Minutes of Pre-bid Meeting e-Tender No. - RBI/Kanpur Regional Office/HRMD/1/25-26/ET/305 This notice is being published for information only and is not an open invitation to quote in this limited tender. Participation in this tender is by invitation only and is limited to the selected/eligible firms. Unsolicited offers are liable to be ignored. Reserve Bank of India, Kanpur Office (hereinafter called “the Bank”), invites e-tenders under Two-Bid system (Technical & Financial Bid) for the Appointment of Concurrent Auditors for period October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026 for the Bank. The appointment of the Concurrent Auditors (CAs) will be for a period of one year initially i.e., from October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026. However, the same may be renewed for a second (October 01, 2026 to September 30, 2027) and third year (October 01, 2027 to September 30, 2028) respectively on the same terms and conditions, subject to the satisfactory assessment in the annual review of the performance of the CA. The applicants should submit their proposal, as per the instructions regarding e-tender, along with all supporting documents complete in all respects as per the prescribed format on or before 03:00 PM on August 08, 2025. The Part-I (Technical Bid) will be opened electronically on August 08, 2025 at 04:00 PM. In the event of any date indicated above being declared a Holiday, the next working day shall become operative for the respective purpose mentioned herein. Tender document can be downloaded from the ‘Tenders’ link on our website www.rbi.org.in as well as from www.mstcecommerce.com i.e. MSTC portal. Any amendment(s) / corrigendum / clarifications with respect to this tender shall be uploaded on the website / e-portal only. The applicants should regularly check the above website / e-portal for any Amendment / Corrigendum / Clarification on the above website. Regional Director
Reserve Bank of India
Kanpur
Schedule of Tender (SOT)
(Only through e- Procurement) Note: This is a limited tender through MSTC portal. Only Category-I CA firms registered with ICAI for State of Uttar Pradesh having Registered/Head office in Kanpur are eligible to participate in this Tender. Those firms who are already doing any audit (Concurrent Audit/Statutory Audit/GST Audit etc.) at RBI Kanpur are not eligible to participate in this tender event. Bidders are advised to first visit “Tender” section on our website https://www.rbi.org.in to check their eligibility. Eligible firms wishing to apply should register themselves with MSTC Portal (www.mstcecommere.com) and apply online only. | A | e-Tender no | RBI/Kanpur Regional Office/HRMD/1/25-26/ET/305 | | B | Name of the Tender | Appointment of Concurrent Auditors for the period October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026 for Reserve Bank of India, Kanpur | | C | Mode of Tender | e-Procurement System
(online Part I – Technical Bid and Part II - Financial Bid through www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn/) | | D | Date of Notice Inviting e-tender available for download on RBI website | July 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM | | E | Date of Pre-Bid meeting (offline) | July 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM | | F | Venue of Pre-Bid meeting | New Conference Room, HRMD, Reserve Bank of India, Mall Road, Kanpur, 208001 | | G | Estimated value of tender | ₹1,17,000/- (Including all costs and excluding GST) per month i.e., ₹14,04,000/- for 12 months (Including all costs and excluding GST) | | H | Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) | 2% of the estimated cost, i.e. ₹28,080/- (Rupees Twenty-Eight Thousand and Eighty only) to be remitted through NEFT only.
Beneficiary Details:
(i) Beneficiary Account No.: 186003001
(ii) IFS Code: RBIS0KNPA01 (5th and 10th digit is Zero)
(iii) Beneficiary Name: Reserve Bank of India, Kanpur
(iv) Remarks: Appointment as Concurrent Auditor for 2025-26
(v) EMD Amount - ₹28,080/- (Rupees Twenty-Eight Thousand and Eighty only)
The proof of having remitted the EMD has to be uploaded on MSTC portal.
The EMD of all tenderers other than successful tenderer shall be refunded on expiry of bid validity (including extended validity) or on award of contract to the successful tenderer whichever is earlier, but without any interest. | | I | Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG)/ or amount equivalent to PBG through online mode (NEFT) | ₹70,200/- (Rupees Seventy Thousand and Two Hundred only) - PBG for an amount equal to 5% of the contract value to be obtained from the firm (successful bidder) for the contract period/ or amount equivalent to PBG through online mode (NEFT). The PBG/NEFT amount shall be submitted after the award of contract to successful bidder. | | J | Transaction fees | Payment of Transaction Fee, as mentioned in the MSTC portal, through MSTC payment gateway by NEFT/ RTGS in favour of MSTC Ltd. The bidder shall bear the cost of the transaction fee. Fees charged by MSTC Ltd. will not be refunded by the Bank in any case. | | K | Date of publication of minutes of the pre-bid meeting on RBI website. | July 29, 2025 | | L | Date of Starting of online submission of e-Tender (Technical Bid and Financial Bid) at www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn/ | July 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM | | M | Date & time of closing of online submission of E-tender (Technical Bid and Financial Bid). | August 08, 2025 at 03:00 PM | | N | Last date of submission of EMD | August 07, 2025 before 05:00 PM | | O | Date & time of opening of Part-I (Technical Bid) | August 08, 2025 at 04:00 PM | | P | Date of opening of Part-II (Financial Bid) | Part-II (Financial Bid) will be opened electronically for only those bidder(s) whose Part-I (Technical Bid) is found acceptable by RBI, Kanpur. Such bidder(s) will be intimated regarding date of opening of Part- II (Financial Bid) through email-id provided by them. | Applicants intending to apply will have to satisfy the Bank by furnishing documentary evidence in support of their possessing required eligibility and in the event of their failure to do so, the Bank reserves the right to reject their bids. All the pre-qualification papers should be uploaded on MSTC site. Tenders without EMD will not be accepted under any circumstances. The Bank is not bound to accept the lowest tender and reserves the right to accept either in full or in part any tender. The Bank also reserves the right to reject all the tenders without assigning any reason thereof. Any amendments / corrigendum to the tender, if any, issued in future will only be notified on the RBI Website and MSTC Website as given above and will not be published in the newspaper. |