Tele: 23019220 Dte of Contract Management Engineer-in-Ct 's Branch Integrated H@ of MOD (Army) Kashmir House, Rajaji Marg New Delhi-110 011 66546/Manual’ C83 /e8 os Jun 2017 CEs Command, ADG (OF & DRDO), CEs Zone, CCEs, CWEs, GE(I)s, GEs, AGE(I)s MES MANUAL ON CONTRACTS — 2007 (REPRINT 2012} CHAPTER ON E-TENDERING 1 Reference this HQ letter No 66546/P-36/107/E8 dt 24 Apr 2017. 2. __ Representations have been received from lower formations raising doubts and also intimating the difficulties faced in ensuring 7 (seven) bidders to qualify in ‘T’ bid evaluation, 3. _Ithas been mentioned in the letter at ref that the “target” (not ‘minimum’) shall be to qualify 7 (Seven) bidders. Intention is to ensure that all applications received till bid submission end date shall be given due consideration as per the eligibility criteria given in the NIT and instructions given in para 3.5.5.2 of Manual on Contracts 2007 (Reprint 2012). 4. To remove any doubts, it is again clarified that the intention of the policy instructions is as under :- (@) Accepting Officer is required to postpone the bid submission end date if the number of bids submitted is less than seven (Ref Para 11.2 on page 52 (G) of the E-tendering Chapter of Manual on Contracts) to enable more bidders to participate. After this Postponement, if the number of bidders participated remains less than the target of seven, then the Accepting Officer will decide whether to further postpone or proceed to open ‘T° Bid. (©) __ Ifnumber of bidders of eligible class who qualify in the 'T’ bid evaluation is less than ‘seven, then the applications of one class/two class below shall not be summarily rejected but these below eligible class bidders shall be considered & evaluated as per provisions given in para 3.5.6.2 of Manual on Contracts, 2007 (Reprint-2012). (©) __Allother provisions of Para 3.5.5.2 of MES Manual on Contracts 2007 (Reprint 2012) shall be strictly applicable. “Bo (Bhagirathi Pani Dir (Contracts) for Engineer-in-Chief