https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469713 Statutory MSME purchase preference under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and the Public Procurement Policy applies only to procurement of goods and services simpliciter, not to a composite EPC tender amounting to a works contract. Because the tender required design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning and handing over of a fire water spray system, the MSME preference clause could not validly be invoked. The decision to allow the L-2 MSME bidder to match the L-1 price and receive the award was therefore based on an inapplicable preference and was quashed as arbitrary and illegal, while the tender process was otherwise left open for lawful reconsideration. en-us Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:38:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469713 Statutory MSME purchase preference under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and the Public Procurement Policy applies only to procurement of goods and services simpliciter, not to a composite EPC tender amounting to a works contract. Because the tender required design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning and handing over of a fire water spray system, the MSME preference clause could not validly be invoked. The decision to allow the L-2 MSME bidder to match the L-1 price and receive the award was therefore based on an inapplicable preference and was quashed as arbitrary and illegal, while the tender process was otherwise left open for lawful reconsideration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469713