The Govt. of AP, proposed major infrastructure facilities in Hyderabad city and one of them is. the orbital linkage to decongest the traffic flow on the existing major arterials. The Outer Ring Road should be viewed as road -cum- area development project since the aim is the development of well planned and and well connected Urban settlements around the Hyderabad Metropolitan area. The 159 km long ring road connects Patancheru- Shamshabad- Hayathnagar- Medchal ­Patancheru providing connectivity to various State Highway and National Highways, to by pass the city of Hyderabad . The importance of the proposed corridor being,

Relieves congestion on metropolitan area and inner ring road and meets the future demand. Provides orbital linkage to radial arterial roads Creates options for development of the further satellite townships Provides linkage to the proposed MRTS and Bus system Provides quick access to the International Airport from Strategic parts of the city Connects various new urban nodes outside the city like Hi- Tech city , Games village, lIlT, ISB, Hardware Park, Singapore Township Financial district etc.,

The traffic studies conducted on NH-7 and NH-9 show that the road is due for 4/6 lane. The traffic movement on the existing inner ring road shows that the existing 4- lane road is inadequate for the movement of the traffic at the design level of serviceability.

Considering the anticipated growth in the region and development of the proposed satellite townships around the ring road and beyond, and the traffic thereby generated, an 8-lane divided carriage way is planned for a design life of 20 years.

The conclusion to develop a highway with full control of access warrants providing highway grade separations or interchanges for all intersecting highways. Once it has been decided to develop the route as an expressway all intersecting highways should be terminated, rerouted or provided with a grade separation. The proposed corridor is designed to be fully access controlled and limited access is to be provided at NH/SHI Major road crossings. 2-lane service roads designed to carry two way traffic, are proposed on both sides of the corridor. Low level underpasses are to be provided for connecting both the service roads at every 1-2 Km, where the terrain permits.

The project is proposed to be implemented in 2 phases and is estimated to cost Rs 3000 Crores.

Construction of 22 Km of Phase-I from Gachibouli In to Shamshabad NH 7 In. (Rs 500 Crores). Construction of 140 km of Phase-II (Rs 2500 Crores).

The consultants MIs Aarvee associates submitted a Draft Detailed Project Report for the above subject work. The salient features of the project being as follows:

i. ORR to have a eight lane divided carriageway with a design speed of 120 Kmph and one emergency lane for break down vehicles.

ii. The link road from Gachibouli intersection to ORR is designed as a six lane with ROW 75m with design speed of 100 Kmph.

iii. The carriageway will have the following:

iv. Access is being proposed at 5 locations, that is, at Gachibouli, Namakrama-guda ORR link road Junction, APPA, and Shamshabad by providing interchanges of type trumpet, diamond or cloverleaf interchanges.

Procurement for Phase-I works of Outer Ring Road Project was commenced in January' 2006 in respect of both Supervision Consultancy as well as Civil works divided into two Contract Packages.

9 Nos Consultancy firms were shortlisted based on the Expression of Interest proposals (EOI) submitted by the firms. Only 4 Nos out of the above submitted their Bids in response to the Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by Hyderabad Growth Corridor Ltd (HGCL).

The selection of Consultancy firm as per RFP shall be on Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) with 80% weightage for the Technical score and 20% weightage for the Financial Score. The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) constituted by the Government, on evaluation of the proposals, recommended the bid of M/s BCEOM - Aarvee (JV) as the best value bid. The High Level Committee (HLC) constituted by the Government approved the above recommendation to award the work to M/s BCEOM - Aarvee (JV) for an amount of Rs 14,50,63,438/-

The Phase-I of ORR Project was divided into two Contract Packages with Package-I from Km 0.000 to 11.000 (Gachibowli to APPA) and Package-II from Km 11.000 to 24.380 (APPA to Shamshabad).

Procurement for these works was commenced in January' 2006. 22 Nos Contracting firms were pre-qualified by the HGCL based on the proposals submitted by them.14 Nos Contracting firms out of the above purchased the bid documents for both the Packages and only 10 Nos firms submitted the bids by the due date.

In view of the importance of work and requirement to adhere to the stiff time schedules for completing the work, it was decided not to award both the packages to the same firm. Accordingly, a clause was included in the bid document specifying that "If a Contractor/JV has been qualified for both the packages and eventually lowest in both the packages, only one package will be chosen by the Employer in such a way that it is most economical to Employer". The agencies, M/S Corporation Transstroy OSJC, Russia and M/S Continental Engineering Corporation, Taiwan are 1 st and 2 nd lowest respectively in both the Contract Packages. As per the above clause, both packages cannot be awarded to M/S Corporation Transstroy OSJC eventhough they are lowest.

As such the alternatives available for awarding the contracts to M/S Corporation Transstroy and M/S Continental Engineering Corporation, the lowest tenderers for both the Packages, are as under.