1. OPERATION AND MAINTANENCE EMS / SCADA System Installed under SR- ULDC scheme at SRLDC

2. EMS / SCADA System  Contractor – M/s. GE-Harris  Contract Value – Rs 148 Crores  Commissioned – Jan 2002  Under commercial operation – 1 st July 2002  Under warranty upto 30-06-2004  Under paid warranty from 01-07-04 to 30-06-05  Under extended paid warranty from 01-07-05 to 30- 06-06  Contract price of maintenance (during paid warranty) - $ 8,28,716 [ Volume I of on-shore services] - Rs 1,94,50,000 Total Rs 5,67,42,220/- (considering 1$ = Rs 45)

3. Present Maintenance support under Extended Paid Warranty from GEH  Non-Comprehensive  Available spares being used for replacement.  Specific time-frame to attend problem is not defined.  No deduction for delay in attending reported problem.  More than 50 Field Problem Reports (FPRs) pending as on date.

4. WHY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT REQUIRED BEYOND 01-07-2006 ?  CRITICALITY OF DATA ULDC DATA NOW HAS COMMERCIAL IMPACT POST ABT – HENCE HIGH UPTIMES ARE A MUST ONLY 27 OF THE 215 RTUs REPORT TO RSCC – REST ARE REPORTING TO SEBs – HENCE SEBs/TRANSCO NEED TO BE A PART OF THE AMC STATE ESTIMATOR AND RTNA RESULTS WOULD BE DEPENDABLE ONLY IF DATA AVAILABILITY IS HIGH  OBSOLESCENCE OPERATING SYSTEM (AIX 4.3.2), DATABASE (SYBASE 11.9.2),RAID BOX (MTI) :- MODELS/VERSIONS ARE OBSOLETE OR HAVE REACHED END-OF- LIFE/SUPPORT ICCP ENGINE (ONE), HUB (CABLETRON) :- COMPANIES ARE NOT EXISTING TODAY OR HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER  GROWING SYSTEM NEEDS ADDITION OF NEW DATA TYPES INTEGRATION WITH NEW IEDs CUSTOMISATION OF MODULES TO ADAPT TO REQUIREMENTS OTHER REQUIREMENTS (LIKE DATA EXTRACTION FOR MoP)  UNPRECEDENTED EVENTS DATABASE CORRUPTION FAILURE OF CRITICAL MODULES ENTIRE XA SYSTEM CRASH

5. OPTIONS BEFORE US  GO WITH M/S GE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT. ISSUES  M/S GE IS QUOTING VERY HIGH :- Rs 10.4 CR/YEAR!  NO PENALTY FOR NON AVAILABILITY.  HARDWARE TO BE PROVIDED BY CUSTOMER. DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS AND QUOTE SHEET PREPARED BY SRLDC AND SENT TO M/S GE – THEY ARE YET TO QUOTE FOR THE SAME.  EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES WITH NELCO / HONEYWELL :- M/S GE’S INDIA CONTRACTORS FOR XA ADVANTAGES  AMC WOULD BE COST EFFECTIVE  EXPERTISE AND MANPOWER AVAILABLE WITH BOTH PARTIES  OUR SPECIFICATIONS CAN BE IMPOSED  SOME PROPRIETARY SPARES WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED FROM GE  POSSIBILITY OF BACK TO BACK SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH GE FOR SPECIALISED SERVICES MAY BE EXPLORED DIS-ADVANTAGES  CUSTOMISATION AND SOURCE CODE CHANGES MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE  EXISTING BUGS WOULD STILL BE THERE

6. OPTIONS BEFORE US  EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES WITH A THIRD PARTY LIKE CDAC  PRESENT STATUS NELCO AND HONEYWELL APPROACHED AND EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD BOTH PARTIES EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS FOR TAKING UP ENTIRE SCOPE OF WORK CDAC WAS ALSO APPROACHED AND ARE DOING A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY