KARACHI, March 13: The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) for the Master Plan 2020 for Karachi has submitted its report to the project director of the Tameer-i-Karachi Programme (TKP) for approval of the city government and opening of financial proposals to negotiate with consultants for a final selection of awarding consultancy services.

According to a city government official, the project for formulation of the master plan was being undertaken by the city government as a component of the TKP.

Expression of interests (EoI) for the project had been invited by the city government in November last, he informed, adding that a total of 13 firms and consortia had submitted EoIs, which were subsequently evaluated for pre-qualification by the TEC, constituted by the city government.

Four of the 13 consortiums were pre-qualified by the TEC, of which three consortia of consultants had submitted their technical and financial proposals, he said.

However, one of the consortia was disqualified by the city government’s EDO Law, to whom the case was referred, as the firm was found to have misrepresented facts in violation of the terms of reference of the project, he added.

The financial bids of the remaining two qualified consortiums shall be opened shortly for negotiation and award of work, he said.

The city government official further said that another project for development of precise digital base and road conditions transportation network and Revenue GISs for Karachi was being undertaken as an important project of the city.—PPI