Maharashtra Urban Infrastructure Development Company Limited, (MUINFRA), a Company set up by Government of Maharashtra (GoM) to facilitate urban infrastructure development projects, has been directed by the Government of Maharashtra to manage the process of selection of a suitable private developer, for developing the 'Indian Museum Ship (IMS) Vikrant' as a commercially viable maritime museum on PPP basis.

IMS Vikrant, India's first aircraft carrier, was decommissioned in 1997 and is to be operated as a 'Ship Museum'. Currently berthed at the Naval Dockyard at Colaba in Mumbai, it is proposed to be grouted at Oyster Rock Colaba and operated as a commercially viable maritime museum on PPP basis, by allowing permissible commercial activities on board.

The RFP document shall be available from 14th September 2010 on wards at the MUIDCL website www.muidcl.com. Interested parties are invited to submit their bids as per the RFP document. In case of any queries, you may contact Mr. Ajay Saxena, PPP Expert - Maharashtra ADB at Tel : +91-22-66155652 / +91-9969686697 and email: asaxena.consultant@adb.org, ajay2102@gmail.com, muidcl@gmail.com.