Integrated standard schedule of rates: water supply, sewerage and tube well works
Procurement processes in the Urban Local Bodies is one such area which requires basic system improvement and transparency. Estimating the cost of works correctly prior to the execution is one of the major challenges. Till now, Urban Administration and Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh did not have its own Standard Schedule of Rates which forms a basis for estimating the costs of various Building and Infrastructure works including Water Supply, Drainage, Road, Sewerage and Sanitation and Electrical Works. Presently Urban Local Bodies have to depend on Schedule of Rates of various Works Departments of the State Government such as MP Public Health Engineering Department, Public Works Department, Water Resource Department etc. for civil works and Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board for electrical works. The infrastructure and maintenance works done by our Urban Local Bodies are town specific as well as need specific and therefore, new items are required to be created which are currently not mentioned in these SoRs. Hence the Department of Urban Administration and Development has decided to develop its own Integrated Standard Schedule of Rates for all Building and Infrastructure and maintenance works keeping in view the current and future requirements of the Urban Local Bodies.