1. No category

National Institute of Urban Affairs
Pre-Submission Queries for Selection of Agencies as HRIDAY City Anchors for 12 Cities Under Scheme “HRIDAY” of
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India
The following queries shall be read along with the EOI document and Corrigendum-01.
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Section No.
1.1 Section 2.1 Page 12
Scope of Work
1.2
Section 2.4, Engagement
Fee, (iii) Page 14
Fees for Evaluation of
Detailed Project Reports
1.3
Section 2.4 Payment
Schedule, Point 3 Page 15
Payment for Preparation of
City HRIDAY Plan
Query Description
1. IPE Global Private Limited
Kindly elaborate on the skill set requirements (i.e.
education qualification and work experience) for the
person(s) to be deployed by city anchors for
continuous support & delivery? This will enable us to
streamline our approach for the proposal
preparation.
Kindly share the city-wise allocated budget under
the “Project Implementation head”?
NPMU Response
The following shall be the skill set required from one
person deployed by the HRIDAY City Anchor at the
City for continuous support & delivery:
Educational Qualification: Minimum Bachelors in
Engineering or Architecture
Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience
The city wise allocation budget under the Project
Implementation head is as follow:
Ajmer
35 Crores
Amaravati
20 Crores
Amritsar
60 Crores
Badami
20 Crores
Dwarka
20 Crores
Gaya
35 Crores
Kanchipuram 20 Crores
Mathura
35 Crores
Puri
20 Crores
Varanasi
80 Crores
Velankanni
20 Crores
Warangal
35 Crores
"…5 Civic infrastructure development plan
 Only one CIDP shall be prepared for each heritage
(CIDP)...”for areas around tangible heritage assets.
asset. In cases where more than one
How many CIDPs will be developed for one heritage
structures/assets are listed as one heritage asset,
asset? Will at least 5 heritage zones be identified for
they will be included in the same CIDP.
each city? Kindly provide the city wise list of
heritage areas for which CIDPs will be developed.
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Section No.
Query Description
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1.4
Section 2.4, Page 15-16
Payment Schedule
1.5
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
NPMU Response
Kindly refer to Annexure 1, Point 1 in the EOI
document for further clarification regarding Heritage
Area. In the
The Anchors shall be provided with the list of
heritage assets in each City for which the CIDPs need
to be developed.
In the event that a City does not have a total of 5
identified heritage assets, the City Anchor shall
prepare Civic Infrastructure Development Plans for
those many identified heritage assets.
Nonetheless, the City Anchor will be paid the entire
fees for the preparation of the City HRIDAY Plan as
specified under Section 2.4 of the EOI document.
The approval from these multiple stake-holders
 The National Mission Directorate will make all
committee for each payment is very tough and it
efforts to expedite the process of approval and
might virtually lead to a stage of non-payment to the payments.
agency working as city anchor. Kindly re-consider
 In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
this and facilitate linking payments to acceptance by
unchanged.
City Mission Director.
Kindly clarify if a consulting firm registered under
 Consulting firms registered under the Companies Act
Companies Act is eligible under this criterion?
fulfilling the Pre-Qualification Criteria-2 as
mentioned in the Corrigendum-01 are eligible to
apply.
 Only those agencies fulfilling either the PreQualification Criteria-1 or Pre-Qualification Criteria-2
as mentioned in Corrigendum-01 are eligible to
participate in the EOI as a standalone agency or as a
JV or consortium. (Please refer to Corrigendum-01
for further clarifications)
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1.6
Section No.
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
Query Description
Kindly clarify what is meant by “Specialized agency”
as mentioned under this clause?
1.7
Section 2.1 Page 12
Scope of Work
There is no mention of team composition for
carrying out the tasks under HRIDAY. Kindly state if
this is it not required at this stage?
NPMU Response
The term ‘Specialized Agency’ refers to “autonomous
organizations working with the United Nations and
each other through the coordinating machinery of
the United Nations Economic and Social Council at
the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief
Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the intersecretariat level.”
