Regarding Empanelment of

Consultants for IT Projects in

Government of Maharashtra.

Government of Maharashtra
Directorate of Information
Technology
Government Resolution No: GAD- मातं स 080/4/2014-O/O DIRECTORATE OF IT-DIT (MH)
Mantralaya (Annexe), Mumbai – 400 032
Date: 09 May, 2019

Ref.: - DIT GR No. GAD- मातंस 080/4/2014-O/O DIT, dated – 20/03/2018.

Background
Government of Maharashtra has again envisaged comprehensive e-Governance programs (IT
Projects) across all departments to bring in greater efficiency and transparency in service delivery. In
order to manage the above projects and initiatives, the State Government had proposed to seek the
services of reputed consultancy organization having relevant experience to work with the State.
Accordingly, a tender was floated and bid was invited from reputed consultancy firms for empanelment
for a period of five (5) years to work with the State government in providing consultancy services for IT
Projects activities.

Government Resolution
As per the evaluation of the tender and subsequent decision in High Power Committee (HPC)
, following companies have been qualified and are empanelled with Govt. of Maharashtra for a period of
five years i.e. from 20th March 2018 to 19th March 2023 to provide consultancy services for e-
Governance (IT Projects) activities in Maharashtra. Any department of Govt. of Maharashtra or the
allied offices under it/corporations/boards (Independent bodies) etc. can avail the consultancy services
from these firms.

1. M/s Deloitte
2. M/s Ernst & Young
3. M/s Grant Thornton
4. M/s KPMG
5. M/s PwC
6. M/s Wipro

2. The revised rates for different categories of consultants as fixed by Govt. of Maharashtra for
the above firms are given below.

Category Experience Rates in INR – Per Month

Per
Person (Excluding Taxes)
Principal Consultant >15 Years 356400 /-
Managing Consultant >8 to <=15 Years 306900 /-
Senior Consultant >5 to <=8 Years 277200 /-
Consultant >3 to <=5 Years 247500 /-
Associate Consultant >6 months to <=3 Years
198000 /-

Note:
I. The above rates will apply from 20th March 2019.
II. The above rates are excluding of Govt. taxes and OPE (Out of Pocket Expenses).
III. The out of pocket expenses (OPE) like Travel, boarding, lodging incurred by the
deployed consultant for the purpose of official work pre- authorized by the
department/purchaser shall be reimbursed by the Purchaser as per Policy provided in
Annexure 1.
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However, Expenses incurred on stationary, printouts etc. will be reimbursed on actuals

by the department on producing necessary bills/supporting documents and on prior
approval by the department with a cap of 5% on the total monthly bill payment to the
selected agency.
IV. The rates mentioned above are valid for the 2nd year and thereafter DIT reserves the
rights to increase 10% in price every year after evaluation.
V. Each consultant deployed on the project shall be entitled for 2 days of leave in a month
subject to upper limit of 24 in a year. Also, apart from leave each deployed consultant
would be eligible for Compensatory off on approval from the department.
Compensatory off is off taken on a working day for work done on government
holiday/public holiday.
VI. The consultants must compulsorily work from the office of the department. Department
must ensure proper working environment for the consultants and ensure seating near the
officials with whom they have to frequently interact with.

3. This GR is applicable only for IT & eGovernance projects.

4. Types of Consultant and their required educational qualification is as given in the table below

Sr.No. Profile Educational Qualification

1. Project/Program Management Relevant experience in IT and eGovernance,
(Preparation of DPR, Bid Management, Electronics / Telecommunication (MBA
Vendor Management, Project Management) Preferable)

2. Financial Management (For Finance & Accounts CA with relevant experience (MBA
type of work) Preferable)

3. Solution Architect (For Project Design) BE/BTech/MCA/MSc (Computer

Science, Information Technology,
Electronics and Telecom.) relevant
experience in IT
4. Change Management Graduate in any discipline with relevant
experience (MBA Preferable)

5. Legal Management Graduate in Legal discipline with legal

background experience

5. Selection of the consultancy firm: Any department of Govt. of Maharashtra may appoint any of
the empanelled consultants for eGovernance related work in the state at the rates mentioned in
this GR.
For selection of consultant on *Man-Month basis through this empanelment GR, following
should be followed.

