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Constitution of State Level Core Committee i.r.o. e-Tender

Finance, ,


Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch

No. 6424-F(Y), Dated: 25.07.2012.

MEMORANDUM

This Department vide Notification No. 3739-F(Y) dated 03.05.2012 has made it mandatory from 01.07.2012 for all State Government Departments and their subordinate Offices to process their Tender related activities through the Centralized e-Tender Portal [http://wbtenders.gov.in] for the Tender value of Rs. 50 lakh and above.

This is a mission mode Project under National e-Government Project of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India. For smooth implementation of e-Tender process by the different Departments and their sub-ordinate offices and for monitoring the project throughout the State, the Governor is pleased to constitute a ‘State Level Core Committee’ with the following members:

i) Sri Swapan Kumar Paul, Special Secretary, Group – T, Finance Department – Chairman
ii) Sri P. K. Pramanik, Senior Technical Director, NIC, WB – Member
iii) Sri Amitava Bose, Technical Director, NIC, WB – Member
iv) Sri Paul Varghese Mathai, Scientist – C, NIC, WB – Member
v) Sri Kanakendu Sinha, Executive Engineer, City Division, PWD – Member
vi) Sri Rajkumar Sharma, Executive Engineer, DVC Cell, Irrigation & Waterways Department – Member
vii) Sri Uttam Pahari, Law Officer, Law Department – Member
viii) Sri Goutam Samanta, Joint Commissioner, Internal Audit, Finance Department – Member
ix) Sri Goutam Chatterjee, Joint Director of Treasuries & Accounts – Member

The core committee shall follow the guidelines and advices of the Project Advisory Committee [PAC] of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India and shall be entrusted with the following jobs:

a) Arrangement for handholding training of the Government Officers related to e-Tender process and also for the prospective bidders,

b) Arrangement for establishing ‘helpdesk’ for implementation of the e-Tender process by different Government Offices,

c) Development of Standard bid/ tender documents including Standard Formats of Financial Bid Evaluation and BOQ compatible with the e-Tendering.

d) Customization of the State’s e-Tender Portal [http://wbtenders.gov.in] keeping in view the overall requirements of all the Departments/ Offices of the State Government.

Sd/- H.K. Dwivedi
Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal

No. 6424-F dated 25.07.2012