Formulation of procurement policy for BSNL (overall corporate
procurement policy as well as individual procurement policies, if required, for CFA, CM, Enterprise
and NB business units o Process to be followed
o Items to be procured centrally at Head Office
o Items to be procured at Circle level
Commercially evaluating all procurement proposals as part of CE
section oThe “CET Report” of any tender opened for procurement of above items is first examined and
processed in file for getting approval of competent authority for procurement of the same
o After getting approval for procurement, Advance Purchase Orders are prepared in favour of
eligible bidders and got approved from PGM(MM) before issue to them
oAfter getting the ‘Acceptance” from the bidder, Purchase Orders are prepared in favour of
the bidders and got approved before issue to them
oVendor-wise supply status is monitored and delivery period is extended, when required, Rates
of original delivery period/extended period are calculated and processed for approval through GM
(Procurement Finance) – Fin and then conveyed to the suppliers/Circles
oCourt cases and Arbitration cases are being attended in court and pursued with several
suppliers/Arbitrators
oC & AG Para/Draft audit para/circles audit para etc. are being dealt here in this
section
Procurement of heavy equipment and materials required for all
business units by liaisoning with GM (Procurement Finance) – Fin oProcurement from external vendors
oProcurement from internal sources, e.g. Telecom Factories
oCreation of delivery schedule in line with overall roll-out plan and ensuring timely
distribution/ delivery to Circles
oEnsuring sufficient inventory of lighter equipment in case of contingencies
Handling all affairs related to Material Management Stores (MMS)
Section oAllocation and distribution and various other issues relating to procurement
oProduction review meetings of Telecom Factories, M/s I.T.I. & HTI.
oPNCs for finalization of unit price of LJU
oDistribution of reservation quota of M/s ITI & ITTL to various circles pertaining to
EPBTs & LJUs
oMonitoring of decentralized items.
o Processing of VIP cases, Court cases, Arbitration cases, Audit Paras/PAC, Paras and
Parliament Questions relating to this section
oIssues relating to placement of Advance Purchase Orders in PIJF U/G cables
oAllocation and distribution of cables to various circles
oOther issues relating to decentralization of PVC rigid pipes, jointing kits etc.
oAll other allied and miscellaneous cases relating to the above items.
Managing all affairs relating to Material Management Cash (MMC)
Section
Managing all affairs relating to Material Management Tender (MMT)
Section
oTo examine the requisitions received from Planning Cell for floating of Tenders for
centralized items
oIssue of NIT, Preparation, Printing & Sale of Bid Document
oFormation of Committee for Evaluation of Tender (CET)
oIssue of clarifications to the queries of bidders & asking post tender clarifications
from bidders as and when desired by CET
oOpening of tenders, preparation of minutes & distribution of relevant documents to CET
Members, Preservation of original documents.
oUpkeep, monitoring and release of EMBG
o Replying to the Tenders related complaint received from different fields units and issue
of clarifications as the instruction guidelines issued from MM Cell
o Dealing with cases of purchase preference & concessions granted to NSIC registered SSI
Units
oModifications /addition /deletion of tender related clauses and issuing clarifications
oParliament cases & VVIP /VIP Cases, Audit Paras/Draft Audit Paras related to MMT Section
Engaging and monitoring centralized vendors (as and when required)
against pre-defined SLAs
Managing relationships with vendors, suppliers, etc jointly with GM (Procurement Finance) –
Fin
Providing guidance and approvals to Circles for smooth day-to-day
operations