Why Vendor Assessment is mandatory for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)?

Vendor Assessment is compulsory because it evaluates the credentials of the seller and the quality standards followed during the manufacturing process

Exemptions granted under the following scenarios

Annual turnover for the latest previous year is more than INR 500 Crores

Have BIS License

Any other exemption criteria announced the Government time to time.

Note: In case the Product is Manufactured outside India but sold in India by the Indian Origin legal entity then one should go for Deemed OEM instead of OEM. All the above exemptions apply to them also.

Summary Level Vendor Assessment Process:

After registration on GeM portal, the OEM has to go for Vendor Assessment on GeM Portal itself. Basic Organization Details are to be filled in. Product for which Vendor Assessment to be done is to be filled – Please note that as of now Seller Organization can add as many products as they want to get assessed in a single assessment

An online fee has to be made to the service provider for Vendor Assessment Process initiation. After the payment is processed, mail will be sent by service provider with the user ID and password for starting the Vendor Assessment

Currently, there are 2 stage Vendor Assessment Process

1. A) Desktop Assessment – Following a set of detailed documents and explanations are to be filled in three broad level grouping:

• Information Block
• Details of Product
• Details of Firm

Once the relevant supporting documents are uploaded and details are filled, one has to click the submit button service provider will assign a SPOC for the account and will review the desktop assessment documents. In case of any further details are required they will check with the Seller and data to be uploaded accordingly. Once the desktop assessment is cleared, mail will be sent by service provider for Video Assessment

1. B) Video Assessment – It is done through the Android Phone APP where the entire manufacturing process of the seller will be assessed by the service provider team based on the details provided in the desktop assessment. Once the Video Assessment is completed, Final Vendor Assessment Report will be uploaded on the GeM Portal by service provider. Based on the report OEM Dashboard will be enabled by GeM wherein only OEMs can upload their products onto the Portal.

GeM OEM/Brand Creation & Updating of OEMs with the following options under the OEM Panel:

• Raise the request for the creation of Both OEM and Brand
• Raise the request for the creation of Brand
• Raise the request for the creation of OEM Please note that, all OEMs are allowed to access OEM Panel only after completing the Vendor Assessment Process. Please note that relevant documents requested for the creation of the Brand need to be uploaded by the sellers. Please note that OEMs can request OEM/Brand only for the existing catalogs in the system. If the catalog is not available then, the first process for creating a new catalog needs to be completed and after the catalog is created the request for OEM/Brand can be requested.