Paper No. 670: Year Project State/states PQ Limits GQ Ew GSDP Rank TC FC s1 s2 Projects With High Prequalification Limits
Paper No. 670: Year Project State/states PQ Limits GQ Ew GSDP Rank TC FC s1 s2 Projects With High Prequalification Limits
Paper No. 670: Year Project State/states PQ Limits GQ Ew GSDP Rank TC FC s1 s2 Projects With High Prequalification Limits
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control of access and usually provided with grade NH-24 from Km. 0.000 to 27.500 which are
separators at location of intersections24. expressways PPP projects have higher financial
Expressways are constructed on a certain stretches prequalification limits as shown in Table 2.
of road because of high traffic demand along The project Six-Lane Eastern Peripheral
that route. Since there is a high traffic density, Expressway was first tendered in the year 2013.
the project will be profitable and of low traffic The prequalification limits of the project were set at
revenue risk profile. There will be large interest 59.45% financial capacity. Due to lack of response
among the private parties towards the project. The from private parties, the project was retendered in
prequalification limits can be set high in the PPP 2014 with the prequalification limits lowered to
projects involving Expressway. 55.45% financial capacity. NHAI retendered the
The projects Delhi-Meerut Expressway from bids five times but each time no private party came
Km 27.500 to Km 64.552 of NH-24; NH-58 and up. Finally, the implementation mode was changed
NH-235, Six-Lane Eastern Peripheral Expressway to EPC25. This case clearly indicates the setting
(NH No. NE-II) from km 0.00 to km 135.00 on of prequalification limits in accordance with the
NH-1 and NH-2, Delhi-Meerut Expressway of number of interested private parties.
Table 2 Projects Showing Extreme Deviation from the Conventional Prequalification Limits