Ramanattukara.
Minister for Social Welfare M.K. Muneer and M.K. Raghavan, MP, were
present at the function.
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