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27 June 2026.
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Consultancy services for preparation of detailed project report (DPR) and pre-construction activities for Widening of existing single /intermediate lane to 2 lane and 2 lane with paved shoulder from Km. 0.00 to 80.00 Ghat to Udiyari Bend of NH-309A.
Road Transport and Highways Ministry · Chamoli, Uttarakhand2026_MoRTH_914950_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
27 Jun 2026
25 Sept 2026
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All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
27 June 2026.
Written pre-proposal queries and the pre-proposal conference were both due/held on 22 July 2026 at 15:00; participant registration closed 27 July 2026 at 15:00. The general clarification window shown in the TIS closed 11 August 2026 at 17:00.
21 August 2026 at 17:00, the latest date actually stated in the supplied tender documents; the three supplied date-corrigendum PDFs contain the same date notice.
24 August 2026 at 17:00, the latest opening date actually stated in the supplied tender documents.
120 days from the bid opening date; the tender-specific TIS wording prevails over the generic ITC wording. The RFP also says a tender is automatically annulled after 150 days from bid due date if still unresolved.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
INR 6,897,700 excluding GST for 80 km; this is a QBS tender, so bidders quote the performance-security amount rather than a consultancy price.
INR 5,000, non-refundable. The tender-specific instruction requires payment through Bharatkosh in favour of PAO(NH), New Delhi and upload of proof with the technical proposal.
The latest amendment changes bid security to EMD at 2% of the estimated procurement value and permits a Bid Securing Declaration; it also exempts eligible MSEs/registered suppliers/startups. If EMD is used, acceptable forms are e-bank guarantee, insurance surety bond, commercial-bank guarantee, or acceptable online payment, valid 45 days beyond proposal validity.
For QBS, the bidder quotes the performance security, subject to a minimum 5% of contract value. It is due within 21 days of LoA, valid until 60 days after all obligations are completed, and may be an insurance surety bond, acceptable online/payment instrument, or commercial-bank guarantee. JV members, if eligible, submit separate securities in their participation proportions.
Stage-based payments are due within 30 days of supported bills; Corrigendum 3 permits monthly billing for completed stages. Amended milestones include 5% for final QAP/inception, 10% for approved final DPR, 3% on 3G award declaration, 2% on 90% land possession, 0.5% on mutation, and 2.5% at the earlier of project COD or three years from civil-work start. No general advance is promised.
Corrigendum 3 makes consultancy-fee adjustment proportional to every increase/decrease in project length. If authority-caused continuation extends beyond three years, CPI-IW escalation applies only to pending deliverables; no escalation applies to consultant-caused delay.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
Bidder may be an individual, Indian company/LLP/partnership/society, public entity, or permitted JV/consortium, and must hold applicable GSTIN, PAN, EPF, ESI and labour registrations (or equivalents).
Within the last 10 years, the firm must have DPR/feasibility experience for 2/4/6-lane projects aggregating at least 50 km in hilly/mountainous terrain, plus at least one DPR of 32 km or feasibility study of 48 km. Private-concessionaire/contractor DPR experience is excluded, and more than 50% of the cited project must be hilly/mountainous.
Within the last 10 years, at least two similar DPR assignments of INR 50 lakh consultancy fee each are required, covering detailed geological, geotechnical and topographical surveys/investigations and design of landslide/rockfall prevention or equivalent hilly slope/river protection work.
Average annual turnover for the last five years must be at least INR 10 crore, supported by CA certification/audited financial statements or banking reference.
The DPR consultant or its engaged LA agency must evidence, over the stated periods, more than 500 ha LA for government, more than 100 ha under the NH Act, cadastral-map digitisation, at least five on-roll LA experts with 10 years' experience, a regular-roll team of at least 25, and INR 2.5 crore average turnover over three years.
After Corrigendum 3: for normal-highway projects up to INR 500 crore tentative civil project cost, only sole bidders are allowed; above INR 500 crore, only one JV partner is allowed, that partner must meet at least 50% and the lead at least 75% of eligibility. Members are jointly and severally liable. The tender does not state the tentative civil project cost needed to select the branch.
Only specialised survey and investigation work may be subcontracted, capped at 10% of consultancy cost and requiring prior implementing-agency approval; the prime remains solely responsible.
Each key person must score at least 70 points and be supported by self-evaluation tied to the INFRACON CV. Key experts are capped at age 65 on bid date except the LA Expert at 70; supporting staff are capped at 65. The Traffic/Road Safety Expert must have a minimum 15-day Road Safety Audit certification from IAHE or another MoRTH-approved institute. Only one CV per position is allowed.
Bidder and affiliates/subconsultants must not be insolvent, blacklisted/banned/debarred by MoRTH/NHAI/NHIDCL/BRO/State PWD, recently convicted or government-debarred for specified offences, operating through a renamed allied entity, or affected by prohibited conflicts/relationships. Participation in more than one proposal disqualifies all affected proposals.
