Tender
Government Rules regarding Tender formalities/ e-Tender Procedure/ Technical Evaluation/ Financial Bid Opening/ Acceptance of Lowest Bidder/ Letter of Indent etc.
It is mandatory to publish all NIT/ e-NIT/ e-NIQ in the centralised e-tender portal http://wbtenders.gov.in and also on Departmental website www.wbiwd.gov.in.
For supply of articles or stores or for execution of works and services with estimated value not exceeding Rs. 10 lakh, Minimum period for submission of tender from the last date of publication is 7 days.
Minimum period of time to be given to the bidders for submission of tenders should be counted from the date on which the notice inviting tender including e-tender is actually published in the newspaper(s).
Revised norms for acceptance of L1/ H1 bid/ Single bid when the number of qualified bidders during 2nd call of a tender is less than three (3).
All the Departments of the State Government will ensure observance of e-tender process for procurements of and above Rs. 1 lakh by their own office and subordinate offices, as well as companies and corporations under their departmental control.
Laying down the comprehensive procedure and guidelines for accepting the bids under different situations covering all the aspects of tender outcomes has been under active consideration of the Government for some time past.
Credential certificate issued by the Executive Engineer or equivalent or competent authority of a State/ Central Government, Government undertaking, Statutory/ Autonomous bodies on the executed value of completed/ running work will be taken as credential.
Deviation in quantities of individual item up to +10% of agreement quantities will not need any prior approval of technical sanction authority and sanction of deviations is not required.
Exemption from payment of Earnest Money and Security Deposit given to Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units under rules 47A(1) and 47B(7) of West Bengal Financial Rules, Volume-I is applicable to supply contracts only and not to works contracts.
Delegated powers of the Engineer Officers of various Works Executing Departments of the State Government towards ‘Tender Acceptance’ and ‘Technical Sanction’ is enhanced in the following manner.