General Financial Rules 2017 - Chapter 6: Procurement of Goods and Services
General Financial Rules 2017 - Chapter 6: Procurement of Goods and Services
General Financial Rules 2017 - Chapter 6: Procurement of Goods and Services
Services
1. An authority competent to incur expenditure may sanction the purchase of goods required for use in public
service in accordance with provisions given in the
A. Delegation of Financial Powers Rules
B. Departmental Regulations
C. R&P
D. GFR
2. The terms rate contract pertains to
A. Ministries/Departments
B. DGS&D
C. Ministry of Finance
A. Government Money
B. Government e-marketing
A. Up to Rs.50,000/- through any of the available suppliers on the GeM, meeting the requisite quality,
specification and delivery period.
B. Above Rs.50,000/- and up to Rs.30,00,000/- through the GeM Seller having lowest price amongst the
available sellers, of at least three different manufacturers, on GeM, meeting the requisite quality,
C. Above Rs.30,00,000/- through the supplier having lowest price meeting the requisite quality,
specification and delivery period after mandatorily obtaining bids, using online bidding or reverse
auction tool provided on GeM.
portal within
C. 2 to 3 years
D. 2 to 5 years
7. If a procuring entity determines that the bidder has breached the code of integrity it may debar a bidder or
any of its successors from participating in any procurement process undertaken by it for a period
8. Purchase of goods without inviting quotations or bids on the basis of a certificate to be recorded by the
competent authority up-to the value of Rupees
A. 10000/-
B. 15000/-
C. 25000/-
D. 50000/-
9. Purchase of goods without inviting quotations or bids on the basis of a certificate to be recorded by the
competent authority up-to the certain has been given in GFR under Rule
A. 145
B. 147
C. 150
D. 154
10.Purchase of goods on each occasion may be made on the recommendations of a duly constituted Local
Purchase Committee costing
11. Purchase of goods on each occasion may be made on the recommendations of a duly constituted Local
Purchase Committee has been referred to in GFR under Rule
A. 151
B. 154
C. 155
D. 157
12. State whether true or false It is desirable, however, not mandatory for all Ministries/Department s of the
Central Government, their attached and Subordinate Offices and Autonomous /Statutory Bodies to publish
their tender enquiries, corrigenda thereon and details of bid awards on the Central Public Procurement Portal
(CPPP).
A. True
B. False
13. It is mandatory for Ministries/ Departments to receive all bids through e-procurement portals in respect of
all procurements. These instructions will not apply to procurements made by Ministries / Departments
through
A. Multinational Companies
B. Public Sector Undertakings
C. DGSD Rate
D. Make in India Companies
14. Advertised Tender Enquiry should be resorted for procurement of goods of estimated value of Rupees
16. Ordinarily, from the date of publication of the tender notice or availability of the bidding document for sale,
whichever is later the minimum time to be allowed for submission of bids should be
A. 2 weeks
B. 3 weeks
C. 4 weeks
D. 7 weeks
17. Where the bids from abroad are also to be obtained, the minimum period should be kept as
A. 3 weeks for domestic and 4 weeks for foreign bidders.
18. Limited Tender Enquiry may be adopted when estimated value of the goods to be procured is up to Rupees
A. 10 lakh
B. 15 lakh
C. 20 lakh
D. 25 lakh
19. Copies of the bidding document should be sent directly by speed post/registered post/courier/ email to firms
which are borne on the list of registered suppliers for the goods in question under
D. six
21. Purchase through Limited Tender Enquiry may be adopted even where the estimated value of the
A. The competent authority in the Ministry or Department certifies that the demand is urgent and any
additional expenditure involved by not procuring through advertised tender enquiry is justified in view
of urgency.
B. There are sufficient reasons indicating that it will not be in public interest to procure the goods through
is remote.
D. The goods under procurement is of high value and delicate nature.
A. For purchasing high value plant, machinery etc. of a complex and technical nature, bids may be
Financial bid indicating item-wise price for the items mentioned in the technical bid.
C. The technical bid and the financial bid should be sealed by the bidder in separate covers
duly super-scribed and both these sealed covers are submitted separately.
D. The technical bids are to be opened by the purchasing Ministry or Department at the first instance and
evaluated by a competent committee or authority. At the second stage financial bids of only these
technically acceptable offers should be opened after intimating them the date and time of opening the
financial bid for further evaluation and ranking before awarding the contract.
23. Procurement from a single source may be resorted to in the following circumstances except:
A. It is in the knowledge of the user department that only a particular firm is the manufacturer of the
required goods
B. In a case of emergency and reason for such decision is to be recorded and approval of competent
authority obtained.
C. For standardisation of machinery or spare parts to be compatible to the existing sets of equipment (on
the advice of a competent technical expert and approved by the competent authority), the required item
25. An online real-time purchasing technique utilised by the procuring entity to select the successful bid,
which involves presentation by bidders of successively more favourable bids during a scheduled period of
D. Electronic Deliberation
26. State whether true or fasle Maintenance contract(s) of suitable period either with the supplier of the
goods or with any other competent firm, not necessarily the supplier of the subject goods is/are especially
needed for sophisticated and costly equipment and machinery.
A. True
B. False
27.To safeguard against a bidder’s withdrawing or altering its bid during the bid validity period in the case of
advertised or limited tender enquiry, Bid Security is obtained. Bid Security is also called
A. Security Deposit
B. Performance Deposit
C. Work Guarantee
D. Earnest Money
B. 5 to 10%
C. 5 to 15%
D. 10 to 15%
33. Period for which Performance Security should remain valid beyond the date of completion of all
A. 30 days
B. 45 days
C. 60 days
D. 90 days
34. Advance payments for procurement of goods and services may be made in cases advance payment
demanded
other costly equipment, etc. by firms against fabrication contracts, turn-key contracts
etc.
36. In case of advance to a State or Central Government agency or a Public Sector Undertaking, it should
not exceed:
37.In case of maintenance contract, the amount of advance should not exceed the amount payable for
B. CA&G
C. their Principal Accounts Officer
A. True
B. False
40. In case a purchase Committee is constituted to purchase or recommend the procurement, no member
of the purchase Committee should be reporting directly to any other member of such Committee in cases
estimated value of procurement exceeds
A. Rs. 10 lakhs
B. Rs. 25 lakhs
C. Rs. 50 lakhs
D. Rs. 1 crore
41. State whether true or false Disclosure by the bidder of any previous transgressions made in respect of code of
integrity with any entity in any country during the last five (05) years or of being debarred by any other
procuring entity.
A. True
B. False
42. Services typically involve providing expert or strategic advice is called
A. Consulting Service
B. Non-consulting Services
C. Advisory Services
D. Management Services
43. Preparation of a long list of potential consultants may be done on the basis of formal or informal
enquiries from other Ministries or Departments or Organizations involved in similar activities, Chambers of
Commerce & Industry, Association of consultancy firms etc. Where the estimated cost of the consulting
service is up to Rupees
A. 10 lakh
B. 15 lakh
C. 25 lakh
D. 40 lakh
44. “Expression of Interest” should be sought where the estimated cost of the consulting services is
A. above Rs. 20 lakh
B. above Rs. 25 lakh
C. up-to Rs. 20 lakh
A. 30%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 80%
50. Services which involve physical, measurable deliverables/outcomes, where performance standards can
be clearly identified and consistently applied, are classified as
A. Contingent Services
B. Labour Services
C. Non-consulting Services
estimated value of the non-consulting service up-to Rs.10 lakhs should not be less than
six.
C. For estimated value of the non-consulting service above Rs.10 lakhs The Ministry or Department
should issue advertisement in such case should be given on Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP)