Para 3.7.14 — MSO

3.7.14 If considered necessary, cases of the following type may be scrutinised in consultation with the Propriety Audit Section:

(i) Inclusion of any new item not originally contemplated in the contract.

(ii) Cases involving extension of the stipulated delivery schedule when payment of higher prices had been agreed to initially on grounds of urgency of requirements and early delivery.

(iii) Cases involving payment of compensation to contractors/suppliers’ firms.

(iv) Contracts, even if sanctioned by the competent authority including the Government, containing any extraordinary or unusual stipulations.

(v) Cases involving adoption of any special and apparently objectionable procedures of purchase, inspection and payment.

(vi) All contracts concluded on cost plus profit basis.

(vii) All contracts entered into with private firms for functioning as Government stockists.

(viii) Sanctions to ex gratia payments.