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Provisions of this Act not to apply in certain cases.- The provisions of sections 9 and 10 shall not apply to procurement,- (a) during natural calamities and emergencies declared by the Government; (b) available from a single source only from a supplier or cases in which a particular supplier or contractor has exclusive rights in respect of the goods or services or construction and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists or where the procuring entity having procured goods, equipment, technology from a supplier or contractor determines that additional supplies must be procured from that specific supplier or contractor for reasons of standardization and compatibility with the existing goods, equipment or technology: Provided that a committee of three experts consisting one technical representative of the procuring entity, one technical representative of a State or Central Government Organisation dealing with similar procurement and one representative from a reputed Academic or Research Institution or Non-commercial Institution having expertise in such line, declares it as single source procurement; 20[(bb) of a service, other than operations and maintenance, project or facility management, supervision, supply of manpower, outsourcing of tasks, leasing of machinery, equipment or vehicles and insurance, in any particular instance of procurement declared by the Government by notification, upon the recommendation of a committee comprising the Secretary of the department concerned of the Government, Secretary of Finance department or his representative, the Chief Executive Officer or the head of the procuring entity, one technical representative of the procuring entity and one representative from a reputed Academic or Research Institution or Non-commercial Institution having expertise in such line;] 20 Inserted by the TNTIT (Second Amendment) Act, 2018, (Tamil Nadu Act 17 of 2018), sec. 7(1) [TNGGE No.136 / 13-04-2018], w.e.f. 26-06-2018. [TNGGE No.224 / 26-06-2018] (No.II(2)FIN/549(d))/2018 - G.O.Ms. No.206, Finance (Salaries), 26th June 2018]. TAMIL NADU TRANSPARENCY IN TENDERS ACT, 1998. 12 21[(c) …] (d) of low value and local purchases as may be prescribed; 22 [(dd) …] 21 Omitted by the TNTIT (Second Amendment) Act, 2018, (Tamil Nadu Act 17 of 2018), sec. 7(2), w.e.f. 26-06-2018. (TNGGE No. 136, dated 13.04.2018 & TNGGE No. 224, dated 26-06-2018) *[(c) from departments of Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Statutory Boards and such other institutions as may be notified by the Government only in respect of goods manufactured or services provided by them; Provided that such procurement shall not exceed forty percent of the total requirement in that procurement and shall be at a price not exceeding the price of the lowest tender in respect of the remaining sixty percent.] [The clause ‘(c) from certain departments of Government, public sector undertakings, statutory boards and such other institutions only in respect of goods manufactured or services provided by them for a period not exceeding two years from the date of commencement of this Act’ was amended further as detailed below: 1. The words ‘two years’ was substituted by the words ‘four years’ by the TNTIT (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 2002) sec. 2 (w.e.f. 30.09.2002).