Purchase Manual: Stores and Purchase Section
Purchase Manual: Stores and Purchase Section
               NOVEMBER 2013
                                   CONTENTS
for procurement of goods and services. This Manual is a guideline and all purchases are to
be regulated as per procedure laid down therein. However, in some specific cases, it may
become necessary to arrange materials by adopting methods not indicated in the manual. In
such case, specific approval of the Competent Authority must be obtained before initiating
such action, detailing the reasons as to why procurement becomes necessary not as per the
guidelines of the Purchase Manual. The procedures followed for purchase at IIT
Guwahati are broadly as per guidelines stated under General Financial Rules (GFR) of
to meet academic and scientific research activities on the one hand and to ensure fair
and transparent manner of purchase on the other hand, the Institute has evolved the
OBJECTIVES
•   To maintain uninterrupted flow of goods and services to support the development schedules of
    the Institute.
•   To procure goods and services economically at a cost consistent with the quality and service
    required. However, generally all purchases may be attempted at the lowest cost.
•   To maintain Organization reputation and credibility in the market by fair evaluation of bids and
    quotations, transparent, timely issue of purchase order or contracts and timely payment of
    dues.
    FUNCTIONS
•   Procurement of stores through indigenous and foreign sources as required in accordance with
    the rules in force.
•   Checking of requisitions/purchase indents.
•   Monitoring and tracking of budgets and utilization of funds as per the Annual Budget.
•   Selection of suppliers for issue of enquiries.
•   Issuing enquiries/tenders and obtaining quotations.
•   Preparation of comparative statement.
•   Preparation of Sanction Sheet.
•   Issue of Purchase Orders.
•   Follow-up of purchase orders for delivery in due time
•   Verification and passing of suppliers’ bills to see that payments are made promptly.
•   Correspondence and dealing with suppliers, carriers etc., regarding shortages, rejections etc.,
•   Maintenance of purchase records.
•   Maintenance of progressive expenditure statement, sub-head wise.
•   Maintenance of vendor performance records/data.
•   Arrangement for Insurance Surveys, as and when necessary.
•   Clearance of foreign consignments.
•   Collection and issue of Road Permit in coordination with Sales Tax Department, GoA.
•   Preparing reports and statements of Institute purchase for DSIR certificate for availing custom
    duty and excise duty exemption.
•   Maintenance of Central Stores.
•   Maintenance of Annual Rate Contracts.
•   Annual Maintenance Contracts.
•   Maintenance of records of Advance and settlement.
•   Serving as an information center on the materials’ knowledge i.e. their prices, source of
    supply, specification and other allied matters.
P 02. SUBMISSION OF INDENT
       1.     Each Department or Centre has its own Purchase Committee/s. Procedure for formation of
              Purchase Committee is as follow:
              a. HOD/HOC constitutes a Purchase Committee for purchase up to their sanctioning limit i.e.
                  as per the Delegation of Financial Power, and
              b. for purchase above the sanctioning power, HOD/HOC forwards its proposal to the Deputy
                  Director for approval.
              The S&P Section examines current availability (or non- availability) of fund against the
              appropriate account head; and, only if fund is available, the same is placed before the competent
              authority for consideration and approval.
              Institute resorts to Single-Bid System for purchase of consumables, furniture, minor equipment,
              and proprietary items etc., for other purchases mostly Two-Bid System is followed.
              Single-Bid System: In the Single bid procedure, Bidders submit Bids in one envelope containing
              both the Price Proposal and the Technical Proposal. The Bids are evaluated, and following
              approval by the Competent Authority, the Contract is awarded to the Bidder whose Bid has been
              determined to be the lowest.
              Two bid system: The objective of the exercise is to allow the Purchaser to evaluate the
              Technical Proposals without reference to price. Bids of Bidders who do not conform to the
           specified requirements may be rejected as deficient Bids with approval. For purchasing high
           value plant, machinery etc. of a complex and technical nature, bids may be obtained in two parts
           as -
           (a) Technical bid consisting of all technical details alongwith commercial terms and conditions;
           and (b) Financial bid indicating item-wise price for the items mentioned in the technical bid.
           The technical bid and the financial bid should be sealed by the bidder in separate covers duly
           superscribed and both these sealed covers are to be put in a bigger cover which should also be
           sealed and duly superscribed. The technical bids are to be opened by the purchase committee at
           the first instance and evaluated. At the second stage financial bids of only the technically
           acceptable offers should be opened for further evaluation and ranking before awarding the
           contract.
           On receipt of approved Indent, S&P Section sends Notice Inviting Quotations (NIQ), by adopting
           one of the following modes of procurement:
           6.1 Open Tender: Open Tender method is followed for all procurement worth Rs. 5 lakh
               (Rupees Five Lakh) and above. Notice Inviting tenders in this mode is given in at least one
               local dailies and one national dailies - if found necessary. In addition, the notice is put in
               the Institute’s website. Combing as many items as possible in one tendering process is
               expected.
           6.2 Limited Tender: The procedure for Limited Tenders/Quotations is generally resorted to
               for purchase of consumables, furniture (locally fabricated and involving low value items) and
               minor equipment, on the basis of vendor lists provided from the academic departments (in
               case of laboratory equipment) or as per standard vendor lists maintained in the S&P Section
               for general consumables (like stationeries etc.) and minor office equipment (like
               photocopiers etc.).
           6.3 Web Based Tender: All open & limited Notice Inviting Quotations for most of its purchases
           is published in the Institute’s Web site and News Paper (local or national as applicable). This
           practice has been resorted due to mainly to four reasons:
                   1.       to ensure fair chance of competition is given to all qualified vendors;
                   2.       lists of vendors supplied by the indenting departments are often found to be
                            non-exhaustive;
                   3.       suppliers for qualitatively better scientific equipment are not many; and
                   4.       general problem of not getting minimum three technically acceptable quotes
                            also gets minimized through this process .
