ISO Certification is the documents which is Internationally accepted. This is full proof guaranty about the quality of products, services and their management system. Government if generate any tenders, they want good quality of products, better services and well management system. And if any company has ISO Certification means they follow everything as per International standard. More the ISO Certification more will be the chance to win govt. & big projects.

Some Big Tenders Provided by Government to ISO Certified Company are :

Village Panchayat

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Rail Coach Factory

Tripura Forest Development And Plantation Corporation Limited

Ministry Of Coal

Ministry Of Power

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited

Employees State Insurance Corporation

Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation Limited

National Handloom Development Corporation Limited

Ministry Of Micro Small And Medium Enterprises

AN OVERVIEW OF GOVERNMENT E-MARKETPLACE

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is an e-commerce portal operated by the Government of India. It is an online interactive interface where the sellers and government buyers meet to facilitate the procurement of Goods and Services required by different Government Departments, Organizations and the Public Sector Undertakings. Now, the Government Departments require only the first-rate goods that are free of defects or faults.

Here comes the role of the ISO certification for the sellers on the Government e-Marketplace. The GeM department has necessitated the ISO certification for the manufacturers, as a basic criterion for their products to be uploaded for sale on the GeM interface.

Importance of ISO certification for sellers on Government e-Marketplace

We all know that in order to empower the small traders and manufacturers, the Indian Government has launched transparent e-Marketplace prominently known as GeM.

There are certain technical parameters specified by the GeM department for the sellers’ products to be uploaded for sale on the GeM portal.

Government buyers require first-class goods that fulfill the global benchmarks of quality. Accordingly, the sellers are required to obtain global accreditations such as ISO certification so that they can easily sell their products on Government e-Marketplace.

THE ROLE OF ISO CERTIFICATION ON THE GOVERNMENT E-MARKETPLACE

It is beyond any uncertainty that the benchmarks like the ISO 9001:2015 certification are the universal standards for impeccable Quality Management Systems (QMS). It emphasizes a well-defined structure for quality management in all organizations for all their products, processes and systems. The key objective of this standard is that all products of an organization meet the specifications and conditions for all customer satisfaction, in the most attainable way.

Since the Government Departments emphasize on the quality of the products they procure from the private sellers, the manufacturers having GeM registration as OEM are supposed to have ISO certification for their products.

WHEN ARE THE GEM SELLERS ASKED FOR THE ISO CERTIFICATION

It is important to note that only the manufacturers having GeM registration as OEM on the Government e-Marketplace are supposed to get the ISO certification.

There are certain stages when the GeM OEM sellers are asked for the ISO certification these are :

Vendor registration

Tender application

Product listing

The manufacturer may be asked to obtain further certification such as ISO certification, specifically the three key ISO standards-

· ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management Systems

· ISO 14001:2016 for environment management

· ISO 45001:2018 for occupational health & safety

· ISO 27001:2013 for Information Security Management

So we can see that the ISO certification is an unavoidable necessity for the manufacturers to sell their products on Government e-Marketplace.