(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) “Act” means the Assam Public Procurement Act, 2017 (Assam Act No.
XXIV of 2017);
(b) “administrative approval” has the same meaning as in the Assam Financial Rules,1939 and indicates authority to incur expenditure;
(c) “administrative department” means an Administrative Department of the Government of Assam;
(d) “bid” has the same meaning as given in the Act and “Notice Inviting Bids (NIB)” shall have the same meaning as “Notice Inviting Tender (NIT)”;
(e) “bid security” has the same meaning as in the Act;
(f) “competent authority” means the authority or officer as mentioned in the Act;
(g) “Construction Committee” means any quasi-governmental committee, comprising inter-alia at least two Government officials of Grade III level or 2 above, constituted by an authorized district officer for implementation of various schemes that are predominantly of local nature and which require local monitoring, provided they are recognized under the relevant scheme guidelines;
(h) “Delegation of Financial Power Rules” means the Delegation of Financial Power Rules,1999 of the Government of Assam as amended from time to time in respect of procuring entities specified in clause (a) to (f) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Act;
(i) “emergency procurement” means procurement of Goods, Services or works that need to be taken up in response to recent or imminent, natural or man-made disasters and calamities to restore public facilities or services which are crucial for reinstating normal public life;
(j) “Form” means form appended to these rules;
(k) “Financial Advisor” means the senior most officer responsible for financial and / or accounts management in a procuring entity, or an administrative department;
(l) “Finance Department” means the Finance Department of the Government of Assam;
(m) “International Competitive bidding” (ICB) means a bidding process in which qualified bidders from all over the world, except those having nationality of a country declared ineligible by the Central Government, are allowed to participate;
(n) “National Competitive Bidding” (NCB) means a bidding process in which qualified bidders within India only are allowed to participate;
(o) “sanction” means financial sanction and has the same meaning as in the Assam Financial Rules, 1939, as amended time to time;
(p) “section” means section of the Assam Public Procurement Act, 2017;
(q) “State Government” means the Government of Assam;
(r) “Technical Sanction” (TS) has the same meaning as in the Assam Financial Rules, 1939;
(s) “urgent works” as distinct from emergency works, means works which require immediate commencement for completion within a very short, compressed time schedule or which need to be taken up on priority basis in the public interest to ensure the safety and security of life or prevention of loss of public assets;
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(t) “start-up” means any entity recognized as a start-up by the Government of Assam or the Government of India.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.