In an effort to address the Covid-19 crisis in Maharashtra, the state government floated an open-ended Expression of Interest (EoI) for procurement of essential medical supplies including oxygen concentrators, medical oxygen, Remdesivir to meet demands of districts.
Disaster Management, Relief & Rehabilitation Principal Secretary Aseem Gupta floated a global tender for supply of 25,000 MT of liquid medical oxygen and 10 lakh 100 ml Remdesivir vials.
“Companies with experience of oxygen production and supply are invited to submit their expression of interest for the said supply,” he said.
Issued on April 27, 2021 the deadline for such submissions is 5 PM on May 10. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government stated it will start scrutinising received bids and placing orders from April 30 onwards. Interested bidders must: upload brochures containing technical specifications of products along with specifications; quote prices for the same; Submit online the Chartered Accountant certified Statement of Accounts of their respective firms for the last three years.
Among other supplies, the state government is also seeking to purchase 40,701 oxygen concentrators (OC) with 35,585 units enjoying a capacity of 10 ml/minute. These items will be distributed to rural hospitals, PHCs and Covid-dedicated hospitals.
The government asked for 132 PSA plants ranging from 600-3500 litre per minute capacities. The plants will be installed near district, sub-district, general and municipal hospitals. Additionally, 27 ISO tanks of 21 tons capacity will be distributed in various districts. Barring Nashik, Pune and Nagpur that will receive four tanks each, all districts such as Thane, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Latur and Akola will receive three tanks each.
A copy of the EoI can be viewed below:
According to MyMahanagar, Maharashtra has a quota of 4 lakh 37 thousand injections of Remdesivir that offers some relief to the health system. The state demanded 60,000 Remdesivir injections daily but received only 40,000 injections from the central government.
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