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| Date | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | ticket-checking |
| Currency | Currency not verified |
Guidelines for procurement of desktop PCs Desktop PCs is to be made in Indian Railways as per the following revised specifications:
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. A-15013(12)/11/2020-RBCC New Delhi, dated 27.12.2024
The General Managers
All India Railways/Production Units
(As per standard list)
Sub: Guidelines for procurement of desktop PCs
Ref: (i) Board’s letter of even no. dated 22.08.2024
(ii) MeitY Office Memorandum No.- W-43/4/2020-IPHW dated 19.08.2024.
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Policy guidelines for procurement of Desktop PCs in all Indian Railways/Production Units were laid down
vide letter under reference (i). Consequent to the revision dated 19.08.2024 by MeitY of model specifications of
Desktop PCs for procurement by the Ministries/Departments, it has now been decided that the procurement of
Desktop PCs is to be made in Indian Railways as per the following revised specifications:
Level of Desktop
PCs
Specification
Entitlement of
officers/staff
High End
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G/Intel Core i7 12700 or higher, RAM-
Minimum 16GB DDR4 or latest, with support of suitable slots to
expand memory upto 64 GB or higher, Minimum 1 TB SSD
(Nvme), screen size 19” WTFT or higher
Officers SAG and
above
Middle Level
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G/Intel Core i5 12400, RAM- Minimum 16GB
DDR4 with support of suitable slots to expand memory upto 32 GB,
Minimum 500 GB HDD & 500 GB SSD (Nvme), screen size 19”
WTFT or higher
Group ‘A’ officers
upto SG, Group
‘B’ officers
End Level
AMD Ryzen 3 5300G/Intel Core i3 12100, RAM- Minimum 16GB
DDR4 with support of suitable slots to expand memory upto 16 GB
or more, Minimum 500 GB HDD or 500 GB SSD (Nvme), screen
size 19” WTFT or higher
All Non-Gazetted
staff
2. In case of any specific requirement that require high compute or memory intensive infrastructure, Railways
may procure high specification 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
3. This order supersedes the earlier guidelines issued by this office letter dated 04.01.2022, 14.09.2023 and
22.08.2024.
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.
Encl: MeitY OM No. W-43/4/2020-IPHW dated 19.08.2024
(Bharat Bhushan Harit)
Director ME(C&IS)
No. A-15013(12)/11/2020-RBCC New Delhi, dated 27.12.2024
Copy
forwarded
to:
1.The PFAs, All Indian Railways, PUs, CORE, COFMOW, PED/Finance, NAIR/Vadodara, RDSO
2.The Principal Director of Audit, All India Railways/PUs
3.The Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Railways), R.No. - 224, Rail Bhawan, New
Delhi.
for Member (Finance)/Railway Board
A-15013(12)/11/2020-RBCC
I/3113162/2024
Copy to:
1. PS/MR, OSD/MR, APS/MoSR(S) & APS/MoSR(R)
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