BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha
Such a system will promote transparency, healthy competition, better service quality, and cost efficiency while preventing monopolistic practices,” said the BJP MLA. Kotecha said no agency should receive more than two or three hospital contracts. In a letter to BMC chief Ashwini Bhide, Kotecha called for structural reforms in awarding housekeeping contracts. “Instead of awarding large contracts to a single agency, BMC should adopt the output-based empanelment system wherein multiple qualified agencies are empanelled through a transparent process and work is allocated among them. This will ensure adequate distribution of work and reduce operational risks, he added.
“While the proposed reforms are being operationalised, BMC may ensure that essential housekeeping services in BMC hospitals remain unaffected,” Kotecha said. “BMC should initiate necessary policy reforms in the larger public interest and ensure that current tender be taken up only until the output-based new panel system is adopted.”