6.4 Single Tender: Single quotation purchase shall be allowed in the following cases:
                   i) Proprietary Item: Single tender method is followed only in rare cases where it is in the sure
                   knowledge of both the HOD/HOC and the indentor that the item to be procured is manufactured
                   only by a particular manufacturer and there is no other option for the laboratory except to go in
                   for this equipment. Proprietary certificate from the manufacturer along with end user certificate
                   on the format provided at Annexure-II [FORM NO. SP-2P(A)]is to be attached with the Indent.
    Indent-cum-Sanction format as provided at Annexure-III [FORM NO. SP-2P] may be used.
    Intentionally adding restrictive clauses to favour a single source is not allowed. All such cases of
    procurement on single tender basis must be approved by the competent authority on specific
    recommendations of the HOD/HOC, only after the competent authority satisfies himself that
    such procurement is unavoidable.
    ii) Spares: Indent-cum-Sanction along with the proprietary certificate, for spare parts of
    equipments procured on single tender basis from the manufacturers or from their authorised
    dealers can be recommended by the HOD/HOC for final approval of the competent authority.
    iv) Cash purchase: Purchase of goods upto the value of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen
    Thousand only) on each occasion is made without inviting quotations on the basis of a
    given by the indenting officer and duly approved by the competent authority, by drawing
    [F0RM NO. SP-1M and SP-2M] . The certificate is given in a standardized format, wherein the
    indenting officer gives the following certificate: "I, ___________________, am personally
    satisfied that these goods purchased are of the requisite quality and specification and
    have been purchased from a reliable supplier at a reasonable price."
6.5 Global Tenders: Global tenders is issued if it is felt that bidding from the indigenous
source through open tendering shall not result in competitive prices. In such cases, in
addition to the open tendering procedures, copies of the NIQ is sent to the embassies of
the countries where such manufacturers are located by giving them at least six weeks time
so that they can forward the notice to the prospective bidders in their countries.
6.7 Rate Contracts: An Annual Rate contract is established for frequently required
consumable items such as chemicals, plastic wares, glass wares, UPS batteries, office
stationary, etc (ANNEXURE 1). The Rate contracts are established on the basis of open
tendering.
  Rate contract should be placed only on registered and or reputed manufacturers or their
  authorised distributors who are capable of supplying the stores as required. In addition to
  all the usual terms & conditions, the following clauses should be included in all rate
  contracts.
  1. The price charged for the stores supplied under the rate contract should in no event exceed the
  lowest price at which the party sells the stores of identical description to any other person during
  the period of the contract.
  2. The stores shall be supplied within a period of fortnight for supplies against ex-stock deliveries.
               In case the firm does not supply the items within the stipulated time schedule, the cancellation of
               the purchase order can be considered.
               3. Parallel rate contracts for similar items can be placed at any time during the period of rate
               contract with one or more parties.
4. The rate contract can be terminated at any time by giving one months notice.
               For procurement of Rate Contract Items Indent-cum-Sanction Sheet [FORM NO. SP-3P
               and FORM NO. SP-4P] may be used.
             6.8 Repeat Order: If an indent is received for an item of identical to one for which an
             earlier purchase order has been placed, purchase is made on repeat order basis, provided
             that:
               1. the new purchase order is placed within six months from the date of issue of
                  the original purchase order.
               2. the supplier concerned is willing to accept the repeat order on identical terms
                  and conditions.
               3. the quantity to be ordered/purchased on repeat basis does not exceed
                  quantity of the original purchase order.
               4. there is no downward trend of the prices since the original purchase order was
                  placed.
               For procurement by Repeat Order, Indent-cum-Sanction Sheet [FORM NO. SP-2P] may
               be used.
         Buy-back of items like Computers, Scanners, Servers, laptops, LCD Projectors, Printers,
         Photocopiers, Faxes, Refrigerators and the like of five-year vintage or more are made subject
         to the approval of the competent authority.
               1. The approval of the competent authority for declaring the item as obsolete etc. has to be
               obtained as per the present practice.
               2. Prices be obtained from various bidders and the bids should clearly mention that the offer is
               under buy-back scheme and the buy-back price be mentioned separately.
               3. Once the purchase is completed, the original value of the item be written off from the books of
               the respective labs.
         To safeguard against a bidder’s withdrawing / altering its bid during the bid validity period in the
         case of advertised or limited tender enquiry, EMD is obtained from the bidders except those
         who are registered with Central Purchase Organization (e.g. DGS&D), National Small
         Industries Corporation or the concerned Ministry / Department. The bidders are required to
         furnish EMD along with their bids. In case of items, if the quoted value is INR 5 lacs or above, an
         Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for an amount of 2.5% on quoted value, in the form of Demand
         Draft drawn in favour of the Registrar, IIT Guwahati, issued from a Nationalized Bank, will have to
         be submitted along with the bid (technical Bid in case of two bid system) only. The EMD of
         unsuccessful bidders shall be returned after award of contract. EMD of the successful bidder will
         be released on submission of the PBG. If exemption is sought from production of EMD, the same
         should clearly be mentioned in the bid (Technical Bid in case of two bid system) indicating the
         clause under which exemption is sought.
         To ensure due performance of the contract, Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG), in a standard
         format, is obtained from the successful bidder, who is awarded the contract. PBG, unless
         otherwise approved by the competent authority, is obtained from every successful bidder. In
         case of PO value Rupees five lakhs (INR) and above, the successful bidder, to whom the PO is
         placed, shall furnish an unconditional Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled bank, of
         India, for 10% of the Purchase Order value, within 21 days of placement of order. In case of
         foreign purchase the local Agent shall submit the PBG. Where the PBG is to be necessarily given
         by a foreign bank it shall be endorsed by its counterpart in India. Validity of the PBG, which shall
         be effective from the date mentioned therein, shall be at least 14 months+ expected delivery
         period. In case 14 months of validity is not possible, then when the system is delivered, the
         PBG’s validity will have to be suitably extended before payment is released.
