New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) contract with Hyderabad-based Coempt Eduteck Private Limited, for its On-Screen Marking (OSM) system saw an estimated jump of approximately Rs 10 crore between the first two tenders and the final order for the same volume of work, reported Hindustan Times. The opacity surrounding the contract figures adds to a growing controversy regarding the changes made in the final RFP’s eligibility criteria to unfairly favour a particular vendor. 

Increase in final contract value

The first two Request for Proposal (RFP) documents, issued in February 2025 and May 2025, valued the contract at about Rs 28 crore for roughly 2.38 crore answer scripts. The work order ultimately issued to Coempt Eduteck on December 5, 2025, on the other hand, placed the contract value at Rs 38.46 crore – a Rs 10 rore increase for the same work. 

According to the HT report, of the 2.38 crore answer scripts projected in the tender, only about 98.6 lakh Grade XII answer books were finally scanned. At the quoted rate of Rs 25.74 per booklet, the vendor is eligible to receive roughly Rs 25.39 crore – 66% of the total work order value – even though the actual workload was less........

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