Pre-bid meeting for the captioned e-tender was held on February 18, 2021 at 11:00 am in the VC Room, 2nd floor, RBI, Bhubaneswar to discuss some clauses of the tender and clarify any queries, if any, raised by the participating bidders. The meeting was attended by the following: | Bank’s Representatives | Representative from firms | | 1. Shri Umakanta Sahu, AGM, ED | 1. M/s U Tech Service | | 2. Shri Sunil D Singh, AM (T-E), ED | 2. M/s Greenwey Creations | | 3. Shri Shubham Arya, AM, ED | | | 4. Shri P K Sahoo, Asst., ED | | During the meeting, following clauses were discussed: -
In terms of Clause 13 of the Section I of the tender, it was reiterated that quoting of zero rate or unreasonable rates (excluding GST) in the 2nd header of the Price bid may attract rejection at the discretion of the Bank. -
In terms of Clause 10 of Section II, it was informed to the bidders that successful bidder shall take insurance cover along with the ESIC for labours. Following clarifications were made to the bidders: | Sl. No. | Query by bidder | Clarifications | | 1. | Whether the firms registered as MSME will be exempted from submission of EMD, as per the benefits extended to MSMEs under MSMED Act 2006? | It was clarified that the MSMED Act 2006 is not applicable on the Bank. However, to bid for horticulture work of premises with estimated value less than ₹ 10 Lakh, submission of EMD is not required for MSME Registered firms and firms which are availing such benefit are required to submit proof of their MSME registration to the Bank along with Part I of the tender document at the time of bidding. | All above points were noted and agreed by the participating firms. -
These minutes of pre-bid meeting shall form the part of bid document/Agreement. -
Rest of the terms and conditions and specifications of the bid document shall continue to remain same. -
The above amendments/ clarifications are issued for the information of all the intending bidders. -
The submission of bid by the firm shall be construed to be in conformity to the bid document and amendments/ clarifications given above. Regional Director
RBI, Bhubaneswar
February 18, 2021 | |