Price bids for supply of TV sets to be opened Dec 15
By IANSWednesday, December 9, 2009
CHENNAI - The Tamil Nadu government will open Dec 15 the price bids submitted by select companies to supply four million 14-inch colour television sets for the government’s free TV distribution scheme.
According to government officials, the first stage will be the technical scrutiny of the proposals submitted by 20 bidders and the price bids of those who meet the stipulations will be opened later.
The government plans to buy four million TV sets for the fifth phase of distribution between February and December 2010.
Till date, the government has distributed over 9.1 million TV sets.
The state government started distributing free colour TV sets in 2006 and gave away 30,000 sets in the first phase. In the second and third phases, 2.5 million and 3.75 million sets respectively were distributed.
For the fourth phase, the government has already ordered around 4.16 million sets. The total TV sets for distribution under this phase will be around five million.
