Background

The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Govt. of India aims to make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through Common Service Centers(CSCs) and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man. One of the goals of the Government to meet this vision is the need to cooperate, collaborate and integrate information across different departments in the Centre, States and Local Government. The State e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG), a core component in e-Governance infrastructure under the NeGP, can simplify this task by acting as a standards-based messaging switch and providing seamless interoperability and exchange of data across.

Implementation of “State Portal, State Service Delivery Gateway and Electronic Forms” Scheme in Tamil Nadu

Project Overview

Government of Tamil Nadu desires to create an integrated information infrastructure that will expand, integrate and enhance the utility and reach of the services provided by the Government by utilizing the network of the Common Service Centres. DIT has already empanelled five implementing agencies through a central empanelment process. The State will select one of the implementing agencies among these five empanelled agencies and entrust the implementation of the project. These implementing agencies will be responsible for implementing the project in the State.

SSDG Conceptual Architecture

Project Components

The basic components of the project are as follows:

i. State Portal and Content Management System(CMS)

ii. electronic forms

iii. State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) Stack

iv. Training and Manpower for SSDG, State Portal , CMS, e forms and Gap Infrastructure

v. Infrastructure requirements for State Portal

vi. Computing Infrastructure at the destination offices including gaps in connectivity

vii. Compliance/Certification by STQC

Stake Holders

i. Department of Information Technology

ii. State Nodal Agency

iii. State Departments

iv. National Informatics Center

v. Center for Development and Advanced Computing (CDAC)

vi. Content Service Provider (CSP)

vii. Implementing Agency (IA)

viii. STQC

ix. Consultant

Project Consultants

M/s Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited have been appointed as Consultants to assist the State Government in the following activities:

a.) Preparation of a Detailed Project Report to identify the Infrastructure Gap in the respective line departments and to carry out an AS-IS study of the process involved in delivering services identified under the project

b.) Preparation of Request for Proposal to select an Implementing Agency

c.) Assist the State in Bid Process Management

d.) Project Monitoring

Project Outlay

Government of India has sanctioned Rs.16.13 crores towards implementation of the Tamil Nadu State Portal, TNSSDDG and Electronic forms.

Current Status

a) National Informatics Center, Tamil Nadu has been entrusted with the work of development of State Portal and Content Management System

b) State Project Committee to oversee the implementation of the SSDG projects constituted in GO Ms No.7, IT Dept dated 09.03.2010.

c) The SPC meeting was held on 15.04.2010 and the RFP for selection of Implementing Agency approved by the SPC, RFP has been circulated to empanelled agencies on 07.05.2010.

d) Pre Bid meeting with empanelled agencies held on 18.05.2010.

e)Technical Evaluation of eligible bidders done by Technical committee.

f)Price bids have been opened and negotiation initiated with L1 bidder for best prices and best value to the project.

Progress Report on State Portal and SSDG Implementation

State Nodal Agency : M/s. Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency

SSDG Consultants : M/s. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited

List of Departments and Services Identified for Tamil Nadu