E-tender No.: RBI/Patna Regional office/HRMD/2/25-26/ET/323[Concurrent Auditor Appointment] As per schedule of the e-tender, the pre-bid meeting was held on July 30, 2025 in Main Office Building, RBI, Patna. The details of the participants are given in Annex. 2. In the meeting, the following queries were sought by the representatives of the firms: | Sl. No. | Query | Relevant Section of Tender Document | Clarifications / Comments of the Bank | | (a) | Whether minimum remuneration as specified in the Tender Document can be increased? | Part B 1 (4) Eligibility Criteria
Part B 2 (5) Terms and Conditions | No. The minimum remuneration cannot be increased as it has been decided based on the average remuneration of CA/Articles prevailing in the region. | | (b) | Is there any time limit for Previous experience in RBI Audits as Concurrent Auditor/Statutory Central/ Branch Auditors? | Para 9 of ‘Annex-I: Criteria for Technical Evaluation | No, any such time limit has not been specified. | | (c) | Whether it is mandatory for Semi Skilled Staff to qualify at least Group I of IPCC? | Part A Appointment of Concurrent Auditors (Indicative list)
Part B 2 (10) Terms and Conditions | No, the clause specified therein may be read as follows: -
The skilled staff should have qualified at least Group II of Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) and undergoing Article Training and the semi-skilled staff should have qualified at least Group I of IPCC or undergoing article training. | 3. Firms were also apprised that they should try to upload the tender documents well before the last date of bidding to avoid any last-minute errors in MSTC portal. The firms were also informed that the EMD of all bidders other than successful bidder would be returned on award of contract to the successful bidder. The firms were also cautioned that the Financial Bid amount should be exclusive of GST and any quote below the minimum bid specified (i.e. ₹69,000/- per month) would be disqualified. 4. Please Note: (i) This document (minutes of the Pre-Bid Meeting) shall form a part of the tender. (ii) Rest of the terms and conditions and specifications of the bid document shall continue to remain the same. (iii) The above clarifications are issued for the information of all the intending bidders.
Annex 5 (a) List of Bank’s representatives who attended the pre-bid meeting: | Sl. No. | Name | Designation | | 1 | Shri Shiv Kumar Yadav | General Manager | | 2 | Shri Ravi Shankar Choudhary | Manager | | 3 | Shri Sourav Sarkar | Assistant Manager | | 4 | Shri Kumar Mayant | Assistant | (b) List of participating firms: | Sl.No. | Name of CA Firm | | 1 | LK Kejriwal & Co | | 2 | Anjan and Associates | | 3 | KARMV and Company | | 4 | P. Jyoti & Co | | 5 | Dinesh K Yadav and Associates | | 6 | Thakur Bhuwanesh and Associates | | 7 | Jaiswal Brajesh & Co | | 8 | Mashi Maheshwari & Co | | 9 | RKDS & Associates | | |