Home-grown joint venture hardware manufacturer from Kerala, Coconics has clinched an order, through competitive bidding, to supply 50% of the mid-level laptops to the Kerala government for the next six months. The deal is expected to save the State government up to Rs.16,000 on a single machine!
“The demand for electronic equipment and systems is growing tremendously across the country and Coconics is equipped to participate in any competitive bidding at the national level,” said M. Sivasankar, Secretary, Electronics and IT.
Coconics – a new public-private company setup in Kerala by UST Global, KELTRON, KSIDC and Acceleron Labs, secured the order in the face of stiff competition from multinational giants. The agreement, which is part of the government’s cost-saving demand aggregation policy, marks a public-private partnership that will boost the electronic hardware ecosystem in the State. The government had decided on a policy of demand aggregation to purchase its requirements through the Centralised Procurement and Rate Contract System (CPRCS), marking a departure from the practice of departments making separate purchases. The State Department of Electronics and Information Technology had floated the e-tenders through Keltron. In the bidding, Coconics quoted the lowest price.
The laptops are being made at Coconics’ state of the art manufacturing plant in Monvila on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram at Keltron’s printed circuit board making centre at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- Coconics will offer three laptop models initially to the public and is available on Amazon.
- C314 series is a drop and water resistant, 14-inch laptop specifically designed for businesses.
- Coconics Enabler C1314W – Configuration: Ubuntu. Intel Dual Core i3 7100U/ 8GB DDR3L / 1TB /14.1 inch. Price: Rs.29,250.
- Coconics Enabler C1314W – Configuration: Windows 10 Home. Intel Dual Core i3 7100U/ 8GB DDR3L / 1TB /14.1 inch. Price: Rs.35,680. Price for the 4GB/500GB variant is Rs.27,965.00.
- Coconics Enabler C1314W – Configuration: Windows 10 Pro. Intel Dual Core i3 7100U/ 4GB DDR3L / 500 GB /14.1 inch. Price: Rs.39,450.
- The CC11A is a lightweight notebook aimed at educational institutions. CC11A is an 11-inch lightweight laptop, designed specifically for the students.
- CC11B is an 11-inch tablet cum notebook, with a metallic casing and trendy look. This model is easy to carry around and specifically designed for frequent travelers.
- All the laptop models have a long battery back-up of 8 hours.
Coconics, which has the support of global chip maker giant Intel, has a manufacturing unit at Manvila in Thiruvananthapuram. The purchase agreement with Coconics will enable the government to offset the impact of frequent price hike in the open market against its growing demand for hardware systems. As per the agreement, a laptop using open source software is priced at Rs.22,896 against the open market price of Rs.38,902. Similarly, the price of the system using licensed software is priced at Rs.33,762, while the open market price is as high as Rs.49,149. For the public, the products is available to buy online at Amazon.
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