Tender
Government Rules regarding Tender formalities/ e-Tender Procedure/ Technical Evaluation/ Financial Bid Opening/ Acceptance of Lowest Bidder/ Letter of Indent etc.
Tender Inviting Authority should include and specify only that part of the requisite Supervisor’s Certificate of Competency (SCC) in the technical eligibility criteria of the Supervisor that are related to the scope & type of work for which Tender is being invited.
There should normally be no post tender negotiations. If at all negotiations are warranted under exceptional circumstances, then it can be with L1, (Lowest tenderer) only.
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.
Chief Engineers of Works Executing Departments can accept tenders with at least 3 qualified bids on behalf of the requisitioning non-Works Departments upto any value with the approval of the Government appointed tender committee of the Executing Department itself.
Maximum 5% excess of Tender Value may be accepted by the ‘Tender Inviting Authority’ subject to the overall power of tender acceptance delegated to each level of engineer officers.
Information on ‘Minimum period for submission of tender from the last date of publication’ should be furnished in Annexure-I of Memorandum No. 925-F(Y) dated 14.02.2017.
Re-Constitution of State Level Core Committee for implementation and monitoring of e-tender process in Government departments and subordinate offices in the state.
If the contractor considers any work demanded of him to be outside the requirements of the contract, or disputes any drawings, record or decision given in writing by the Engineer-in-Charge.
Officers who are not DDO’s but need DSC to function as e-NIT authorities will have to procure the DSC-loaded USB token through their respective controlling departments.
All the Departments of the State Government will ensure observance of e-tender process for procurements of and above Rs. 5 lakh by their own office and subordinate offices, as well as companies and corporations under their departmental control.