1. Departments need to finalize the scope of work for consultancy with concurrence
of DIT.
2. Thereafter departments should circulate the scope of work among empanelled
firms and call for presentation with the CVs (Format of CV provided in
Annexure
3) of the proposed resources before their Project Implementation Committee (PIC).
The notice for the same should be sent at least 1 week in advance.
3. The consulting empanelled firms need to clearly define the milestones in their
proposal for the project
4. Based on the presentation, the firm’s understanding of the project output and
quality of resources proposed, the PIC may select consultants based on their

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requirement.
[*Man-Month means 1 resource working for 1 month (Calendar working days as
per GoM)]

6. In the case of urgent requirements, the department may directly select any of the empanelled
consultancy firms after finalizing the scope of work with concurrence of DIT. However,
the maximum period of such engagement shall not exceed a period of 2 months.
7. The type of work that could be performed by the consultants is given in Annexure 2.
8. The Selected Agency is expected to meet the SLA applicable as given in Annexure 4.
9. Responsibility of the selected Agency:

a. The Selected Agency will be required to provide Monthly Status Reports to

the department on the performance of work.
b. The Selected Agency shall be responsible for economizing the cost of the project by
encouraging use of common infrastructure, database & code sharing etc. as per the
eGovernance, cloud & other policies of Government of Maharashtra (GoM). The
Agency also needs to ensure the deliverables follow eGovernance policy of GoM
covering eGov standards, WCAG, Localization, standards and policies etc. issued
from time to time by GoM and GoI.
c. The Selected Agency should come up with major milestones of the project and need
to clearly devise the measurable outcomes from the project duly approved by the
department/purchaser, based on which periodic review (Quarterly/Mid-term review
depending upon the duration of the project) will happen with the department availing
the consultancy service. The selected agency needs to submit Fortnightly and regular
status report to the department and DIT.
d. The Project Manager of the Selected Agency should regularly (Monthly) and timely
brief DIT about the progress and status of the project so that best use of existing
infrastructure and inputs could be made in the interest of the project.

This Government resolution of Maharashtra Government is available at the Website

www.maharashtra.gov.in under reference no. 201905091726383311. This order has been signed digitally.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra.

Digitally signed by DILIP PRABHAKAR

DILIP
DESHMUKH DN: c=IN, st=Maharashtra,
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PRABHAKAR
street=MANTRALAYA,MUMBAI,

DESHMUKH serialNumber=db7f7568a940bb360a1ce1bd2bdd5ff1d0120
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PRABHAKAR DESHMUKH Date: 2019.05.09 17:36:49
+05'30'

(Dilip P. Deshmukh)
Deputy Secretary –IT

To
1. Secretary to Governor,
2. Secretary to Chief Minister,

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3. Personal Secretary to ALL Ministers/All Ministers of State,

4. Personal Assistant to Chief Secretary,
5. Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary of All Departments,
6. Registrar, High Court (Original Side) Mumbai,
7. Registrar, High Court (Appeal Side) Mumbai,
8. Registrar, Lok Ayukta, Up Lok Ayukta, Maharashtra State Mumbai,
9. Secretary, Maharashtra Public Service Commission Mumbai,
10. Secretary, Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal Sachiwalaya Mumbai,
11. Auditor, Accountant General (A&E), Maharashtra Mumbai,
12. Auditor, Accountant General (A&E), Maharashtra Nagpur,
13. Auditor, Accountant General (Audit), Maharashtra Mumbai,
14. Auditor, Accountant General (Audit), Maharashtra Nagpur,
15. Pay and Accounts Officer, Mumbai
16. Residential Audit Officer, Mumbai
17. Director General of Police, Maharashtra State Mumbai
18. All Commissioners of Police,
19. All Divisional Commissioners,
20. Commissioners of All Municipal Corporations,
21. All Collectors,
22. All CEOs of Zilla Parishad/Municipalities,
23. All Departments of Mantralaya,
24. All Head of the Departments and Head of the Offices of Govt. of Maharashtra,
25. Select file.

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ANNEXURE 1
Policy for Travel, Boarding & Lodging
Objective
The objective of this policy is to facilitate a uniform and consistent practice with regard to official travel.
The official travel includes travel from place of deployment to field offices and other offices of the
department/purchaser as the project may require.

Applicability
All consultants deployed through the Empanelment tender.

General Principles
1. All official tour should be approved by the department/purchaser
2. All expenditure incurred while on tour should be within the entitlement limits as defined in this
policy and in case of any deviation, consultants shall obtain a special approval in writing from
the purchaser.

