Panel to assess if HP can provide 15 lakh laptops in 7 months
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 has to be 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 Acer made the highest bid of Rs 25,199.
Secretary to CM Alok Kumar said, “As HP quoted the lowest bid and 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.”
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