Authority inviting bids has the discretionary power to accept the bid or not – Supreme Court

Glodyne Techno serve Ltd. Vs. State of M.P. & Ors. (Supreme Court) The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Glodyne Technoserve Ltd, which had bid for a project for issuing identity cards for the public distribution system in Madhya Pradesh. The government rejected it offer as it did not produce the latest ‘quality certificate’ with the bid document. The firm argued that it did have the latest certificate and therefore it was eligible to be considered. It also contended that the requirement for producing the latest certificate was added later by the government in a corrigendum to...