Indian Kanoon - Search engine for Indian Law

(ii) Indian Human resource training/development by Japan International Cooperation Agency and its consultant for operation of the said projects; and (iii) provision to ‘Make in India’ the bullet train which would be operating under the said project. That thereafter a discussion was held between the JICA and the Ministry of Railways, Government of India on 26.09.2016 and the discussion was recorded on various aspects including the project objectives, selection of the consultant(s), implementation schedule, Products (Draft and final documents for adoption by the Ministry of Railways), which included:- (1) Technical specifications and standards, as required for the project (excluding those prepared under the Follow-up Study); (2) Basic Design Documents including drawings and Design Basis Reports necessary for bidding or implementation of the Project; (3) Standard Design Documents including drawings and Design Basis Reports necessary for bidding or implementation of the Project; (4) Detailed Design Documents including drawings and Design Basis Reports necessary for bidding or implementation of the Project; (5) Bidding Documents, including Prequalification Documents (hereinafter referred to as “Bidding Documents”); (6) General Arrangements Drawings (hereinafter referred to as “GAD"); (7) Cost Estimate of the Project; (8) Construction Standards; and (9) Updated Resettlement Action Pion, Environment Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan which were prepared under the Joint F/S. 6.4 A detailed discussion took place with respect to the role of JICA, Consultant (JICC) and the Ministry of Railways. The relevant clauses of the record of discussion for General Consultancy (excluding supervision) of the Bullet Train Project between JICA and Ministry of Railways are as under:-

“1. Project Objectives With the Final Alignment Design (FAD) being prepared as part of the Follow-up Study, the objectives of the General Consultancy (hereinafter referred to as “the Study”) are to prepare technical specification and standards (excluding those prepared under the Follow-up study), Basic Design Documents, Standard Design Documents, Detailed Design Documents (along with Design Basis Reports (set of conditions and requirements taken into account in designing) necessary for bidding or implementation of the Project, Bidding Documents, Engineering Cost Estimation and Construction Standard for the Project which are to be adopted by the Ministry of Railways (hereinafter referred to as “the MOR”), to prepare General Arrangement Drawings (hereinafter referred to as “GAD”), Environment and Social Impact Assessment and to support the MOR for procurement of contractors. It is confirmed by the MOR that the drawings and documents to be formulated by the Study will be utilized for procurement of the Project, only after they are adopted and endorsed by the MOR.

3. Selection of the Consultant(s) A Japanese consultant firm(s) will be selected and engaged by JICA for the implementation of the Study (hereinafter referred to as “the JICA Consultant (s)”) 6.2 Products (Draft and final documents for adoption by the MoR) (1) Technical specifications and standards, as required for the project (excluding those prepared under the Follow-up Study);

(2) Basic Design Documents including drawings and Design Basis Reports necessary for bidding or implementation of the Project;

8. Products of the Study 8.1 Services of the JICA Consultant(s) The JICA Consultant(s) will provide the following services:-

(1) Customize and provide all technical specifications and standards required for design and operation of High Speed Rail systems, along with their technical commentary (excluding those prepared under Follow- up study) (2) Preparation of Basic Design Documents including drawings and Design Basis Reports necessary for bidding or implementation of the Project;