 The following shall be the skill set required from
one person deployed by the HRIDAY City Anchor at
the City for continuous support & delivery:
Educational Qualification: Minimum Bachelors in
Engineering or Architecture
Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience
1.8
2.1
Section 2.3, Page 13
Engagement Duration
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
Kindly state the exact duration of the Project
2. Dronah and IHCN
Please clarify whether the Non-Government
Organizations involved in the National
Advisory Committee are eligible to apply.
 The remaining team size and composition shall be
determined by the HRIDAY City Anchor, based on
the Anchor’s understanding of the scope of work
and the timeline for completion of deliverables.
 The Project shall end either on 31st March, 2017
or on the date of the completion of execution of
Projects identified for the particular City,
whichever is earlier.
 Nonetheless, the retainership fee for the Anchors
shall be paid for the entire period ending 31st
March, 2017 even in instances of early
completion.
An agency that is formally associated with a member
of the National Advisory Committee shall not be
eligible to apply.
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2.2
Section No.
EOI: HRIDAY-01-2015
Query Description
Is it possible to replace the terms ‘EOI’ and ‘Bid’ with
Empanelment or Selection as this then Invites larger
spectrum and recognized NGO’s to participate.
2.3
EOI: HRIDAY-01-2015
Can the City Anchor be also empanelled with NIUA
later for preparation of City level
DPR? And will they be eligible to bid for DPR’s in
other cities where they are not city anchors.
2.4
Section 2.3, Page 12-13
Key Milestones
Under section 2.2 on milestones; there is a
contradiction between 1 B and 1 D – is the Final City
HRIDAY Plan for 5 priority areas or for all heritage
areas?
2.5
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
Clarify the term ‘specialized agency’ under section
3.2 on pre-qualification criteria.
Does it cover consultancy firm or ‘for profit’
organization.
NPMU Response
 The word ‘Pre-Bid Query’ can be read as ‘PreSubmission Query’
 The word ‘Bid Document’ can be read as ‘Proposal
Document’
 The word ‘Bid Opening’ can be read as ‘Proposal
Opening’
 The word ‘Bidding for’ can be read as ‘Participating
in’
 The HRIDAY City Anchors shall not be eligible for
empanelment for preparation of DPRs in the City
where they are Anchors.
 However, for other Cities, the HRIDAY City Anchor
is eligible to apply for empanelment for
preparation of DPRs.
 The Final City HRIDAY Plan shall include City
Infrastructure Development Plans (CIDPs) for all
heritage assets that are identified by the State
Departments, ASI, ULBs etc.
 Milestone 1B shall be completed upon preparation
of CIDPs for 5 heritage assets, while Milestone 1D
shall be completed upon preparation of CIDPs for
all identified heritage assets.
The term ‘Specialized Agency’ refers to “autonomous
organizations working with the United Nations and
each other through the coordinating machinery of
the United Nations Economic and Social Council at
the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief
Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the intersecretariat level.”
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2.6
Section No.
Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
2.7
Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
2.8
Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
2.9
Section 3.1, Page 17
General Instructions
Query Description
NPMU Response
Under Section 4 on Evaluation Process – the
More weightage has been given on specific City
eligibility criteria in point 1 mention requirement of
related projects to ensure that City level knowledge
3 master plan/tourism plan/heritage plan level
and experience is captured.
works in the same city which does not seem
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
feasible. Project Planning for State Level Heritage
unchanged.
works should also be considered for point 1. In fact
all requirements under eligibility criteria 1-5 should
include city/state rather than be restricted to the
specific city in order to allow a wider range of
applicants.
Under Section 4 on all points is it possible to extend  The terms of the EOI will remain unchanged for
the term of qualifying projects to
the requirement of 5 years for qualifying projects.
7/10 years instead of recent 5 years? Would there
 Projects older than 5 years can be included in the
be any points for projects older than 5 years or do
application, however only those projects meeting
we completely remove these from the application?
the requirements shall be considered.
In case the applicant has more projects for last 5
 The number of projects should be limited to only
years (than the number asked for; can these be
the number asked for. There are no additional
added in the list or does one limit to the number
marks for more projects.
asked for only. Any extra points for these?
