SHILLONG: Meghalaya is going to adopt the Swiss Challenge method of procurement in the state under which any private individual, agency or public undertaking can send proposals about unique and innovative initiatives to the government with detailed project reports.
It is a method of bidding, often used in public projects, in which an interested party initiates a proposal for a contract. The government then puts the details of the project out in public and invites proposals from others interested in executing it.
Speaking to newsmen after a Cabinet meeting here on Friday , Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the Swiss Challenge method of procurement has been adopted by many states across the country.
The draft office memorandum about adoption of the method says that any private individual, agency or public undertaking can send any proposal about unique and innovative initiatives to the government with detailed project reports. He said that private entities and public undertakings can send proposals about any initiative which is unique and the proposal will go to the concerned administrative department which would study the entire initiative.
“ If the department finds that that the proposal is satisfactory and in the interest of the state, it would be sent to the committee headed by the chief secretary,” Tynsong said.
Later, the proposal would come back to the concerned administrative department and it would float a tender and bidding would take place for the proposal.