(i)By submitting the PBG, the vendor is understood to have guaranteed that,
(a) The Purchase Order (PO) shall be executed as per terms and conditions mentioned therein.
(b) The equipment shall function satisfactorily for a period up to 60 days after the warranty period.
(c) The equipment and components are free from poor workmanship, bad quality, and faulty designs.
(d) The vendor shall at his/their own cost rectify/replace the defects, if any, during the guarantee period.
         (ii) Condition for invoking PBG: In case of failure to comply with the guarantees above, IITG
         may terminate the contract / purchase order in whole or in part and forfeit the PBG. In addition,
         IITG may, at its discretion, procure upon such terms and in such manner as it deems appropriate,
         goods similar to the undelivered items/products and the defaulting supplier/vendor shall be
         liable to compensate IITG for any extra expenditure involved.”
P 10. RECEIPT OF TENDERS
         1. Tenders are received either through post or through courier or by hand. The tenders shall be
         dropped in the tender box, which shall remain locked, and its keys with the Purchase officer.
         2. If a tender, received in a cover without any superscription about its contents, is opened by any
         official receiving it, he shall himself mark on the cover the tender number and the date of its
         receipt and the date of its opening and shall sign it and cause it to be delivered to the purchase
         officer before the opening date.
         3. Late/Delayed Tenders: Tenders received after the specified time and date of opening are
         treated as "Late" while tenders received after the last date specified for receipt of tender but
         before the date of opening of the tender are treated as" Delayed". Such tenders shall be marked
         as late/delayed as the case may be and filed. They shall be rejected and returned to the bidders
         in their original envelope without opening.
         1.      Requests for the postponement is not normally entertained. In rare cases however, if the
         response to a notice is poor, a decision to postpone the opening date of the tender by a minimum
         15 days may be taken by the competent authority. The time extension so granted may be
         intimated to all concerned so that adequate response is received.
         2.       In case where the response to limited tender method in respect of materials costing
         more than Rs. 5.00 lakhs is poor (if the response is only from two or less bidders, it is considered
         poor), then open tender method shall be resorted to. The bidders who responded to the limited
         tender enquiry must be informed that their tenders shall also be considered along with the
         tenders received through open enquiry. If a decision is taken to change the specification to make
         it broad-based, the bidders who had responded to limited enquiry shall be asked to bid again as
         per the revised specifications. Any exception to this should have the approval of competent
         authority.
         1.       Quotations shall be opened as per schedule given in the NIQ. Quotations received
         against Press Tender centrally floated by the S&P for two or more department/Centre is opened
         by the Quotation Opening Committee duly constituted for the same. All other quotation shall be
         opened and evaluated by the respective purchase committees constituted for the purpose.
         2.       The officer opening the tender shall read out or clause to make the following particulars
         only for the information of the representatives attending the tender opening.
         a) Tender number
         b) Name of the firm
         c) Description of the item to be purchased
         d) Price
         e) Whether the price is inclusive of taxes & duties or exclusive
         f) Discount offered.
         g) Delivery Schedule.
         h) Any other extra charges quoted for packing, transport etc.
         i) Terms of delivery
         j) Warranty obligations.
        3.        All the pages of the tender has to be initialed by the tender opening committee.
        Alterations/ corrections in the tenders should be initialed legibly by the officers opening the
        tender and dated. A similar procedure shall be followed wherever any erasing/ cutting is
        observed.
        4.        Any correction in the price quoted in the tender both in the words and figures shall be
        circled in red ink by the representative of finance and signed. The members of the tender opening
        committee shall endorse this. In addition, a list of the representatives of the bidders present at the
        time of opening shall be prepared who shall write their name and the bidder they represent under
        their signature.
        5.        If there is any discrepancy between the price quoted in figures and words, whichever is
        the higher of the two shall be taken as the bid price
P 14. AUDIT
              While recommendations relating to minor equipment (i.e. equipment costing less than Rs.5 lakh)
              and consumables costing less than Rs.1 lakh, are sent to the S&P Branch for further scrutiny and
              subsequent raising of sanctions, those relating to major purchase of furniture and equipment (i.e.
              furniture and equipment costing more than Rs.5 lakh) and consumables costing more than Rs.1
              lakh are sent for scrutiny by the Internal Audit Section.
              However, in regard to tenders/quotations received under Two Bid System, the recommendation
              of the purchase committee on Technical Bids is first placed before the competent authority for
              consideration and approval; and after approval of which only the Price Bids of the technically
              qualifying vendors are allowed to be opened by the purchase committee for making final
              evaluation and recommendation.
              The final recommendation of the purchase committee (i.e. the part relating to evaluation of the
              price bids of the technically qualifying vendors only) is thereafter scrutinized by the Internal Audit
              Section. After clearance of the subject from the Internal Audit Section only, the S&P Branch
              prepares Sanction Sheet for obtaining sanction from the competent authorities as per delegation
              of financial power.
            Amendments to all purchase orders not involving financial implications shall be made by the
            HoS, S&P.
            As per Assam Entry Tax Act, 2008, Road permit will be issued only on basis/availability of
            following two documents:
            (i) Institute’s Purchase Order (PO), officially issued as per normal practice, and
            (ii) Proforma Invoice, bearing reference of the concerned Purchase Order.
            In case of Repair/Spares:
            (i) Original PO
            (ii) Proforma Invoice, bearing reference of the concerned Purchase Order.
Head of Section, Stores and Purchase Section is only authorized to sign on the Road Permit.
