Award of tender cannot be upset by Govt on baseless allegations of a loosing bidder

SAPL-Gcc Jv Vs Government of India (Karnataka High Court) There is no justification for the Central Govt. to constitute a Committee to enquire into alleged irregularities in the tender process on the baseless allegations of a loosing bidder whose offer after scrutiny was found to be substantively defective inter alia on the grounds that: the consortium members ought to have collectively authorized their lead member whereas only JV member was authorized to be the lead member of the consortium. The role of lead member was indicated as ‘technical support’ only and that of JV member indicated...