Under Section 4, point 4 Detailed Project Report for In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
‘Urban Infrastructure Projects’
unchanged.
should be replaced by ‘Heritage Infrastructure’ or
‘Urban Infrastructure Projects in
Heritage areas’ as per HRIDAY guidelines. It is to be
noted that organization working on infrastructure in
Heritage areas should only qualify considering the
nature of intervention in heritage areas.
In a JV/Consortia are there any mandatory
There are no other mandatory requirements for the
requirements for the lead agency in terms of
lead agency, besides the Pre-Qualification Criteria
Projects/ Team leader or any other?
enlisted in Corrigendum-01 for the EOI document.
3. Sincere Architects Engineers Private Limited
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3.1
Section No.
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
3.2
EOI: HRIDAY-01-2015
4.1
Section 2.1, Page 11
Scope of work
4.2
Section 2.1, Page 11
Scope of work
4.3
Section 2.1, Page 11-12
Scope of work
4.4
Section 2.1, Page 11-12
Scope of work
Query Description
Does an Architectural Firm qualify for applying
under Specialized Agency?
NPMU Response
The term ‘Specialized Agency’ refers to “autonomous
organizations working with the United Nations and
each other through the coordinating machinery of
the United Nations Economic and Social Council at
the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief
Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the intersecretariat level.”
If the agency is selected as the City Anchor for a
The meaning of ‘design contracts’ in the query is
particular city, can it undertake design contracts in
understood as preparation of DPRs.
the city or not?
 The HRIDAY City Anchors shall not be eligible for
empanelment for preparation of DPRs in the City
where they are Anchors.
 However, for other Cities, the HRIDAY City Anchor
is eligible to apply for empanelment for
preparation of DPRs.
4. School of Planning & Architecture, Vijaywada
“Prepare a sustainable Civic Infrastructure
Any proposed infrastructure development in the
Development…. as per locally applicable standards”. Heritage Area shall be as per ALL locally applicable
Please clarify as per locally applicable standards, is it standards including the Master Plan, Building
as per Master Plan or ASI regulations
Byelaws, guidelines issued by Agencies such as
CPHEEO etc.
What role City Anchor will play in DPR preparation
The HRIDAY City Anchor is not expected to play a role
process
in the preparation of DPRs. However, they may be
expected to provide inputs on heritage components
to be considered by the DPR preparing Agency.
What would be the roles and responsibility of
The scope of work and roles and responsibility of the
appointed City specific professional by City Anchor,
HRIDAY City Anchor apply to all individuals
throughout the engagement period?
representing the HRIDAY City Anchor.
Team composition is not mentioned anywhere in
 The following shall be the skill set required from
the document. Please clarify.
one person deployed by the HRIDAY City Anchor at
the City for continuous support & delivery:
Educational Qualification: Minimum Bachelors in
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Section No.
5.1
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
5.2
Section 2.1, Page 11-12
Scope of Work
Query Description
NPMU Response
Engineering or Architecture
Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience
 The remaining team size and composition shall be
determined by the HRIDAY City Anchor, based on
the Anchor’s understanding of the scope of work
and the timeline for completion of deliverables.
5. Darashaw & Company Private Limited
It is requested that registered companies/
 Consulting firms registered under the Companies
consultancy firms with similar experience in the
Act fulfilling the Pre-Qualification Criteria-2 as
sector, should be allowed to participate in the
mentioned in the Corrigendum-01 are eligible to
tender
apply.
 Only those agencies fulfilling either the PreQualification Criteria-1 or Pre-Qualification Criteria2 as mentioned in Corrigendum-01 are eligible to
participate in the EOI as a standalone agency or as a
JV or consortium. (Please refer to Corrigendum-01
for further clarifications)
Please clarify the experience and qualification of the  The following shall be the skill set required from
person to be deployed at the city.
one person deployed by the HRIDAY City Anchor at
the City for continuous support & delivery:
Educational Qualification: Minimum Bachelors in
Engineering or Architecture
Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience
 The remaining team size and composition shall be
determined by the HRIDAY City Anchor, based on
the Anchor’s understanding of the scope of work
and the timeline for completion of deliverables.
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5.3
Section No.
Section 2.3, Page 12-13
Key Milestones
Query Description
Please clarify that in case the City Authorities do not
have any “Existing DPR” then what will be the
course of action.
