New Delhi: The long-awaited new defence procurement procedure (DPP), which seeks to push the "Make in India" policy as well as speed up the entire arms acquisition process, is likely to be released this month-end.
Defence ministry sources said the DPP, with the new indigenous design, development and manufacturing (IDDM) provision being made the most preferred category, is slated to be made public before the DefExpo being held in Goa from March 28 to 31.
The DPP is also supposed to have a separate chapter on "strategic partnerships" with private sector companies, who are yet to jump into arms production in a big way India still continues to import 65% of its military requirements.
The existing system to award contracts only to the lowest bidder (L-1) will also be replaced by the new provision of "L-1, T-1" to give additional credit score to vendors who offer better "technical" parameters than those asked for in the tender of RFP (request for proposal).
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