BACKGROUND ORGANIZATION

DGS&D - A Central Purchase Organization under

Govt of India.
Headquartered at New Delhi with three regional purchase
offices in Metros and 27 QA offices in major industrial
towns.
Purchase directorates organized commodity wise to
facilitate maintenance of data, market intelligence,
technological advancement in product and processes
Quality Assurance offices located near users and industry
to facilitate quick response
Technical and multi-disciplinary workforce including two
Group A engineering services recruited thru UPSC
ISS (purchase) officers posted in other ministries to assist
in procurement of exclusive item

Background Role
DGS&D is engaged in diversified activity like Conclusion of Rate Contracts for over 270 product categories
involving 30,000 items besides spares etc.
6000 GOI users spread across the country.
Serves / facilitates over 10000 tenderers including 1837
DGS&D registered suppliers.
Pre-despatch inspection against DGS&D contracts and direct
orders on request.
Formulate procurement policies and procedures.
Cargo clearance at major ports.
Provide consultancy in the procurement management.

Goods procured worth over Rs 6131 Crs. during 2010-11

DGS&D provides single point contact for Govt. users and
vendors/suppliers for procurement of commonly used
goods

Contributions To The National

Activities
1. TRANSPORTATION SECTION. Road Construction & inspection machinery.
. Spares for all types of vehicles & machinery etc.
2. DRINKING WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS. Hand Pumps.
. Alumina Ferric & stable bleaching powder etc.
3. ORDINANCE FACTORIES:. Production Machine Tools.
. Special purpose machines for arms & ammunition.
. CNC precision production/inspection & testing machines.
4. FIRE SERVICES:. Crash fire tenders.
. Hydraulic Platforms/Snorkels.
. Fire fighting equipment & documents.

Contributions To The National Activities

5. HEALTH SERVICES:. Drugs & Medicines.
. Specialized Hospital Equipment.
6. PUBLIC UTILITIES (For Central & State Govts. CPWD,
Railways, Defence. Urban Development). Automobiles & Spares, Generating Sets,
. Cement, Paper & Paper products, B-twill bags for packing
food grain etc.
7. ENERGY CONSERVATION:. Room air conditioners, Evaporative air cooler .
. Ballasts (Electromagnetic & Electronic) , Laminates
electrical light fittings & Disaster Management.

Contributions To The National Activities

8. PARAMILITARY FORCES
(BSF,CRPF,ITBP,CISF,NSG,RAF,SSB):. Uniforms & Clothing, Tents, FRP Shelters & Camping
Equipment, Communication Equipment like Tranreceivers.
. Automobiles/Vehicles, Recovery Vehicles, Combat
Equipment & accessories.
.Border Fencing & Lighting Equipment such as
Concertina
coils & Barbed wire, Night Vision Devices.
. Kitchen Equipment & Utensils.

REGISTRATION WITH DGS&D

Registration with DGS&D is a process by which firms can

get enlisted as an approved supplier to qualify for
participation in DGS&D procurement programme.

DGS&D registers suppliers for specified items after

verification of their technical capability, financial status
and reliability as a supplier.
This registration is widely taken as a benchmark by other
procurement agencies in India both in the State and
Central sectors.
20 Registration centers across the country deal with
applications for registration on single window disposal
basis.

BENEFITS OF DGS&D
REGISTRATION

1. Rate contracts for Government purchases concluded

with registered firms.

2. Registered firms granted exemption from earnest

money/security deposit.

3. Tender enquiries are supplied free of cost to smallscale units.

4. Issue of advanced tender notices to concerned

registered firms.

Different Categories of Registration

INDIGENOUS

ITEMS:-

IMPORTED

.Indian

. Foreign Manufacturers

Manufacturers/Assemblers
/Converters.
.Authorized Agents/Distributors
of registered Indian
Manufacturers.
.Stockiest of certain specified
indigenous stores.

