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Urban Infrastructure Market – What characterises this market?
With large investments happening in urban infrastructure across India, it is time to examine the entire marketplace of both the ‘buyers’ and ‘sellers’ in this market. ‘Buyers’ largely comprise Urban Local Bodies (municipalities), civic agencies and other institutions of State and Central Governments. The ‘sellers’ almost entirely comprise a plethora of actors – local, regional, national and international – individuals; firms; small, medium and large enterprises; corporates; Non-Government Organisations; academic and research institutions; etc. ‘Sellers’ offer knowledge services, technologies, products, materials, complete solutions, etc. for the planning, creation,operations and maintenance of urban infrastructure.
As India’s emerging thought leader in understanding this market, IUSF is currently undertaking an expansive initiative to map, quantify and qualify this market.
Project Brief
A dedicated IUSF team tracks and analyses tenders issued by ULBs and civic agencies across the country. This tracking and analysis is throwing up some interesting facts and trends about the urban infrastructure market, such as –
- Infrastructure spend – sectors, regions, nature of projects, etc. The quantum of spend, cyclicity of infrastructure expenditure, key agencies procuring works, …. etc.
- Procurement processes – bid / package sizes in different sectors, delivery lead times, bid response lead time, bidder qualifications, ….. etc.
- Procurement channels – use of print and other media, cost of procurement channel, channel effectiveness, ‘buyer’ location vis-à-vis ‘seller’ location
IUSF will periodically publish these syndicated research reports that will provide insight in current trends and serve as a beacon for future trends in the urban infrastructure market.
Target beneficaries of this project
This project will serve the interests of the urban infrastructure community at large, different stakeholders in different ways:
Government
- National and State level ministries / departments: Current and future trends will shape policy, budgetary allocations, indentify industry constraints, institutional issues, … etc.
- Civic agencies: Will inform good practices in the sector, project implementation methods, provide a ready reckoner database for reference, enable peer-to-peer sharing, … and much more.
Private sector
- Contractors and suppliers: Will provide immense value by pointing the current direction and future trends of where the market lies, that can shape marketing strategies, product / service offerings, trends in competition, etc.
- Project Financers and Promoters: For PPP projects, it will provide useful benchmarks and ready reference of similar projects.
Seek Partnerships
IUSF is open to partnerships with like minded organisations / institutions, who can add value to this initiative, which can truly inform and thereby help transform the urban infrastructure industry.
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