Reserve Bank of India, a statutory body established under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, having its Central Office at Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Mumbai- 400 001 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Bank’), invites sealed tenders from registered agencies, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Service Provider’) well established and experienced in preservation and conservation of old Library documents and related fields pertaining to fumigation, de acidification, archival binding of rare collection.

Service Provider intending to bid for the above tender shall submit their sealed tenders as per this Tender Document. The Tender Document can either be downloaded from www.rbi.org.in or be obtained in person from the General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, DEPR, Central Office, 8th Floor, Central office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, Mumbai- 400001, on written request in that regard. Tender Document will not be issued by Post or by any other mode under any circumstance whatsoever.

The tender should be complete in all respects as per format in Annex and shall be submitted by hand delivery/post/ courier and not any other mode in a sealed envelope addressed to the General Manager, Administration Division, Department of Economic and Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, Central Office Building, Fort, Mumbai 400 001 on or before 3.00 pm of 15/01/2018. The technical bids will be opened at 4.00 pm on 15/01/2018. The date of opening of the commercial bids will be communicated later. The bids should be sent separately in two envelopes super scribed “Tender for preservation and conservation of rare documents-Technical Bid” and “Tender for preservation and conservation of rare documents - Commercial Bid”.