Defence Procurement

Inclusion of new clauses in the draft DPP-2020 and changes made in some of the existing ones are intended to make the SCD more comprehensive. However, there is a scope for bringing about textual clarity in the new as well as some of the existing clauses of the SCD, especially those which have been modified.

• Amit Cowshish , Laxman Kumar Behera
• May 14, 2020
• Policy Brief

Redrafting the chapter on post-contract management, expatiating the concept of contract operating officers and clearly defining their role and responsibilities vis-à-vis the other agencies, could go a long way in serving its purpose.

• Amit Cowshish
• May 08, 2020
• IDSA Comments

It would be advisable to review the proposed offset guidelines keeping in view the feedback from the industry, especially the foreign vendors who carry the primary obligation to execute the offset contract, as also the legacy issues.

• Amit Cowshish
• April 30, 2020
• IDSA Comments

The PPP model helps in improving the productivity and exploiting the full potential of asset-based services that base workshops provide. This is particularly relevant when there exists a competitive market and a benchmark for the army between an in-house and an external solution.

• Vinay Kaushal
• April 18, 2020
• Issue Brief

Draft DPP 2020 needs to cut out obfuscation, repetitions, and bring out core issues for the consideration of the decision-makers in a concise and clear manner.

• Kishore Kumar Khera
• April 17, 2020
• IDSA Comments

The present crisis is as much of a challenge as an opportunity to infuse financial realism in defence planning and bring about concomitant reforms in the quickest possible timeframe.

• Amit Cowshish
• April 13, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Draft DPP 2020 provisions that continue to enable Capital Budget Revenue Procedure (CBRP) must be revisited.

• Vinay Kaushal
• April 10, 2020
• Issue Brief

Draft DPP-2020 marks a paradigm shift from the past in many respects. It contains several new features intended to hasten the procurement process and provide a further fillip to the Make in India initiative in defence.

• Laxman Kumar Behera , Amit Cowshish , Vinay Kaushal
• April 08, 2020
• Policy Brief

There is a need to act quickly on the issue of force majeure to scotch all speculations about how the MoD is going to deal with the inevitable delay in performance of contracts and instil confidence among the vendors.

• Amit Cowshish
• April 06, 2020
• IDSA Comments

There is a need to evolve a protocol for contract administration and post-contract management of all capital and revenue contracts awarded by various departments of the defence ministry and the armed forces.

• Amit Cowshish
• November 25, 2019
• IDSA Comments