TCS, CMC,Tech M in race for Goa Police project

Tata Consultancy Services, CMC and Tech Mahindra are said to be in the reckoning for a five-year technology contract to electronically link up all police stations and provide real-time crime and criminal information in the State of Goa.

One of the three companies will become the systems integrator responsible for implementing the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems project, which is part of a larger e-governance project conceived by the Centre.

Goa Police has already received bids from the companies. A decision will be taken in the next four weeks, sources close to the development said.

The systems integrator will assist the police in creating and maintaining digital databases on crime and criminals, according to the Department’s Request for Proposal (RFP), a copy of which was seen by

Business Line . The system can also be accessed by citizens to file their complaints and track the status of their applications.

Once fully operational, the project is expected to make the State’s police force more effective, thereby reducing crime rates. The project, which will cover all 27 police stations in the State, is estimated to be worth around Rs 15 crore.

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Sources in the know say that TCS is ahead of the pack after the two-stage process of technical and financial evaluation of bids. However, this could not be independently verified. TCS has already bagged the mandate for implementing CCTNS in Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

Interestingly, TCS and CMC (a unit of TCS) have bid separately for the Goa project, an official with direct knowledge of the development, said.

The winning bidder will have to procure and deploy an execution management system that will administer all applications, infrastructure and network-related components related to the project.

The company will also have to provide one trained person per police station for a six month period to assist police staff in using the CCTNS system, according to the RFP.

The first phase of this project would be completed in October, while the second round of rollout is expected to be concluded by March 2014. The CCTNS project, conceived as a mission-mode e-governance project, aims to electronically connect 14,000 police stations throughout the country.

adith.charlie@thehindu.co.in