{"id":16118,"date":"2026-06-03T06:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/cbse-cbse-debacle-coempt-edged-past-tcs-in-tech-evaluation-lens-now-on-tender-design-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:36:48","slug":"cbse-cbse-debacle-coempt-edged-past-tcs-in-tech-evaluation-lens-now-on-tender-design-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/cbse-cbse-debacle-coempt-edged-past-tcs-in-tech-evaluation-lens-now-on-tender-design-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cbse: CBSE debacle: Coempt edged past TCS in tech evaluation, lens now on tender design | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131473602,imgsize-155168,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/youth-cong-members-protest-neet-and-cbse-controversies-in-mumbai.jpg\" alt=\"CBSE debacle: Coempt edged past TCS in tech evaluation, lens now on tender design\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The tendering process behind <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cbse\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">CBSE<\/a>\u2019s massive on-screen marking (OSM) project has come under sharper scrutiny after procurement records showed that Hyderabad-based Coempt Eduteck Pvt Ltd narrowly edged past Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the technical evaluation before securing a decisive advantage through a sharply lower financial bid.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The scoring pattern has triggered questions among some procurement observers over whether the tender design disproportionately benefited firms with narrowly defined prior examination-scanning experience over companies with larger technology and systems integration capabilities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The contract involved scanning and digital evaluation of around 9.9 million Class XII answer books under CBSE\u2019s fully digitised evaluation system introduced this year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Tender documents reviewed by TOI show Coempt secured 91 out of 100 marks in the technical evaluation, only marginally ahead of TCS, wh-ich scored 89. The two firms were closely matched across several parameters, includ-ing certifications, manpower strength, security compliance, disaster recovery systems and solution architecture.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The key difference emerged in the \u201cpast experience\u201d category, linked specifically to scanning and distribution of subjective answer scripts for digital evaluation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>According to the technical evaluation sheet, Coempt received full marks while TCS scored zero in that category despite securing higher marks in the technical presentation and live demonstration segment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Coempt also secured full marks for experience in handling large-scale digital evaluation projects and managing multiple evaluation centres simultaneously. TCS, however, got maximum marks under the turnover criterion because of its significantly larger financial scale and operational capacity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The financial bids revealed an even wider gap.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>According to bid documents, Coempt quoted rates ranging between approximately Rs 24.8 and Rs 25.7 per answer booklet depending on processing volume, while TCS quoted between Rs 53 and Rs 65 per booklet across similar categories.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The evaluated bid value worked out to roughly Rs 384.6 crore for Coempt compared to nearly Rs 951.3 crore for TCS \u2014 a difference of around Rs 566 crore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Under the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) model adopted by CBSE, technical scores carried 70% weightage while financial bids accounted for 30%. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>\u201cA bidder with a slight technical edge and a substantially lower quote gains a major advantage once weighted scores are combined,\u201d a former central govt procurement official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The procurement process has also drawn attention because CBSE did not finalise a qualified vendor in two earlier tender rounds before modifying certain technical conditions in a later request for proposal issued in Aug 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Officials, however, rejected suggestions that Coempt was favoured.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>CBSE sources maintained that the evaluation was conducted strictly according to the criteria laid down in the tender document and under General Financial Rules governing public procurement. Officials argued that the board had limited discretion in the technical round and Coempt fulfilled all eligibility requirements prescribed in the bid conditions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>\u201cThe company that met the technical requirements and secured the highest combined QCBS score was selected in accordance with QCBS provisions,\u201d an official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>The tender has acquired wider significance amid growing scrutiny of CBSE\u2019s digital evaluation ecosystem and questions over the pace at which the nationwide OSM system was rolled out for the 2026 board examinations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/cbse-debacle-coempt-edged-past-tcs-in-tech-evaluation-lens-now-on-tender-design\/articleshow\/131473597.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The tendering process behind CBSE\u2019s massive on-screen marking (OSM) project has come under sharper scrutiny after procurement records showed that Hyderabad-based Coempt Eduteck Pvt Ltd narrowly edged past Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the technical evaluation before securing a decisive advantage through a sharply lower financial bid.The scoring pattern has triggered questions among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}