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Guidelines for procurement of desktop PCs

· 2024-08-22
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Date2024-08-22
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Summary

Guidelines for procurement of desktop PCs decided that procurement of Desktop PCs are to be made in Indian Railways as per specifications issued by MeitY

Text of the circular

A-15013(12)/11/2020-RBCC
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
3103408 /2024 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. A-15013(12)/11/2020-RBCC dated 22.08.2024

The General Managers
All Indian Railways/Production Units
(As per standard list)

Sub: Guidelines for procurement of desktop PCs
Ref: MeitY Office Memorandum No.- 8(1)/2023-Cybersecurity dated 04.06.2024.
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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has framed minimum specifications of Desktop
PCs for procurement to be made by Ministries/Departments and their agencies/PSUs. Accordingly, it has now been
decided that procurement of Desktop PCs are to be made in Indian Railways as per specifications issued by MeitY
Specification and entitlement of Desktop PCs for Officers/staff are as under:

Level oi Specification [Entitlement of officers/staff
Desktop PCs
Level 1 Intel Core 17 / AMD R7 with x86 Processor, 21.5” Monitor, 16GB) Officers SAG and above
RAM, | TB SSD, Windows Professional Edition or Linux versions
with OEM support /Linux, TPM chip required for Bit Locker Disk
encryption

Level 2 Intel Core i5 / AMD RS with x86 Processor, 21.5” Monitor, 16GB] Group ‘A’ officers upto SG,
IRAM, 500GB SSD, Windows Professional Edition or Linux] Group ‘B’ officers

versions with OEM support /Linux, TPM chip required for Bit) Non-Gazetted staff

Locker Disk encryption

2. In case of any specific requirement that require high compute or memory intensive infrastructure, Railways may
procure high specifications desktop PCs subject to condition that overall financial limit prescribed in MSOP-2018 for
the purchase of PCs is not breached and the following conditions are followed:
(i) Higher specifications of PC should only be permitted with the prior concurrence of associate finance, and
(ii) The approval should be taken from GMs in concerned Zonal Railways/PUs

4. This order supersede the earlier guidelines issued by this office letter dated 04.01.2022 and 14.09.2023

4. Procurement is to be done through GeM portal only.
5 This issues with concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.
Please acknowledge receipt. Signed by
Encl: OM dated 04.06.2024 of MeitY Bharat Bhushan Harit
DES
No. A-15013(12)/11/2020-RBCC New Delhi, dated 22.08.2024

Copy forwarded to

1. The PFAs, All Indian Railways, PUs, CORE, COFMOW, PED/Finance, NAIR/Vadodara, RDSO/Lucknow
2. The Principal Director of Audit, All India Railways/PUs
3. The Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Railways), Room No. - 224, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi

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