GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
AUDIT BRANCH.
No. 1782-F
Kolkata, the 1st March, 2006.
MEMORANDUM
Subject : Policy for procurement, installation and maintenance of
I.T. products by Government Departments.
In partial modification of para-2 (ii) of this Department’s Memorandum No.
3876-f dated 02.05.2005, the undersigned is directed to say that the Governor is
pleased to reduce the limit of Rs. 25 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh in case of limited tenders
which means that if the cost of procurement of IT products by any Government
Department exceeds Rs.2 lakh, the open tenders should be invited. It is however,
made clear that for the purpose of availing open tenders, orders should not be split up
to make the value of each order less than Rs.2 lakh.
The undersigned is further directed to say that the Governor is pleased to
substitute para-3 of the aforesaid Memorandum by “The evaluation of the tenders
shall be made by a duly constituted Selection Committee in two parts,i.e. technical
evaluation and financial evaluation. The Selection Committee shall include a
representative of the requiring department a also a representative of the NIC."
The undersigned is also directed to say that the following para may be inserted
after para-9 of the aforesaid Memorandum”10: It is clarified that the Administrative
Departments will have the option to procure, install and maintain IT products after
inviting open tender without taking the assistance of WEBEL Technology Limited.
Webel Technology Limited, a Government of West Bengal Undertaking as the
Agency to assist the individual Departments for the purposes mentioned above, on
their request, in the manner and subject to the conditions laid down hereunder :-
Sd/- Samar Ghosh
Principal Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
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Copy forwarded for information to :
Kolkata, the 1st March, 2006.
1. The Accountant General(A&E),West Bengal,Treasury Buildings,Kolkata-700 001.
2. The Principal Accountant General(Audit),West Bengal,Treasury Buildings, Kol-1.
3. The Accountant General (Local Bodies Audit), West Bengal, CGO Complex, 3rd
MSO Building, 5th Floor, DF Block, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064.
4. The Commissioner, …………………………………………………………………
5. The Principal Secretary/Secretary, …………………………………………………
6. The Director, ………………………………………………………………………..
7. The Collector, Kolkata, 11, N.S. Road, Kilkta-700 001.
8. The District Magistrate,……………………………………………………………
9. The District Judge, …………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The Financial Adviser, ……………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………
11. The Superintendent of Police, ………………………………………………………
12. The Sub-Divisional Officer, ………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………
13. The Accounts Officer,West Bengal Secretariat,Writers' Buildings,Kolkata-700001.
14. The Accounts Officer, West Bengal Secretariat, Bikash Bhavan, Bidhannagar,
Kolkata-700 091.
15.The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-I, Civil Defence
Building, 81/2/2, Phears Lane, Kolkata-700 012.
16. The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-II, Jahar Building,
P-1, Hyde Lane, Kolkata-700 073.
17. The Superintendent, West Bengal Government Press, Alipore, Kilkata-700 027.
18. The Treasury Officer, ………………………………………………………………
19. The Principal, Industrial Training Institute, ………………………………………...
20. _______________ Branch / Group ____________ of Finance Department.
Sd/ P.K. Guha Roy
Special Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal