Mechanical Engineering (Production) Department

Duties and Responsibilities:-

1. The CME(P) is the head of the Production Department in the grade of class-I selection grade.
2. Two Regional Workshops at Bangalore and Hassan are under the administrative control of CME(P).
3. The Regional Workshops are headed by the Works Manager in the grade of class-I senior.

Activities:-

1. Planning and Budgeting:-

Based on the Augmentation for new schedules given by the Traffic Department & No. of aged buses to scrapped during the year by the Mechanical Engineering (M) Department planning for induction of new buses to fulfill the requirement is done.

Planning for Procurement of new Domestic vehicles as a replacement of aged domestic vehicles as and when required. 

Based on the planning the estimated budget will be submitted to the government.

1. Procurement of Chassis/Fully built buses/Domestic vehicles:-

1. The new chassis/vehicles are procured with the approval of the Corporation Board.
2. The Corporation board has empowered the Managing Director for procurement of domestic vehicles for replacement & newly created post.
3. Procurement of chassis is by inviting tenders as per the KTPP Act.
4. Domestic vehicles are procured under DGS&D rate contract which is exempted from tendering.

1. Construction of bus bodies at Regional Workshops:-

1. Construction of bus bodies by outsourcing agencies and outsourcing labour contract:-

1. Tendering of bus body construction required for KSRTC.
2. Tendering for bus body construction on labour contract.
3. Tendering of fully built buses required for the Corporation.
4. Tendering of chassis required for three corporations. Verification of all the tender documents furnished by the tenderers for evaluation.
5. Verification of sample passenger seats supplied against the tender for evaluation.
6. Scrutiny of the documents submitted furnished for evaluation by the tender scrutiny committee.
7. Arrange price negotiation meetings for the tendered items.
8. Drafting the pre-qualification criteria to place before the CMG for approval for each of the subject viz chassis, bus body, fully built buses, labour contract, etc.
9. Drafting the CPC note to be placed for approval viz chassis, bus body, fully built buses, labour contract, etc.

1. Drafting of specification and drawings for bus bodies, chassis, bus body materials etc:-

1. Inspection of new buses at different stages:-

1. The inspection of buses constructed at the various outsourced agencies are in three stages.
2. Five stage inspection of buses procured as fully built buses.
3. The senior technical officers/officials inspect the buses at the work place.
4. Major bus body components are approved by the CME(P) before fitment on the buses.
5. The first stage of inspection is the structure of the bus.
6. The second stage of inspection is the paneling of the bus.
7. The third stage of inspection is the pre-final/final stage of the bus.

1. Planning of reconditioning of Engines/F.I.P`s and Automisers etc:-

1. Taking up construction of buses of other Government Departments:-

1. As and when there are requests from other Govt Depts., buses are constructed at Regional Workshops Bangalore.

1. Scrapping of buses/domestic vehicles:-

1. Designing new type of buses/R&D activities:- Design of new bus bodies of different types.

• Market survey of new materials used for bus body construction.
• Adopting the latest technologies available for bus body construction within the purview of KSRTC.
• Improving on the passenger comfort and aesthetics of the bus.