ITEMS:-

without Indian Agents

.
. Stockiest of imported
stores.
.Suppliers of imported
stores.

QUALITY ASSURANCE WING

Quality Assurance Wing of DGS&D (Formally Known as Inspection

Wing) is the Inspection Agency of the Govt. of India.
Consists of a team of professionally qualified experts, trained in
India & abroad in various disciplines of engineering.
Renders inspection & technical services for Quality Assurance in
procurement activities.
Technical arm of DGS&D providing complete support in purchase
activity by laying down specifications, assessing the vendors,
technical evaluation of bids & assuring quality of stores for their
conformity.
It has 35 centres covering all industrial locations in the country.
Provides THIRD PARTY INSPECTION SERVICE for civil indentors.

QUALITY ASSURANCE WING

Quality Assurance of products at various stages of

manufacture, commissioning & testing.
Preparation of technical specifications for tender enquiry &
technical evaluation of bids.
Vendor assessment for placement of contracts and
registration.
Testing & Evaluation of stores.
Failure investigation of stores.
Development of small scale industries and KVIC units.
Quality Audit of supplies at users end .
Provides single window service by giving information about
DGS&D functions to the indentors & the industry.
Assisting BIS in preparation and updating of National
Standards.

TECHNICAL TEXTILE
Technical textiles are defined as textile
materials and products manufactured
primarily for their technical performance
and functional properties, rather than their
aesthetic or decorative characteristics.
End uses include aerospace, industrial ,
marine, medical, military, safety and
transport textiles, and geotextiles.

TYPES OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES

According to the end use, technical textiles can be divided into
different categories.
AGROTECH: These are the Agro-textiles, also known as Agrotex, that are
used in agricultural applications releated to growing and
harvesting of crops and animals.
BUILDTECH: These are the Construction Textiles, also known as
Buildtex, used in construction and architectural
applications. Such fabrics as PVC coated high tenacity
PES, teflon coated glass fiber fabrics are used in airports
and hotels.
CLOTHTECH: These are the clothing textiles, also known as clothtex.
GEOTECH: These are the Geotextiles, also known as Geotex, which are
woven, nonwoven and knit fabric used for many functions
such as support, drainage and separation at or below ground
level:

TYPES OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES

HOMETECH: These are the Domestic Textiles, also known as
Hometex, used in making of many home furnishing fabrics
including carpet backings, curtains, wall coverings, etc.
INDUTECH: These are the Industrial Textiles, also known as Indutex,
used in different ways by many industries for activities such as
separating, and purifying industrial products, cleaning gases.
MEDTECH: These are the Medical Textiles, also known as Medtex.
They include all the medical fabrics that are used in health and
hygiene applications in both consumer and medical markets.
MOBILTECH: These textiles, also known as Mobiltex, are used in
transport industry, such as in construction of automobiles, railways
ships etc.
ECO TECH(OEKOTECH): These are the Eco-friendly Textiles, also
known as oekotex or Ecotex. They are mostly used in
environmental protection applications, floor sealing, erosion
protection, air cleaning, prevention of water pollution, water
cleaning, waste treatment/ recycling, depositing area construction.

TYPES OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES

PACKTECH: These are the packaging Textiles, also known as
Packtex. Textiles have been used for packaging since ages.
PROTECH: These are the Protective Textiles, also known as Protex,
that are used in the manufacturing of protective clothing of
different types. Protection against heat and radiation for fire
fighter clothing, against molten metals for welders, for bullet
proof jackets or for chemical protective clothing all depend on
the use of protech. The protective textiles are made with the
help of specialty fibers such as aramid fiber used in making of
bullet proof jackets, glass fibers used in fire proof jackets etc.
SPORTTECH: These are the sports Textiles, also known as
sporttex, used
mainly for making sports wear including sports
shoes and
other sports accessories.

