Revised Provisions for Publication of Brief referral Advertisements
Finance, Advertisement, Newspaper
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch (Group T)
No. 2391-F(Y) Date: 10.08.2020
MEMORANDUM
Sub: Revised Provisions for publication of brief referral advertisements in daily newspapers
Finance Department had earlier issued numerous guidelines for ensuring better transparency and wider participation in the procurement processes of the State Government. Now, in order to enable more prospective bidders to know and participate in the tender processes of the State Government, the provision for publication of brief referral advertisements in daily newspapers for invitation of tender/quotation is revised as follows:
| SL No | Estimate of NIT/NIQ (Rs) | Existing provision for publishing brief referral Advertisement in newspapers | Revised provision for publishing brief referral Advertisement in newspapers |
| 1. | 1,00,001/- to 5,00,000/- | One Bengali (Nepali in case of hilly areas of Darjeeling District) newspaper | At least one Bengali (Nepali in case of hilly areas of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts) newspaper |
| 2. | 5,00,001/- to 10,00,000/- | One Bengali (Nepali in case of hilly areas of Darjeeling District) and one English newspaper | At least, one Bengali (Nepali in case of hilly areas of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts) and one English newspaper |
| 3. | More than 10,00,000/- | One Bengali (Nepali in case of hilly areas of Darjeeling District), one English and one Hindi news paper | At least, one Bengali (Nepali in case of hilly areas of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts), one English and one Hindi newspaper |
All other provisions like publication of the NIT/NIQ in the Notice Board and websites, etc will remain unaltered.
This order takes immediate effect and is being issued in partial modification of Note 2 under Rule 47(8) of WBFR, as amended vide FD Notification No. 5400-F(Y) dated 25.06.2012 and subsequent orders issued in this regard.
Necessary modifications in West Bengal Financial Rules will be done in due course.
Sd/- H.K. Dwivedi
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal