E tender No: RBI/Patna/Estate/136/22-23/ET/211 The Pre-Bid meeting for the captioned E-tender was conducted at RBI, Patna on July 26, 2022 at 3.00 PM. The meeting was attended by Officials from ABCC, HRMD, Reserve Bank of India, Patna (hereinafter mentioned as the “Bank”) and representatives from Chartered Accountant (CA) Firms. 2. Following the brief introduction by the Bank, various queries raised by the prospective bidders/interested firms were clarified by the Bank. Summary of the same is as under: | Sl. No. | Query | Clarification / Response given | | 1. | Can we also upload the supporting documents along with the bids? | Yes, the supporting documents are required to be uploaded on the MSTC portal at the time of submission of technical bids. | | 2. | Can a monthly remuneration which is lower than the minimum amount stated in the tender document, be quoted | No, as stated in the tender document, the applications indicating less than the minimum monthly remuneration (Rs. 70,000/- excluding GST) will be rejected out-rightly. | | 3. | Is a full-time Chartered Accountant also required in the Audit team. | Yes, as mentioned in the tender document, the Concurrent Audit team should comprise of one Chartered Accountant/s, two Skilled and one Semi-skilled staff. | | 4. | Kindly provide more clarity on the methodology of giving marks in technical evaluation | Parameter-wise marks-range were explained to the participants. | | 5. | What is the criteria to define semi-skilled and skilled staff? | It is given in the ‘terms and conditions’ of the tender document-
Skilled staff should have qualified at least Group II of Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC)
Semi-skilled staff should have qualified at least Group I of IPCC and undergoing article training | | 6. | How to see the tender document/pay the transaction fees in the MSTC Portal | As also informed earlier, firms were provided with the contact details of MSTC. They were also requested to communicate RBI, Patna once the registration gets completed so that the firm can be tagged for the bidding process. | | 7. | What would be the criteria for giving marks on account of past experience in RBIA audits? | It is to be decided on the basis of internal feedback given by the auditee office concerned. | | 8. | What would be the role of CA firm in filing of tax returns? | Vetting of all financial transactions by various departments. 100% checking of the applicable taxes, tax rates on the transactions by various departments and also proper credit of tax to the respective authorities, prior to payments being made and also 100 % verification of the returns prior to them being filled. Additionally, CA are also required to assist the departments in filing various returns e.g. GST returns, IT-TDS return etc. | Representatives from RBI, Patna present in the meeting- | Sr. No. | Name of the Staff Member | Designation | | 1. | Binita Topno | Deputy General Manager | | 2. | Tanya Agarwal | Manager | | 3. | Amit Kumar | Assistant Manager | | 4. | Nidhi Kumari | Assistant | Representatives from CA firms present in the meeting- | Sr. No | Name of Participant | Name | | 1. | Ambar Murtaza | K.Hari Ji & Co. | | 2. | Mudit Kumar | N.R.Baid & Co. | | 3. | Sonal | Bipin Vivek & Associates | | 4. | Sanjay Kumar | P.Jyoti & Co. | | 5. | Mukul | Barun & Co. | | 6. | Prashant | Gupta Sachdeva & Co. | | |