PANJIM: The Goa government has invited request for proposal for development of international convention centre at Dona-Paula.
The RFP will be on Design, Build, Finance, Operate, and Transfer (DBFOT) basis.
Goa is already a well established and globally popular tourist destination and is also the permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). With the objective of promoting Goa as the most preferred venue for MeetingS, Incentives, Conventions & Exhibitions (MICE), the Government of Goa (GoG) has envisaged to develop world class infrastructure in the State for not only hosting the IFFl annually, but various other National & International MICE events.
The Mopa International
Airport, which is also a flagship PPP Project of the State, is currently under
development and is expected to further improve Goa’s direct connectivity to
National and International cities.
The Project: The GoG intends to develop a State-of-the-Art International
Convention Centre comprising, a main Convention Hall of minimum 5000 seating capacity, exhibition hall, Multiplex, a 500 room Convention Hotel and other downside developments (hotel(s), retail mall(s), etc.) & related infrastructure in an integrated manner through the PPP mode, i.e. on Design-Build-Finance-Operate- Transfer (DBFOT) Model, with a concession period of 60 years.
Project location: About 98,299 sq. m. (24.29 acres) of strategically located prime land situated at Dona Paula, Goa has been earmarked for the Project. The land is free from all encumbrances and is possession of GoG.
Bidding Process: Proposals are invited (Single Stage 2 Parts) as per the RFP
Criteria from interested reputed National/ International developers/ bidders either as a single entity or as a consortium for selection of a Private Sector Partnerto Design, Build, Finance, Operate, manage and Transfer the Project on Public Private Partnership mode.
The RFP Document may be downloaded for viewing, free of cost from http://pppcell.goa.gov.in/ and www.goa.gov.in. The complete set of
Bid Documents can be procured only through the e-procurement portal of the
Government of Goa (https://goaenivida.gov.in/) from 21.12.2020 onwards. All
further updates shall only be posted on the e-procurement portal.
Schedule: A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 14.01.2021. The last date & time for
submission of Proposals through the e-procurement mode, in the format
prescribed in the RFP Document is 11.02.2021, 1530 Hrs IST
Comment