IT services and solutions providers Wipro, CMC Limited, Allied Digital and Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) have submitted request for proposal (RFP) for the much debated project to install 5,000 CCTVs at 1,200 locations across Mumbai. The companies filed their RFP on March 31. State IT secretary Rajesh Agarwal told Business Standard that the government had received RFPs from these companies.
The project also includes installation of video analytics and management, data preservation centres, and six command and control centres. These would eventually be integrated with fire and ambulance services in the city. With the completion of this project Mumbai is expected to have its own version of ‘Call-911-for any-emergency’ number.
A state government official,who did not want to be identified due to the ongoing budget session of the legislature, said "A technical committee comprising IT experts will evaluate the RFPs submitted by these four companies. It will take at least a month as the evaluation is quite critical. Subsequently, contract will be awarded to a successful bidder."
He informed that the committee had decided RFP standards in accordance with the technical standards, specifications, design of the camera, connectivity, control of the equipment. The official recalled that Wipro-Airtel, Schneider-IBM, Allied Digital and Cisco, HCL and Revmax Infotech, TCS with its subsidiary CMC Limited and MTNL, Reliance Industries and Siemens and ECIL had earlier submitted expression of interest for the CCTV project.
According to the official, the CCTVs would be monitored through remote and cable connectivity. The deployment of computerised video surveillance would facilitate effective management as it will ease incident detection.
"The installation by the successful bidder is expected to complete in five years. There is a clause of fine and penalty whereby if CCTV fails to provide necessary results," he said.
The Ram Pradhan Committee, which looked into the role of the police and administration after 26/11, had sought installation of CCTV cameras as a preventive step. A team led by home minister R R Patil visited London’s Scotland Yard to gather expertise.
