The biggest myth in government tendering is that you need years of experience and crores of turnover to qualify. Here is the truth: with MSME registration, JV structuring, and EPC positioning, a new company can access tenders at every scale — from a ₹5 lakh GeM contract to a ₹50 crore CPPP mega-project. We are doing this right now. Here is how.
EPC Strategy · Government Tenders
How a new MSME company can win its first government tender — and scale to mega-contracts using JV and EPC positioning
AI Data · Field Operations · India
Bringing the Real World to Your AI — Blue Projects as India's field data partner for Appen, Scale AI, and robotics platforms
How we capture authentic human behaviour data across India — egocentric POV, robotics training, workers' hand movements, speech in 10 languages, and annotation — with trained field teams and GPS-verified quality control.
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AI Data · Global Platforms
How to become a contracted field partner for Appen, Scale AI, and Macgence — a practical guide for Indian agencies
Global AI data platforms like Appen and Scale AI contract field agencies to collect human behaviour video, egocentric POV data, and computer vision datasets. Here is what the onboarding process looks like, what they require, and how an Indian field company qualifies.
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EPC · JV Strategy
Joint ventures and consortiums: the fastest way for a new Indian company to bid on ₹10Cr+ government contracts
High-scale tenders require turnover history and prior experience that a new company simply doesn't have. JV structuring changes that equation entirely. How it works legally, what you contribute versus what your JV partner provides, and how to structure the agreement.
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Corporate Procurement · Global
SAP Ariba and Oracle Supplier Network: how an Indian field company gets empanelled for Fortune 500 contracts
SAP Ariba and Oracle Supplier Network are where multimillion-dollar corporate procurement happens. Getting your company registered, passing quality audits, and positioning your profile for the right contract categories — a step-by-step process from our own empanelment experience.
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MSME · Tenders
MSME ZED certification: what it means and how we're helping companies get certified across Karnataka
ZED certification is the government's quality benchmark for MSMEs — and it comes with real financial benefits. Here is what the programme involves and how Blue Projects executes it on the ground.
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Computer Vision · AI
Egocentric data collection in India: setting up first-person POV body cam field teams for AI training datasets
Macgence and Scale AI are actively looking for field agencies that can collect egocentric (first-person) data — walking, shopping, driving, working. What the setup looks like, what equipment is needed, and how we are building this capability in India.
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Defence · Govt
DRDO and Srijan portal: how private companies access defence contracts in India
The Srijan portal and DRDO procurement are not as closed as most people assume. What categories are open to private vendors, how vendor registration works, and which computer vision and tracking system contracts are accessible right now.
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Field Operations
What no one tells you about managing 50 field surveyors across 3 districts simultaneously
Coordination, daily reporting, data quality, supervisor ratio, escalation protocols — the operational reality of large-scale field projects. Lessons from our Karnataka survey operations.
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Trademark · Legal
Why your contracting company needs trademark Classes 35, 37, 39, and 42 — and what each actually covers
Most project companies register one trademark class and leave gaps that competitors can exploit. Here is why a multi-class trademark filing covering construction, business services, logistics, and technology is essential for any serious contracting firm in India.
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AI · Field Ops
Election surveys in India: methodology, data quality, and the ethics of polling in the field
What makes a credible pre-election survey? Sampling, CAPI tool design, field team training, back-check protocol, and the critical ethical boundaries — from teams currently active in Karnataka constituencies.
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Written by the Blue Projects team from Davanagere, Karnataka. We share what we've learned executing government welfare programmes, AI data collection, EPC projects, and field operations across India — and what we're building toward globally.
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