Model Tender
         Document
              for
       Procurement of
      Non Consultancy
          Services
          Government of India
           Ministry of Finance
         Department of Expenditure
                      FOREWORD
        Government organisations procure various goods and services and execute works to
     fulfil their duties and responsibilities. To improve good governance, transparency, fairness,
     competition, and value for money in public procurement, the Government of India has taken
     a number of significant policy initiatives in public procurement in the recent past. The
     General Financial Rules were revised comprehensively in March 2017, covering inter-alia
     this set of new initiatives. Consequently, the Manual for Procurement of Goods, 2017;
     Manual for Procurement of Consultancy and Other Services, 2017 and Manual for
     Procurement of Works, 2019 were also developed.
     2. Tender documents are the ultimate vehicle for implementing such policy initiatives on
     the ground. If all procurements use a uniform set of tender documents, the impact of policy
     initiatives' gets amplified, bringing economies of scale and increased competition. Bidders
     also get broader market access for their products.
     3. Procurement of Non-consultancy Services is growing leaps and bounds, yet it is here
     that the lack of such uniform Model Tender Documents is particularly stark, more so
     because of challenges posed by diverse forms of Service contracts – Time-based, Unit-
     rate,   indefinite-delivery   (On-call),   Lumpsum  or  Percentage-based etc. Therefore, this
     generic Model Tender Document for Non-consultancy Services has been developed and is
     designed for easy customisation for different forms of contracts for non-Consultancy
     Services.
     4. Therefore, this Model Tender Document (MTD) has been developed for the
     procurement of non-Consultancy Services. This MTD rationalises and simplifies the usual
     structure of tender documents. Besides aligning its provisions with various procurement
     policies, it incorporates national and international best practices and breaks some new
     grounds. In two stages, extensive consultations were done with Ministries/ Departments/
     Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), other organisations and individuals to
     develop this document. A unique feature of this MTD is its availability as a software
     template which can be customised with the names and requirements of user organisations.
     5. Detailed guidance is provided at appropriate places in the MTD, and a separate
     detailed Guidance Note is also attached to help the procuring officials.
     6. MTDs issued by this Department are to be taken as guiding templates. Ministries/
     Departments are advised to suitably customise this document to suit their local/ specialised
     needs. Government e-Marketplace (GeM), Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP) and
     other e-procurement portals should host this MTD on their portals so as to help procuring
     entities to customise and make use of the MTD. This is first edition of the MTD and this
     Department   welcomes   any   suggestion   or   comment   on   this   document   for   further
     improvement.
     7. I would like to acknowledge the lead taken by Shri Sanjay Aggarwal, Advisor (PPD),
     Shri Kanwalpreet, Director (PPD) and the role of Shri Girish Bhatnagar, Consultant (Public
     Procurement) in the development of this Model Tender Document. I would also like to thank
     Ministries, Departments, other organisations, and individuals who reviewed the drafts of the
     Model Tender Document and provided their valuable inputs.