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Why government tenders requires so many documents while Private company's tender never require so much?

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Question added by Dhananjay Rao , Assistant Manager Purchase , K Raheja Corp - Inorbit Mall
Date Posted: 2014/11/27
Mohamed Shahul
by Mohamed Shahul , Lead Engineer Mechanical componentg , GE India

To increase the Competitive environment and to avoid any kind of integrity issues which would spoil the government name.So such scrutiny required through documentation.

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by Deleted user

Government tenders require more scrutiny and thorough due diligence due to the fact that they are funded by taxpayers' money. Moreover, a politician's nightmare is to get caught mismanaging public funds. Therefore, it all boils down to keeping constituents happy and not losing the next election. 

Cristopher Jackson
by Cristopher Jackson , Senior Document Controller , Parsons International Limited

Policies and procedures of private companies are flexible and they are able to standardize the documentation according to the project requirements.  For Govt companies they have to just follow tender and procurement procedures and not able to standardize or change any item for a particular project.