Gurugram, June 20 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has issued tender for operating and maintaining the upcoming Shree Sheetla Mata Devi medical college and teaching hospital in Sector 102 under the public private partnership (PPP) mode. The bidding firm will have to start operations of the hospital within 24 months after the handover and 36 months for the medical college, as per the request for proposal (RFP). The project includes an 883 bed teaching hospital and 150 seat medical college, both being built at a total cost of Rs.830 crore. The Haryana government has already spent Rs.620 crore in the civil construction of the project while the concessionaire, who wins the bid to run the medical complex will have to spend Rs.210 crore for installing equipment and furniture, the tender document read. Hemant Kumar, chief engineer of GMDA confirmed the development and said that the authority has completed more than 95 percent of the civil works, and the hospital is now ready for handover. As per the tender floated by GMDA, the selected private operator will take over the facility on an "as-is-where-is" basis and will be responsible for completing the remaining interiors, medical equipment installation and operational readiness. GMDA officials said that it has been proposed that at least 15 percent hospital beds will have to be reserved for Haryana residents under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, while 33 percent of medical college seats will be offered to Haryana domicile students at government medical college fee rates....