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CHENNAI, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018

Aani 12, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049

Part III—Section 1(a)

General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2018

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

(Salaries)

AMENDMENTS TO THE TAMIL NADU TRANSPARENCY IN TENDERS RULES, 2000.

[G.O.Ms.No.207, Finance (Salaries), 26th June 2018, Aani 12, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049.]

No. SRO A-35(b)/2018.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 22 the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998

(Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 1998), the Governor of Tamil Nadu makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Transparency

in Tenders Rules, 2000.

2. The amendments hereby made shall come into force on the 26th day of June 2018.

AMENDMENTS.

In the said Rules,-

1. in rule 5,-

(i) in sub-rule (1), after the expression "published'', the expression "by electronic mode" shall be inserted;

(ii) in sub-rule (2), after the expression "published", the expression "by electronic mode" shall be inserted.

2. in rule 6,-

(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

"(1) The Tender Bulletin Ofﬁ cer shall deliver the Tender Bulletin to the registered subscribers by e-mail and

publish tender bulletins in the dedicated website administered by the State Tender Bulletin Ofﬁ cer for viewing or

downloading by tenderers or any person subscribing to Tender Bulletins.";

(ii) sub-rule (2) shall be omitted.

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3. in rule 11,–

(i) in sub-rule (1), for the expression "ﬁ fty crores", the expression "seventy ﬁ ve crores" shall be substituted;

(ii) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–

"(2) The Tender Inviting Authority shall have the Notice Inviting Tenders published in daily newspapers.

The number, editions and language of the newspapers in which the Notice Inviting Tenders shall be published will be

based on the value of procurement as speciﬁ ed in the Annexure." ;

4. in rule 14, after sub-rule 7, the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-

"(7-A) The tender documents shall include the details of purchase preference as provided Chapter VI-A.".

5. after Chapter VI, the following Chapter shall be inserted, namely:-

"CHAPTER VI-A.

PURCHASE PREFERENCE.

30-A. In case of procurement of goods or services, where it is possible for the procuring entity to divide the

award of tenders to more than one supplier or service provider, the tender document shall clearly indicate that upto

twenty ﬁ ve per cent of the total requirement in the procurement may be awarded to domestic enterprise, not being the

lowest tender, in respect of only of goods manufactured or produced or services provided or rendered by them, if

the following conditions are satisﬁ ed-

(a) the lowest tender is not a domestic enterprise;

(b) the preferential award shall extend only to the lowest tender among the domestic enterprises who are

substantially responsive and technically qualiﬁ ed; and

Provided that where the Tender Inviting Authority is of the view that in the interest of the participation of domestic

enterprise in the tender to avail the above beneﬁ t, a less stringent set of technical qualiﬁ cation parameters are required,

he shall specify a separate set of technical qualiﬁ cations for domestic enterprises in the tender documents with the

approval of the Government.

30-B. In case of procurement of goods or services, where it is possible for the procuring entity to divide the

award of tenders to more than one supplier or service provider, the tender document shall clearly indicate that upto

forty per cent of the total requirement in the procurement may be awarded to Government departments, Public Sector

Undertakings, Statutory Boards and other similar institutions as may be notiﬁ ed by the Government, in respect of only

of goods manufactured or produced or services provided or rendered by them, if such tenderer is willing to match the

price of the lowest tender.".

6. after rule 33, the following Annexure shall be added, namely:-

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THE ANNEXURE.

[See rule 11(2)]

1. Financial limits for advertising Tender Notices in newspapers are as follows:–

Details of Newspaper

Value of Procurement

Area

English

Tamil

Goods / Services

Works

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

District

---

1 (District edition)

Above Rs.10 lakh and

upto Rs.25 lakh

Above Rs.25 lakh and

upto Rs.50 lakh.

State

1 (All editions in the

State)

1 (All editions in the State)

Above Rs.25 lakh and

upto Rs.3 crore.

Above Rs.50 lakh and

upto Rs.3 crore.

South India

1 (South India edition)

1 (All editions in the State)

Above Rs.3 crore and

upto Rs.5 crore.

Above Rs.3 crore and

upto Rs.5 crore.

All India

1 (All India edition)

1 (All editions in the State)

Above Rs.5 crore and

upto Rs.75 crore.

Above Rs.5 crore and

upto Rs.75 crore.

1 (All India edition

and Indian Trade

Journal)

1 (All editions in the State and

Indian Trade Journal)

Above Rs.75 crore.

2. Conditions for publication of tender advertisements:-

(a) When more than one tender is bunched in a tender notice, the highest value among the individual tenders

should be considered to determine the applicable norms. The sum total of values of all individual tenders cannot be

considered; and

(b) In the case of international competitive biddings, it would be open for the tender inviting authority to give additional

advertisements in more number of newspapers or magazines.

K. SHANMUGAM,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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