Para 4.5 — NONCONSULT_MANUAL

a) Single Stage Tendering System: i) Single Stage Single Envelop System ii) Single Stage Two Envelops System (Two Bid System) (Rule 163 of GFR 2017) b) Two Stage Bidding - Expression of Interest Tenders – Market Exploration/ Shortlisting (Rule 164 of GFR 2017)

2. Details of these Bidding Systems are explained in Chapter 4 of the Manual for Procurement of Goods, 2024, which may be referred to. For the sake of brevity, these are not repeated here.

4.5. Tendering Systems 1. Tendering systems are designed to achieve an appropriate balance between the countervailing needs for the ‘Right Quality’ and the ‘Right Price’ (while the Mode of Procurement addresses the ‘Right Source’, and the Tender Document addresses the Right quantity and ‘Right Time and Place’) under different complexities/ criticality of Technical requirements and value of procurements. Depending on the complexity and criticality of technical requirements, as well as the value of procurement, the following types of tendering systems may be used. Please note that the selection of a Tendering System has to be based on the two factors mentioned above; hence, just a value threshold for their use is discouraged. Selection should be based on professional judgement of the two factors mentioned above. The various Tendering Systems that are used in public procurement are: