Amritsar, the holy city ‘Golden Temple’ is one of the most vibrant tourist centers of North India. The Golden Temple occupies centre stage as more than one lakh pilgrims & tourists from all across the globe, pay obeisance daily. Amritsar, the Gateway to India, has been a trade centre with Central Asia since ages and the recent opening of trade activities between Pakistan & India through Wagah Border has made the City of Amritsar a robust international Trade Center envisaging a new chapter of rapid growth era.
One of the renowned cities of India, Amritsar, is witnessing rapid Industrialization &
Infrastructure Development activities. Amritsar has global air connectivity through the fast growing Amritsar International Airport. It is also connected to other major cities by an extensive road & rail network. A host of SEZs, malls, clubs and parks are vying to make Amritsar a world – class tourist destination. Amritsar city has already seen massive development activities with a large number of real estate developers going full steam. These upcoming projects would have a multiplier effect on the economy of the city and would create a synergic demand for the high end Hotel cum Recreational Facilities. Few of the outstanding features of the city are:
Expansion of International Airport
Amritsar International Airport, one of the fastest growing airports in India, handles about 6.5 Lakh passengers annually, consisting of ~5 Lakh International passengers.
Air Cargo facility is already operational.
The proposed site of 3 Star Hotel i.e. New City Center is likely to be connected with Monorail between Airport and Golden Temple
State-of-the Art Integrated Townships, Commercial Malls and Multiplexes by
leading real-estate players are already under development
City Beautification Plan under process
An access-controlled Ring Road around Amritsar City is proposed
World Class Dev University(GNDU)- one of the premier education center of the Nation
Punjab Infrastructure Development Board(PIDB) and Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority (PUDA), in its vision to tap the tourism potential of Amritsar, and to enhance infrastructure in the city , intends to develop a hotel with minimum Three Star rating in the proposed New Amritsar City Centre under Public Private Partnership(PPP) format. Feedback Ventures is the project development advisor to Punjab
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT SITE
SITE 3 STAR HOTEL
Plot – C6
Area of Site 7,580 sq m(~1.87 Acres)
Location On Outer Circular Road, Basant Avenue, Amritsar
Land Use Commercial (Hotel
FAR / Permissible Ground Coverage 3.0 / 40 % of the Plot area
Site Features The site is a part of proposed New City Center, Amritsar over 1,29,494 sq m (~32 acress) of land, planned by Jurong, Singapore.
Connectivity Approx. 3 km from Bus Terminal / Railway Station & 10 km from the international Airport
Concession Period 60 years, extendable upto 90 years
SCOPE OF WORK
1.Planning, Designing, Engineering, Financing, Construction, Marketing ,
Operation & Management of the Hotel Facility.
2. Collection of revenue through various project revenue streams for a predetermined
period.
Note : The detailed parameters of the project are covered in the Request for
Proposal (RFP) document.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
For detailed eligilibility criteria please refer the RFP document or visit www.pidb.org
SUBMISSION OF RFP
Request for Proposal (RFP) document consisting of detailed Scope of Work,
Eligibility Criteria and other Project details etc. can be sent / issued to interested parties
on receipt of a written request from them along with contact details to Chandigarh office
of Feedback Ventures Pvt Ltd, along with a non –refundable Demand Draft of Rs. 5000/-
(Rupees Five Thousand only) or US$110 (US$ One hundred ten only ) as processing fee
in favour of
‘Punjab Infrastructure Development Board’ payable at Chandigarh.
Interested bidders may submit their proposals to the office of Punjab Infrastructure
Development Board(PIDB) at the address mentioned below, on or before 15 July 2009
not letter than 1600 hrs. A pre –bid meeting for prospective bidders would be held in the
Conference Room of PIDB at Chandigarh on 26 June 2009 at 1500 hrs.
PIDB reserves the right to accept or reject any application and to annual the
process at any time, without any liability and assigning any reason thereof.
Courtesy: - HT Estates dt: - 13th June 2009
