Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities 1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities Request For Proposal (RFP

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Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities 1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities Request For Proposal (RFP) "Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities" Published by: National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) 1st Floor, Core 4B, India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110 003 13 May 2026 Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities 2 Table 1: Fact Sheet (Schedule of events) Sr. No. Information Details 1. Name of the Purchaser National Institute of Urban Affairs 2. RFP Submission Soft copy of the RFP containing the documents pertaining to the pre -qualification criteria, technical criteria, and financial bid shall be submitted online only through GeM Portal and also Send a hard copy (placed in two separate packets (technical and fin ancial sealed packets) inside one envelope) to the NIUA address: 1st and 2nd Floor, Core 4B, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Institutional Area, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110003. 3. Place of submission of Responses as per RFP 4. Location 1st Floor, Core 4B, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Institutional Area, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi – 110 003 5. E-mail Address for pre -bid queries [contact details removed] 6. Date of submission for pre -bid queries as per GeM/RFP 7. Method of Selection The method of selection is Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) 70:30 8. Presentation Only technically qualified agencies may be called for presentation/submission of presentation 9. Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) 5 % of the total work value 10. Submission of original copy of the following: a) PBG To be submitted at the following Address The Director National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) 1st Floor, Core 4B, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110003 Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities 3 Note: Please mention RFP no, Name of the project and Due date/time on the bid envelope 11 JV / Consortium Not Allowed 12 Date of submission of proposal as per GeM Abbreviations Abbreviation Full Form AMRUT Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation GIS Geographic Information System GST Goods and Services Tax HVI Heat Vulnerability Index IDC Internal Dispute Committee INR Indian Rupees LEC Lowest Evaluated Cost LST Land Surface Temperature MoHUA Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NDBI Normalized Difference Built-up Index NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDWI Normalized Difference Water Index NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer NIUA National Institute of Urban Affairs PF Provident Fund PSU Public Sector Undertaking QA/QC Quality Assurance / Quality Control QCBS Quality and Cost Based Selection QGIS Quantum Geographic Information System RFP Request for Proposal RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement TEC Tender Evaluation Committee TDS Tax Deducted at Source UHI Urban Heat Island ULB Urban Local Body Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities 4 1. Invitation for Proposals The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) invites proposals from eligible consulting firms/agencies to undertake a comprehensive Urban Heat Island (UHI) assessment, heat risk and vulnerability mapping across 12 cities using advanced remote sensing, GIS analytics, and field - based validation. The assignment aims to generate spatio-temporal thermal profiles, identify UHI hotspots, assess exposure and vulnerability, and support climate -responsive urban planning and heat mitigation strategies. Invitation to Bidders Bids are invited from qualified agencies/organizations/firms for the shortlisting of Consultants/Service Providers through a two-stage competitive bidding procedure for Selection of Agency for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment for 12 Cities . Interested bidders are required to participate in the RFP through Soft copy of the RFP containing the documents pertaining to the pre -qualification criteria, technical criteria, and financial bid shall be submitted online only through GeM Portal and also Send a hard copy (placed in two separate packets inside one envelope) mandatory to the NIUA address: 1st and 2nd Floor, Core 4B, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Institutional Area, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110003” mode only. The mode of evaluation is Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS). The selection process includes pre -qualifications, technical qualifications and financial evaluation of the proposals submitted by the bidders. The following are specific information for this RFP: 1.1. The RFP document can be downloaded free of cost from the following websites: ● NIUA Website: www.niua.org/tenders ● GeM Portal: https://gem.gov.in 1.2. Interested agencies are advised to carefully study the RFP document. Submission of response to the RFP shall be deemed to have been done after careful study and examination of this RFP document with full understanding of its implications. 1.3. The bidders are required to submit the response along with all the necessary documents as per specified formats given in & Annexures of the RFP document. The same shall be referred by Tender Evaluation Committee (TEC) for the purpose of evaluation. 1.4. The bidders shall be free to seek clarifications and make suggestions for consideration by NIUA. NIUA shall provide clarifications and seek further information as it may, in its sole discretion, consider appropriate for facilitating a fair, transparent, an d competitive process. 1.5. Online queries received on or before the date mentioned will be replied as per GeM.

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