In Brief
The case involved a tender for road and infrastructure upgrading work by the Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation. Two bidders qualified for financial bid opening: M/s Raipur Construction Pvt. Ltd. (L-1) and M/s Arcons Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (L-2). The High Court quashed the contract awarded to L-1, finding that L-2 was improperly qualified because it lacked a Hot Mix Plant. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that a Hot Mix Plant was not listed as a mandatory pre-qualification requirement under the tender document, appearing only in the list of approved makes for contract execution. Therefore, L-2's qualification was proper, the financial bids were correctly opened, and the contract award to L-1 was valid.
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