            After arrival of ordered goods at the Institute, the S&P Branch arranges direct delivery of the
            same at the indenting department/ section, by obtaining the physical receipt certification (as
            “Goods received subject to inspection”) from the concerned indenter or the Head of the
            Department/Section on the body of the Challan or Consignment Note (C/N) itself.
            However, in case of General Office Stationeries, spot verification and acceptance (or rejection) is
            made by the members of the standing inspection committee for the purpose i.e. Asst. Registrar
            (S&P), Asst. Registrar (F&A), and Asst. Registrar (Establishment) or their representatives by
            recording comments on the body of the original Challan itself; and therefore no further inspection
            report becomes necessary on this subject.
            As stated above, all ordered goods (except general office consumables) are received at the
            Institute subject to inspection.
            Normally the concerned indenting division should ensure completion of inspection within five (5)
            days of receipt of inspection report from the stores. For imported equipments the packing may be
            opened in the presence of the Indian agent to avoid short/ damaged supply due to improper
            packing. In any case the inspection shall be completed within the validity period of the insurance
            policy so that the claims for shortage/ damage if any, can be lodged with the insurance company.
            Failure to inspect the material within the time schedule shall make the
            Indentor/department/Centre concerned responsible for the loss.
            Once the inspection is complete and the indentor certifies the inspection report [FORM NO.
            SP-9P], Stores should ensure that the bill containing the stock entry reference and copy of the
            inspection report is sent to Purchase within three working days.
            The Purchase section shall send the same directly to accounts within four working days for
            payment and then the accounts must arrange payment to the vendor within five days from the
            date of receipt of bill. If for any reason, the payment is held up beyond the period stipulated, the
            matter shall be brought to the notice of the Deputy Director for his decision.
P 20. PAYMENT
            Foreign purchase:
            (A) Above INR 5 lacs: By an irrevocable letter of Credit at CIF/CIP Kolkata value negotiable
            through any overseas branch of Axis Bank with unrestricted provision. FDD/LoC is opened only
            on receipt of Letter of Acknowledgement and Performance Bank Guarantee(as applicable pls.
            see PBG clause) in original, by IIT Guwahati.
            (B) Below INR 5 lacs by FDD/Wire Transfer as given below:
               (i) Advance payment Against Bank Guarantee: 90% of the price is paid in advance against
               equivalent bank guarantee from a scheduled bank, of India provided by the supplier/Indian
               Agent. The remaining 10% is released only after receipt and acceptance of materials in good
               condition or after satisfactory installation and commissioning of the equipment. or
               (ii) Payment Against Proof of Dispatch: 90% of the price is paid against receipt of proof of
               dispatch such as AWB, Invoice, Packing List, Insurance certificate, etc.. The remaining 10% is
               released only after receipt and acceptance of materials in good condition or after satisfactory
               installation and commissioning of the equipment.
            or
               (iii) 100% Payment Basis: On request by the supplier/s 100% payment by FDD is made. In
               this case on receipt of Order Acknowledgement an FDD is established for total ordered value,
               thereupon, a copy of the FDD is sent to the supplier which enable them to send the materials.
               On satisfactory receipt and acceptance of the materials or satisfactory installation and
               commission of the equipment the Original FDD is sent to them.
            Local or indigenous purchase:
               (a)100% payment within 30(thirty) days from date of delivery, installation and acceptance.
                         Or
               (b) 90% payment on delivery against receipt of P.O. acknowledgement and PBG (as
               applicable). The remaining 10% is released only after satisfactory installation, commissioning
               and acceptance of the equipment/ordered item.
            While clauses as above are applicable to all orders competent authority may take appropriate
            decisions on exceptional cases.
            Depending on the cost and nature of the goods to be purchased, it may also be necessary to
            enter into maintenance contract(s) of suitable period either with the supplier of the goods or with
            any other competent firm, not necessarily the supplier of the subject goods. Such maintenance
            contracts are especially needed for sophisticated and costly equipment and machinery. It may
            however be kept in mind that the equipment or machinery is maintained free of charge by the
supplier during its warranty period or such other extended periods as the contract terms may
provide and the paid maintenance should commence only thereafter.
In case of Annual maintenance contracts/ repairs, advance payment sufficient to cover one year
AMC charges shall be allowed by the competent authority. In cases where the AMC payment is
for more than a year specific approval of the Director shall be obtained. Any other payment terms
can be accepted in exceptional cases on the approval of Director with concurrence of Finance.
                This procedure for disposal of items declared Surplus, Obsolete, Unserviceable and Scrap in IIT
                Guwahati shall be known as ‘Disposal Manual of IITG’.
                The competent authority to declare the Stores as obsolete/ surplus/ unserviceable and order its
                disposal as per the recommendations of the Committee shall be:
                There shall be two disposal committees: (i) a Central Disposal Committee for the Institute as a
                whole, and (ii) a departmental disposal committee for each department/centre/ section. If
                desired by the competent authority, administrative sections may be combined under one
                committee.
                There shall be an Institute Central Disposal Committee, which shall be a Standing Disposal
                Committee
The chairman may co-opt or invite other members as he may deem fit.
        The Institute Disposal Committee shall carry out the following functions as per due approval of the
        competent authority.
           i.          Obtain approval of the competent authority to dispose items recommended by the Departmental
                       Disposal Committee/s.
           ii.         Decide mode of disposal.
          iii.         Fix the Reserve Price for items proposed to be disposed.
  iv.    Float tenders, open and evaluate bids received.
   v.    Select highest responsive bidder and if required negotiate with highest responsive bidder.
  vi.    Issue sale release order to the selected bidder
 vii.    Collect sale value from the selected bidder
 viii.   Release the sold goods to the selected bidder and ensure that the items are lifted by the bidder as per
         the disposal list and time schedule
  ix.    Return bid security to the unsuccessful bidders
   x.    Prepare a Sale Account for goods disposed off in a prescribed form for Sale Account (FORM NO
         SP-3M), and forward the duly signed form for Sale Account to the S&P Section.
