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PDF - Minutes of Pre-bid Meeting - Providing Catering Services and supply of tea / coffee through vending machine at Reserve Bank Staff College, Teynampet, Chennai ()
Date : Mar 25, 2026
Minutes of Pre-bid Meeting - Providing Catering Services and supply of tea / coffee through vending machine at Reserve Bank Staff College, Teynampet, Chennai

The college had invited e-tender for the captioned work from eligible vendors on March 13, 2026. As per the Schedule of Tender, the pre-bid meeting was conducted in the presence of Senior Officer Shri Ganesh Kumar, DGM / MoF, nominated by the Vice-Principal / O-i-C vide order dated March 23, 2026 at 03.00 pm in the conference room.

2. (a) List of Bank’s officials who attended the meeting:

S.No. Name of the officials Designation
1. Shri Ganesh Kumar Deputy General Manager / MoF
2. Smt V Sasirekha Assistant General Manager
3. Shri Keithward Manager
4. Shri Addula Murali Assistant Manager

(b) List of representatives who attended the meeting:

Sr. No. Name of Company / firm Name of the Representative
1 Food Swing Enterprises Shri N Sambandam
2 Chozha Industrial Caterers Shri P Srinivasan
3 Prism Hospitality Services Ms Ramani
4 Fusion Foods Shri S Ranjith
5 Panorama Enterprises Shri Anand Kumar & Shri Ashok Kumar
6 RRV Facilities Shri E Senthil Kumar

3. The queries raised by the representatives during the pre-bid meeting & clarification given by the college is tabulated below:

S.No Query raised by the Vendor Clarification given by the college
1. How the billing of Tea / Coffee through vending machine will be settled? The billing of tea / coffee through vending machine will be settled based on the actual consumption on monthly basis.
2. During the tenure of the contract, whether the rates will be increased based on increase in material cost? No. The rates cannot be changed during the tenure of the contract. However, it is informed that the increase in rates will be considered based on Consumer Price Index (Food) during renewal of the contract and the same has been mentioned in para 65 of section IV (General & Special conditions and instructions to Tenderers).
3. Any exemption in EMD is available for the vendors having MSME certificate? No. All the vendors are mandated to submit EMD.
4. Whether the required quantities of breakfast / lunch / dinner mentioned in the tender document are for 10 months or 1 year ? The required quantities mentioned in the tender document is for 10 months only.
5. Whether all Cutlery / Crockery for cooking/ serving will be provided by the college ? Yes, it will be provided by the college.
6. Upon submission, within how many days bills will be settled ? Bills if submitted with complete supporting documents, will be settled in 7- 10 days.

Chief General Manager / Principal
Reserve Bank Staff College
No. 359, Anna Salai
Teynampet
Chennai – 600 018

March 25, 2026



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