Civic contractors’ work now a click away

By the end of this month, around 900 civic contractors’ details like their past executed works, penal actions or penalty imposed if any and past performances will be available at one click as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to link contractors’ registration code or vendor code with the Systems Applications Products (SAP) system. 

In the new system, apart from all details of vendors, officers who authenticate completion of projects, also have to grade the quality of work done by the contractors. “Qualitative as well as quantitative evaluation of all contractors registered with the BMC will be available with one click,” said a senior BMC official. 

The purpose of the initiative is to keep records of works executed by contractors. Such information will help civic officials while awarding future contracts. At present, work executing departments have to undertake a lengthy and tedious correspondence with each other for tender related remarks, which consumes a lot of time leading to unnecessary delay.  

“All details of contractors which are needed while evaluating bids will be accessible,” said the official. The new system will be operational from May 31.

Analysis

Citing transparency in civic work as the main reason for the move, BMC chief stressed on implementation of SAP. Residents can now expect details of contractors to be made available in the public domain.