Rule 151 — GFR

Rule 151 Debarment from bidding.

(i) A bidder shall be debarred if he has been convicted of an offence— ( a ) Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; or ( b ) The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita or any other law for the time being in force, for causing any loss of life or property or causing a threat to public health as part of execution of a public procurement contract.

(ii) A bidder debarred under sub-section

(i) or any successor of the bidder shall not be eligible to participate in a procurement process of any procuring entity for a period not exceeding three years commencing from the date of debarment. Department of Expenditure (DoE) will maintain such list which will also be displayed on the Central Public Procurement Portal.12 [Amendment notes: 8 Amended vide Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance (MoF) OM No. F/1/3/2024-PPD dated 10.07.2024. 9 Amended vide Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance (MoF) OM No. F/1/3/2024-PPD dated 10.07.2024. | 10 Amended vide DoE OM No. F. 1/26/2018-PPD dated 02.04.2019 11 Amended vide DoE OM No. F. 1/26/2018-PPD dated 02.04.2019 12 Amended vide DoE OM No. F.1/20/2018-PPD dated 02.11.2021]

(iii) A procuring entity may debar a bidder or any of its successors, from participating in any procurement process undertaken by it, for a period not exceeding two years, if it determines that the bidder has breached the code of integrity. The Ministry/Department will maintain such list which will also be displayed on their website.

(iv) The bidder shall not be debarred unless such bidder has been given a reasonable opportunity to represent against such debarment