Russian Railways will build an IT system for controlling their own import substitution

2022: Order to develop an IT system to control import substitution

On March 11, 2022 it became known that the state company "Russian Railways (RR)" ordered development of the automated information system (AIS) "Import substitution". Information about this was found on the public procurement website.

Source: rusunion.com

"Work on import substitution in Russian Railways is carried out in all functional units. The introduction of a new information and analytical system will allow more effective coordination and control of these processes throughout the company, including in the field of information technology. " told representatives of Russian Railways

The relevance of creating the system is also due to the plan to modernize and expand the Russian Railways backbone infrastructure for the period until 2024. Its implementation is strategically linked with the use of domestic components, technologies and complex technical systems, including domestic software, the terms of reference say.

The tender for the creation of the system was published on February 28, 2022. The maximum price of the contract may be 16.7 million rubles. Applications for an open competition are accepted until March 21. The results will be summed up on April 5. AIS should be created by November 30, 2022.

AIS Import Substitution is created to automate the formation of lists of foreign products, subdivisions import substitution routines, as well as to monitor and control import substitution in Russian Railways. The system will collect and display data on the replacement of imported general-purpose products with domestic ones. Based on this data, reports will be generated on the implementation of the import substitution program. Also, Import Substitution will contain a directory of Russian Railways divisions, regulatory and technical documentation necessary for import substitution measures.

The system shall be designed using. microservice architecture The AIS will be based on the software one included register Mintsifra in or (). freely distributed software open source

AIS "Import Substitution" should include a number of modules. Among them are the module for maintaining regulatory and reference information, the formation of import substitution routines for involved departments, the data storage and management module, and the reporting and administration module.^[1]

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