How to participate in GeM Bids?

We have seen the process to find bids on the GeM portal. Now the next step is to participate in that bid/RA.
Before participating in a particular bid. You must read their terms and conditions and the requirement they have asked for in the bid. You need to read out the whole bid very carefully so that you will understand the chances of your qualification into it.

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Once you find the right bid, you need to understand the type of bid. You can simply go through this article to understand more about the types of Bids/RAs on the Government e-Marketplace.

Let’s discuss the types of bids on GeM in short.

Types of Bids/RAs

There are 4 types of tenders available on the GeM.

Catalog Based Bids/RAs
Custom Items Bids/RAs
Bunch Bids/RAs
BOQ Bids/RAs

The participation processes of these 4 types of Bids/RAs are different.
In this article, we will go through the participation in a Catalogue Based Bid/RA.

Steps

You need to select the category of the item you want to search the bids for, or simply search with the bid number.

Click on the "Participate" button to proceed.

Click on the item box to start matching your listing to the existing listing. If you aren't seeing any listing matched, you can list a new product with the same parameters required in the Bid. You can see all the specifications of the product in the bid document.

Proceed with the "Choose this item".

After selecting the product, the system will fetch the specification of your selected product. You can verify the specification with the requirement and click on "Save & Continue".

The price offering tab will open. Enter your offering price (The price should not be greater than the Reference Price and it will be inclusive of GST). Click on "Encrypt & Save".