December 03, 2008

MMRDA invites bids for monorail system

It is reported that Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is scouting for a project management consultancy for the implementation of the monorail system in the city and has invited bids from project management consultants, who have carried out assignments of similar nature and magnitude.

As per report, the bidder could be an individual firm or a consortium of firms involved in consultancy services of similar type. The bidder should have worked as a project management consultant for at least 1 monorail project costing not less than INR 400 crore. Once appointed the consultant will work on the project for 3 years. The deadline for submitting bids is May 16th 2008.

MMRDA has short listed 3 bidders for the monorail implementation. The short listed entities are
1. Reliance Energy Limited and Hitachi consortium
2. Larsen & Toubro and Scomi Group consortium
3. Bombardier Transportation India