Corrigendum 3 deletes the residual DPR bid-capacity qualification and Form T-11; bidders should not submit or rely on that former pass/fail test.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Prepare the DPR and perform pre-construction activities for widening 80 km of NH-309A, km 0.00 to km 80.00, Ghat to Udiyari Bend, Uttarakhand, from existing single/intermediate lane to 2-lane and 2-lane with paved shoulder.
Establish technical, economic and financial viability and deliver highway/alignment, pavement, bridge/CD/grade-separation and service-road designs; quantities, working drawings, estimates, economic/financial analyses, environmental/social assessments and action plans; safety/value-engineering audits; and bidding documents.
Includes reconnaissance, traffic and axle-load work, LiDAR/topographical survey and digital terrain products, road/pavement condition and structural-strength investigations, hydrology/hydraulics, geotechnical/subsoil work, utilities and structures. Editable/georeferenced source data and models must accompany final deliverables.
Consultant must support land acquisition through cadastral mapping, surveys and NH Act notifications/awards/possession/mutation; utility-shifting proposals and approvals; ROB/railway coordination; forest, wildlife and environmental clearances; appraisal/approvals and conditions precedent.
Apply IRC:SP:48 and relevant MoRTH hill-slope guidance; assess alternatives using geological mapping, remote sensing and LiDAR; design slope/landslide/rockfall, drainage, reinforced-earth and monitoring measures, and tunnels where site requirements justify them.
The TIS states an 11-month contract. Corrigendum 2 sharply reduces the stated key-professional inputs (for example Team Leader 11 to 6.5 months, Senior Bridge Engineer 4.5 to 2, and LA Expert 8 to 5) and changes the clause-12.3.1 period from 12 to 6 months; tunnel experts are additional only if needed.
After Corrigendum 3, consultancy fees change in the same proportion as any increase or decrease in total project length; the former no-change band up to 10% is removed.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Submit online in two covers on eProcure, with the INFRACON Team ID and INFRACON-hosted credentials/CVs. Technical forms are PDFs; the separate financial cover is the protected PBG-quote BOQ. No manual proposal is accepted except the physical original bid-security instrument when EMD is used.
Use a compatible DSC and digitally sign every uploaded statement, document and certificate. A JV proposal is digitally signed by its authorised representative under written powers from all members; uploaded PDFs must be clear and not password-protected.
If EMD is furnished as an instrument, its original must reach the Regional Officer, MoRTH, First Floor, IEI Building, Near ISBT, Dehradun-248002 in sealed double cover before the bid-submission deadline; obtain acknowledgement. A Bid Securing Declaration is uploaded instead when that amended option is used.
Forms must be filled, digitally signed and uploaded. Corporate/partnership/society registration evidence under Form T-1A is self-certified/notarised as specified; PAN/GST copies are self-attested. The proposal signatory must upload authenticated authority to bind the bidder.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
The 500-page RFPF issued as Corrigendum 1 supplies the full governing RFP, including TIS, ITC/AITC, GCC/SCC, TOR, evaluation criteria and forms. Bidders must use it rather than treating the five-page tender notice as the complete solicitation.
The original 11 August 2026 submission / 12 August opening dates were extended to 21 August 2026 at 17:00 / 24 August 2026 at 17:00. All three supplied date-corrigendum PDFs reproduce that same Corrigendum-1 text, so no later document-sourced date appears in the folder.
Reduced the project-specific key-personnel inputs (e.g. Team Leader 11→6.5 months; Senior Bridge 4.5→2; Highway Design 5.5→3; LA Expert 8→5), changed the clause-12.3.1 period 12→6 months, made tunnel experts additional if site need is confirmed, and required deployment certificates with bills.
The 5 September amendment changes EMD to 2% with exemptions/BSD option; changes JV rules to sole-only up to INR 500 crore civil project cost and one partner above that threshold; deletes residual DPR bid capacity and Form T-11; fixes technical qualification at 70%; and changes QBS weightages to 30 technical : 40 DPR rating : 30 PBG quote.
Cuts invoice payment time 60→30 days, monthly instead of bi-monthly billing, revises stage-payment/PBG-release percentages, makes length variation payable proportionately from the first kilometre, sets utility-shifting cost-omission penalty to nil up to 0.5%, and introduces three-year foreclosure/CPI-IW escalation rules for authority-caused extension.
Corrects broken TOR cross-references, renames enclosures, revises key positions/allocations, requires 70-point personnel and amended age/course rules, adds Senior Geologist evaluation material, and adds detailed open/editable formats for reports, surveys, GIS, drawings and models.
Document-sourced final position: submit by 21 August 2026 17:00; technical opening 24 August 2026 17:00; fixed fee INR 6,897,700 excluding GST; 11-month contract; 2% EMD or permitted BSD/exemption; bidder-quoted QBS PBG of at least 5%; QBS 30:40:30; residual bid capacity deleted; latest Corrigendum-2 manpower and Corrigendum-3 payment/TOR rules apply.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
Original TIS says INR 600,000 EMD and 'No' BSD; Corrigendum 3 says 2% of estimated procurement value, allows BSD and exemptions. Corrigendum 3 prevails, but the rupee base for 2% must be confirmed.
