Pre-bid meeting on tender for empanelment of vendors for supply of stationery items/printing material for the period 2024-2026 was held on December 06, 2023, at Mumbai Regional Office, RBI. The meeting was attended by the following members: | Bank’s Representative | Participants | | 1. Shri Prashant Vetkar, AGM, CES | 1. M/s 7Skills | | 2. Shri M G V Quadros, Manager, CES | 2. M/s S M Roopawalla | | 3. Shri Anoop Singh, AM, CES | 3. M/s Om Sai Prints | | 4. Smt. Eknath Thakur, Assistant, CES | 4. M/s Darshan St. & Xerox | | | 5. M/s Rohit Stationery & Computers | | | 6. M/s Rajesh Printers | 2. The vendors had raised various queries/issues during the pre-bid meeting. The queries and the clarification/comments provided during the pre-bid meeting are listed below. | S. No. | Subject | Queries/Issues raised by participants | Clarification/Comments of RBI | | 1. | Client certificate requirement | The vendors informed that their clients do not provide client certificate on individual organisation’s letter head as required by RBI. | The client certificate may be submitted in the format provided in the tender document with the signature and seal of the competent authority of the organisation. | | 2. | Banker’s certificate | Vendors inquired if it is mandatory to provide banker’s certificate on individual bank’s letter head. | The banker’s certificate (in original) must be submitted on individual bank’s letter head only. | | 3. | Eligibility of vendors | Whether vendors located in Thane are eligible to participate in tender? | The vendors who are registered with Mumbai/Navi Mumbai municipal corporation are eligible to participate in the tender. | | 4. | Experience of vendors | Whether the vendor should have five-year experience in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai only? | It is not mandatory that the establishment should be in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai for the last 5 years. However, at the time of empanelment, they must be located in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai and shall submit documents for the same. | | 5. | Letter of empanelment | Whether the vendors will be provided certificate regarding the empanelment? | Eligible and empanelled vendors will be issued a letter from the Bank regarding the empanelment. | | 6. | Purchase order by the Bank | Whether only Mumbai RO will be placing orders with the vendors? | Details of empanelled vendors will be shared with all the offices of the bank located in Mumbai / Navi Mumbai. Offices / Departments will place orders directly with vendors as per their requirement and extant guidelines of the bank. | | 7. | Signing of Tender Documents | Should all the pages of tender documents be in vendor’s letter head? | All the pages of the tender document containing the “Terms & Conditions” should be duly signed and stamp by the authorised signatory. | The Regional Director
Reserve Bank of India
Mumbai Regional Office
Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort
Mumbai 400-001 | |