     3.3. Departmental Disposal Committee Committee
     A Departmental Disposal Committee (DDC) may be either a Standing Disposal Committee (i.e
     for one or more year), or a one time Disposal Committee, as decided by the department. The
     Committee, as and when required, shall be formed by HOD/HOC/HOS/Convener Hostel Affairs
     Board.
     The Committee, unless decided otherwise by the competent authority, shall consist of the
     following:
1. to inspect materials that are proposed to be declared as surplus, obsolete, un-serviceable, etc.,
   and to take decisions to declare items as surplus, obsolete, un-serviceable, etc.
2. to forward its recommendation for disposal to the ICDC, as per the format provided.
3. to recommend fixation of responsibility in case an item becomes unserviceable
   due to negligence, fraud or mischief.
4. For recommendation in regards to disposal, the Committee shall use FORM NO. SP-6M.
Disposal process will be initiated by the departmental disposal committee. The committee shall
identify/inspect/compile a list of material that has become Surplus/obsolete/ unserviceable stores
including scrap in the prescribed format i.e [FORM NO. SP-6M] and forward the same to the
Chairman, Central Disposal Committee for further action.
5.0. Ground for Declaring Items Surplus, Obsolete, Unserviceable and Scrap:
5.1. Surplus: Items that are in working order but are not required for use in a
     particular department/Centre/Section, and stock lying in Stores for more than five years shall be
     deemed as surplus unless there is any good reason to treat them otherwise.
     5.2.     Obsolete: Items in working order but cannot be put into use effectively being outdated
     due to change in technology/design, or have outlived their normal span of life.
5.3.     Unserviceable: Items which are not in working order and are beyond economically
viable repair.
5.4.     Scrap: Process waste, broken items and items not covered above but which has got
resale value such as empty containers, crates, furniture, bottles, plastic products, etc.
6.0.     Inspection
The Departmental Disposal Committee (DDC) shall examine the material to be declared as
surplus/obsolete or unserviceable taking into account the stipulated life period of each item,
overall condition of the items, requirement of such items in future. It will also investigate if
negligence or mischief or fraud on the part of any individual causes such loss. The DDC may
recommend appointment of a Technical Committee for the purpose, if required.
 1.     By Public Auction,
 2.     By Limited Tender,
 3.     By Open Tender,
 4.     To a Single Party
 5.     Disposal at scrap value or by other modes, and
 6.     Destruction of items in an eco-friendly manner
Public Auction is to be resorted to for items whose value is estimated by the ICDC to be above
Rs.5 lakhs and which is likely to be sold for its scrap value. If the value of material is substantial,
engaging a Govt. recognized auctioneer to conduct a public auction may be considered by the
competent authority. The ICDC should ensure fixation of Reserve Price before the auction
commences. Every bidder in an auction shall have to deposit caution money to become eligible
for bidding. The ICDC shall fix the amount of caution money. An EMD of 25% has to be paid by
the successful firm at the fall of hammer after adjustment of the caution money. The caution
money of the unsuccessful bidders should be refunded immediately after the auction. The
highest bidder shall pay the balance 75% within 5 days. The material will be handed over to the
bidder on receipt of payment. The ICDC may attend the public auction or nominate a
sub-committee to attend the same.
The ICDC may recommend disposal of stores by Limited Tender if the item is specialised in
nature (for example scientific equipment in useable condition) and the parties likely to be
interested are few and are known. The ICDC may decide on the quantum of EMD which should
be in the form of demand draft/banker's cheque. The Tender Opening Committee in the presence
of the bidders will open the quotations on a particular date and time. The ICDC should ensure
fixation of Reserve Price before the bids are opened. The time limit for the bidders for taking
delivery of the goods after payment of the bid value including amount of penalties for late lifting
may be decided on case to case basis by the ICDC. EMD of unsuccessful bidders has to be
refunded immediately.
7.3.    Open tender
The ICDC may recommend disposal of stores by Open Tendering. In this case all the procedure
outlined for Limited Tendering will be followed. For all items in working condition with a reserve
price of above 2 lakhs, this is the recommended method.
7.4. To a Single Party: If the item is specialised in nature and in working condition, and the
buyer is a Govt. Department (Central or State) or a research or educational institution
substantially funded by the government, then the item may be disposed off by negotiating a
suitable price with this single party. The depreciated value of the item will be a benchmark for
deciding the value of the item.
7.5. Disposal at scrap value or by other modes : If the ICDC is unable to sell any surplus or
obsolete or unserviceable item in spite of its attempts through advertised tender or auction, it
may dispose off the same at its scrap value with the approval of the competent authority. In case
the ICDC is unable to sell the item even at its scrap value, it may with due concurrence from the
competent authority adopt any other mode of disposal including destruction of the item in an
eco-friendly manner.
7.6. Destruction of items in an eco-friendly manner: If the items are certified by the ICDC to
have no resale value whatsoever, as the items are damaged, have rotted, or have otherwise
become unusable in any form, then the items may be destroyed in an eco-friendly manner.
Before the bids are opened, the ICDC will meet to decide the Reserve Price for disposal of such
stores. To fix a reserve price the Committee shall take in to account the book value i.e. the
original purchase price, the depreciated value, the overall condition of the item and the market
price of such second-hand material.
The Reserve Price shall be kept in a sealed cover which will be opened after opening the bids to
compare the bid prices with the Reserve Price.
After the bids are opened, a comparative statement will be prepared by ICDC. The highest bid
will be compared with the Reserve Price. If the highest bid price is more than the Reserve Price,
the items shall be offered to the highest bidder.
