(Effective: December 2025 – December 2026) A comprehensive updated guideline for Government & PSU Tendering (GeM + e-Procurement + Manual Tenders) 1. General Principles of Public Procurement Transparency – All tender-related information must be publicly accessible. Fair Competition – Equal opportunity to all eligible bidders. Value for Money (VfM) – Selection must be based on the best combination of cost + quality. Accountability – Every procurement step must be documented. 2. Tender Types in 2025 Open Tender (Most preferred) Limited Tender (Restricted to shortlisted vendors) Single Tender / Nomination Basis (Only with strong justification) Two-Bid / Two-Stage Tender Reverse Auction (RA) – Mandatory on GeM for certain categories BOQ-Based Bidding – For works, services & custom items 3. Eligibility Rules (Updated 2025) PAN, GST, UDYAM / MSME certificate mandatory for participation. MSME Benefits applicable only if: ...
1. New on GeM Latest Feature : NEWLY ADDED “ NOV 2023 RA to be initiated after 24 hours Some cases have been reported where bidders have claimed non receipt of prior intimation of RA start. In order to ensure that no prospective eligible bidder is left out due to non intimation on time, it has been decide that RA will henceforth start 24 hours after the buyer proceeds for the RA creation and initiated RA. RA Start date and End Date will be notified to both buyer and sellers. Push Button Procurement (PBP) functionality enhanced – No need for buyer to certify reasonableness of rates: GeM has enhanced the Push button Procurement functionality enabled as per DoE OM number F.6/7/2022-PPD dated 11th January 2023. The new guidelines for PBP are as follow: (a) The total procurement value of the specific case may be up to Rs. Five lakhs inclusive of all taxes (No splitting of requirement to be done to bring p...