HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL) has fixed Rs 500 crore per annum as minimum bid for handing over collection of toll on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to a private party. In other words, the shortlisted agency will pay about Rs 1.35 lakh per day to the HGCL for collecting toll from 19 interchanges on the 158-km long ORR.
The assessment of actual amount that can be collected from toll payers will have to be made by bidders. The winning bidder will hold the contract for 18 months.
At present, half the gates have been dedicated to vehicles FASTags, the others are hybrid lanes. HGCL will hold the right to turn the remaining gates into FASTag. The successful bidder will have to make all arrangements in terms of manpower and facilities like barricading and signage boards for smooth operation of toll collection without inconveniencing road users.
HGCL is planning to introduce two new interchanges, one each at Narsingi and Neopolis Kokapet. Bidders will have to account for these two interchanges too in their bid. No claims will be entertained from bidders for operationalising these two interchanges.
For calculating monthly remittance payable to HGCL, the amount quoted for one year will be divided by number of days in a year (365 or 366 as the case may be) and multiplied by number of days in the calendar month.
Currently, Toll Management System (TMS) run by system integrator M/s Efkon is in operation. The successful bidder will need to collect toll using the same TMS system. At present, M/s VaaaN infra Pvt. Ltd is maintaining the TMS system with support from Efkon. The winning bidder will have to procure all necessary materials / consumables required for user fee collection work other than those supplied by HGCL for day-to-day operations.
