CHENNAI:
In a bid to improve transparency and fairness of the entire tendering process, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will now only accept tender applications only through Tamil Nadu government's e-procurement system.
This would make the process more robust, transparent and convenient for vendors from different parts of the country to apply. This comes after CMDA has plugged-in with the existing National Informatics Centre (NIC) portal ( https://tntenders.gov.in/
Even online payment of the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) will be enabled shortly. In the interim, as per instructions of Anshul Mishra, Member Secretary, CMDA, vendors applying online can send the Demand Draft (DD) via post, and need not come in person to submit it. Soon, CMDA will also start e-auction using MSTC’s e-commerce portal, the CMDA official stated.
It is learnt that the earlier tendering process had many gaps as notices for tenders were published only in newspapers and not on digital platforms. Similarly, the applications of tenders required documents were to be submitted in-person–dropped into the allocated box at the office. These constraints limited applications only from those vendors who were within the city or from nearby areas. Vendors from other parts of the country, eligible for the tender, were often left unaware of the opportunity or found it inconvenient to apply in-person, the official stated.
In a bid to improve transparency and fairness of the entire tendering process, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will now only accept tender applications only through Tamil Nadu government's e-procurement system.
This would make the process more robust, transparent and convenient for vendors from different parts of the country to apply. This comes after CMDA has plugged-in with the existing National Informatics Centre (NIC) portal ( https://tntenders.gov.in/
Even online payment of the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) will be enabled shortly. In the interim, as per instructions of Anshul Mishra, Member Secretary, CMDA, vendors applying online can send the Demand Draft (DD) via post, and need not come in person to submit it. Soon, CMDA will also start e-auction using MSTC’s e-commerce portal, the CMDA official stated.
It is learnt that the earlier tendering process had many gaps as notices for tenders were published only in newspapers and not on digital platforms. Similarly, the applications of tenders required documents were to be submitted in-person–dropped into the allocated box at the office. These constraints limited applications only from those vendors who were within the city or from nearby areas. Vendors from other parts of the country, eligible for the tender, were often left unaware of the opportunity or found it inconvenient to apply in-person, the official stated.
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