This will lead you to GeM website. Warning: All unsaved 'data entries' will be lost after language change. Some cases have been reported where bidders have claimed non receipt of prior intimation of RA start. In order to ensure that no prospective eligible bidder is left out due to non intimation on time, it has been decide that RA will henceforth start 24 hours after the buyer proceeds for the RA creation and initiated RA.
RA Start date and End Date will be notified to both buyer and sellers. While we will work towards avoiding any outages, the system may be unstable intermittently. As a preventive measure, you are requested to either prepone or postpone Bid related activities such as Bid creation, Evaluation, Seek Clarification, Reply Representation and Negotiations etc, to other dates as per your convenience.
Also, you may like to avoid keeping Bid end date and Bid Opening dates on or near these dates if feasible. Please find enclosed OM dated Please note that insecure products, solutions, and services lead to exposure to threats and cyber security breaches which affects procuring entities.
Assuring cyber security as a feature of products and services require ensuring cyber security compliances as a part of procurement This will also help in building a cyber-security culture. Building awareness in government agencies to adopt cyber security controls as part of the procurement of ICT products and services, as well as engaging industry to put cyber security control requirements into practise, is crucial for meeting the objective of ensuring cyber security.
It is noted that many times due to lack of awareness various clauses, provisions, and guidelines regarding cyber security requirements mandated by MeitY are not being incorporated while making procurements by buyer organisations.
