Out of these tenders for 353 buses, tenders for 300 buses arc on Gross Cost Contract (GCC) / OPEX model basis (wherein for 250 buses EVEY participated and for 50 buses Company alone participated) for a period in the range of 10-12 years (Contract Period) and tenders for 53 buses are on outright sale basis participated by the Company alone. In respect of the tenders for 250 buses, EVEY had participated either as a single bidder with pre-bid tie up with the Company or as a Lead bidder in consortium with the Company.
Once Letters of Award are received by EVEY for 250 buses, it shall procure these Electric Buses from the Company and remaining buses shall be manufactured and deployed by the Company at its own. Value of these tenders is approximately Rs 600 Crores to the Company. These transactions between the Company and EVEY are to be considered as related party transactions and shall be at arm's length basis.