Punjab Metrobus Authority Lahore Tender Notice

PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTANCY
SERVICES
TO CONDUCT FEASIBILITY
STUDY FOR ESTABLISHING MONORAIL vt4- SYSTEM ALONG THE LAHORE CANAL
CORRIDOR IN LAHORE
1. Punjab Metrobus Authority (PMA) is a statutory body established by the Government of the Punjab for the pur-poses of planning, construction, operation and mainte-nance of mass transit systems in the major cities of the Punjab, Pakistan; for providing safe, efficient and comfort-able urban transportation system. 2. PMA intends to hire the services of Engineering Consulting Firm to prepare feasibility study for the Monorail project on Lahore Canal Corridor in Lahore. 3. Reputed national and international Engineering consulting firms having expertise and experience in planning of mass transit systems/ Monorail systems are invited to submit their proposals. Consulting firms may associate or form joint venture (JV) with local or international firms to enhance their qualifications subject to a maximum of three firms. 4. Interested firms/ JVs should include following information in their technical submission as a pre-requisite: i. Certificate of registration of the firm as a legal entity; ii. Registration of firm with relevant professional body i.e. Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) in the relevant category as consultant; iii. Documents to substantiate the forming of JV (if any); iv. Copy of Registration with Income Tax Department: v. Audited statements of accounts and annual turnover for the last three (3) years; vi. A certificate/ affidavit that the firm is not blacklisted or debarred by any Government/ Semi-Government/ Autonomous/ International Body. 5. Request for Proposal (RFP) document can be downloaded from the PPRA website (ww.ppra.punjab.gov.pk) or PMA website (www.pma.punjab.gov.pk). 6. A pre-bid conference will take place on 16 January 2014 at 1100 PST at PMA office (address given below) for the prospective bidders. 7. Procurement will be carried out as per Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Rules. Competitive bid-ding will be conducted in accordance with the single stage: two envelope bidding process. 8. Proposals will be received during office hours at the PMA office no later than 17 February 2014 1100 Hours PST. 9. All technical proposals will be opened publicly at PMA office on 17 February 2014 1130 PST in the presence of the bidders or their representatives who may choose to be present. 10. Financial proposals will be opened following technical pro-posals evaluation at PMA office on a date and time which will be conveyed in advance to bidders whose technical proposals are successful. 11. PMA reserves the right to reject all proposals at any time prior to the acceptance of a proposal. 12. All questions/ queries/ clarifications regarding this procure-ment should be directed to the representative whose con-tact details are given below: Manager Operations (Planning), Punjab Metrobus Authority (PMA), 5th Floor, Arta Software Technology Park, 348-B Ferozepur Rd, Lahore-PAKISTAN Tel: +92-42-35880138, Cell, +92-338-5314878, Fax: +92-42-99232541 Email: muhammallmran@pmtpunjabegovepk
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