Procurement Manual
CHAPTER - 5
DEMARCATION BETWEEN
CORPORATE OFFICE &
PROJECT PURCHASES
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CHAPTER 5
DEMARCATION BETWEEN CORPORATE OFFICE
&
PROJECT PURCHASES
Contracts-(E&M) Division of the Corporate Office and the
Procurement Wings of Projects have a vital role to play in the timely
execution of construction programmes of the Corporation, in the most
economical manner. Till the year 1980, Delegation of Financial Powers
was the sole guiding factor in deciding as to whether the responsibility to
procure a specific equipment/material vests with the Contracts-(E&M)
Division of the Corporate Office or the Procurement Wings of concerned
projects. Subsequently, the following factors have also been considered in
this regard :
a) Technical intricacies of equipments/materials.
b) Extent of common use, among various projects of
NHPC.
c) Criticality of the Plant & Machinery, in regard to the
timely commissioning of a project.
d) Economy, likely to be achieved by pooling up
requirements of various projects and effecting
procurement in bulk.
2.0 Relieving the executives of projects of their responsibilities in regard
to procurement functions to the extent possible, besides adoption of a more
effective and effective and efficient procurement system were considered
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essential. Basic objective of this is to facilitate executives of projects in
devoting better attention and more time on engineering and construction
fronts. Thus, various equipments/materials have been demarcated for
procurement among the Contracts-(E&M) Division of the Corporate
Office and Procurement Wings of respective projects of NHPC.
3.0 Following categories of equipments/materials are accordingly
earmarked for procurement by the Contracts-(E&M) Division of the
Corporate Office:
A) Capital Electro-Mechanical equipment and systems,
which are required to be installed on a permanent basis
for the initial setting up as well as subsequent Operation
& Maintenance of Hydroelectric Power Plants and
associated switchyards.
B) Capital Electro-Mechanical equipment and systems,
which are required to be installed on a permanent basis
in regard to Renovation, Modernisation & Upgradation
of Hydroelectric Power Stations and associated
switchyards.
C) Gates and Hoists for Spillways, Penstocks, Intakes,
Sluices and for other major structures of Hydroelectric
Power Projects.
D) All items, needed by the Corporate Office except
Books, Journals/ Periodicals for use in the Central
Library.
E) All items of inter-projects network communications
including VSAT.
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F) Following Plant & Machinery and Earth-moving
equipments as per Circular No. CS/A/79 Dated
22.03.2004 issued by Company Secretariat :
i) Excavators Shovel/Drag Line/Backhoe /Clamshell
etc.
ii) Loaders Traxcavator/Wheel Loader/Loader
cum Excavator
iii) Haulers Bottom Dumper/Rear Dumpers, Tipper
etc.
iv) Dozers Crawler/Wheeled/Snow Blower
v) Scrapers All types
vi) Motor Graders All types
viii) Compactors Single Drum Vibratory/Tandem
Vibratory
viii) Water sprinklers Heavy capacity (off highway
& pumps class)/submersible cutter pumps/ V.T./
C.F. Pump above 100 HP
ix) Cranes Hydraulic/cable/Truck Mounted /
Crawler Mounted / Pick & Carry above
10 t / Tower Crane (Fixed/Traveling)
etc. Fork Lift above 10 t.
x) Tractor Trailers All types
xi) Concreting Shotcrete above 6 M3 / hr. Robot Arms
Equipment /Concrete Pump/ Transit
Mixer/Batching and Mixing
Plant/Concrete Bucket / Aggregate
Processing Plant/Sand Scarifier Plant/
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Hydro Blaster / Tunnel Forms etc.
xii) Drilling Wagon Drill/ Crawler Drill / Diamond
Core Drills / Air Tracks etc.
xiii) Tunneling Drill Jumbo/ Road Headers / Full
Equipment Facer/ Loco/Shuttle Car/ Muck
Car/Mucker / Loader/ Rock Bolter/
Hydra- Lift plateform /TBM /Raise
Climber / Raise Borer / Grout Pump
above 20 kg. /CM2, Hydraulic breaker,
Hydraulic rock splitters etc.
xiv) Air Compressors Stationery / Portable above 365 cfm.
xv) Diesel generating Above 100 KVA
sets
xvi) Tyres OTR Tyres etc.
xvii) Imported, Plants All types.
Equipment and
Machinery
4.0 Besides the above, the Contracts-(E&M) Division of the Corporate
Office shall render necessary support services to all projects of NHPC, on
receipt of specific requests from the concerned Heads of Projects, in regard
to procurement of any other equipments/materials.
2.0 All other equipments/materials, which do not find a specific
mention in the above paras, fall within the scope of procurement by the
Procurement Wings of respective projects.
3.0 Procurement Wings of respective projects may enter into
Rate/Running Contracts with manufacturers/vendors, in regard to items of
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recurring requirements, subject to the condition that such items do not
appear in the list of equipments/materials earmarked for procurement by
the Contracts-(E&M) Division of the Corporate Office. Further,
Procurement Wings of respective projects shall register/enlist
suppliers/vendors, in regard to supply of equipments/materials, which fall
within their scope of procurement.
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