5.4
Section 2.3, Page 12-13
Key Milestones
Please clarify on what basis the appointed City
Anchor will claim payments from client, for the taskHRIDAY linked evaluation of project execution, when
his engagement contract lapses as per clause 2.3 i.e.
on March 31, 2017.
It is not necessary that project
execution/construction will get completed within
consultant’s engagement duration. In such a case, is
there a provision wherein NIUA may extend the
consultants contract formally as per same conditions
after March 31, 2017.
5.5
Section 2.4, Page 13-14
Engagement fee
Kindly clarify whether the budget under the “Project
Implementation” head of each HRIDAY City has
already been finalized or will be finalized as part of
the City HRIDAY Plan. In case it is already final, we
will request you to share the same.
NPMU Response
In the case that City Authorities do not have an
existing DPR, the HRIDAY City Anchor shall identify
one heritage linked urban infrastructure project
identified in consultation with the City Mission
Directorate and prepare a DPR Proposal, within 15
days of being appointed, for which a Detailed Project
Report can be prepared. There shall be no difference
in the compensation to the HRIDAY City Anchor.
 It shall be ensured that only those projects will be
undertaken that can be completed within the
Scheme duration ending 31st March, 2017.
 If due to unforeseen circumstances, the Project
execution continues beyond the Scheme duration,
the contract of HRIDAY City Anchor shall be
extended only for the monitoring and evaluation
component of heritage linked execution of that
Project.
 However, the retainership fees shall not be
extended for the period extending beyond 31st
March, 2017.
The city wise allocation budget under the Project
Implementation head is as follow:
Ajmer
35 Crores
Amaravati
20 Crores
Amritsar
60 Crores
Badami
20 Crores
Dwarka
20 Crores
Gaya
35 Crores
Kanchipuram 20 Crores
Mathura
35 Crores
Puri
20 Crores
Varanasi
80 Crores
Velankanni
20 Crores
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Section No.
Query Description
Warangal
5.6
Section 2.4, page 13-15
Engagement fee and
payment schedule
5.7
Section 3.1, Page 17
General instructions
The clause mentions submission and approval of 5
Civic Infrastructure Development Plans.
• Scope of Work (Point I) mentions that the Civic
Infrastructure Development Plans have to be made
for areas around tangible heritage assets identified/
approved by the client, upon suitable assessment of
the existing infrastructure availability and the
requirements.
• The tangible heritage assets for each of the
HRIDAY Cities have also been listed in the document.
• However, our concern is largely based on the
proximity of these tangible heritage assets, and that
whether one will be able to identify 5 distinct Civic
Infrastructure projects around these Tangible
Heritage Assets.
• Since the scope for any civic infrastructure
provisions cannot be limited to one specific point in
the city, hence this might not be specifically
possible.
• In such case, where it is not possible to identify
and develop 5 distinct City Infrastructure
Development Plans, how would the performance of
the City Anchor be assessed
• In case number of such projects is less than 05
then how would be payments for first milestone be
made, please clarify.
This criterion will limit the expert and experienced
consultants from working for the HRIDAY Cities.
NPMU Response
35 Crores
 Only one CIDP shall be prepared for each heritage
asset. In cases where more than one
structures/assets are listed as one heritage asset,
they will be included in the same CIDP.
 Kindly refer to Annexure 1, Point 1 in the EOI
document for further clarification regarding Heritage
Area
 The Anchors shall be provided with the list of
heritage assets in each City for which the CIDPs need
to be developed
 In the event that a City does not have a total of 5
identified heritage assets, the City Anchor shall
prepare Civic Infrastructure Development Plans for
those many identified heritage assets.
 Nonetheless, the City Anchor will be paid the entire
fees for the preparation of the City HRIDAY Plan as
specified under Section 2.4 of the EOI document.
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
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5.8
Section No.
Section 3.1, Page 17
General instructions ;
Point (iv)
Query Description
Hence, in the best of the envisioned development in
the HRIDAY Cities, we kindly request to remove this
clause.
Appointment of a single agency for too many cities
may lead to compromise on the quality of work and
deliverables.
