Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

(d) issue of material.
3.5.3 The activities of the Materials Management Department have been de-
centralized by maintaining five main divisions as under:-
(a) Administrative Head Office, Colaba,
(b) Stores Depot, General, Dadar
(c) Stores Depot, Bus, Dadar,
(d) Stores Depot, Workshop, Dadar,
(e) Stores Depot, Supply & Building, Kussara.
3.5.4 Each of these Stores Depots (b to d) is bifurcated into two main
sections viz.
(a) Purchase Section, for arranging purchase and receipts and
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(b) Storage / Issue Section, for storage and issue of materials
receipted.
3.5.5 In order to cater the requirement of consuming departments, Sub
Stores are maintained at all Bus Depots under the control of
Transportation Engineering Department.
3.5.6 Similarly Stores Depot (Kussara) maintains Sub Stores at (a) Dadar
(Workshop), (b) Colaba.
3.5.7 Besides the above, the Stores Depot Workshop maintains HSD Oil
Section, which operates all the bus depots of the Undertaking.
3.6 PURCHASE SECTION:
3.6.1 In the Undertaking we have two systems of purchases. They are by:
(a) Casual contracts i.e. fixed quantity orders,
(b) Annual /Biannual contracts i.e. fixed interval orders.