Fees collected towards the cost of blank tender forms

milan trivedi (Querist) 18 April 2012 This query is : Resolved
Is there any rules or guidelines mentioned in the Purchase Manuals of State & Central Governments departments, on the basis of which the cost of blank tender documents are decided.

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Guest (Expert) 18 April 2012
No such guidelines. However, to avoid bid by fake tenderers in costly projects, the cost of tender is fixed very high.

ajay sethi (Expert) 18 April 2012
if no prices are fixed for tender forms many non serious bidders will collect the forms and not submit any bid

prabhakar singh (Expert) 18 April 2012
rightly opined.

Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 18 April 2012
I do agree with the opinion of both senior experts.

Sankaranarayanan (Expert) 18 April 2012
It vary from one to another. So it depends upon the value

milan trivedi (Querist) 19 April 2012
Dear All

I agree that to avoid non serious bidders tender fees are kept high and in some cases it is decided on the total project/purchase cost.
But I feel this itself is contradictory to the basic fundamentals of Tenders because tenders are invited with the sole idea that the Government gets the best product or services at the best price and this can be achieved if more bidders participate .
As far as the seriousness & competence of the bidder is concern this can be assessed during the pre-bid meetings and documents scrutiny.
I am personally of the opinion that the high tender fees are purposely kept to favour few and there should be definite guidelines on the fixation of Blank Tender documents fees.
Thanks to all
Milan Trivedi
tinutrivedi@gmail.com

prabhakar singh (Expert) 21 April 2012
"Government gets the best product or services at the best price " is a true notion of yours ......................

BUT from WHOM??????
From among those who are financially capable
to complete the project.

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