KOCHI: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has completed the process of shortlisting general consultants for implementing the integrated water transport project. The Metro agency said 15 bidders responded to KMRL's EoI (expression of interest). "The five shortlisted firms will have to submit a request for proposal (RSP). In a matter of four months we will complete the evaluation process and the general consultant would be on-board by December end," said a Metro official.
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KMRL maintained that the general consultant would review the detailed project report (DPR) and would detail out tender specifications. "It is expected to invite tenders for implementing the project by the end of March 2017," added the official.
The agency added that they have not published the names of the companies that have been shortlisted. The 15 consortiums which responded to EOI include RCLASS Systems and Solutions Pvt Ltd, Howe engineering projects (India) Pvt Ltd, INROS LACKNER SE, Aecom India Pvt Ltd, Frischmann Prabhu (I) Pvt Ltd, WAPCOS Ltd, Egis India consulting engineers Pvt Ltd, PwC, DNV GL, Kitco Ltd, AVRASYA DENZ TAIMACILII TURZM HZMETLER NAAT SANA, Stup Consultants Pvt Ltd, Feedback Infra Pvt Ltd and Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH.
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Meanwhile, KMRL, which has floated tenders worth Rs 90 lakh to carry out interior works of Metro stations at Kalamassery and Cusat, said they are yet to award tenders because Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has not yet completed the work at these stations. The contractor will have to do a lot of works including illumination, install and finish interior works within three months of signing the contract.
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"The construction works are taking place at a fast pace. We hope the stations would be handed over without delay," said the Metro official. However, DMRC maintained that works related to installation of escalators, construction of exit and entry structures, a few technical and roofing works were progressing.
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