In case, the highest bid price is less than the Reserve Price, the ICDC will once again go through
the Reserve Price to take a decision either to recommend disposal at the highest bid price,
provided the difference between the Reserve Price and highest bid price is less than 10%, or to
negotiate with the highest bidder to increase his bid price or recommend re-tendering.
Recommendation of the ICDC, as a result of such exercise, will be placed to the competent
authority for final decision.
The delivery of the material will be given to the selected bidder or his authorized representative
only after full payment is deposited in cash or through demand draft/banker’s check. On
payment, the ICDC will physically hand over the items to the party and issue a Gate Pass
         enabling the purchaser to take out the items. The details of the items sold should be made
         available with the Gate Pass in order to facilitate security checks.
Table A
14 Special Cases
The Director is authorised to override these rules and grant approval for disposal in special cases.
Sufficient reasons and justifications will be placed on record for each such special case. Further, all such
special cases will be reported to the Board of Governors.
M 23. MAINTENANCE & PHYSICAL VERIFICATION OF STOCKS & ASSETS
     As per Audit requirement, maintenance and annual verification of Asset & Stocks is mandatory. The
     following guidelines have been laid down for information and compliance of all concerned.
     1. Maintenance of Assets & Stocks:
     (a) Each department/centre/section/hostel shall maintain two types of registers namely Asset Register
     and Stock Register.
     This should have entries of consumables. Departments may maintain more than one Consumable Stock
     Register for different items.
     (b) Assets & Stocks Register (both hard & soft copies) shall be maintained by each Dept/ Centre/ Section/
     Hostel.
     (c) HoD/ HoC/ HoS/ Warden shall be the custodian of assets in their respective Department/ Centre/
     Section/ Hostel.
     2. Annual Verification of Assets & Stocks: Verification shall be on the basis of the Assets & Stock Register
     maintained in the Department/Centre/Section/Hostel etc. Verification reports be approved by HoD / HoC/
     HoS/ Chairman Hostel/ Deans/ Registrar
     As applicable.
     a. Schedule of Verification: The physical verification shall be conducted during the month of April every
     year. Approved reports of the Verification of Asset (both hard and soft copy) must be sent to S&P Section
     on or before 30th April.
     b. Committee for Verification: The committee for verification consists of three members. The Committee,
     unless decided otherwise by the competent authority, shall be formed by the HOD/HOC/HOS/ Chairman
     Hostel/ Dean/ Registrar (as applicable) and consist of the following:
     1.      Chairman (Faculty/ Warden/ Section Head etc.)
     2.      Member (SO/ JTS/ TS/ Warden/ Caretaker etc.)
     3.      Member (JTS/ TS etc.)
     (i) To ensure that the materials are physically available according to the nomenclature, description,
     specification shown in the Assets & Stock Register.
(ii) Report of Assets: Verification Report of Assets along with the findings shall be recorded in the Asset
Register as well as in the FORM NO. SP-4M. Report of the verification duly approved by the HoD/ HoC/
HoS/ Deans/Registrar etc. as applicable, must be forwarded to the S&P Section on or before 30th of April.
(iii) Report of Stock: Verification Report of Stocks be approved HoD/ HoC/HoS/ Chairman Hostel/Deans/
Registrar etc. (as applicable) and be recorded and maintained in the concerned department/ section/
centre in FORM NO. SP-5M.
(iv) Discrepancies: Discrepancies, including shortage, damages and unserviceable goods if any, has to
be brought to the notice of the competent authority (HoD/ HoC/ HoS as applicable) for taking appropriate
action.
M 24. BUDGET HEAD MAINTAINED BY STORES & PURCHASE SECTION (FINANCIAL POWERS IN
      RESPECT OF THE DELEGATION OF POWERS OF THE BOARD AND OF THE DIRECTOR TO DIFFERENT
      FUNCTIONARIES OF THE INSTITUTE AS PER 72nd BOG HELD ON 26/2/2013) –
M 25. MISCELLANEOUS
         a. The operation of the above procedure shall be in super cession of all existing rules & instructions.
            In respect of areas, which are not covered in the above procedure, the provisions contained in
            the GFR/ MHRD manual shall be operative.
         b. A few formats for the Indents, Proprietary certificate, Indent-cum-Sanction etc. are enclosed.
         c. In case of any doubt on the interpretation of this procedure, matters can be referred to the Deputy
            Director.
         d. The procedure may be reviewed at suitable intervals for further modifications.
         e. The Director, may relax any of the provisions outlined in this procedure.
                                         ANNEXURE 1
Please find below the list of vendors/firms with whom IIT Guwahati have Rate Contract Agreements for supply of
goods and services as on 18.06.13:
13.06.14
02    CARTRIDGES OF HP PRINTERS                        Hewlett Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd., Vikash Building, 1,
                                                       Dr. U.N. Brahmachari Street, Kolkata, W.B.
                                           01.04.13
                                                       Registered Supplies Reseller:
                                              to
                                                       M/s. Balaji Computers,
                                           31.03.14
                                                       1st Floor, Purabi Complex Near Flyover Bridge, A.T.
                                                       Road, Guwahati – 781 001
08   CHEMICALS AND PLASTIC     01.10.12   M/s. Sigma Aldrich Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.,
     WARES
                                  to      P-10, Taratola Road, Kolkata : 700 088
31.10.13
M/s. Planters,
  01      All logistic matters relating customs            01.10.13    M/s Prakash Freight Movers Limited,
          clearance and freight forwarding of imported
          consignments                                        to         26B, Camac Street, 7th Floor, Neel
                                                                           Kanth Building, Kolkata 700 016
                                                           30.09.14
Sanctioning/Approving Limit:
                          PURCHASE INDENT-CUM-SANCTION
                                   INDENT              SHEET – GENERAL PURPOSE
 Sl. No.      Description of Item/s                Justification                     Qty   Estd. Rate        Estd. Amount
                                                                                             (Rs.)               (Rs.)
