TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Procedure for Allocation of TRQ under tariff head 7108 under India-UAE CEPA for FY 2025-26
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....laid out in the Tender Document given at Annexure - I. The same may be accessed at the MSTC website at (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn/dgft). ii. The Total Quantity of Allocation in the current Tender process is restricted to 30 MT in the current round of Allocations. iii. The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide order dated 26.09.2025 signed on 08.10.2025 has disposed of the petitions directing the respondents to expeditiously review the TRQ Allocation for the FY 2025-26. The operative part of the Hon'ble High Court order is reproduced below "18. Necessarily, given that six months out of the current financial year have already elapsed, the respondents would be required to undertake a review of the TRQ allocation so as to utilize the quota for the current financial year. 19. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it would be apposite for the respondents to conduct the aforesaid review as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of four weeks from today. 20. While conducting the review, the concerned authorities shall duly take into account the grievances / apprehensions highlighted by the petitione....
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....(FTP), the Handbook of Procedures (HBP), and the provisions of the Tender Document. Effect of this Public Notice: The procedure is prescribed for the first round of Allocation of TRQ for imports of Gold under tariff head 7108 under India-UAE CEPA for FY 2025-26. (Ajay Bhadoo) Addl. Secretary to the Government of India & Director General of Foreign Trade Email: [email protected] (Issued from F.No. 01/89/180/01/AM-22/PC-2[B]/Part-I/E-35248) Annexure-I Directorate General of Foreign Trade GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Tender Document for Gold Tariff Rate Quota under India - UAE CEPA 1. Important Information 1.1. This Tender Document has been issued pursuant to the Public Notice No. 31/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 read along with Trade Notice No. 16/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 with the intent to carry out e-auction for allocation of Tariff Rate Quota for Gold under India - UAE CEPA (hereafter referred to as "TRQ"). All information provided in this Tender Document should be read together with the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 (hereafter referred to as "FTP"), Handbook of Procedures, 2023 (hereafter referred to as "HBP"), Public Notices, and the Trade Notices issued....
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....ll or any of the Bidders or bids without assigning any reason whatsoever. 1.8. Each Bidder shall bear all its costs associated with or relating to the preparation and submission fits bid including but not limited to preparation, copying, postage, delivery fees, expenses associated with any demonstrations or presentations which may be required by the DGFT/MSTC or any other costs incurred in connection with or relating to its bid. 1.9. In case the day of completion of any requirement is falling due, on a public holiday, the day of completion shall be deemed to be due on the next successive working day. The expression "public holiday" includes Saturday, Sunday and any other day declared to be a public holiday by the Central Government, as the case may be. 1.10. Each Bidder shall be responsible for any problem at the Bidder's end like failure of electricity, loss of internet connection, any trouble with Bidder's computer etc. which may cause inconvenience or prevent the Bidder from bidding in e-auction. 2. Definitions The words and expressions used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act or the Ru....
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.... "Technical Bid" shall have the meaning given to such expression in Clause7.2 of this document. 2.14. "Technically Qualified Bidders" shall have the meaning given to such expression in Clause 7.2 2.15. "Tender Document" means this tender document together with the schedules and documents referred to herein, including the Information Memorandum and any addenda to this Tender Document. 3. Introduction 3.1. The Public Notice no. 31/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 stipulates for allocation of TRQ through competitive bidding/tender process in respect of Gold under India - UAE CEPA 3.2. In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Act, the DGFT has notified the eligibility criteria for filing an application for TRQ vide Public Notice no. 31/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 and other relevant provisions of FTP, 2023 and the procedures notified there under. The Bidders are encouraged to acquaint themselves with the same. 3.3. The e-auction would be conducted in accordance with the above- mentioned provisions of FTP and HBP and this Tender Document. 3.4. The Bidders are expected to conduct due diligence regarding the prevailing prices of Gold....
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....The queries should be emailed on or before 3 days prior to the start date of the Bid. 6.6. It is expressly clarified that no queries may be submitted beyond the last date for receipt of queries as indicated above. 6.7. The DGFT shall endeavor to respond to the queries within the period of 3 days. However, the DGFT reserves the right to not respond to any question or provide any clarification, in its sole discretion, and nothing in this Tender Document shall be taken or read as compelling or requiring the DGFT to respond to any question or to provide any clarification. 6.8. Pre-bid conference(s) of the potential bidders shall be convened on the designated date as mentioned in the Trade Notice at a time and place specified by the DGFT. The DGFT may, at its sole discretion, choose to convene the pre- bid conference through virtual mode (or a hybrid of virtual and physical modes) subject to such conditions as may be notified separately by the DGFT. 6.9. A maximum of 1 representative of each potential bidder shall be allowed to participate, on submission of a letter, duly issued authority from the potential bidder and identity documents. The DGFT shal....
