Letter to Minister-MSME requesting waiver for Tender Processing Fee
We are ourselves SME/MSME/NSIC registered company and work with various government departments/ organizations and participate in TENDERS. Our E-Commerce venture www.industrykart.com helps SME/MSME in several ways.
Fax No.: 011-23063141/ Email: min-msme@nic.in
To,
Honorable
Minister Shri Kalraj Mishra
Ministry of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises
Room No 123, Udyog Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Room No 123, Udyog Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Dear Sir,
We are ourselves SME/MSME/NSIC registered company and work with various government departments/ organizations and participate in TENDERS. Our E-Commerce venture www.industrykart.com helps SME/MSME in several ways.
We have come across one
development lately in e-procurement tenders; some government organizations are
charging huge amounts for each TENDER as Tender processing fee. As per their norms, the Tender FEE is Free
for NSIC registered companies but Tender Processing fee is payable.
Now Tender fee is some 500
INR, it is free but Tender processing
Fee is INR 5618 and is payable. This is difficult for SME companies like us
to participate in Tenders. It is causing
big hindrance in SME participation in government.
Kindly intervene and get SME/MSME/NSIC registered
exempt from Tender Processing Fee, which is actually tender Fee in a different
Name.
An example is attached here
for your reference please. The case in question here is www.tenderwizard.com/DGNPV (Indian Navy). The tender in question is “Supply,
Test and Commissioning of Wire Rope Testing Machine”. This may be accessed
through
Thanking you, looking forward
to resolution of the problem.
Shailendra Pratap Singh
Director
Attachment: TENDER Page showing Tender Processing Fee
of INR 5618/-