Haryana Government has enhanced the upper limit of skilled and unskilled works reserved for cooperative labour and construction societies from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000.
Minister of State for Cooperation, Manish Kumar Grover on Friday said that all skilled and unskilled works costing up to Rs 50 lakh each would be reserved for cooperative labour and construction societies up to the rates approved for the circle concerned of the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department in the immediate past for similar works after inviting tenders.
These concessions would also be applicable to contracts relating to supply of manpower, loading, unloading and transportation of goods and supply of construction material, he said.
The Minister said that the cooperative labour and construction societies would make payment of earnest money of Rs 25,000 or one per cent, whichever is less, for works costing up to Rs 50,000. For works costing Rs 50,000 or more, they would have to deposit as earnest money 50 per cent of the earnest money applicable to contractors, said he.
Performance security for cooperative labour and construction societies would be half of performance security applicable to contractors for works of any value. If all members of the society are women or belong to Scheduled Castes, then performance security would be 25 per cent of that applicable to contractors, said the Minister.
He further said that preference in making payment would be given to cooperative labour and construction societies whenever letter of Credit is received.
In view of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, cleanliness works of government hospitals and urban local bodies would be reserved for those cooperative labour and construction societies all members of which belong to Scheduled Castes. In case cooperative labour and construction societies fail to submit tender in this regard, tenders would be invited from service providers and cooperative labour and construction societies, said he.
The Minister said that the cooperative labour and construction societies would be exempted from any licensing fee and enlistment fee. The concessions granted to cooperative labour and construction societies would also apply to works relating to Government, semi-Government, boards and corporations, he added.