It is thus suggested that an upper limit for the
number of cities that can be awarded to an agency
be restricted to 2 or 3 cities.
NPMU Response
 Agencies are required to submit their priority of
order for the Cities applied for, which shall
facilitate the selection process for each City.
 Regarding submission of the Proposal, the terms
of the EOI will stand unchanged. Please refer to
Section 3.4 of the EOI document for further
instructions regarding submission of the Proposal.
Further, submission of separate proposals for each
city is not necessary as it is QCBS and no financial
quote is invited. Moreover the format F-5 specifies
the willingness of the agency to participate for each
of the HRIDAY City, and their relative preference for
each of the cities.
5.9
Section 3.1, Page 17
General instructions ;
Point (viii)
It is suggested that the Single Proposal Clause may
be utilized, however, city wise separate approach
and methodology and schedule can be requested
from the interested agencies. This would reduce
costs and the overall documentation volume,
thereby facilitating faster evaluation of the
proposals submitted.
Please clarify whether NIUA will also go for RFP
based detailed proposal invitation tender stage for
selection of consultants/ agencies or based on this
expression of interest (EoI) only the selection of
agencies/ consultants as City Anchors, will be
finalised.
Final selection of HRIDAY City Anchors shall be made
based on the proposals received for the EOI for
selection of HRIDAY City Anchors.
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Section No.
5.10 Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
5.11 Section 3.4 Page 19
Submission, Receipt and
Opening of Proposals
5.12 Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process , Point 1
5.13 Section 5, Page – 25
Proposal formats, F-2:
Agency’s organization &
prequalification criteria
5.14 Section 5, Page – 27
Proposal formats, F-3
Proposed approach and
methodology
Query Description
The criteria can be more specific and elaborate to
facilitate consultants to assess their eligibility. For
example eligibility details like: annual turnover,
number of related projects done & their total costs,
experience in PMU/ anchor type services etc. can be
kept in prequalification criteria so that more
competent and experienced firms can be
encouraged to bid for the project
Hard Copy refers to Printed Proposals or Hard
Bound Proposals. Please clarify.
NPMU Response
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
It is requested that special emphasis may not be laid
on awarded extra points for local experience. This
will limit the involvement of established and more
experience consultants who have worked on similar
lines in other parts of the country. Special emphasis
to local consultants and agencies those who have
specially worked on the HRIDAY Cities may please be
omitted/ relaxed.
The column heading “Focus area of engagement
“should be modified as “Title of project/
engagement” to facilitate clarity in pre-qualification.
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
By the terminology ‘high level recommendations’ is
it meant that these are ‘major or vital
recommendations’ Please clarify
In this section, the HRIDAY City Anchor is required to
showcase its understanding of the City heritage and
broad nature of projects that it envisions to be taken
up under HRIDAY. Such broad recommendations on
innovate ideas and suggestions shall be vital in
ensuring the heritage linked urban rejuvenation of
the Heritage Areas.
Hard Copy refers to Printed Proposals. Please refer to
Section 3.4 in the EOI document for further
instructions regarding submission of the Proposal.
The word “Focus area of engagement” can be read as
“Title of Engagement and Focus Area”.
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Section No.
6.1
Section 2.1, Page 11-12
Scope of work
6.2
Section 2.1, Page 11-12
Scope of work
6.3
Section 2.1, Page 11-12
Scope of work
6.4
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
Engagement Fee and
Payment schedule
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
Engagement Fee and
Payment schedule
6.5
Query Description
6. INTACH
NPMU Response
In terms of reference should not the City Anchor
also first develop an overall heritage vision for the
city using heritage as the engine for urban
development so as to be able to fully augment its
full potential?
The scope does not include any works related to
heritage conservation or restoration of even city
level landmarks or historic street scapes which are
intrinsic to the identity of the city as also spelt out in
indicative components of HRIDAY guidelines.
The HRIDAY City Anchor shall be required to develop
the overall heritage vision as part of the City HRIDAY
Plan.
Could the city anchors suggest other projects like
creating cultural attractions, cultural centers, craft
centers, heritage walks etc, besides cultural
museum or park as these projects should ideally
determined from the vision and may also be left to
city anchors based on real requirement of the
specific city, other projects .
