To prevent unnecessary blocking of earnest money of the unsuccessful bidders, the bid evaluation committee shall carry out the financial evaluation of the tender just after financial bid opening (selection of L1 bidder) and all the unsuccessful bids shall be “REJECTED”.
Tender
Under the contract rules of competitive tenders are to be invited for all public works and the lowest tenders be accepted. Sufficient consideration should always be given before rejecting a lowest tender on ground of formality.
Financial Power for Sanctioning any Extra Item
Maximum financial powers for sanctioning any extra item or items, substituted item or items, and deviation in quantity or quantities at a time or one or two of it.
Sanction of In-lieu Item and Excess Quantity
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.
Applicability of WBFR for Procurements in Parastatals
Applicability of West Bengal Financial Rules for all Procurements and Works in all parastatals incl. procurements and works funded from their own source of fund.
Technical Vetting Power of the Engineers under Panchayat
Financial limit for technical vetting of any scheme for Sub-Assistant Engineers, Assistant Engineers, Executive Engineers and Superintendent Engineers will remain unchanged.
Amendment of Rule 47(9)(b) of WBFR due to Introduction of GST
Bidders shall submit copy of a) Valid PAN issued by the IT Deptt., Govt. of India b) Valid 15-digit Goods and Services Taxpayer Identification Number (GSTIN).