Vender Assessment Services

Vender Assessment Process

Vendor Assessment is mandatory for OEMs (unless exempted under VA Policy) vendor assessment is done by QCI to assess the business entity’s profile with respect to the supplying capacity and past performance / experiences etc.

A non-refundable fee of INR 11,200 + 18% GST is charged by QCI for Vendor Assessment of OEM (to be paid on-line through GeM).

Vendor Assessment shall be completed by QCI within 15 days of payment of fee and draft Vendor Assessment Report made available to the Seller.

If the Seller has any disagreement, it can be addressed to QCI within 5 days of the report being made available to them. In case of dispute/disagreement, the same has to be settled between 15th to 20th day.

On 21st day of payment of fee Vendor Assessment Report to be made available on GeM portal.

Vender Assessment Exemption Process

Certain category of sellers like those having Rs.500 Crore or more turnover, NSIC registered / BIS License holding manufacturers for their registered categories, Central/State PSUs, Sellers having Unique Certification Code (UCC) issued by DRDO/ OFB/ SITRA, Central and State Government Departments/ Authorities etc are exempted from Vendor assessment. Please see Policy Document for details.

Eligibility of a Seller for exemption from Vendor Assessment is decided through QCI using this module.

Zero fee is applicable on Vendor Exemption Assessment.

QCI takes 2 calendar days to process the request.