If the city anchors wish to propose multiple concept
plans will the fee be multiplies accordingly @ Rs. 1
lac per concept plan.
The principal amount over which the fee will be
calculated may also be communicated.
Such suggestions can be explicitly stated in the
Proposal under the Approach and Methodology
Section.
Only heritage linked urban infrastructure
development projects shall be considered in scope of
this engagement.
The HRIDAY City Anchors are required to prepare one
Concept Plan per City, the fee for which is fixed at Rs.
1 Lakh.
The principal amount over which the fee will be
calculated is as follows:
Ajmer
35 Crores
Amaravati
20 Crores
Amritsar
60 Crores
Badami
20 Crores
Dwarka
20 Crores
Gaya
35 Crores
Kanchipuram 20 Crores
Mathura
35 Crores
Puri
20 Crores
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Section No.
6.6
Annexure 6, Page – 30
Detailed scope of work
6.7
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
Engagement Fee and
Payment schedule
6.8
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
Engagement Fee and
Payment schedule
6.9
Section 3.1, Page 17
General instructions ;
Point (xi)
6.10 Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
Query Description
NPMU Response
Varanasi
80 Crores
Velankanni
20 Crores
Warangal
35 Crores
Five heritage areas are suggested to be identified
 The scale of each heritage area shall be determined
however their scales are not specified, this number
by the HRIDAY City Anchor.
may also be difficult to achieve in smaller towns, in  In the event that a City does not have a total of 5
which case what will be the implication of the same
identified heritage assets, the City Anchor shall
on the fee.
prepare Civic Infrastructure Development Plans for
those many identified heritage assets.
 Nonetheless, the City Anchor will be paid the entire
fees for the preparation of the City HRIDAY Plan as
specified under Section 2.4 of the EOI document.
What is the provision of mobilization advance as
 The payment terms are mentioned in Section 2.4 in
substantial work is required to be taken up before
the EOI document and should be considered.
first consolidated fee is released.
 In this regard, the terms of the EOI remain
unchanged
Is the reimbursement for domestic travel & out of
All expenses relating to manpower, travel, meetings
pocket expense allowed within set consolidated fee? and other out of pocket expenses are considered in
the proposed Consultation Fee mentioned under
Section 2.4 of the EOI document.
In case of JV will the eligibility & evaluation criteria
 Only those agencies fulfilling either the Prebe applicable to all partners or lead agency.
Qualification Criteria-1 or Pre-Qualification
Criteria-2 as mentioned in Corrigendum-01 are
eligible to participate in the EOI as a standalone
agency or as a JV or consortium. (Please refer to
Corrigendum-01 for further clarifications)
 The experience of the Consortium or JV shall be
considered under the Evaluation Criteria.
What is meant by specialized agency?
The term ‘Specialized Agency’ refers to “autonomous
organizations working with the United Nations and
each other through the coordinating machinery of
the United Nations Economic and Social Council at
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Section No.
6.11 Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
6.12 Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
6.13 Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
Query Description
Evaluation process, and submission process seems
to be based on one used for selecting a consultancy
firm rather than a NGO etc the basic eligibility
criteria as the assumption that all ngos are engaged
in taking up consultancies and preparation of
heritage dev plan etc. should the evaluation process
be more conducive towards the working and
functioning of a NGO rather than infrastructure
consulting firms.
Also since the selection is for CITY anchors , only
60% of the overall marks are provided for city
specific experience should this not be considered to
be at 80% as experience in other national or
international area may be desirable but not
mandatory?
Moreover since there are not many projects that are
required to be evaluated #4 may be considered to
be relaxed.
NPMU Response
the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief
Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the intersecretariat level.”
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
6.14 Section 4, Page 21
Evaluation Process
Please also consider a 80% : 20% allocation to
agency experience and approach & methodology
respectively.
In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain
unchanged.
6.15 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
In case listing of heritage assets is not available or
updated for the city can the city anchor make it
afresh?
In case listing of heritage assets is not available or
updated for the city, the City Mission Directorate
shall ensure that the HRIDAY City Anchor shall be
provided a list of minimum 5 heritage assets through
joint consultation of stakeholders.
