TCS set to bag Rs 1,100-cr contract from
India Post
ADITH
CHARLIE
The
five-year deal would make TCS accountable for overall implementation of ‘India
Post 2012’, an IT automation programme announced by the Department of Posts.
MUMBAI,
MARCH 24:
Tata
Consultancy Services is close to bagging a Rs 1,100-crore systems integration
contract from India Post as part of the latter’s drive to modernise its
technology infrastructure, it is reliably learnt.
The
five-year deal would make TCS accountable for overall implementation of ‘India
Post 2012’, a multi-faceted IT automation programme announced by the Department
of Posts (DoP) three years ago.
As a
precursor to formalising the arrangement, DoP issued a Letter of Intent last
week to the country’s largest software exporter, sources close to one of the
bidders told Business
Line. TCS is expected to sign a contract with DoP in the next two
weeks.
When
approached, a TCS spokesperson declined to comment.
The
sources, who did not want to be identified, say that TCS was selected as the
core systems integrator on a quality-cum-cost basis, a methodology in which
weightage is given to both technical and pricing aspects while evaluating an
e-governance bid. Although, nine IT vendors were vying for the contract, IT
majors HP, TCS and Tech Mahindra-Mahindra Satyam had emerged as the frontrunners,
they said.
As part
of ‘India Post 2012’, eight contracts were set to be given out in the fields of
hardware, software and systems integration. The CSI contract makes TCS
responsible for overall integration of all the solutions (including those owned
and delivered by vendors chosen through other contracts) and thus responsible
for successful implementation of ‘India Post 2012’ project across channels,
functions and locations.
In
addition, TCS will setup a customer services call centre and manage the India
Post Web site. Of the eight contracts under the DoP’s modernisation plan, five
have already been decided. TCS had bagged a Rs 14-crore contract for change
management last year, while its rival Infosys won two deals, namely for rural
systems integration and financial systems integration. While Sify has been
engaged for network integration, Reliance Communications Infrastructure was
roped in as the data centre services provider.
‘India
Post 2012’ aims to transform the Department of Posts into a ‘technology-enabled,
self-reliant market leader’. Once the project is completed, the DoP is expected
to become the largest electronic network in the country.
Courtesy: Business Line
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