Procurement is one of the key elements of the NHP
Major procurement items including: Real Time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS – AWS, ARG and AWLR), Piezometer, DWLR, SCADA and ADCP.
As on date, 909 procurement packages have been reviewed and cleared by NPMU on the MIS. 94 out of 98 bid documents received at NMPU till date, with estimated cost of Rs. 717 crore, have been reviewed and cleared.
Under the Water Resources Monitoring System (WRMS) component, 42 bid documents (RTDAS-24, DWLR-5, SCADA-6 and ADCP-7) amounting to about Rs. 294 crore have been cleared by NPMU out of which 12 bid documents worth about Rs. 85.5 crore have been floated and remaining 30 bid documents are in process of floating. Further, the bid documents for generation of DEM 0.5m and DEM 3-5 m amounting to about Rs. 130 crore under the Water Resources Information Systems (WRIS) component have been floated.
For three river basins, the procurement of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) consultancy amounting to Rs. 60 crore is at financial evaluation stage and expected to be finalized by October, 2018.
NPMU and TAMC have taken several steps including conducting 5-days procurement training, uploading of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the MIS, and sharing of Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) and sample documents with the IAs in order to streamline the procurement capacity and processes.
Few contracts have been awarded under the NHP:
DVC, SOI and Uttrakhand have awarded the works for construction of data centres and renovation of water quality labs at IRI Haldwani and Roorkee.