Reports for the last three financial years, at the time of submitting/uploading the bid documents, before the last date fixed i.e 01.12.2023 and the same were submitted on 17.04.2024 only when the clarification was sought from the Respondent No.8, after the Technical bids were opened on 04.12.2023. 17. When the Technical bid of the Appellant was rejected by the Respondents on 06.05.2024 on the ground that it did not comply with 15the Clause 10 of the NIT namely Part I/ Cover I Other Important Documents (OID) Point No. 02 Appendix II (Power of attorney for signing of bid), there was no justification on the part of the Respondent authorities for accepting the Technical bid of the Respondent No.8, which clearly was not in compliance with the same mandatory Clause 10 of NIT. The Respondent BCCL has miserably failed to justify as to how the Technical bid of the Respondent no.8 was accepted when it had not submitted the requisite important documents related to the qualification criteria as