State Act

Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 and Rules, 2000

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ‘Construction’ means all works associated with the construction, reconstruction, demolition, repair or renovation of a building, structure or any other related works; 2[(aa) ‘Domestic Enterprise’ means any micro and small enterprise as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (Central Act 27 of 2006), which manufactures or produces goods, provides or renders services within the State and filed Part II of the Entrepreneurs Memorandum in the District Industries Centres or filed Udyog Aadhaar portal.] (b) ‘Goods’ means raw materials, products, equipment and other objects of every kind and description and includes electricity; (c) ‘Government’ means the State Government; 3[(cc) ‘Lowest Tender’ means the tender which, on evaluation, is found to be the most beneficial to the procuring entity in financially quantifiable terms.] (d) ‘Procurement’ means acquisition 4[by any means including electronic mode of] purchase of goods or services and also of construction; (e) ‘Procuring entity’ means the entity specified in the Schedule to this Act; 5[(ee) ‘Service’ means any subject matter of procurement but does not include any goods or constructions or hiring of any person to represent the procuring entity or give advice on Legal matters in any judicial or quasi judicial proceeding.] (f) ‘Tender’ means the formal offer made 6[by any means including electronic mode] in pursuance of an invitation by the procuring entity (g) ‘Tender Bulletin’ means the bulletin published for each district or State, containing details of invitation and acceptance of tender; (h) ‘Tender Bulletin Officer’ means any officer appointed by the Government to publish the district or State Tender Bulletin; (i) ‘Tender Document’ means a set of papers 7[including electronic document] containing schedule of works, rates, requirement of goods or services, technical specifications, procedure and criteria as may be prescribed for evaluation and comparison of tenders and such other particulars as may be prescribed; 8 & 9[…]