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Date2022-07-15
TypeCommercial Circular
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Summary

ordinate bodies/ Central Public Sector Enterprises, etc. The Manual is also a resource material for institutes providing training on Public Procurement procurement process, the Procuring Entity shall re-tender the case.

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FOR
PROCUREMENT OF

WORKS
(Updated June, 2022)

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

i 
 
Manual for Procurement 
of 
Works 
(Updated June, 2022) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government of India 
Ministry of Finance 
Department of Expenditure

FOREWORD

1. The Manual for Procurement of Works was comprehensively revised and issued in
2019. The manual, over a period of time, has become a standard reference
document for officials involved in Public Procurement across all Ministries/
Departments/ Attached and Sub-ordinate bodies/ Central Public Sector Enterprises,
etc. The Manual is also a resource material for institutes providing training on
Public Procurement.

2. Public Procurement is a dynamic field where policies are constantly reviewed to
help Government achieve its socio-economic or strategic goals. Hence, there is a
need to keep reference documents, like manuals, updated to ensure their
continued relevance.

3. Instructions on procurement issued by Department of Expenditure from time to
time, since issuance of last Manual, have been incorporated in the current edition.
Further, all procurement related instructions issued by Central Vigilance
Commission have been subsumed into the Manual, in collaboration with the
Commission.

4. Manuals issued by this Department are to be taken as generic guidelines, which
are necessarily broad in nature. Ministries/ Departments are advised to supplement
this manual to suit their local/ specialized needs, by issuing their own detailed
manuals (including customized formats); Standard Bidding Documents and
Schedule of Procurement Powers to serve as detailed instructions for their own
procuring officers.

However, certain instructions containing “shall” in the Manual are mandatory
(indicated at the end of respective paragraphs); any deviation from these
instructions shall require relaxation from this Department (for Ministries/
Departments etc.) or from the Board of Directors (for Central Public Sector
Enterprises).

5. | would like to acknowledge the hard work of the concerned officers not only in this
Department but in other Organisations, Ministries and Departments; the role of Shri
Vikram Rajvanshi, Consultant (Public Procurement) is also specifically
acknowledged.

6. | hope that this updated Manual will help procuring officials working in various
Ministries/ Departments and Public Enterprises as a guiding template, deepen the
impact of policy initiatives and improve the ease of doing business with the
Government.

feet T. V. Somanathan)
Finance Secretary
Date: 15 July, 2022

FOREWORD
1.	
Government organizations procure a wide variety of goods and services and undertake 
execution of works in pursuance of their duties and responsibilities. With a view to 
improving transparency in decision making in public procurement and reducing the 
scope for subjectivity, Department of Expenditure in 2006 had prepared a set of three 
Manuals on Policies and Procedures for Procurement of Goods, Works and hiring of 
Consultants, in conformity with the General Financial Rules (GFR), 2005. Over the years, 
these Manuals have served as a guide book for procurement. 
2.	
In the last few years, the Government of India has issued new instructions in the domain 
of public procurement. Some of these important changes include introduction of Central 
Public Procurement Portal (CPPP), preference for domestic contractors, inclusion of integrity 
pact, etc. The GFR has been revised comprehensively in March 2017 covering inter-alia 
these set of new instructions. Consequently, the Manual of Procurement of Goods and 
Manual for Procurement of Consultancy & Other Services too have been revised.
3.	
The new Manual on Procurement of Works has been extensively revised in keeping with 
GFR 2017 and in consonance with the fundamental principles of transparency, fairness, 
competition, economy, efficiency and accountability. Efforts have been made to cover 
all major aspects of procurement in th

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