EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - National Crime Records Bureau

1 Purpose of the EOINational Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), invites Expression ofInterest from interested professional Software Development Agencies (SDA) for a turnkey project to:a) Develop, enhance and maintain the CCTNS Core Application Software to be deployed atthe States (hereafter referred to as CAS).b) Develop, enhance and maintain the CCTNS Core Application Software to be deployedcentrally at National Crime Records Bureau (hereafter referred to as CAS (Centre))The selected SDA would be working under the guidance and supervision of National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB), MHA, NIC and DIT. NCRB will host the Project at the Central Government levelon behalf of the MHA.The purpose of this EOI is to help NCRB determine the list of software development agencies thatwould be invited to respond to the RFP to be issued by NCRB on behalf of MHA. NCRB reserves theright to determine the list of software development agencies that would be invited to bid for theproject.2 Background on CCTNSA Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) programme had been initiated in the year 2004-05to bring about computerization and automation in the functioning at the police station with a view tobringing in efficiency and transparency in various processes and functions at the police station level.Over a period of time, it was felt that a stand-alone system of this nature would have limited utility,and there was a need to expand the functional application and build in networking capabilities in thesystem. This was required both from the angle of Management Information Systems (MIS)requirements and storage, collation, analysis and transmission/sharing of crime and criminals relatedinformation at the police station, District, State and Central levels.4