Systra-IRCTC-DB consortium chosen as engineering consultants for Hyderabad Airport Metro
An engineering consultancy consortium consisting of Systra, RITES and DB Engineering is selected as the General Consultants (GC) for the Airport Metro Rail project
- City News
NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:20 April 2023 2:02 PM GMT
HYDERABAD: An engineering consultancy consortium consisting of Systra, RITES and DB Engineering is selected as the General Consultants (GC) for the Airport Metro Rail project. Systra is a major engineering consultancy group from France, while RITES is a PSU of Indian Railways and DB belongs to Germany.
In an open competition in which five international consortia competed, the Systra-led consortium became the winner. It not only got the highest technical score for its credentials, but gave the lowest financial quote of Rs.98.54 crore to provide engineering consultancy services, said MD of HAML NVS Reddy. He indicated that this consortium would deploy 18 experts of different railway engineering disciplines and about 70 senior and field engineering personnel during the construction of Airport Metro.
Based on the recommendations of a technical committee which evaluated the capabilities, experience and competence of the five consortia which participated in the tender, a high level committee consisting of Spl. Chief Secretary (Finance) K. Ramakrishna Rao, Metropolitan Commissioner, HMDA and Spl Chief Secretary of Municipal Administration Arvind Kumar and MD, HAML NVS Reddy selected the Systra-led consortium as the GC for the Airport Metro. The immediate task of the GC would be to prepare EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) tender documents for selecting the contractor for the Airport Metro, added Mr NVS Reddy.