The only date-corrigendum text in all three supplied date files sets bid closing at 21 August, yet substantive Corrigendum 3 is dated 5 September. A post-deadline amendment cannot practically be bid against unless the portal was extended; obtain written confirmation of the operative portal deadline.
TIS says 120 days from bid opening, while generic ITC says at least 120 days from submission deadline. The tender-specific TIS prevails: use 120 days from opening, which is the longer period here.
Corrigendum 3 makes JV permission depend on tentative civil project cost (sole only up to INR 500 crore; one partner above), but the TIS states only the INR 68.977 lakh consultancy cost and labels selection QBS. No tentative civil project cost is supplied, so the bidder cannot conclusively determine whether JV is allowed.
Pass/fail hilly-road criteria require the last 10 years, but Form T-3 is titled relevant services in the last seven years. Eligibility clause prevails; bidders should provide 10-year evidence and seek acceptance of an expanded/duplicated T-3 schedule.
ITC says no manual proposal will be accepted, while printed Form T-10 says hard copies of INFRACON CVs are to accompany the technical proposal. The operative submission clause is online-only; treat 'hard copies' as stale wording unless the authority directs otherwise.
Generic GCC originally allowed 60 days, while project SCC notes and Corrigendum 3 require 30 days. Corrigendum 3 prevails.
The mandatory PBG-quote workbook also contains unrelated waterworks dummy descriptions, inconsistent totals and an 84-month duration, conflicting with the tender's DPR title and 11-month contract. The workbook must not be modified, so a corrected BOQ or portal instruction is essential.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Corrigendum 3 is dated 5 September but the latest supplied date notice closes bids on 21 August. Please confirm the live portal submission/opening dates and issue a clean date corrigendum allowing adequate time after Corrigendum 3.
Please state the exact rupee EMD after the 2% amendment, identify the 'estimated procurement value' used as its base, confirm MSE/startup exemption evidence, and confirm whether Form T-17 BSD requires no physical original.
Please disclose the tentative project cost excluding GST/land and expressly confirm whether this tender falls in the sole-bidder or >INR 500 crore one-JV-partner bracket.
Please upload a corrected protected PBG-quote BOQ removing unrelated sluice-valve items, spurious totals and the 84-month field; confirm precisely which cell accepts the PBG percentage/amount and how the minimum 5% is validated.
The payment clause says alignment is already approved and asks only review/possible realignment from km 7 to km 14, while the title/TOR covers km 0-80 DPR and pre-construction. Please identify the approved-alignment package supplied to bidders, the payable scope for the remaining chainage, and whether INR 5.65 lakh/km applies only if km 7-14 realignment is selected.
Confirm that Form T-11 is not to be uploaded, that Form T-3 may cover the required 10 years despite its seven-year heading, and that Form T-10 'hard copies' means uploaded PDF copies rather than manual delivery.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
QBS scoring rewards the highest PBG quote, encouraging security above the 5% minimum. Release is milestone-based and the balance may remain tied until the earlier of project COD or three years from civil-work start; this creates material bank-limit, margin and counterparty-delay risk.
Substantial milestones depend on NPG/SFC/competent-authority approvals, forest/wildlife/EC clearances, 3G/3H land events, mutation, conditions precedent and later COD—many outside consultant control. Although bills are due in 30 days, no stage is payable until accepted and final payment requires satisfactory final deliverables/no-claim closure.
Delay attracts 0.05% of contract price per day capped at 5%. Errors can consume up to 100% of PBG through cost-overrun, land, utility, survey, traffic, geotechnical and design penalties, with debarment up to three years for major deviations; misleading reports lose 10% of the linked payment.
Consultant indemnifies the authority for survey/design inaccuracies, including deficiencies noticed during construction and thereafter. This extends exposure beyond the 11-month preparation period and should be checked against professional-indemnity cover and caps.
Corrigendum 2 reduces several paid key-person months while the consultant remains solely responsible for international-quality outputs, extensive clearances and pre-construction support. Under-deployment can trigger deductions, suspended payment and substitution penalties.
The authority disclaims accuracy/completeness of RFP information, while the bidder must investigate and bears resulting costs. The authority may withhold sums/security across this and other government contracts without interest until claims are resolved.
The protected BOQ is visibly corrupted yet must not be modified; security terms changed late; and forms contain stale hard-copy/seven-year wording. Literal compliance is impossible without clarification, creating rejection risk independent of technical merit.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Dehradun, acting for the President of India.
Office of the Chief Engineer–Regional Officer, MoRTH, 1st Floor, The Institution of Engineers (India) Building, Near ISBT, Saharanpur Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002. This is also the address shown for physical bid/performance-security delivery.
Phone: 0135-2738657. Tender clarification email: [email protected]. CPPP helpdesk: 0120-4001002, 0120-4001005, 0120-6277787; [email protected].