 01          Detail technical            Proper justification for proposed
             specification of the item   purchase of the required items.
             to be purchased             Please attach PO copy if proposed
                                         to place repeat order.
                                                               Total Estd. Basic Value
                                                                         Less:
                                                                  Discount @....if any
                                                                             Sub-total
                                                                                   total
                                                           Add.: CD/ED/CST/VAT @...
                                                                                  Total
                                       Rupees …………………………………………. only)
                                      (Rupees
1. Mode of Payment
2. Delivery Period
3. Warranty etc.
4. Supplier Name & Address:
JA/SA/JS(S&P) AR(S&P)
Sanctioning/Approving Limit:
[Proprietary Certificate]
        Proprietary Item/s: Certified that to the best of our knowledge, the item indented is the
proprietary item of M/s ___________ and is marketed by them / their only authorized distributor M/s
______________ in India. To the best of our knowledge there is no other product available in the
market that meets the specifications of this item.
OR
       Emergent Item/s: Certified that the requirement could not be anticipated earlier and it is
emergent in nature. The item is required for _______________ a sponsored/ In house project and the
deadline for delivery is ___________. The consequence if the item is not procured within the dead line
is __________________________________________.
OR
        Standardized Item/s: Certified that the items indented are standardized items/spare parts
found to be compatible to the existing sets of equipment. Hence, the required item is to be purchased
only from M/s ___________ No other make or model is acceptable for the following reasons:
__________________________________________.
Certified that the items mentioned overleaf are for my experiments which are to be procured from the above mentioned
firm/its authorized dealer only.
Certified that the (a) Items, (b) Catalogue Numbers, (c) Page Numbers and (d) Prices of the above mentioned items are
furnished as per the CURRENT APPLICABLE PRICE LIST only and we shall be held responsible in case the information is
found to be incorrect, at a later stage.
The materials are to be delivered within ______________
                                          ______________.
Signature Of The Indentor (Sign Above) Signature of the HoD/ HoC (Sign Above)
Rs. …………………. is available in the FC “…………..” of Dept of ………. and Rs. ………… as mentioned overleaf
is recorded in the Budget Register
The amount of Rs......................... as mentioned overleaf is sanctioned for placement of order on ARC.
Sl. No.     Item Description                              Cat. Number            Page No.        Unit Rate           Qty.      Total ( ` )
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
TOTAL
Sanctioning/Approving Limit:
HoD/ HoC                       Deputy Director              Director
Equipment                      Upto Rs. 50 thousand         Upto Rs. 5 Lacs                    Beyond Rs. 5 Lacs
Consumable                     Upto Rs. 30 thousand         Upto Rs. 1 Lacs                    Beyond Rs. 1 Lacs
Contingency (AMC)              Upto Rs. 30 thousand         Upto Rs. 3 Lacs                    Beyond Rs. 3 Lacs
                                                           INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
                                                                        STORES AND PURCHASE SECTION
FORM NO. SP-5P                                                                          Phone :
                                                                                        Date :
    1. Item/s Name :
    2. P.O. No. under which the item was purchased:
    3. Justification/ Purpose (Please attach separate sheet if needed):
Rs. …………………. is available in the FC “…………..” of Dept of ………. and Rs. ………… as mentioned overleaf
is recorded in the Budget Register
 It is requested that Annual Maintenance Contract or Annual Maintenance Contract Renewal as per details given
below may       kindly be concluded.
Ref. P.O. Number/reference ………………… dated ……………. and basic value (BV)of the PO ……………………..
a.      Proposal/Quotation No : . ………………….
                                  ………………….& date …………………. for AMC from Service Provider (enclosed)
Email :
d. Whether the services rendered during the previous year have been satisfactory or not :
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
                                                           INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
                                                                        STORES AND PURCHASE SECTION
    FORM NO. SP-7P                                                                          Phone :
                                                                                            Date :
Signature of HOD/HOC/HOS :
Received.
_________________
Signature of receiver
(Name in capital)
NB: Counter signature of the sanctioning authority (Dean/Registrar/HOD/HOC/HOS/Chairman etc. as per delegation of
financial powers of IITG) is taken as approval and sanction for booking the expenditure. Requisition without
countersignature of sanctioning authority
                                    ority cannot be processed. Items requested and issued may vary depending upon
availability.
                                          FORM NO. SP-8P(1)
           Name of Firm (M/s.)       Vendor-      Vendor       Vendor     Vendor      Vendor     Vendor     Vendor      Vendor
Sl.   Conditions                     1            -II          -III       -IV         -V         -VI        -VII        -VII
No.   for acceptance
                                     Yes/No       Yes/No       Yes/No     Yes/No      Yes/No     Yes/No     Yes/No      Yes/No
01    EMD submitted
Note: In case any term mentioned above is not complied by a vendor but the Purchase Committee would like to go
ahead, recommendation to this effect with valid and justifiable reasons must be provided for consideration and advice of the
competent authority.
Specification 2
…..
…..
…..
…..
Specification n
Remarks
Price comparisons of technically qualified quotations received for the purchase of (item name) against our NIQ
No. …………….., dated ………..
        Against NIQ No. ????????, dated ????????, for purchase of ????????, altogether N nos. quotations
were received from:
1. M/s Vendor 1 Name
2. M/s Vendor 2 Name
3. M/s Vendor 3 Name
4. …….
5. M/s Vendor N Name
Based on technical evaluation report (as at C/Form 2), the committee found the following technically qualified:
Vendor N
A price comparative statement was made on technically qualified vendors (as at C/Form 3). Based on price
comparative statement it is found that the lowest priced quoted by M/s (Vendor Name), vide their quotation No.
