Nadu Nedu Works Execution - Working Estimates Guidelines Cir Memo 11

Cir. Memo. No. 11/19-20/Nadu Nedu Dated: 10-04-2020 School Education-Nadu Nedu-Execution of works-Working Estimates/Revised Estimates-Guidelines-Issued-Regarding. all the Engineers, DEOs and APCs shall make note of the above guidelines and take up generation of working estimates and revised estimates wherever actually required and ensure school infrastructure works are completed with approved specifications and quality, within the specified time

Nadu Nedu Workd Execution - Working Estimates Guidelines Cir Memo 11

SUB: - School Education-Nadu Nedu-Execution of works-Working Estimates/Revised Estimates-Guidelines-Issued-Regarding. 

REF: - 

• 1. G. O. Ms .No. 87 of the School Education (Prog-II) Department dated 30-11-2019.
• 2. Data base from STMS website. .

The Government vide the GO 1st cited, have accorded administrative approval for taking up infrastructure development in 9 identified components in all the schools under Nadu Nedu. 15715 schools were identified under phase-I Nadu Nedu which will be taken up by the implementing agencies like Samagra Shiksha, APWEIDC, PRED, TWED, RWS&S, Housing and Public Health department.

• 2. The schools were allotted to the Implementing Agencies taking mandal as unit. As approved in the GO the Nadu Nedu works shall be executed by the Parents Committee by means of Community Contracting.
• 3. So far administrative sanctions were accorded for 15068 school projects with total of 113783 works/components. The works are grounded and are in different stages.
• 4. During the video conferences and teleconferences, the field officers have made requests to allow for working estimates as certain projects and components require revision of estimates as per the present field requirement. Also as seen in the data base nearly 4000 works in certain school projects are observed with abnormally less estimated amounts than the expected estimated amount.
• 5. Considering the above reasons, it is decided to allow the working estimates and revision/ modification of estimates, subject to the following guidelines.

Nadu Nedu Works Execution - Working estimate

• a. Increase and decrease of the estimate costs of the components is allowed subject to maximum administrative sanctioned cost of the project.
• b. If required new task can be added duly selecting from the task bank. 
• c. No increase in the overall project cost is allowed.
• d. No revised administrative sanction is required if estimates are increased or decreased from component to component within the overall administrative sanctioned amount.
• e. Similar process/protocol followed in estimate generation and technical sanction shall be followed for working estimate also.
• f. Revised technical approvals shall be accorded by the competent authorities for the components whose estimated amount is increased.
• g. The differential amount between the actual cement cost procured from open market and as per the technically sanctioned estimate shall be taken into account in the working estimate and also in final estimate /completion report.

Revised estimates (Modification of the estimate)

• a. Allowed only for the identified school projects for which the estimate costs of the components are abnormally less than the average estimated cost of the component. These identified works are put in the STMS.
• b. Revised estimates are allowed for selected demo schools also.
• c. Increase in the project cost is allowed for such identified school projects wherever required.
• d. Revision/modification of the estimates shall be taken up only for the components for which the sanctioned estimate cost is not sufficient.
• e. Revision/modification is allowed only for one time.
• f. Revised administrative sanction shall be obtained by the District Collectors, only for the projects where the project estimated cost exceeds the original project cost in these schools.
• g. Similar process/protocol followed in estimate generation and sanctions shall be followed for the revised estimate also.
• h. Revised technical sanctions shall be accorded by the competent authorities for the components whose estimated amount is increased.

6. Hence all the Engineers, DEOs and APCs shall make note of the above guidelines and take up generation of working estimates and revised estimates wherever actually required and ensure school infrastructure works are completed with approved specifications and quality, within the specified time.
7. The District Collectors are requested to monitor the progress of the schools and ensure works are completed within specified time.