S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. The present writ petition challenges a tender rejection by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (“NDMC” or “Respondent”) whereby the technical bid submitted by M/s. MI2C Security Facilities Pvt. Ltd. (“MI2C” or “Petitioner”) was rejected on the ground that M12C did not qualify the technical parameters stipulated in the tender conditions (“NIT”).

2. MI2C is a private limited company engaged in the business of providing security services. On 23.10.2017, the NDMC issued an NIT inviting bids under the two-bid system from security agencies to provide security services in the Civic Centre Complex for a period of one year on contract basis. The estimated cost of the contract was Rs. 8.53 crore. MI2C and five other security agencies participated in the tender process. The tender was divided into two stages-the technical evaluation stage and the financial evaluation stage. As with other two bid systems, only once a bidder was found technically qualified, would the authority proceed to evaluate its financial bid. MI2C is aggrieved by NDMC’s email dated 17.11.2017 whereby its bid was rejected on the ground that it had not submitted the required documents at th