Class 3 combo
Bidders and exporters
Signing plus encryption on one token. E-tendering, ICEGATE and reissue. Rajasthan eProc needs signing only.
₹2,410/ 2 years
DSC for bid openers and tender committees
The Class 3 signing and encryption certificate a tender committee needs on CPPP and state e-procurement portals, and how many a department keeps.
Class 3 combo costs ₹2,090 for 1 year, ₹2,410 for 2 years or ₹3,630 for 3 years. The USB e-token is ₹550 more if you do not have one.
Answer
This is the department side of a tender, not the bidder side. When a department publishes a tender on CPPP it names a tender creator, a tender publisher, bid openers and a bid evaluator, and each of those users needs a certificate on top of the portal login. The portal's own guidance asks for at least four bid openers per tender and suggests starting with five certificates, which is the number that shapes the order. Those users need a Class 3 certificate with both signing and encryption. A bid stays unreadable until the opening time because the bid data is encrypted with the public keys of the buyer and the bid openers, so the department needs the encryption half as well as signing. One token carries both certificates and each one is registered separately. We do the application; enrolling the certificate on the department's portal is the officer's step, and we assist at every step.
Signing and encryption on one token
Why a tender bid asks for both halves, and who needs the combo instead of a signing certificate.
Who needs this
- Tender creators and tender publishers named on a department tender
- Bid openers on CPPP and on state e-procurement portals
- Bid evaluators, who open the price bids with the committee
- Purchase and supply officers who raise the tender
Documents required
- Department or office identity card
- A letter on the department letterhead from the Head of Office or the competent authority, confirming that you work there
- The government identity document of the person who signed that letter
- PAN card, with the name as per your income tax record
- Aadhaar card, linked to that PAN and to your mobile number
Process
- Send us your documents
Send the department papers and your own documents on WhatsApp, by email or at our Udaipur office, and we fill the application.
- Complete payment
Pay for the certificate and the USB token. Each officer on the committee orders and pays for their own certificate.
- We submit, you do the KYC
We file the application with the Certifying Authority. You then confirm your mobile and email with OTPs, do the Aadhaar OTP and video KYC with them, and a final eKYC OTP on your phone approves the application. We assist you at every step.
- Receive the token and enrol on the portal
Get the USB token by courier (or use your own FIPS 140-3 token), then register the signing and the encryption certificate on the portal, separately. We assist you at every step.
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Common questions
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How many certificates does a bid committee need?
The official CPPP guidance names at least four bid openers per tender and suggests a department start with five certificates. That is the number to plan around, and it comes from the portal's own document rather than from us. Each of those officers holds their own certificate.
Does a bid opener need an encryption certificate as well as signing?
Yes. The bid data is encrypted with the public keys of the buyer and the bid openers, so it stays unreadable until the opening time. Signing alone is not enough on CPPP, which is why this page points at the combo certificate rather than signing only.
Is Rajasthan eProc the same as CPPP?
No. Rajasthan eProc takes a Class 3 signing certificate and needs no encryption. Most other states and the India-wide portals, CPPP included, ask for signing plus encryption, which is the combo.
Can one department certificate cover two officers?
No. A certificate belongs to the person who holds it, in their own name, and the portal registers it against that user. Two officers on the same committee means two certificates.
The bid opener certificate expires the day before the bid opens. What now?
That officer cannot open the bid, and the department needs a valid certificate on every user named in the tender. Reissue before the opening date rather than on the day. A certificate reissued onto a new token keeps the same name and the same validity.
Do bidders and the department need the same kind of certificate?
Usually the same kind, bought separately. The bidder signs and encrypts their own bid; the department signs the tender and decrypts the bids at the opening. Each party buys and registers its own certificate.
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