Govt invites proposal for design, manufacturing of indigenous GPS chips

<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1606709720118135.jpg" alt="8.jpg" src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20201130/1606709720118135.jpg"/></p><p>The government has invited proposals for design, manufacturing, supply and maintenance of 10 lakh integrated NavIC and GPS receivers. The proposal is in line with the government&#39;s plan to commercialise NavIC user receivers to promote an&nbsp;indigenous positioning technology.<br/><br/>&quot;MeitY&nbsp;(Ministry of Electronics&nbsp;and IT) seeks proposals from bidder to design, manufacture, supply and maintain Integrated NavIC and GPS chips and ensure deployment of Integrated NavIC and GPS receivers,&quot; the request for proposal document said.<br/><br/>The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, known as Navic, is the country&#39;s navigation satellite built to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1,500 kilometre from its boundary.<br/><br/>&quot;Integrated NavIC and GPS receiver chips will improve overall signal availability and position accuracy in urban areas and will also support additional messaging facilities unlike GPS-only receiver chips.<br/><br/>Also the NavIC system is totally under Indian control, which is a major requirement for a sovereign country,&quot; the document said.<br/><br/>The government will also provide subsidies to the qualified bidders.<br/><br/>&quot;The bidder/s should design, manufacture, supply and maintain awarded quantities of Integrated NavIC and GPS receivers; and ensure deployment of Integrated NavIC and GPS receivers. The total awarded quantity is 10 Lakh. MeitY reserves the right to place parallel contracts on two or more vendors/bidders based on the pricing of the lowest technically compliant offer,&quot; the document said.<br/><br/>The last date for submission of the bid is January 11 and pre-bid meetings will be held on December 14, according to the document.</p>