Bidders responsibility for genuineness of submitted document Information and documents submitted by a bidder in connection with a public tender to any government authority at the time of bid submission or afterwards, are usually accepted in good faith without verification. Accordingly, responsibility for ensuring correctness, genuineness and authenticity of information/ documents submitted against this tender solely rests upon the bidder. Bidder shall not, directly or through any other person, indulge in any willful misinterpretation of facts, submission of forged/altered/ manipulated/ fabricated documents/information in order to induce government officials associated with this tender to act on reliance thereof with the purpose of obtaining unjust advantage or causing damage to justified interest of others or create influence to the detriment of government interest. In the event of the bidder committing such acts as mentioned above, the purchasing authority/organization shall have power to undertake appropriate penal action which may include disqualification of the bidder from the ongoing tender or terminate/determine the contract (if such transgression is detected later), exclude the bidder from future tender process for a particular duration, banning/black listing etc. The above penal action is without prejudice to procuring authority/organizations right to undertake criminal action if deemed fit. Notwithstanding the above CLW reserves the right to undertake verification, either by themselves or by a nominated entity, at any stage of the tendering and contracting process.
