Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) No.2005/SIG/CA-H1/26 New Delhi, Dated: /g.08.2005. General Manager(S&T), All Indian Railways. Director General (Signal), RDSO, Lucknow. Sub:- Procurement of IPS through supply contract. ‘The matter regarding procurement of SMPS based Integrated Power Supply System, batteries and cables have been examined in Board’s office. Tt has been observed that the cost of such systems being procured though works contracts is higher as compared to the stores procurement. This may be due to following factors:- (i) Profit margin of the works contractor. (ii) Additional taxes & duties in case of procurement through works contracts. (ii) Unavailability of concessional duties like CST @ 4% against Form ‘D’ in case of procurement through works contracts. In view of the above, it has been decided by Board (ML) that IPS, batteries and cables will now be procured through indents * placed on stores deptt. grok 24 (Anjn Saksena) Exec, Diredtor(Signal), Railway Board, ‘Copy to: 1) CSTE, CORE, Allahabad. 2) CSTE, Metro Railway, Kolkata. wD defer. Ry Bomrt. Mees