<p>The advisory firm has been selected for consultancy services to set up the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) and selection of Managed Service Provider (MSP), a statement from the Authority said today.<br />The Authority, headed by Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani, had invited technical and commercial bids in an open tender in December, 2009.<br />"Based on the evaluation of the Technical and Financial Bids of the seven bidders, the bid of Ernst & Young was found to be the lowest at a price of Rs 7.05 crore for a period of three years.<br /><br />"UIDAI has issued an offer letter for hiring of the consultancy services on February 26, 2010," the statement said.<br />The scope of work for the consultant will include planning and formulating the overall programme management strategy, preparing a road map and implementation plan for the UID project, identifying and developing business models and business cases for potential revenue streams from the CIDR among others.<br />The scope also includes formulating the implementation strategy for the CIDR, detailed functional and technical requirements specifications for all the IT and non-IT (physical infrastructure) components of the CIDR among others.</p>
<p>The advisory firm has been selected for consultancy services to set up the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) and selection of Managed Service Provider (MSP), a statement from the Authority said today.<br />The Authority, headed by Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani, had invited technical and commercial bids in an open tender in December, 2009.<br />"Based on the evaluation of the Technical and Financial Bids of the seven bidders, the bid of Ernst & Young was found to be the lowest at a price of Rs 7.05 crore for a period of three years.<br /><br />"UIDAI has issued an offer letter for hiring of the consultancy services on February 26, 2010," the statement said.<br />The scope of work for the consultant will include planning and formulating the overall programme management strategy, preparing a road map and implementation plan for the UID project, identifying and developing business models and business cases for potential revenue streams from the CIDR among others.<br />The scope also includes formulating the implementation strategy for the CIDR, detailed functional and technical requirements specifications for all the IT and non-IT (physical infrastructure) components of the CIDR among others.</p>