This short paper explores certain issues unique to competitive evaluation and award of procurement contracts based on unsolicited proposals relating to public infrastructure projects and concessions, with a focus exclusively on projects that do not involve proprietary intellectual property...

This working draft of a law & policy paper has been especially written as background reading material for a forthcoming session on public procurement reforms during in-service training of mid-career senior civil servants at LBSNAA, Mussoorie; with the simultaneous aim of submission to the 9th...

This short academic note explores possible improvements to India's public procurement regulations, in line with international best practices, for fostering domestic manufacturing in India as per the new “Make In India” policy. The note also looks at relevant provisions of the (now lapsed)...

This short policy paper attempts a comparative review of India's Defence Offset Guidelines with Canada's Industrial and Regional Benefits (IRB) Programme. Important aspects compared across the two regulatory regimes include, inter alia, causality tests for determination of industrial benefits,...

"The Procurement Flyers" is primarily meant for members of the "Government Procurement Community of Practice"; and seeks to provide practical information and analysis for government contracting officials in India on complex issues they face routinely in the award and administration of public...

Integrity Pacts (IPs) have been adopted in a number of countries as an instrument for greater public oversight over possible corruption in government organisations, with application both in defence as well as in civilian purchases. In addition to their anti-corruption objectives, these pacts...

While collaborative public procurement can, under certain circumstances, result in overall economic efficiencies; such collaboration amongst dominant market players can sometimes raise significant anti-trust and other competition concerns. This short working paper contains a preliminary...

Debarment and suspension of erring contractors are important tools for ensuring compliance with integrity-obligations of government contractors performing procurement actions for the Government. These actions are commonly referred to under Indian government regulations as “banning of business...

This policy paper analyses different approaches for leveraging public procurement actions for fostering indigenous high-tech industry from an Indian perspective; and also contains suggested regulations to implement an effective offsets-based approach in government contracts. It was written as a...