Ahmedabad Times

NEW DELHI: The Centre advised Supreme Court docket Friday that visa and consular companies, that are outsourced, supplied to lakhs of Indian nationals, OCIs and overseas visa candidates had been severely impacted in Indian missions in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia) as Delhi excessive courtroom had quashed the choice of personal service suppliers.“We outsource consular, passport and visa companies to personal entities like different international locations. The cancellation of award of tender to the profitable bidder has introduced these companies in 4 international locations to a standstill. The Indian missions have diverted employees to fulfill emergency wants of individuals,” solicitor normal Tushar Mehta advised a CJI Kant-led bench, which agreed to record the enchantment for listening to on Monday.HC on Wednesday put aside the complete technical analysis course of undertaken by the ‘professional outsourcing committees’ for 4 Indian missions overseas, annulled the award of tender in favour of a non-public get together regardless of execution of the contract and graduation of companies by the very best bidder and directed govt to drift a recent request for proposal (RFP).Between Nov 2025 and Jan 2026, separate RFPs had been floated by the Indian missions in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Singapore, Canberra and Riyadh, every considering a two-stage bidding course of: a technical-bid stage adopted by a financial-bid stage, with the opening of monetary bids confined to bidders securing the minimal qualifying rating of 70 out of 100 marks within the technical analysis. Every bidder, together with E Trav Tech Ltd which challenged the rejection of its bid earlier than HC, had accepted the analysis methodology. E Trav Tech didn’t qualify the technical stage earlier than seven unbiased missions because it scored beneath par within the evaluations, the Centre mentioned.