Minutes of Pre-Bid Meeting Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Thiruvananthapuram invites e-tenders from eligible Chartered Accountant firms (as defined in the tender document), for Appointment of Concurrent Auditors for the period from October 01, 2024 to September 30, 2025 (extendable for two more years subject to the satisfactory performance, as evaluated by the Bank on an annual basis). The Tender process will be executed through the e-Tendering portal of MSTC Ltd. (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi). Interested tenderers must register themselves with MSTC Ltd. through the aforementioned website to participate in the tendering process. Tender document can be downloaded from both the RBI website www.rbi.org.in under ‘Tender’ section and from the website www.mstcecommerce.com. The last date for submission of tenders is August 28, 2024 till 04:00 PM. Tenders submitted only through the portal, will be accepted for the captioned process. Tenders, if received after the said date and time, will not be accepted by the Bank. The Tenderer should check the above website / e-portal for any Amendment / Corrigendum / Clarification before submitting the bid. The Bank shall have the right to cancel, modify the Tender and extend the deadline for submission of Tender. Further, the Bank reserves the right to accept any Tender, either in full or in part and to reject any or all the Tenders without assigning any reason thereof. Regional Director
Reserve Bank of India
Kerala and Lakshadweep
SCHEDULE OF TENDER | A. | e-Tender no. | RBI/Thiruvananthapuram Regional Office/Others/6/24-25/ET/296 | | B. | Name of the Tender | Appointment of Concurrent Auditors for RBI, Thiruvananthapuram Office for the period from October 01, 2024 to September 30, 2025. | | C. | Mode of Tender | e-Procurement System (Online Part I – Technical Bid and Part II – Financial Bid through https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn/index.jsp | | D. | Date of Notice Inviting e-tender available for view/download on RBI website | August 06, 2024 | | E. | Estimated value of tender i.e., Minimum remuneration fees (per month) | ₹1,00,000/- per month (inclusive of all costs and exclusive of GST) i.e., Rs.12,00,000/- for 12 months (inclusive of all costs and exclusive of GST) | | F. | Date of Pre-Bid meeting | August 13, 2024 at 11:00 am | | G. | Venue of the Pre-Bid meeting | 2nd Floor, Conference Room
Reserve Bank of India
Bakery Junction
Thiruvananthapuram 695033 | | H. | Date of Starting of online submission of e- tender (Technical Bid and Financial Bid) at www.mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi | August 17, 2024, 11:00 am | | I. | Date & time of closing of online submission of e-tender (Technical Bid and Financial Bid) on the MSTC portal | August 28, 2024, 04:00 pm | | J. | Date & time of opening of Part-I (Technical Bid) of Tender | August 29, 2024, 11:00 am | | K. | Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) | ₹28,320/- (@2 per cent of Estimated Cost)
Last date of submission of EMD August 28, 2024
To be deposited by all bidders through NEFT in favour of RBI, Thiruvananthapuram.
Details for NEFT for EMD deposit:
Beneficiary Name: ABCC CA ‘Your Firm’s Name’
Beneficiary Ac No: 8614038
IFSC: RBIS0THPA01 (5th and 10th digit is ‘Zero’)
Remarks: Appointment as Concurrent Auditor
(Proof of remittance with transaction number (Scanned copy) shall have to be furnished as evidence of deposit of EMD along with technical bid (Part I of the bid)
Demand Draft:
₹28,320/- (Rupees Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty only) in the form of Demand Draft(DD), in favor of Reserve Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram to be delivered in physical form at ABCC, Reserve Bank of India, Bakery Junction, Thiruvananthapuram - 695033 | | L.. | Date of opening of Part-II (Financial Bid) of Tender | Part-II (Financial Bid) will be opened electronically of only those bidder(s) whose Part-I (Technical Bid) is found acceptable by RBI, Thiruvananthapuram. Such bidder(s) will be intimated regarding date of opening of Part-II (Financial Bid) through valid e-mail id given by them. | | M. | Transaction Fee (Non-refundable) | Payment of transaction fee as mentioned in the MSTC portal through MSTC payment Gateway/NEFT/RTGS in favour of MSTC limited or as advised by M/s MSTC limited. | | N. | Bank Guarantee | 5% of Contract Value (to be submitted by successful bidder for the contract period plus 30 days beyond that) | 2. No quotation will be accepted with any condition quoted by the vendor whatsoever. Such quotation will be rejected at the discretion of the Bank. 3. 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 newspapers. |
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