Tender work in India. Signed by you.

How filing works in India

It depends on the portal. On GeM you work as the client's named Secondary User. On CPPP, GePNIC and IREPS there's no delegate seat: you prepare and certify, and guide the client's DSC holder through the submission.

Guided filing sessions are paid work too: you sit with the client’s signatory, file by file, until the receipt is saved. Nobody ever uses the client’s login or signature.

Rules we follow in India

• Chartered accountant in practice (ICAI member holding a Certificate…. ICAI fee-sharing ban (CA Act, First Schedule Part I, cl. 2 and 3): a CA in practice may not pay any share, commission or brokerage of fees to a non-member such as askTender, so the client pays the CA directly and askTender's charge is a separate platform fee, never a deduction from or percentage of the CA's fee. The CA may not solicit clients or advertise beyond ICAI guidelines (cl. 6 and 7). Every certificate…
• Cost accountant (practising member of ICMAI) or the company's cost…. ICMAI fee-sharing and solicitation rules were not researched; apply the same model as for CAs (client pays the professional directly, askTender's fee is separate). Works under own identity only; one professional per competing bidder per tender.
• Notary public. The signatory must sign in person before the notary; the notary attests the signature, not the truth of the facts, which remain the client's responsibility. Stamp duty depends on the state where the document is executed. Fee-sharing rules for notaries were not researched; keep the notary's fee separate from askTender's.
• Tender or GeM consultant (bid preparation; unregulated profession). Neither GFR nor the Goods Manual bans a bidder from using a bid consultant, but the Code of Integrity attributes the agent's conduct to the bidder, and bidders that 'have the same legal representative/agent for purposes of this bid' are disqualified for conflict of interest. Delhi HC upheld a GeM rejection where a common consultant uploaded two bids from one IP (M K Jee Traders, Oct 2025). Never hold or operate the…
• Scheduled commercial bank (bank guarantee / e-BG) or insurer…. The bank or insurer deals only with its own customer: the client applies, holds the credit limit or margin and signs the request. askTender or a partner may only draft the guarantee wording from the tender format.
• NABCB-accredited certification body (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, ISO/IEC…. Certification bodies must stay impartial and cannot also act as the client's consultant for the same system; askTender may only route the client to an accredited body and track the certificate.
• Indian agent of a foreign principal (GFR Rule 152). Either the agent or the foreign principal may bid in a tender, not both; one agent cannot quote for two manufacturers in the same tender; commission is 'normally not exceeding five percent', paid in INR, disclosed with a certified copy of the agency agreement, and the agent's books are open to audit. This is not a role askTender or its partners take.