Para 8.7 — NONCONSULT_MANUAL

8.8. Housekeeping Services: In the case of Housekeeping/ cleaning services, GeM platform provides for Options based on

(a) Floor Area wise cleaning and

(b) Manpower. Usually, the floor area wise cleaning option is more cost effective. Accordingly, before a tender is floated, an exercise maybe undertaken to determine the option, which is considered beneficial for the procuring entity, duly recording reasons for such decision on file.

2. Inspection agents may be selected using QCBS. Payment is usually based on a percentage of the value of goods inspected and certified.

8.7. Inspection Agents 1. Hiring of Inspection agents (IAs) to inspect and certify goods before shipment or on arrival in the Procuring Entity country, is generally a Non-consultancy service, where their responsibilities are only operational/ procedural, standardized goods/ commodities, without intellectual decision making, i.e. when they only inspect within the established protocols, repetitive work without intellectual inputs where quality weightage can be 30% or less.

Chapter 8: Special Types of Non-Consultancy Procurements