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....itted technical documents, if any. All requisite technical documents must be uploaded by the bidder strictly in accordance with the tender requirements. 7.2.5. Once the documents have been uploaded and technical bid submitted by the bidder, the bidder shall proceed to submit the financial/price bid. 7.2.6. The Excel-based Price Bid shall comprise 101 price buckets. The bidder is required to indicate the quantity he intends to bid against interested price buckets. Bidders may choose to quote for any number of price buckets, as per their preference. All quantities must be entered only in whole numbers. The format of the excel based price bid is as follows: 7.2.7. The bidder shall download the Excel sheet available under the Financial Bid section. The bidder must duly fill in the required quantity details against interested price buckets in the Excel sheet and save the file with the same filename before uploading it under the Financial Bid section. 7.2.8. After uploading the Excel sheet, the bidder shall click on "Final Bid Submission" to successfully submit the bid on the MSTC portal. 7.3. The Technically qualified bidders are those who have ful....
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.... Notice issued by DGFT. 8.1.2. File a TRQ Application on the DGFT website by following the link below- (https://dgft.gov.in) -- > Import Management System -- >Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) 8.1.3. Payment of bid amount for the quantity allocated by EFC to DGFT, through TRQ Application filed on DGFT Website, within a period of 15 daysfrom the date of publication of TRQ quantities by DGFT . 8.2. The Successful Bidder is entitled to refund of the Bid Security deposited by him during the Technical Bid process within a period of 4 weeks as detailed at Clause 11 of the Tender document. 8.3. In case the Preferred Bidder fails to submit the bid amount within the period mentioned above, the DGFT shall forfeit the Bid Security of the Preferred Bidder; and disqualify the bidder for further allocations during the current and the subsequent financial year. 9. Timetable The timetable of the tender process will be given in the Public Notice issued by DGFT. The timetable may be amended by the DGFT through issuance of a subsequent Corrigendum. 10. General Conditions Regarding Tender Process 10.1. Submission of Technical Bid 10.1.1. The Technical com....
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....cess for submitting an informed bid, in accordance with this Tender Document and performance of all its obligations. (e) acknowledged and agreed that inadequacy, lack of completeness or in correctness of information provided in the Tender Document or ignorance of any of the matters related to the e-auction process hereinabove shall not be a basis for any claim for compensation, damages, extension of time for performance of its obligations, loss of profits etc. from the DGFT. (f) Agreed to be bound by the undertakings provided by it under and in terms hereof. 10.5.2. The DGFT shall not be liable for any omission, mistake or error in respect of any of the information provided or on account of any matter or thing arising out of or concerning or relating to the Tender Document or the tender process, including any error or mistake therein or in any information or data given by the DGFT. 10.6. Verification by the DGFT and debarment The DGFT reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the Bidder in response to the Tender Document and the Bidder shall, when so required by the DGFT, make available all such information,....
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.... eligibility conditions shall result in disqualification of the Bidder. Any change in any information submitted by the Bidder must be immediately communicated to the DGFT. 10.12. Minor deviations The DGFT may permit minor deviations from the requirements of this Tender Documents. It is clarified that such minor deviation would not be permitted in matters related to eligibility and shall be permitted only with respect to procedural requirements. The decision of the DGFT regarding what constitutes minor deviation shall be final and binding. 11. Bid Security 11.1. The Bidder shall furnish as part of its Technical Bid, a security of an amount of INR 1,00,000/- on MSTC portal. 11.2. Save and except as provided in this Tender Document, the Bid Security of unsuccessful Bidders will be returned by the DGFT, without any interest, within a period of 4 (four) weeks from the date of declaration of the Preferred Bidder or annulment of the tender process as per the provisions of the Tender Document, whichever is earlier. 11.3. The Preferred Bidder's Bid Security will be returned to the bidder within a period of Four weeks from the successful payment ....
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.... as the case maybe. 12.3. For the purposes of this Tender Document, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter, respectively assigned to them: 12.3.1. "Fraudulent Practice" means a misrepresentation or omission of facts or suppression of facts or disclosure of incomplete facts, in order to influence the tender process. 12.3.2. "Coercive Practice" means impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any person or property to influence any person's participation or action in the tender process; and 12.3.3. "Restrictive Practice" means forming a cartel or arriving at any understanding or arrangement among Bidders with the objective of restricting or manipulating a full and fair competition in the tender process. 13. Other Provisions 13.1. Governing law The Tender process shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of India. 13.2. Right of DGFT 13.2.1. The DGFT, in its sole discretion and without incurring any obligation or liability, reserves the right, at any time, to: (a) Suspend and/ or cancel the tender process and/ or amend and/ or suppleme....