REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Final package-wise DPR consisting of Main Report, Design Report,
Drainage Design Report and Materials Report, incorporating all revisions
deemed relevant following receipt of the comments from NHIDCL on the draft
DPR shall be submitted as per the schedule given in Enclosure-III alongwith the
Land Acquisition Report as mentioned under para 10.5.
11. Interaction with NHIDCL
1. During entire period of services, the Consultant shall interact continuously with
NHIDCL and provide any clarification as regards methods being followed and
carryout modification as suggested by NHIDCL. A programme of various
activities shall be provided to NHIDCL and prior intimation shall be given to
NHIDCL regarding start of key activities such as boring, survey etc. so that
inspections of NHIDCL officials could be arranged in time.
2. The NHIDCL officers and other Government officers may visit the site at any
time, individually or collectively to acquaint/ supervise the field investigation
and survey works. NHIDCL may also appoint a Proof Consultant to supervise
the work of the DPR Consultant including inter-alia field investigation,
survey work, Design work and preconstruction activities.
3. The Consultant shall be required to send 3 copies of concise monthly Progress
Report by the 5th day of the following month to the designated officer at his
Head Quarter so that progress could be monitored by the NHIDCL. These
reports will indicate the dates of induction and de-induction of various key
personnel and the activities performed by them. Frequent meetings with the
Consultant at site office or in Delhi are foreseen during the currency of project
preparation.
4. All equipment, software and books etc. required for satisfactory services for this
project shall be obtained by the Consultant at their own cost and shall be their
property.
12. Payment Schedule
The Consultant will be paid consultancy fee as a percentage of the contract values as
per the schedule given in the Draft Contract Agreement.
13. Data and Software
1. The floppy diskettes/CD’s/hard Disk containing all basic as well as the
processed data from all field studies and investigations, report, appendices,
annexure, documents and drawings shall be submitted to NHIDCL at the time
of the submission of the Final Report. The data can be classified as follows:
i. Engineering Investigations and Traffic Studies : Road Inventory, Condition,
Roughness, Test Pit (Pavement composition), Benkelman Beam Deflection, Material
Investigation including test results for sub grade soils, Traffic Studies(traffic surveys),
axle load surveys, Sub-soil Exploration, Drainage Inventory, Inventory data for bridge
and culverts indicating rehabilitation, new construction requirement etc. in MS
EXCEL or any other format which could be imported to widely used utility packages.
ii. Topographic Surveys and Drawings: All topographic data would besuppliedin (x, y,
z) format along with complete reference so that the data could be imported into any
standard highway design software. The drawing files would be submitted in dxf or dwg