(E-Tender No.- DSIM-Central Office Departments/Others/1/24-25/ET/220) The pre-bid meeting of the e-Tender for supply of data entry operators (E-Tender No.- DSIM-Central Office Departments/Others/1/24-25/ET/220) was held in the conference room, C9, 7th Floor, RBI, BKC on July 29, 2024, at 03:30 P.M. Shri Santhosh Kumar Ubarle, Director, SMD presided over the meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives from six (06) service provider firms. The list of participants is given in Annexure. 2. At the outset, the Director welcomed the participants and briefly explained various aspects of the tendering process in the Bank and the extant pre-requisite conditions for bidding purpose. Thereafter, he invited queries, if any, from the prospective bidders regarding the tender. 3. The major queries/request put forth by the vendors and the clarifications provided are tabulated below: | Sl. No. | Queries | Clarification | | 1. | To allow Branch/ Regional Office to participate in the bidding process. They have Registered office in Pune, Maharashtra and 6 Regional offices in other parts of the country including Mumbai with multiple site offices. | As per bid-document, the Registered/ Head Office of the company must be located in Mumbai (Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Mira, Bhayander, Vasai, Virar, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan, Dombivali).
The Vendors were apprised to adhere the bid-document only as communication is usually done with the Registered / Head Office. | | 2. | To consider reducing the penalties as they are too high. | Since the department is seeking skilled DEOs from the reputed vendors thus, penalties imposed on DEOs in case errors exceed 1% on checking a sample of 10% of the work cannot be reduced. Same was apprised to the vendors as well. | | 3. | To introduce a cap on the department to make payment to Service Provider atleast before 7th of the succeeding month similar to the cap imposed on the service provider to make payments before the 7th of the succeeding month. | The Department has ensured timely payment to the vendors. | 4.Further, Director advised the vendors to read and understand all the terms and conditions of the tender before submitting the rate quotes on MSTC portal. He also apprised the vendors that, in case of any technical issues pertaining to MSTC site, they may refer to contact details of MSTC available in the tender document. 5. The meeting concluded with vote of thanks by Shri Kuldeep Bana, MGR.
Annexure List of Participants | Sl. No. | Name | Designation | | Bank’s Officials | | 1 | Shri Santhosh Kumar Ubarle | DGM, SMD | | 2 | Shri K Dhamodhiran | DGM, APMD | | 3 | Shri Surendra Prasad | AGM, Rajbhasha | | 4 | Ms Pronita Pegu Saikia | AGM, SMD | | 5 | Ms Asha Soman | MGR, SMD | | 6 | Shri Kuldeep Bana | MGR, SMD | | Representatives of Firms | | 7 | Ms Veena Sharma | M/s Imperative | | 8 | Ms Madhvi Kanse | M/s Imperative | | 9 | Ms Khushboo Shah | M/s Cyfuture | | 10 | Shri Pranay Ahadigavkam | M/s Airan Ltd. | | 11 | Shri Natraj Gopadi | M/s OTSI | | 12 | Shri Swapnil khale | M/s BVG | | 13 | Shri Sunil Chavan | M/s Shree Consultancy | |
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