Overview

GeM is a short form of one-stop Government e-Market Place hosted by DGS&D where common user goods and services can be procured. GeM is dynamic, self-sustaining and user friendly portal for making procurement by Government officers.

Public procurement forms a very important part of Government activity and reform in Public Procurement is one of the top priorities of the present Government. Government e-Marketplace (GeM – gem.gov.in) is a very bold step of the Government with the aim to transform the way in which procurement of goods and services is done by the Government Ministries and Departments, Public Sector Undertakings and other apex autonomous bodies of the Central Government.

ADVANTAGES

• 1. Direct access to all Government departments.
• 2. One-stop marketplace for marketing with minimal efforts.
• 3. One-stop marketplace for bids / reverse auction on products/services
• 4. Dynamic pricing: Price can be changed based on market conditions
• 5. Seller friendly dashboard for selling and monitoring of supplies and payments
• 6. Consistent and uniform purchase procedures

GEM Registration

The GEM (Government e-Marketplace) is a government-run e-commerce portal to facilitate and enable easy online acquisition of the Consumer Goods & Services that are needed by various Organizations, Government Departments and PSUs.

The government under the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961 had started the GeM in 2017. The main purpose of the GeM is to assure clarity, productivity, and promptness in the obtainment of supplies.

To Gem registration online with expert help and guidance contact with gst suvidha center.

Required Documents

The type of applicant and the purpose for which the Digital Signature Certificate is obtained defines the kind of DSC one must apply for depending on the need. There are three types of Digital Signature certificates issued by the certifying authorities.

Benefits

 Support in trade : All Government agencies including Central, State Government, and PSUs have to fulfill their purchase conditions only through sellers listed under the GeM portal. GeM listing has a great avenue for private corporations' business growth.

 Direct Government Procurement : Traders can sell their products of value up to Rs.50,000/- at reasonable prices direct to the government buyers.

 Special Benefits for Startups : There is an opportunity for GeM registration as a startup on the GeM portal having diverse and innovative results. The government has informal norms to procure goods from new Startup participants.

 Less paperwork : There is the least paperwork required to obtain GeM registration. Moreover, there is an accessible, easy and clear process for tender allotting under the GeM portal.

 Transparency : With the online GeM portal- transparency, effectiveness, and speed have been enhanced during the procurement of required goods and services.

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT TENDERS

 Advertised Tender Enquiry
The government advertises specifications on GeM portal and Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP) for the acquisition of goods and services. And give Note to sellers to apply tenders.

This method used by government institutions when the acquisition of goods and services of the value of INR. 25 lakhs and above.

Benefits of Government buyers

 Buy Online : Under the GeM portal, Government officials can search and procure almost all goods & services on the GeM portal and can enjoy Flipkart & amazon like online buying experience.

 Transparency : On the GeM portal, there is much clarity, effectiveness, and activity in the acquisition of stocks which means that there’s fair trade.

 Demand aggregation : The demand aggregation feature further helps government departments to explore and compare more buyers for procuring the desired goods based on the lowest price and product specification.
 

 Less Approval : With initial and subsequent users facility under buyer GeM enrollment, government officials do not need approval every time placing an order from the GeM portal.

 Limited Tender Enquiry
This method is applied when any goods and services regularly secured by government departments such as paper, printer cartridge filler, water supply, etc.

Under limited tender inquiries, limited suppliers are impaneled by the Government Department.

Usually, Limited Tender Enquiry is used when the expected value of the goods and help to be procured is less than INR 25 Lac.

 Two-Stage Bidding
This is a conventional method used to procure high-value items such as buying plants and machines etc. and when any acquisition requires to assess complex and technical terms.

Under Two-Stage Bidding, tender is allocated to a supplier based on strongly passing below 2 stages:
* Technical Assessment,
* Financial L1 (Lowest Price) Bid

 Single Tender Enquiry
This approach adopted when the availability of wanted goods and services limited in the open market or suppliers is very limited.
This method is very useful for startups having unique and innovative products. In order to enable startups, the government has also launched a special scheme “Startup Runway” for getting unique and innovative products directly from startups.

There can be several factors such as
* Only a single supplier is available to the best of the knowledge of the management department's officials.
* When the acquisition of goods is urgent and necessary to purchase from a particular known source.
* When specific additional machines or spare parts required which is only harmonious with existing procured machinery.

 Electronic Reverse Auctions
Auction is what when you give a higher bid to buy the auctioneered item. Under Reverse auction, you bid a more economical price to sell your product.

An Electronic Reverse Auction is a type of online auction available. Under electronic reverse auction, there is one customer (government department) and many potential traders (private companies). The sellers give lower bid to obtain business from the buyer and bid will typically lower as the sellers negotiate each other.