UP laptop project: Committee to assess HP

LUCKNOW: Taking a step further, the Uttar Pradesh government has started assessing the supplying capacity of Hewlett Packard (HP), which has quoted the lowest bid for supplying 15 lakh laptops that the government will distribute among students who passed Class XII in 2012 and are pursuing higher education. And if the government finds that HP has the capacity to make the complete supply according to its delivery schedule, then the firm could get the contract.

The assessment of the supplying capacity is being done by a high-level committee formed under chief secretary, Jawed Usmani. The matter has come to the table of the chief secretary after a technical committee, formed under the UP Electronics Corporation Limited Managing Director Prabhat Mittal, found that four companies qualified for supplying laptops.

According to sources, HP quoted a price of Rs 19,058, including duty and taxes, for each unit of laptop, HCL quoted Rs 21,983, Lenovo quoted Rs 23,919 while the highest bid of Rs 25,199 was quoted by Acer. Government officials said that since HP quoted the lowest bid and has offered to supply the complete order, a high-level committee has been formed to assess the supply capacity of the company."

Another official said, "If HP is found to have insufficient capacity, then it could, accordingly, get a contract to supply a reduced quantity of laptops and the remaining quantity will be divided among the bidders ready to offer the quantity at the rate quoted by HP."

According to the delivery schedule fixed by the state government, the selected bidder will have to supply 5% of the ordered quantity within 60 days from the date of signing of the agreement. Another 5% would be supplied in the next 30 days. The entire quantity of 15 lakh laptops has to be supplied in six installments within seven months.

The state government had earlier announced that it would start distribution of laptops by December. Given the pace at which the processing of the tender is going on, it is sure to take a few more months.

An official said the report of the high-level committee would be placed before the cabinet, which will give its final approval on the selection of the supplier. After the cabinet's approval, a letter of intent (LoI) will be issued to the selected supplier. An agreement will be signed with the supplier after receiving its consent on the LoI.

In its election manifesto, the ruling Samajwadi Party had promised to give free laptops to students passing Class XII and free tablets to Class X passing students.

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