Postponement of opening of tender A pre bid meeting was held on March 16, 2020 at 11:30 at RBI Hyderabad to clarify the queries of the tenderers for the captioned work. The meeting was attended by the following tenderers: Bank’s Representatives | Tenderer’s representative | 1. Shri K V Sivaraman (AGM) | 1. Shri Vijay Kumar, M/s Numax Energy Solution | 2. Shri S.T Ramakrishna, AM (Tech) | 2. Shri GMVS Chaitanya, M/s ARBL | 3. Shri R K Dora, AM | 3. Shri R Srinivasan, M/s Exide Industries | 4. Smt J Poornima, AM | 4. Shri B Vidya Sagar, M/s Accutech Infosystems Pvt Ltd | 5. Shri Apoorva Singhal, JE (E) | 5. Shri Srinivas,M/s Numeric UPS | | 6. Shri Jagadeesh, M/s Amara Raja Batteries Ltd | | 7. Shri Suraj Pradham. M/s Rajdeep Energies Pvt Ltd | The following queries were raised by the tenderers and the clarifications given by the Bank are indicated as under: Sl. No | Queries raised by the firm’s representatives | Clarification given by the Bank | 1. | Warranty period of the batteries | The warranty period of the product shall be three years and the battery testing is mandatory. | 2. | Whether the bank will raise the invoice for buyback of old batteries | It was clarified that there is no buyback and the invoice includes the GST. | 3. | Firms asked clarification regarding the dismantling of old batteries in Bank’s scope or in Tenderer’s scope. | Dismantling of batteries is in the scope of the tenderer. | 4. | Insurance | Compensation All Risk Policy to be submitted as per the tender document. | 5. | The representative of the firm asked regarding the IR Test and Discharge testing | IR Test will be done on quarterly basis and discharge test through existing load will be carried out on yearly basis. | 6. | The representative of the firm enquired about if there is any exemption of EMD | It was clarified that EMD is not applicable in respect of MSME registered vendors. | All the tenderers were advised that the above minutes of the pre-bid meeting would form a part of the technical bid. The tenderers should enclose a duly signed copy of the minutes as part of Part I of the tender document. | |