Technical Textile Products Inspected By

QA Wing of DGS&D
MEDITEX :

Surgical Gloves , Bandage cloth , Wool Cotton

Obsorvant & Coir Mattresses.
BUILDTEX: - Cotton canvas tarpaulins , HDPE tarpaulins, Mats
Door
& Matting Coir.
HOMETEX:- Mosquito Net.
CLOTHTEX:- Shoes Canvas, Jungle Boots, P.C.Suiting ,shirting,
Terry Towel, Blankets etc.
PACKTEX:HDP Bags, B-twill Bags.
SPORTEX:Tents, Sleeping Bags.
INDUTEX:Ropes.
PROTEX:High visibility Cloths, Mosquito Net fire retardant.
MOBILTEX:- Helmets, Webbing, Tyre & Tubes.

E-PROCUREMENT
In
Directorate General of Supplies &
Disposal

E-Procurement - Components
E-Purchase
Registration
Store coding
Technical Particulars
Evaluation of Bids

E-Tendering
Tender Notice
Tender enquiry
Bid submission
Bid opening

Award of Rate Contract

E-Inspection / Supply

E-Payments

Supply Order
Inspection

Bill submission
Processing

Dispatch Details
Receipt Details

Payments
Debit Adjustments
Status
Complaints

E-Procurement - Benefits
Increased Transparency & Wider Competition
Simplify & Speed Up Tendering Processes
Real Time Generation Of Detailed & Accurate Data
Elimination Of Human Error
Seamless Sharing Of Information
Ease Of Operation & Quicker Decision
Comprehensive

Website

To

Facilitate

Tendering,

Contracting, Ordering And Retrieval Of Information To

Authorized Functionaries - Online Interaction Avoiding
Physical Visits
Facilitating Pre And Post Contract Management
Reduction In Cost Of Government Purchases

DGS&D Website (http://www.dgsnd.gov.in)

A comprehensive DGS&D website facilitates
A single access point for DGS&D officers, suppliers
and customers
Downloading of DGS&D Manual, forms, conditions
of contract, circulars
Notices, agenda and minutes of the Consultative
Meetings
Suppliers registration
Download of summary and full text of Parallel Rate
Contracts
Creation and Hosting of

Tender enquiries & tender notices and corrigenda

Rate contracts,
Technical specifications,
Store directory.

DGS&D Website (http://www.dgsnd.gov.in)

Provides access to Indentors page and Vendors
page for the following activities
Indentors PageOnline placement of supply orders
Entering Receipt Particulars of stores
Intimation regarding shortages/quality
Suggestions for bringing new items on RC
Vendors page
Online inspection call
Entering dispatch particulars
Online submission of Bills
Suggestions for bringing new items on RC
The web site and Application Software is designed,
developed, implemented and maintained by National
Informatics Centre (NIC), New Delhi

e-Procurement Solution Interactive Modules

- Current Status

Store Directory Coding of All RC items Complete

Registration module Database of all registrations (over
1837)

Tender module

Tender Notices & Tender Enquiries 225 RC cases since Jul05

Rate Contract Module 220 RC cases since Jul05 involving

over 1300 parallel RCs.
Other Parallel Rate Contracts not due for renewal placed on
database

Inspection Module
Supply order module- Lateral entry of over 5000 supply
orders
Inspection note module over 3800 inspection notes

e-Tendering

E-Tendering System
(https://dgsnd.govtprocurement.com)

Online Publishing & download of tender

enquiries
Supplier registration
Online bid submission by suppliers
Online bid opening & witness by suppliers
Spot Price Comparative Chart
Security Audit by STQC

e-Tendering - Benefits
To DGS&D

Greater Transparency
Reduced process cycle time
Reduced costs
Improved image
Instant availability of real time information
Cartel Breaking

To Suppliers

Reduced costs
Convenience of transacting online with DGS&D
No physical visits to DGS&D
No pressure of cartel
Increased opportunities

e-Payment

E-Payment System
Documents receipt
Bill submission
Processing
Payments
Debit adjustments