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Section No.
6.16 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
6.17 Section 5, Page – 27
Proposal formats, F-3
Proposed approach and
methodology
6.18 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
6.19 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
6.20 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
Query Description
NPMU Response
Besides taking up infrastructure development in
Any urban development which enhances the heritage
identified heritage area, the link of heritage in urban component and supports heritage rejuvenation in the
development may please be clarified especially in
City shall be included in the Scope of Work for the
light of the mission’s objectives & guidelines.
HRIDAY City Anchors
Are the city anchors free to identify other aspects of Such suggestions can be captured under High Level
urban & tourist infrastructure beside enumerated
Recommendations in the Approach & Methodology
under 1.1 iii? Should potential reuse of heritage
Section.
structure for such activity be encouraged?
Scale& level of stakeholder consultation may please  All costs associated with consultative meetings
be defined including its cost implications. Is the city
conducted by the HRIDAY City Anchor as part of the
anchor expected to fund such consultative meeting
Scope of Work are considered in the fees of the
from their fee?
HRIDAY City Anchor as specified in Section 2.4 of
the EOI document.
 However, if such meetings take a form of a
workshop with requirements to mobilize large
number of stakeholders, then costs associated with
such workshops shall be considered separately in
consultation with the National Mission Directorate.
Since city anchors are anyways expected to review
Recommendations on the institutional framework
existing policies etc should they not also suggest
shall not be included in the scope of work of HRIDAY
required institutional framework for long term
City Anchors. Inputs if any shall be shared with the
benefits of the scheme in the city?
National Mission Directorate and City Mission
Directorate for consideration.
Annex 6 1.5 is not clear and not defined since in light  Only one CIDP shall be prepared for each heritage
of point 6 above , can this be reconsidered ? will
asset. In cases where more than one
additional fee be payable for this additional work ?
structures/assets are listed as one heritage asset,
they will be included in the same CIDP.
 Kindly refer to Annexure 1, Point 1 in the EOI
document for further clarification regarding Heritage
Area
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Section No.
6.21 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
6.22 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work
6.23 Section 6, Annexure 1,
Page 30-34
Detailed scope of work,
Monitoring & Evaluation
7.1
Section 3.2, Page 18
Pre-Qualification Criteria
Query Description
NPMU Response
 The Anchors shall be provided with the list of
heritage assets in each City for which the CIDPs need
to be developed
 The fees for the aforementioned work is specified
under Section 2.4 (i) page 13 of the EOI document.
No additional fees shall be paid.
 In the event that a City does not have a total of 5
identified heritage assets, the City Anchor shall
prepare Civic Infrastructure Development Plans for
those many identified heritage assets. Nonetheless,
the City Anchor will be paid the entire fees for the
preparation of the City HRIDAY Plan as specified
under Section 2.4 of the EOI document.
Should potential reuse of heritage structure for such Such suggestions can be captured under High Level
activity be encouraged?
Recommendations in the Approach & Methodology
Section.
Should compliance with heritage norms,
All of the components mentioned in the query shall
conservation policy and understanding heritage
constitute part of the review and evaluation of DPRs.
impact assessment be essential part of this?
Since most of materials and design will already be
The primary focus of heritage linked monitoring and
determined in DPR and subsequently made part of
evaluation of project execution shall be quality
tendered item should the scope of city anchor not
assessment, guidance and design / DPR compliance.
limited to quality assessment, guidance and design / For detailed scope of work, please refer to Section 6,
DPR compliance?
Annexure 1, Point 4 of the EOI document.
7. Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation
What is the definition of specialized agency?
The term ‘Specialized Agency’ refers to “autonomous
Whether an individual expert can be a part of a organizations working with the United Nations and
Collaboration/JV as a specialized agency?
each other through the coordinating machinery of the
United Nations Economic and Social Council at the
intergovernmental level, and through the Chief
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7.2
7.3
7.4
8.1
8.2
8.3
Section No.
Query Description
NPMU Response
Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the intersecretariat level.”
Section 3.1, Page 17
In small towns there are hardly any consultants who Agencies can hire individual consultants as part of the
General Instructions, point has handled infrastructure projects in the last 5 years. Engagement Team to ensure quality of work executed.
