CAV ORDER

The petitioner is before this Court calling in question an order dated 19.03.2025 passed by the fourth respondent, which accepts the financial bid of the fifth respondent and seeks a consequential direction to not to issue work order to the fifth respondent.

2. Facts in brief germane are as follows:

A notice inviting tender is issued on 21.09.2023 for the purpose of supply of two boats with manning and manpower for operation and maintenance of oil spill response equipment and combating oil pollution for a period of five years. Pursuant to the notice inviting tender, a pre-bid meeting was called for all the potential tenderers on 29.09.2023. The last date for submission of the tender was 12.10.2023. The date fixed in the tender for opening of the technical bid was 13.10.2023. Before the said date, a corrigendum comes to be issued extending the date of submission of the tender till 20.10.2023. A pre-bid clarification is said to have been uploaded on the New Mangalore Port Authority website (hereinafter referred to as 'the authority' for short). The petitioner is said to have submitted his bid on 13.11.2023. The technical bid is opened and four tenderers are said to be qualifie