Here is why :
Extract :
The
automobile manufacturer has been pulled up by the government for failing to
honour the deadline regarding the timely deliveries of the vehicles along with
a warning that it
could be proscribed from
getting future contracts under FAME
II if the dispatches are not
expedited.
Tata Motors
in March 2018, had won a
contract for supplying 40 electric buses each
to the cities of Guwahati, Kolkata, Jaipur, Jammu & Kashmir, and Lucknow,
the deadline of which according to the report has been missed
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MY TAKE
If the supplier could not deliver even 40 buses after ONE YEAR , what can we
expect the “ Shape of Things to Come “ under FAME
II , which calls for delivery of 7,090
e-buses in next 3 years ie : some 2300 per year ?
Is FAME
II headed for an “ Unmitigated Disaster “ ?
Some 50 years back , on the northern border of Canada,
USA government installed a series of Radar installations , to give it an early
warning of a few minutes , for arriving Russian missiles
It was popularly known as DEW ( Distant Early Warning ] system .
Forewarned is forearmed
!
I urge the Central Government to IMMEDIATELY install the
following DEW system for
all E – Bus purchase – even if that means
cancelling the existing orders – and re-tendering
Central Government to release a STANDARD AGREEMENT for all public authorities for purchase of E – Buses , to become eligible to get subsidy under
FAME
II
That agreement must include following clauses :
[ A
] Lease
There
will be no “ outright purchase “ . All tenders will be only for “ Wet Leasing “ of buses
Wet
leasing tariff shall only be on “ Per Km “ basis and never on “ Per Day –Week –Month “ basis
( This
will put the ball in the court of the bus
supplier to ensure that the buses are
in working conditions , all
the time. Supplier will ensure plenty of spare
parts / availability of drivers / network of Charging Stations )
[ B
] Risk Purchase
If
delivery is delayed by 30 days beyond committed delivery date , buyer will have
recourse to wet lease
buses from any source – the cost of which, the
original supplier will have to bear
[ C
] Liquidated Damages
For each
day of delay beyond the committed delivery date , supplier will be liable to compensate
the buyer
an amount equal to the “ average daily
operating cost of an alternate diesel bus x number of e – buses on
order “
[ D
] Bonus cum Penalty
Early delivery :
For each week of early delivery , supplier
will be paid 1 % additional “ Per Km “ tariff for the
first year of running ( Km ) of the number of
buses delivered earlier ( than stipulated date )
That
means , should supplier deliver 5 buses , 4 weeks earlier , then supplier will
be entitled to get paid as
follows :
“ AT /
km ( Agreed tariff ) + 4 % AT = BT / km ( Bonus tariff )
Bonus Amount
= BT x No of buses delivered early ( ie
5 ) x Guaranteed Km / year ( may be 30,000 Km at
150 km /
day X 200 days )
Late delivery :
Reversal of above calculation by deducting 1 %
of AT per week of late delivery , to arrive at PT ( Penalty
Tariff
and Penalty Amount )
[ E
] Termination
In the
event of supplier failing to deliver beyond 3 months of the stipulated date, buyer
reserves the right to
terminate the contract without notice but
without prejudice to its claims under aforementioned clauses
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It is the same sad story of late ( by 2 years ? )
deliveries of 10,000 Electric Cars ordered by EESL
on TATA Motors and M&M , in March 2017
As of today, only
1,000 cars have been delivered – after 2 years of
waiting !
Starting with my first email ( 16 Aug 2017 ) till the last one ( 12 Oct
2018 ) , I have sent 16
emails
to EESL
, urging it to cancel this order and retender for Wet Leasing
[ EESL
: It is your move now ! ………………. 12 Oct 2018
]
Moral of the ( Hi )–Story :
# Fool ……………………………
Keeps making the same mistake , again and again . Never learns
# Learner ……………………..
Does not make the same mistake twice . Learns from own mistake
# Wise
person …………….. Learns from mistakes of
others – and avoids making mistake in first place
# ?
? ? ? ? ……………….
Goes to extreme length to defend a mistake as something “ Unavoidable “
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05 April
2019
Rsvp :
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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