Report No. 06 of 2025-Compliance Audit Report of Government of West Bengal for the year ended 31 March 2023.

What did the audit examine?

This audit examined compliance with procurement and tourism schemes in West Bengal's government departments for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Who / what it concerns

Government of West Bengal

What the auditor found

• Absence of MoU/SLA led to unclear roles and responsibilities in e-Procurement implementation.
• 18 PSUs and 68 Autonomous bodies had not registered with e-Procurement portal as of 31 March 2023.
• Non-implementation of bid evaluation and contract award in e-Procurement system required offline processes.
• 139 tenders issued by non-designated Tender Inviting Authorities (TIAs) in four divisions.
• 4,012 tenders out of 90,928 did not enforce minimum bid submission time.
• 33,614 tenders had discrepancies between tender value and BoQ total value.
• 1,291 tenders had awarded contract value higher than L1 bid.
• Tourism Department lacked strategic plan for tourism development without feasibility studies.
• Tourism Department had not framed guidelines for accreditation of Wellness/Spiritual Centers after four years of WBTP-2019.