Clarification to the queries raised in the pre-bid meeting – Supply of fully covered container trucks / vehicles for transportation of boxes containing Banknotes

Clarification to the queries raised in the pre-bid meeting – Supply of fully covered container trucks / vehicles for transportation of coin bags containing coins

Clarification to the queries raised in the pre-bid meeting – Supply of Labourers / Mazdoors for handling Note Boxes and Coin Bags

Clarification to the queries raised in the pre-bid meeting – Disposal of Shredded Currency Note Briquettes and Unserviceable Items

Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Hyderabad invites e-tenders for four contracts viz.,

1. Supply of fully covered container trucks / vehicles for transportation of boxes containing Banknotes (Click here for Terms and Conditions and Tender Documents)

2. Supply of fully covered container trucks / vehicles for transportation of coin bags containing coins (Click here for Terms and Conditions and Tender Documents)

3. Supply of Labourers / Mazdoors for handling Note Boxes and Coin Bags (Click here for Terms and Conditions and Tender Documents)

4. Disposal of Shredded Currency Note Briquettes and Unserviceable Items (Click here for Terms and Conditions and Tender Documents)

All the tender documents of the contracts consist of two parts, “Part I – Technical Bid” and “Part II – Price Bid”.

E-tenders are invited from experienced contractors, holding proper and valid license for the purpose, for

1. Supply of fully closed covered Container Trucks / vehicles having metallic body of sufficient thickness, preferably bullet / temper proof for transportation of boxes containing treasure/currency notes from/to Railway Stations/Air Ports / Presses / any Issue Office of RBI to the Reserve Bank of India, Hyderabad, from/to RBI, Hyderabad to/from various bank branches/Currency Chests located in different parts of state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Government of India Presses and other offices of the Reserve Bank of India etc. by road, as may be required by the Bank, from time to time,

2. Supply of fully covered closed cash vans / closed vehicles having metallic body of sufficient thickness, preferably bullet / tamper proof for transportation of coin bags containing coins from RBI Office, Hyderabad / India Government Mint, Cherlapally to Currency Chests at various locations in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and to the Outstation RBI Issue Offices with carrier’s risk and

3. Supply of sufficient number of adult and able bodied labourers / mazdoors for handling coin bags and note boxes for loading, unloading, weighing, carting, stacking of coins packed in bags and also for miscellaneous incidental items of work in the premises of the RBI, Hyderabad / India Government Mint, Cherlapally or any premises identified by the Bank and for loading, unloading, stacking of full note boxes in the premises of the RBI Hyderabad, Railway Stations / Airports or any premises identified by the Bank.

4. Disposal of Shredded Currency Note Briquettes and Unserviceable Items for the tender period on "As Is Where Is Basis" and "No Complaint Basis".

2. The detailed information regarding above e-tender/s shall be available at MSTC website https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi. The details of eligibility criteria and the detailed notice inviting tender are also available on the Tender link of corporate website of the Bank at https://www.rbi.org.in. The tendering shall be done through the e-tendering portal of M/s MSTC Ltd (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi). All interested bidders must register themselves with M/s MSTC Ltd through the above referred website to participate in the e-tendering process.

3. The last date for submission of online bids is February 08, 2021 up to 02:00 PM and Part-I of the tender will be opened on the same day at 3:30 PM. The Part II i.e. price bids will be opened in respect of only those contractors/bidders who satisfies all criteria stipulated in Part- I. The selected bidder/s shall provide sufficient number of fully closed covered container trucks/vehicles for transportation of currency notes, coins and sufficient number of labourers for a period of 01 year i.e. from April 01, 2021 to March 31, 2022, which may be extended to a further period of two years, one year each at a time, with/ without any variation in the terms and conditions, subject to satisfactory performance of the contractual terms and conditions.

4. The schedule for the e-tendering process is as under:

5. The Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any or all e-tenders without assigning any reason thereof.

Note: All the tenderers must note that any amendments / corrigendum to the e-tender, if issued in future, shall only be notified on the website of RBI as provided above and shall not be published in any new paper.

K Nikhila
Regional Director
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

January 18, 2021