(11)
Is it permissible to use the services of an individual
contractor in the collaboration?
EOI: HRIDAY-01-2015
As the EOI is predominantly for Infrastructure Capacity Building shall be looked at as a separate
development, capacity building of the Urban activity undertaken by the City Mission Directorate
Managers and Engineers on heritage infrastructure and National Mission Directorate
development ought to have been part of this EOI.
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
Retainership fees for Overall Coordination and In this regard, the terms of the EOI will stand
Engagement
Fee
and Advisory is required to be enhanced. Otherwise is it unchanged.
Payment schedule
possible to handle the Anchor Agencies
establishment cost from out of PIU funds?
8. IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
Section 3.2, Page 18
The tender is restricted to participation of NGOs/Not  Consulting firms registered under the Companies
Pre-Qualification Criteria
for profit companies. This does not give a chance for
Act fulfilling the Pre-Qualification Criteria-2 as
the Companies (as per the Company’s act) that have
mentioned in the Corrigendum-01 are eligible to
suitable credentials to participate in the bid process.
apply.
The authority is requested to allow the participation  Only those agencies fulfilling either the Preof the Companies in the Bidding process.
Qualification Criteria-1 or Pre-Qualification Criteria2 as mentioned in Corrigendum-01 are eligible to
participate in the EOI as a standalone agency or as a
JV or consortium. (Please refer to Corrigendum-01
for further clarifications)
Section 3.2, Page 18
The authority is also requested to consider the In this regard, the terms of the EOI will stand
Pre-Qualification Criteria
experience of Tourism sector development as they unchanged.
have been considered as evaluation criteria under
clause 4 (Evaluation process)
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
The scope of work given for preparation of city Hriday Please refer to Annexure 1 of the EOI document for the
Plan is exhaustive and includes 1) delineation of the detailed scope of work
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8.4
Section No.
Engagement
Fee
Payment schedule
Query Description
NPMU Response
and Heritage Area 2) Mapping of Heritage Assets 3) In this regard, the terms of the EOI will stand
Infrastructure Assessment Development of City unchanged.
based tool kits 3) preparation of DPRs for
Infrastructure projects etc. The fee allocated for the
task is substantially low and it is requested to revise
the Fee for preparation of City Hriday Plan, as per the
following;
City
Recommended Fee for
preparation of City
Hriday Plan
Ajmer
40
Amravati
20
Amritsar
40
Badami
25
Dwarka
40
Gaya
30
Kanchipuram
30
Mathura
35
Puri
25
Varanasi
60
Velankanni
20
Warangal
40
The payment schedule for City Hriday Plan is backloaded. The authority is requested to consider the
change in payment schedule.
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
The fee for evaluation of DPR and Evaluation of
Engagement
Fee
and Execution of Works is not as per the market standards
Payment schedule
and needs to be revised to 4% to 5%.
Consortium: Request the authority to allow the
consortiums to participate in the bid process.
The Anchors shall only evaluate the DPR in heritage
related aspects such as design, material, intent of City
HRIDAY Plan etc.
In this regard, the terms of the EOI shall prevail.
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8.5
8.6
Section No.
Query Description
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
How many personals are required to be deputed for 
Engagement
Fee
and Overall Coordination and Advisory? What is the
Payment schedule
experience level sought by the authority for
personnel to be deputed.

NPMU Response
A minimum of one person should be deployed by
the HRIDAY City Anchor at the City throughout the
engagement period for continuous support and
delivery
The following shall be the skill set required from
one person deployed by the HRIDAY City Anchor
at the City for continuous support & delivery:
Educational Qualification: Minimum Bachelors in
Engineering or Architecture
Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience
 The remaining team size and composition is left to
the Anchor, based on the Anchor’s understanding
of the scope of work and the timeline for
completion of deliverables.
Section 2.4, Page 13-16
The retainership fee prescribed by the authority is In this regard, the terms of the EOI will remain.
Engagement
Fee
and significantly low considering the inputs envisaged for
Payment schedule
the project throughout the project life cycle. The
authority is requested to revise the retainership fee
accordingly.