The BIS Manakonline Platform tender (GEM/2026/B/7106494) is one of India's largest government IT contracts in 2026. Understanding who qualifies to bid reveals the scale of the project and the calibre of companies being targeted.
Bidders must have an average annual minimum turnover of INR 600 crore from software operations across the last 3 financial years. This immediately limits the pool to India's largest IT services companies and well-capitalized multinationals.
Exceptions: MSEs and DPIIT-registered startups are relaxed from this turnover requirement (subject to meeting quality and technical specifications).
At least one enterprise-level, web-based application software project of minimum Rs 120 crore value in the last 5 financial years (FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25). The project must include microservices architecture, mobile app development, and business process automation.
Experience in implementing AI, ML, or NLP features in enterprise applications — including document parsing, predictive analytics, AI chatbots, or anomaly detection. This rules out companies with only conventional software implementation experience.
Experience implementing GIS applications covering geotagging, field operations GIS, layer-based mapping, and GIS-driven workflows.
Experience handling 10,000+ concurrent users in enterprise applications. Given the BIS platform needs to handle 1 lakh concurrent users, the SI must have proven hyperscale capability.
The Cloud Service Provider (CSP) must be MeitY-empanelled. The bidder can propose either a MeitY-empanelled CSP as their cloud partner, or use a SaaS platform whose underlying data centre is MeitY-empanelled. The CSP must demonstrate capability to support 1 lakh concurrent users.
The eligibility criteria effectively target India's top IT services companies: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra, and similar large system integrators. Companies with government IT implementation track records and the required CMMi/ISO certifications are best positioned. Some large government IT specialized companies like NIC, C-DAC may also be in the frame.
Quality and Cost Based Selection with 70% weightage on technical score and 30% on financial. The minimum qualifying technical score is 70 out of 100. The technical presentation (30 marks) carries the highest single weightage — requiring bidders to demonstrate comprehensive understanding of BIS's domain and their proposed solution architecture.