M/S. Meem Agro Food Private Limited, vs The State Of Telangana, on 3 October, 2024
In Din Bandhu Dass v. Delhi Technological
University, the High Court of Delhi observed that the tender has
to be examined in the light of Rule 173 of General Financial
Rules, 2017. The said Rule stipulates that there is no bar in
accepting a tender even when there is only one bidder. In the
present case on hand, the tender notification was issued in two
newspapers and tender has also been notified in e-procurement
site and certain objections were raised by respondent authorities
with regard to six bidders. It is pertinent to note that issuance of
tender notification itself signifies that respondent authority do
not want to favour any bidder. In the present case, tenders were
called for the first time after the expiry of lease period. In view of
the same, the judgment relied on by the petitioner do not come
to the aide of the petitioner owing to the facts and circumstances
of the case. It is also to be noted that RFP merely invites an offer
and the petitioner having signed price bid and letter, as per
Appendix C1 is bound by all the terms and condition of RFP
document.