Interface Management & Tendering

With all the strategies and efforts put together, Project Samman achieved another milestone with Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) releasing the notice inviting tender for construction of public toilets in the city. This was a reason worth celebrating after a heavy task of liaising with multiple stakeholders including the technical team, Commissioner, Development Commissioner and members of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). Communication and discussion with multiple stakeholders led to the guidelines according to which the city engineer floated the tender call successfully.

While tender floating was successfully accomplished in BMC, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) is abuzz with activities to pitch for successful call for tenders to construct the community toilets. Further to the administrative sanction procured in the month of July, the Housing and Urban Department (H&UD) allotted funds.

Continuous follow-up was done by the Development Commissioner to ensure a timely release of the technical sanction, which involves verification of all the relevant technical documents at the municipal corporation level. CTRAN’s task in this involved organizing and scheduling multiple appointments and meetings with Chief Engineer (Public Health Department) to introduce the project and its objectives so as to facilitate the technical sanction for the Community Toilets.

Apart from these activities, one of the major role of CTRAN was to facilitate the monthly review meetings of BMC with the Gates Foundation representative as well as facilitate interviews with the Yale University case study team.