According to Corporation officials, work on the
projects that can be implemented without a project management consultant
can be begun earlier.

Projects that the Corporation can execute by itself are being identified.

Projects

These
include projects for solid waste management at source, upgrading of
anganwadis, smart bus stops and other similar projects.

But the
projects for multi-level parking lots, shifting of various utility lines
to underground ducts, skywalk and bicycle ways require a project
management consultant.

A total of nine companies had appeared for
the pre-bid meeting for the selection of management consultancy. But,
with the local body keeping the bar high to ensure that only companies
with adequate expertise and experience responded, only three companies
responded finally — Wadia Techno-Engineering Services Ltd, Mahindra
Consulting Engineers Ltd and IPE Global Ltd.

Technical committee

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Smart City Special
Purpose Vehicle will form the technical committee and the consultant
selection committee for the technical scrutiny of their bids.

“The
evaluation of the bids and selection of the consultants will take only
one or two weeks. After that, we have to execute an agreement with the
consultant.

“The consultant will then start the preparation of the Detailed Project Report for each of the projects.

“Preparation of some of these reports will take a longer duration of time, depending on the complexity of the project.

The consultant will also have the responsibility of managing the whole project,” said an official.