Govt modifies public procurement norms to give maximum preference to local companies

08 Jun 2020 Evaluate
In order to promote 'Make in India' initiative and make the country self-reliant, the government has modified public procurement norms to give maximum preference to companies whose goods and services have 50 per cent or more local content. The revised Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India), Order 2017, has introduced a concept of Class-I, II and non-local suppliers, based on which they will get preference in government purchases of goods and services.

According to the new rules, Class-I local suppliers will get the most preference in all government purchases because their domestic value addition is 50 per cent or more. They will be followed by Class-II suppliers, whose value addition range is more than 20 per cent but less than 50 per cent. Companies with less than 20 per cent of domestic content in their goods or services will not able to participate in most of the government tenders and they are categorized as ‘non-local suppliers’.

Besides, for purchases of goods/services with an estimated value of less than Rs 200 crore, global tender enquiry will not be issued except with the approval of the competent authority as designated by the Department of Expenditure. Earlier, only local suppliers were allowed to bid for procurement orders worth less than Rs 50 lakh. 

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