Rs 2200 crore Unique ID contract - Bagged HCL Infosystems

[Sudhakar]

Rs 2200 crore Unique ID contract - Bagged HCL Infosystems

After a delay of over 12 months, the Unique ID Authority on Friday finally awarded the managed service provider contract to Noida-based IT hardware and system integration firm HCL Infosystems.

The IT firm will manage the IT infrastructure which will contain data records of 1.2 billion Indian residents, and issue UID numbers. It will be the largest project of its kind in the world.

The letter of intent was awarded by UIDAI earlier this year, but it finally signed the contract with HCL Info on August 7, after negotiations.

According to sources, HCL Infosystems had bid about Rs 2200 crore for the MSP contract, beating TCS, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and others who were in the race since beginning.IBM and HP had backed out of the race.

BB Nanawati, DDG (technology), UIDAI said, "With the award of the MSP contract to HCL Infosystems Limited, UIDAI looks forward to maximise efficiency and to bring to fruition the goal of providing a unique identification number to every Indian."

As per the contract HCL Infosystems has been awarded the Managed Service Provider (MSP) to implement and manage the Central ID Repository (CIDR) for UIDAI. The contract is for a period of seven years.

The entire end-to-end technology infrastructure of the UIDAI will be managed by HCL Infosystems.

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[pradeep prem]

they have the big deal to have hcl infosystem
is the biggest company and to develop their employee and other facility