(Quotation No.), for Model: (Model Name), Make: (Make Name).
Therefore the purchase recommends purchase of (item name), from M/s (Vendor Name), as per details
mentioned in Form 5.
Indentor
HoD/ HoC
                                   FORM NO. SP-8P(5)
 Technical Specification of the (item name), recommended by the purchase committee to be purchased from M/s
(Vendor Name), vide quotation no. (recommended vendors quotation no.), dated …………, is as mentioned
below:
Indentor
HoD/ HoC
                                                                          Form No. SP-9P
                                                                        [Inspection Report]
    A/c Head: Equipment/ Furniture                                                                                                    Fund Code: ………….….
    Name of Department/ Centre/ Section : …………………………………………………. P.O. No.: …………………………..……………………… Dated ……….…..
    Name of the Supplier: M/s ……………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………….…..
    Invoice No. ……………………………….. Dated …………                                       and Challan No. ……………………………………..……. Dated ………..
         Sl. No.    Description of Items                                   Qty.       Accepted/     Stock Entry
                                                                                      Rejected
         01                                                                                         Stock Register No.:
         02
         03                                                                                         Page No.            :
                                                                                                                                    Sl. No.
                                                                                                                                    :
    [Additional Inspection Report Sheet may be used with proper details, if space is found to be inadequate]
    PLEASE ENCLOSE A COPY OF THE INSTALLATION REPORT                                          / ELSE MENTION THE DATE OF INSTALLATION ………….
                 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
                                                                                              STORES AND PURCHASE SECTION
     FORM NO. SP-1M                                                                                     Phone :
                                                                                                        Date    :
        In figures                                  In words
        Rs.
6. Certified that the items as above/as per list enclosed are required urgently.
The settlement against this advance should be submitted within a period of 30 days from the date of the advance drawn.
FOR USE BY RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS ONLY
Temporary Advance for the above purpose to Prof./ Dr./ Mr. ______________ chargeable to Account Head(s). _____
Dealing Assistant
                                                                                                    HoD/ HoC/ REG/DEAN/ DD
3. Details of Expenditure
                                                                                      Total Expenditure
                                                                                Less: Advance Drawn
                    Unspent balance refunded (Cheque No……… dt………../             MR No …… Dt…….) (-)
                                                                    Over Expenditure to be reimbursed
                                     (Enclose separate sheet in the above format if necessary)
NB:
      1.   The settlement against advance should be submitted within a period of 30 days from the date of advance drawn
                                                                                                                     drawn.
      2.   Enclose a copy of the approval of the advance.
      3.   Enclose the original cash memo/ retail invoice/ money receipt initialed by the Drawer.
      4.   Stock entry details on the reverse side of the cash memo/ retail invoice/money receipt of the Consumables/
           Equipment purchased from this advance. Drawer and HOD’s signature on Stock Entry.
      5.   If unspent balance is to be refunded by Drawer, enclose an A/c Payee cheque in favour of “Registrar, IIT Guwahati”.
      6.   The purchase process as placed on the webpage of S&P section(Intranet)may be followed.
      7.   For refund by students however only
                                             nly cash is accepted.
      8.   Certify all the purchase made above Rs.1,000.00, else enclose at least three supporting quotation.
      9.   Make sure that all purchases are made after approval of advance.
                                        FOR USE BY RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS ONLY
Checked and found to be OK. Putt up for consideration.
Item      Particulars    Quantity /    Name and         Highest     Highest       Earnest     Amount and       Actual date
 No.       of Items       Weight      full address        bid          bid         money        date on        of handing
                                            of         accepted     rejected      realized       which           over of
                                       purchaser                                   on the     credited into    the articles
                                                                                    spot          IITG             with
                                                                                                account         quantities
 1            2               3            4              5             6            7              8               9
 Certified that the item/s referred above have been disposed of by the Disposal Committee as per normal procedures of the
 Institute on …….
………………
(Chairman)
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       INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
Sl.    Description      P.O. No.     Qty.     Price as       Location        Dept.         Status            Remarks
No.    of Item with     with Date           mentioned in                     Asset        (Working/       (Reasons if not
        Make and                             the Asset                      Register     Not working)      working or any
          Model                               Register                        No.                        other observation)
            (1)            (2)       (3)         (4)              (5)         (6)             (7)                (8)
Certified that the item/s referred above has been verified and the information given here in is true to the best of our
knowledge.
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          INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
                        FORM NO. SP-5M
                                  PHYSICAL VERIFICATION REPORT
Sl.   Description      P.O. No. with     Qty.       Price as          Location       Dept. Stock         Status        Remarks
No.    of Item             date                   mentioned in                       Register No.
                                                   the Stock
                                                    Register
           (1)              (2)           (3)          (4)               (5)              (6)              (7)              (8)
  Certified that the item/s referred above has been verified and the information given here in is true to the best of our
                                                      knowledge.
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                                    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
                                                  FORM NO. SP-6M
DECLARATION OF SURPLUS/OBSOLETE/UNSERVICEABLE/SCRAP
Sl. No        Particulars of the         Qty./ Wt.         Year of            Departmental Stock         Total Book           Condition
                     Item                                 purchase                 Reg.No.              value/Original
                                                                                                       purchase value
                                                                              Page No. & Sl No.
Leaving the relevant line, cross out all the other lines:
         1. Certified that the items referred above are in working condition but are no longer required for use. The items may be
         declared as surplus.
         2. Certified that the items referred above have become outdated technically and are no longer useful / have outlived their
         normal span of life. The items may be declared as obsolete.
         3. Certified that the items mentioned above are not in working order, have outlived their normal span of life and are
         beyond economically viable repair. They may be declared as unserviceable.
         4. Certified that the items mentioned above have no use and have only got scrap value. They may be declared as scrap.
Chairman (DDC)
TO
The Chairman,
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