Reserve Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram invites e-tender for the publication of advertisement in newspapers regarding ‘Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2021’. The said advertisement will be published on Sunday, May 25, 2025 (in an English and two Malayalam dailies) in all Kerala editions (specimen enclosed in Annex 1 to 3). The tendering process shall be done through the e-tendering portal of MSTC Ltd (http://mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi) as per the annexed terms & conditions. All eligible and interested companies / agencies / firms must register themselves with MSTC Ltd through the above-mentioned website to participate in the e-tendering process. The schedule of e-tender is as follows: E-Tender No. | RBI/Thiruvananthapuram Regional office/Others/1/25-26/ET/30 | a) Estimated cost of the tender | ₹4,50,000/- (Four lakhs and fifty thousand rupees only) (including GST and all applicable charges) | b) Mode of e-tender | e-Procurement System Price Bid through www.mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi | c) Type of e-tender | Limited | d) Date of NIT available to parties to download | April 11, 2025, 05:00 PM onwards | e) e-tender Fees | NIL | f) Date of Starting of e-tender for submission of on-line Price Bid at http://mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/rbi/ | May 02, 2025, 10:00 AM onwards | g) Date of closing of online e-tender for submission of Price Bid. | May 19, 2025 till 10:00 AM | h) Date & time of opening of price bid | May 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM | i) Last date for remitting EMD (2% of the contract value by Successful bidder) | May 20, 2025 by 02:00 PM (To be remitted to: Beneficiary name: OBO RBI TVM Beneficiary IFSC Code: RBIS0THPA01 Beneficiary A/c no: 8614038) | j) Validity of the e-tender | 90 days from the date of opening of Price bid | k) 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. | 2. 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. 3. No quotation will be accepted with any condition quoted by the vendor whatsoever. Such quotation will be rejected at the discretion of the Bank. 4. 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the tender, if any, issued in future will only be notified on the RBI Website and MSTC Website as given above and will not be published in newspapers. RBI Ombudsman Reserve Bank of India Thiruvananthapuram | |