Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee
New Delhi, Oct. 7
Nine companies including HP, IBM, Accenture, TCS and Wipro have made it to the first round of shortlist for a mega tender floated by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for selection of managed service provider to implement the Central ID Data Repository (CIDR).
Other vendors shortlisted following the submission of Expression of Interest are HCL Infosystems, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam.
With this, the nine IT vendors now move on to the next round, that is, the Request for Proposal or RFP stage, three persons familiar with the development said.
Contract size
In all, a dozen companies had submitted their EoIs to participate in the MSP contract, which market watchers believe is a Rs 2,000/2,500-crore opportunity.
However, the exact size of the contract would be known only when the RFP is floated, as it would detail the model that UID opts for.
For instance, much would depend on the model, whether the payment is upfront, on a per transaction basis, or a hybrid. The contract is by far the largest one from the UID stable.
According to sources, three companies including Steria and Verizon did not make it through the initial shortlist.
According to the terms, the vendor will be responsible for development and implementation of the CIDR system; procurement and installation of the IT infrastructure; implementation of information security management systems; and operations support and maintenance.
The scope of the work also includes technical helpdesk, support services and database administration.
The UID project (Aadhaar), seeks to hand out unique identification numbers to 1.2 billion residents in India over the next few years and CIDR is the nerve centre of this ambitious project - it will implement the core services around the UID, store resident records, issue the UID number, verify, authenticate and amend the resident data.
Last week, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and the UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, handed out UIDs to residents of Tembhli village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra - officially flagging-off the issuance of Aadhaar numbers in the country.
The enrolment for Aadhaar has now been completed in Tembhali village, turning it into the first `Aadhaargram', a region where every resident now has unique identification number.
Aadhaar enrolment continues in the surrounding villages in Nandurbar, Maharashtra.
Following this, the launch of Aadhaar is now moving north. The UIDAI, earlier this month said it will begin issuing Aadhaar numbers in India's capital from October 2 onwards. Enrolment for the number will begin among the underprivileged, starting with Delhi's homeless.
moumita@thehindu.coo.in
New Delhi, Oct. 7
Nine companies including HP, IBM, Accenture, TCS and Wipro have made it to the first round of shortlist for a mega tender floated by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for selection of managed service provider to implement the Central ID Data Repository (CIDR).
Other vendors shortlisted following the submission of Expression of Interest are HCL Infosystems, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam.
With this, the nine IT vendors now move on to the next round, that is, the Request for Proposal or RFP stage, three persons familiar with the development said.
Contract size
In all, a dozen companies had submitted their EoIs to participate in the MSP contract, which market watchers believe is a Rs 2,000/2,500-crore opportunity.
However, the exact size of the contract would be known only when the RFP is floated, as it would detail the model that UID opts for.
For instance, much would depend on the model, whether the payment is upfront, on a per transaction basis, or a hybrid. The contract is by far the largest one from the UID stable.
According to sources, three companies including Steria and Verizon did not make it through the initial shortlist.
According to the terms, the vendor will be responsible for development and implementation of the CIDR system; procurement and installation of the IT infrastructure; implementation of information security management systems; and operations support and maintenance.
The scope of the work also includes technical helpdesk, support services and database administration.
The UID project (Aadhaar), seeks to hand out unique identification numbers to 1.2 billion residents in India over the next few years and CIDR is the nerve centre of this ambitious project - it will implement the core services around the UID, store resident records, issue the UID number, verify, authenticate and amend the resident data.
Last week, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and the UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, handed out UIDs to residents of Tembhli village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra - officially flagging-off the issuance of Aadhaar numbers in the country.
The enrolment for Aadhaar has now been completed in Tembhali village, turning it into the first `Aadhaargram', a region where every resident now has unique identification number.
Aadhaar enrolment continues in the surrounding villages in Nandurbar, Maharashtra.
Following this, the launch of Aadhaar is now moving north. The UIDAI, earlier this month said it will begin issuing Aadhaar numbers in India's capital from October 2 onwards. Enrolment for the number will begin among the underprivileged, starting with Delhi's homeless.
moumita@thehindu.coo.in
