GeM Startup Runway: Benefits for New-Age Businesses

Recognizing that traditional experience and turnover requirements can shut newer businesses out of government procurement, GeM has built specific provisions aimed at startups.

The Startup Runway framework is designed to relax some of the standard prior-experience and turnover eligibility norms that would otherwise disadvantage genuinely new businesses competing against established vendors for government orders.

For an eligible startup, this can mean a real shot at government business earlier than would otherwise be possible — provided the business can demonstrate it meets whatever specific startup recognition criteria apply under the current framework.

As with other GeM eligibility provisions, the benefit isn't automatic just because a business is new — it typically requires appropriate startup recognition/registration to be linked correctly to the GeM seller profile.

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