Local Travel
1. For official travel within headquarters, consultants would be entitled to claim taxi/auto
/any other transport fare based on rates given below. The same rates would apply even if the
consultant uses his/her own vehicle. No claim would be allowed if the consultant is provided
with Official transport for local travel.
a. For Journeys performed in own car/taxi: Rs. 16/- per KM
b. For Journeys performed by auto rickshaw, own scooter etc.: Rs 8/- per KM
2. Principal Consultants are entitled to engage an AC car (Indigo or equivalent) on a continuous
basis as required during tour outside Head Quarters. All others are entitled to engage AC car
(Indica or equivalent) on a point‐to‐point basis.
3. Consultants shall record the mileage traveled on the trip sheet.
4. To claim reimbursement for local travel a consultant is required to submit bills and vouchers
(wherever applicable) along with an excel sheet in a meaningful format with the details to the
purchaser within two weeks.
5. Consultants are requested to be judicious while using official transport.

Mode of Travel
The entitlements of mode of travel shall be as given below:
Band Entitlement
Principal Economy class by Air
Consultant For short distances*, journey should, as
far as possible, be performed by
Sr. Consultant/Managing Consultant 2Train/ Taxi,
tier AC whichever
Train/ Economy is class
economical
by Air
For short distances*, journey should, as far as
possible, be performed by
Train/ Taxi, whichever is economical
Consultant/Associate Consultant 2 tier AC Train

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Note:
1. *Short Distances ‐For any travel between locations that can be covered in 6 hours or
less by train the default mode of travel for all consultants is AC Chair Car or II Tier
AC as the case may be. Travel by air will be based on administrative exigency and with
an approval from the department.
2. Under special circumstances, consultants at consultant level may also be permitted to travel
economy class by air with the approval of the department.
3. Consultants are encouraged to avail Super Saver, Apex or any other schemes offered by
various airlines, so as to incur the lowest expenditure.
Rules:
1. To claim reimbursement, a consultant needs to submit the Travel Expense to department along
with the relevant bills/vouchers, boarding passes, tickets and hotel bills within two weeks from
the date of return from the trip.
2. Submission of hotel bills is mandatory with the Travel Expense claim
3. With a view to factor in the relative cost differentials in traveling to various locations across the
country, corresponding boarding and lodging expense entitlement limits have been set by
classifying them into 3 broad categories. The classification is as follows:
a. Category ‘A’ ‐ Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad and Pune
b. Category ‘B’ ‐ Other State Capitals and major cities ‐ Nagpur, Baroda, Kanpur,
Cochin, Ludhiana, Ajmer, Agra, Allahabad.
c. Category ‘C’ ‐ All other locations
4. The reimbursable expense limits on lodging and Daily Allowance, applicable during the
business trip and corresponding to each location category, are set out in a level wise entitlement
matrix provided below.

Level Lodging Daily

Allowance
A B C A B C
Principal 4000/- 3000/- 2500/- 700/- 600/- 500/-
Consultant
Sr. 3500/- 2500/- 2000/- 600/- 500/- 400/-
Consultant/
Managing
Consultant
Consultant/ 3000/- 2000/- 1500/- 500/- 400/- 300/-
Associate
Consultant

Daily Allowance (DA)

1. Daily Allowance is paid to consultants only for outstation official travel.
2. DA will be paid over and above the other entitlements
3. The consultant is not entitled to D.A. in case of seminars/workshops/Training, where the
organizers bear all expenses towards stay and food.
4. Entitlement is calculated from the scheduled time of departure of the plane/train/bus, up to
the return of the plane/train/bus at the headquarters.
5. A full day will be calculated as 24 hours and for any fraction of a day, the following scale
will apply.
Period DA Entitlement
- Upto 12 hours - 50% of DA
- More than 12 hours - 100% of DA

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• All expenses are inclusive of applicable taxes.

• Expenses on telephone calls from the hotel and alcohol shall not be reimbursed.
• For cities and towns where the department has tie‐up with Guest Houses/ Hotels, the
consultants are encouraged to use the same as a first preference.
• Any exceptions to the above entitlements shall be processed subject to the approval of the
department
• All consultants are entitled to claim a Travel Advance for meeting the cost of stay and local
travel.
• All Travel Advance requests require approvals from the department

General Notes:
1. DIT, GoM may, notwithstanding the eligibility and terms mentioned above, at its discretion
amend, modify or withdraw this policy.
2. Any deviation from the provisions made in the clauses mentioned in the policy, will require
the prior approval.
3. The consultants/department should contact DIT in case of any clarifications

