The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

PART – 3
PREPARATION OF SPECIFICATIONS AND MAINTAINING
CONFIDENTIALITY
29. Procedure for Preparation of Technical Specifications of Goods, Etc. |— (1) A
Procuring Entity shall at the time of describing requirements in respect of a particular object of
Procurement provide, inter alia, the following information, namely -
(a) name or description of the Goods, Works or Services to be procured;
(b) quality of Goods, Works or Services;
(c) required performance Standards and life span;
(d) safety Standards and limits ;
(e) symbols, terminology to be used in packaging, marking and labelling of the
Goods to be procured;
(f) processes and methods to be used in the production of the Goods to be
procured, where applicable; and
(g) test procedure, if any, for conformity assessment of Goods .
(2) Technical Specifications prepared by Procuring Entities shall, where appropriate, be-
(a)
expressed in terms of performance or output requirements, rather than
specifications linked directly to design or descriptive characteristics which
may tend to limit competition;
Example
Example
If a generator is to be purchased, the performance requirements should ideally be
If expressed, a generator for example, is to be purchased, follows:
the performance requirements should ideally be
expressed, for example, as follows:
(i) the electricity output to be generated per hour;
(i)
the electricity output to be generated per hour;
(ii) the maximum volume of fuel to be consumed per kilowatt hour while in
(b) based (ii) on the operation; international maximum and
volume Standards, of fuel to where be consumed such Standards per kilowatt exist, hour or while otherwise
in
recognized operation; national and Standards or Codes or generic names.
(iii) the maximum noise level while in operation.
(iii)
the maximum noise level while in operation.
(b)
described in clear terms on the basis of international standards ,if any, or
national or authorized national standards or code or generic name .
(3) There shall be no reference, in technical specification of Goods, to a particular
trade mark or trade name, patent, design or type, named country of origin, producer or
service Supplier
Example 1
If a Procuring Entity is purchasing a 4WD 29vehicle, it is not permitted to simply issue a
Tender for a named vehicle, nor it is permitted to write a detailed technical
specification that is so directly linked to one specific manufacturer that other vehicle
manufacturers or their agents would be unable to tender because the specification