Spanco Ltd, the domestic telecom equipment solutions and BPO player, has emerged as the lowest bidder for BSNL's Rs 7,500 crore telecom infrastructure implementation and maintenance contract for the telecom firm's west zone.
It is also learnt that the second-lowest bidder for the contract is Mumbai-based GTL.According to a source close to the development, the deal will be finalised within a month and as per the BSNL's tender norms, Spanco will get at least Rs 3,750 crore worth of contract for being the lowest bidder with the rest going to the second- and third-lowest bidders.
BSNL's five-member tender evaluation committee is learnt to have met top Spanco officials on Friday in New Delhi to inform about the selection and hectic parleys are on between the two firms to reach to mutually accepted value for the deal.
Under the contract, Spanco will implement and maintain towers, generator sets, power plants, shelters, in-building solutions, electric cablings for BSNL's west zone for seven years. Of the Rs 3,750 crore, the firm would get about Rs 500 crore for implementation of telecom equipment in the initial two years, while maintenance will fetch the firm Rs 1,200 crore for seven years. The telecom solutions provider will earn the rest of Rs 2,000 crore for procuring and supplying equipment.
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