Reliance Infrastructure has bagged its 5th Consultancy project under R-APDRP Program of Union Ministry of Power. This time the company has been awarded the project of SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) – DMS (Distribution Management System) consultancy for Patna City in Bihar State.
Earlier, in line with the MoP`s R-APDRP program, the Bihar State Electricity Board had floated RFP for SCADA/DMS consultancy for Patna, the capital city of the State. RInfra, being the only integrated power utility, empanelled by the Power Finance Corporation for the same, had participated in bidding process.
The project has been awarded to RInfra in line with its highest scoring in the technical bid; which had a 70% weightage in the entire bidding process; rest 30% weightage was for the financial bid. RInfra was weighed at 57.5% as against its nearer competitor bidder who scored only 17%. RInfra also supersede in financial bidding by offering low cost of INR 5.4 million as against the cost offered at very high level by the nearer competitor, ie INR 19.7 million.
Mr Satish Mishra senior vice president of Reliance Energy told reporters that “We have been awarded the project of SCADA-DMS consultancy for Patna City in Bihar state.â€
Commenting on the development, Mr Lalit Jalan CEO & whole time director of Reliance Infrastructure said that “We are happy to win the prestigious project of SCADA-DMS consultancy for Patna city. We are confident that our in house rich domain expertise would definitely add value and enhance the performances of the utility and in turn extend several benefits to the end users as well as utilities.â€
He further added that “This shows high trust in our capabilities that have been demonstrated successfully in our Mumbai and Delhi distribution business, which have become now idols for any power utility that wants to improve itself. Going forward, we would continue to look for more opportunities in the sector.â€
(Sourced from ET)