Terms of use

The portal

This portal is run by the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council ("the Council") for the e-auction of minor mineral concessions under the Assam Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2013. By using it you accept these terms. For a bidder, the Bidding Document of each notice, its corrigenda and the Act and the Rules govern the e-auction and prevail over these terms where they differ.

Bidding Document: Clause 1.1, 13.4

Your account

A bidder registers once, with its PAN, GSTIN, identity proof and address, and keeps them correct. The registered mobile number is the sign-in identity; the one-time codes sent to it, and the Digital Signature Certificate enrolled on the account, must not be shared. Everything done after signing in, or signed with the enrolled DSC, is attributed to the account holder.

Name, PAN, GSTIN and the type of bidder are frozen once the Department verifies the registration; a change in them needs a fresh registration. Any other change affecting the bidder, in particular one that affects its eligibility, must be reported through the account page at once.

Bidding Document: Clause 5.1, 13.12, Schedule II item 6

Bidding

• A bid is submitted only when both the technical bid and the Initial Price Offer are in; a technical bid saved without an offer is not a bid.
• An offer, once sealed, can be replaced until the bid due date; the last one counts. A bid cannot be withdrawn during its validity without forfeiting the earnest money.
• In the live e-auction, every bid is signed with the enrolled DSC and cannot be withdrawn. The highest bid is shown to every signed-in bidder; the time on the page follows the server clock.
• Bidders with common directors, or a parent and its subsidiary, may not bid for the same lot. Canvassing, cartels and any corrupt, fraudulent, coercive, undesirable or restrictive practice lead to rejection, forfeiture and a five-year debarment.

Bidding Document: Clause 5.2.11, 8, 14.6(c), 15

Availability and liability

The Council keeps the portal available during the periods a notice sets, but a bidder is responsible for its own equipment, internet connection, DSC token and time; the Bidding Document gives no relief for a bid that could not be uploaded or placed in the last minutes before a deadline. Complaints of system faults that cannot be shown from the portal's records are not entertained.

Every action on the portal is recorded in a tamper-evident audit trail, which is the record of the e-auction.

Bidding Document: Clause 8A(b)(i), 8A B(13)

Governing law

The tender process is governed by the laws of India. Disputes are settled as the Bidding Document provides.

Bidding Document: Clause 17, 18.1