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ANNEXURE 2
The details regarding Type of work are given below:
1. Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR), Project Design
a. Preparation of DPR, Dept./IT Roadmap/Strategy etc
b. Project Design, Conceptualization, Viability etc.
c. Requirement Gathering, Analysis
d. BPR and Recommendations regarding TO-BE Process
2. Bid Management for a single project (till completion of the process as per Govt. norms,
which may include re-tender incase sufficient no. of bids are not received)
a. Preparation of Expression of Interest (EoI)/Request For Proposal (RFP)/ Request
For Quote (RFQ)
b. Assistance in response to pre-bid queries
c. Assistance in issuance of corrigendum etc.
d. Technical evaluation of bids
e. Commercial evaluation of bids
f. Recommendations regarding selection of agency
g. Assistance regarding preparation/signing of contract, SLAs
3. Project Management (per month basis)
a. Status reporting and monitoring
b. Issue tracking and resolution
c. Service Level Agreement (SLA) monitoring
d. Hand-holding all e-Governance related activities of the department
4. Third Party Audit
a. Project Specific Audit
b. Onsite Audit, Field Audit and etc.
5. System review, audit
a. To review and audit various controls like (but not limited to) Organizational Controls
(segregation of duties etc),Data Center and Network Operations Controls, Hardware &
Software Acquisition and Maintenance Controls, Access Controls, Application System
Acquisition, Development, and Maintenance Controls, Application Controls, Data
related Controls, Output and Error Controls etc.
b. Submission of Audit report and recommendations
c. One Follow-up review after 3/6 months
6. IT Security/Cyber Audit
a. Shall include (but not limited to) review of existing security policy and guidelines
including review of its implementation, review of compliance to Government of India
(GoI)/Government of Maharashtra (GoM) norms, various other security norms,
vulnerability assessments, network vulnerability assessments, operating system and
application security assessments, access controls assessment etc.
7. Finance & Accounts
a. To Oversee and Manage the financial systems and budgets
b. Organize and maintain accurate accounting standards

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c. Analyze financial data and prepare financial statements

d. Regular monitoring of investments and finances and reporting to senior

management
e. Reviewing the systems and analyzing risk;
f. Advising on areas of business improvement and etc.;

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ANNEXURE 3
CV Format (To be used for providing resumes for profile review)

Details Response

1 Proposed Position & Skill Set (Principal Consultant, Managing Consultant,

Senior Consultant, Consultant, Associate
Consultant)
2 Name of Firm

3 Name of Resource [Insert full

name]

4 Date of Birth

5 Education [Indicate
college/university and other
specialized education of staff
member, giving names of
institutions, degrees
obtained, and dates of
obtainment]
6 Membership of Professional
Associations / Societies

7 Summary of key Training

and Certifications

8 Countries of Work Experience:

[List countries where staff has
worked in the last ten years]

9 Language Proficiency (Read/Write/Speak) -(Excellent/Good/Fair)

10 Employment Record From [Year]: To [Year]:

Employer:
[Starting with present position, Positions held:
list in reverse order every
employment held by staff
member since graduation, giving
for each employment as per
format provided]

11 Highlights of assignments Name of assignment or project:

handled and significant Year:
accomplishments. Location:

Client:

Main project features:

Positions held:

Activities performed:

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ANNEXURE 4
Selected Agency is expected to meet the following Service Levels in the normal course of carrying out
the activities as per the detailed Scope of Work. In case of default on any or all such Service Levels, the
Purchaser will reserve the rights to levy Penalties on the Selected Agency.

Service Expected Service level Penalty level in

case of default

1. Deployment of all personnel for  2-3 weeks for Principal 10% of Monthly
project after signing the Contract Consultants Payment Due
with the Purchaser or any ONLY in the
 1-2 weeks for Senior
subsequent requirement from the succeeding
Consultants / Managing
Purchaser during the Contract month.
Consultants
period.
 1 week for Consultant / Associate
Consultants

2. Replacement of personnel at Maximum 3 weeks from date of 10% of Monthly

request of Purchaser intimation by the Purchaser, Payment Due
including Minimum 2 weeks of ONLY in the
handover time. The handover succeeding
process needs to be documented and month.
duly certified by the department and
the selected Agency. (The 2 weeks of
handover time will be without any
additional cost to the department).

3. Replacement of personnel at the No replacement within 6 months Rs 1,00,000

request of the Selected Agency per breach (for
Maximum 1 replacement within a
Associate
year, with minimum 2 weeks of
consultant,
handover time. The handover
Consultant,
process needs to be documented and
Senior
duly certified by the department and
Consultant,
the selected Agency. (The 2 weeks of
Management
handover time will be without any
Consultant and
additional cost to the department).
Principal
Consultant)

4. Submission of all monthly status 100% 10% of Monthly

reports to the Purchaser as per Payment Due
format of the purchaser ONLY in the
succeeding
month.

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