GURUGRAM: After a prolong of more than two months, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has in spite of everything set the ball rolling for the much-awaited town bus provider.
The technical bidding procedure was once opened on Wednesday, wherein four bidders participated. The GMDA is working in opposition to time as chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had introduced that the bus provider can be introduced on August 15 in the town.
A bus provider for Gurugram has been in the works for over a decade now, however has been stuck on the drafting board. Things started transferring in the correct direction handiest after GMDA was once shaped last 12 months. The technical bid was once meant to be opened in December 2017 however shelved after bus producers stated they wouldn't be capable to supply air-conditioned buses inside the time frame set through the government.
The government had previous deliberate to roll out a fleet of 500 buses — 200 air-conditioned and 300 non-AC — through April 2018. However, they needed to remodel the gentle document after bus makers expressed their inability to manufacture air conditioned buses within the time limit. According to the most recent plan, the provider might be introduced to start with with handiest 200 non-AC buses. A separate gentle procedure might be initiated for the remaining 300 buses at a later degree.
“The date of opening technical bids needed to be prolonged for round four occasions since December for various causes, which include some technical system faults in the Haryana e-procurement web page and requests from bidders looking for extension of the date. Four bidders participated in the technical bid on Wednesday, and now we will scrutinize their documents and open the monetary bid through month finish,” stated a GMDA authentic.
The government hope to roll out the bus provider through mid-August . “The degree considered one of technical bidding is over and whoever meets specifications will take part in monetary bidding procedure. The one that wins the monetary bid will then need to form a special purpose car,” stated V Umashankar, CEO, GMDA.
The technical bidding procedure was once opened on Wednesday, wherein four bidders participated. The GMDA is working in opposition to time as chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had introduced that the bus provider can be introduced on August 15 in the town.
A bus provider for Gurugram has been in the works for over a decade now, however has been stuck on the drafting board. Things started transferring in the correct direction handiest after GMDA was once shaped last 12 months. The technical bid was once meant to be opened in December 2017 however shelved after bus producers stated they wouldn't be capable to supply air-conditioned buses inside the time frame set through the government.
The government had previous deliberate to roll out a fleet of 500 buses — 200 air-conditioned and 300 non-AC — through April 2018. However, they needed to remodel the gentle document after bus makers expressed their inability to manufacture air conditioned buses within the time limit. According to the most recent plan, the provider might be introduced to start with with handiest 200 non-AC buses. A separate gentle procedure might be initiated for the remaining 300 buses at a later degree.
“The date of opening technical bids needed to be prolonged for round four occasions since December for various causes, which include some technical system faults in the Haryana e-procurement web page and requests from bidders looking for extension of the date. Four bidders participated in the technical bid on Wednesday, and now we will scrutinize their documents and open the monetary bid through month finish,” stated a GMDA authentic.
The government hope to roll out the bus provider through mid-August . “The degree considered one of technical bidding is over and whoever meets specifications will take part in monetary bidding procedure. The one that wins the monetary bid will then need to form a special purpose car,” stated V Umashankar, CEO, GMDA.
Bidding process starts, 4 firms in fray to run Gurugram bus service
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