Make -II promise for arms firms

Make -II promise for arms firms

Context

Indian industry can suggest projects related to sub-systems for innovation and import substitution under the revised Make-II procedure in the Defence Procurement Procedure, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday

Indian industry can suggest projects related to sub-systems for innovation

The potential ‘Make-II’ projects will be approved by a collegiate comprising the DRDO, Headquarter Integrated Defence Staff and Department of Defence under a committee chaired by Secretary, Defence Production

Start-ups welcome

• Even start-ups or individuals can propose projects
• The Service Headquarters will soon come with a list of projects which can be undertaken under the new procedure

No limit

Companies would get design and development time of 12 to 30 weeks to offer prototypes and there is no limit to the number of companies which can respond to the Expression of Interest (EoI).

Raisina Dialogue

Speaking at the ongoing Raisina Dialogue, Secretary, Defence Production said that under the new proposal, the time taken to place orders from the proposal stage would be reduced by 50%

After the development period, the Request for Proposal would be issued to all qualifying companies.

Non retractable

Once issued, the RFP cannot be retracted. The company which wins the bid, is assured of an order

Single Vendor situation has no effect

Even in the case of a single vendor situation, the tender would go through

Estimated Time has come down

The estimated time to finish the whole process has come down to 69 to 103 weeks

No negotiations

There would also be no negotiations under the Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC).