"Goa Shipyard has been asked to issue a new global expression of interest (EoI) for the MCMVs. The fresh RFP (request for proposal) or tender will follow thereafter.Final negotiations with Kangnam were stuck for long because it wanted deviations from the original RFP. But Goa Shipyard chairman Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital (retd), on being contacted, said he was "grateful" for defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman 's "quick decision" to break the continuing logjam in "the all-important project". "Navy has accorded topmost priority to it. The Goa Shipyard, incidentally, has already invested over Rs 700 core in building infrastructure for construction of the MCMVs, which will take almost a decade now.

Source: Times of India January 07, 2018 20:03 UTC