Minutes of Pre-Bid Meeting Tender No. – RBI/Guwahati/HRMD/4/25-26/ET/262 Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Guwahati (hereinafter referred to as the "Bank”) invites e-Tenders under Two – Bid system (Technical & Financial Bid) for Appointment of Concurrent Auditor for the period October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026 for RBI, Guwahati, with the provision of reappointment for a maximum of two more years, one year at a time, subject to satisfactory performance under a system of appraisal at the end of the contract period by RBI, Guwahati. The Tender process will be executed through the e-Tendering portal of MSTC Ltd. (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/). 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 ‘Tenders’ section and from the website https://www.mstcecommerce.com. The last date for submission of tender is July 28, 2025 11:00 AM. Tenders submitted only through the portal, will be accepted for the captioned process. Tenders, if received (in any mode) 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 RBI, Guwahati Place: Guwahati Date: July 07, 2025 SCHEDULE OF TENDER Note: This is a limited tender enquiry through MSTC portal. Only Category-I CA firms of State of Assam are eligible to participate in this Tender. Bidders are advised to first visit “Tenders” link on our website https://www.rbi.org.in to check their eligibility. Eligible firms wishing to apply should register themselves with MSTC Portal (https://www.mstcecommerce.com) and apply online only. A | e-Tender no | Tender No. – RBI/Guwahati/HRMD/4/25-26/ET/262 | B | Name of Tender | E-Tender for Appointment of Concurrent Auditor from October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026 by Reserve Bank of India, Guwahati | C | Mode of Tender | e-Procurement System (Online Part I – Technical Bid and Part II - Financial Bid through www.mstcecommerce.com) | D | Date of Notice Inviting e-Tender available for download on RBI website | July 07, 2025, 11:00 AM. | E | Date of Pre-Bid meeting | July 14, 2025, 03:00 PM. | F | Venue of Pre-Bid meeting | 4th Floor, Video Conference Room, Reserve Bank of India, Pan Bazaar, Station Road, Guwahati, Assam- 781 001 | G | Estimated value of tender | ₹9.84 Lakh (including all costs and excluding GST) @ ₹82,000 per month (including all costs and excluding GST) | H | Earnest Money Deposit | ₹19,680/- (2% of Estimated Cost) [To be deposited through NEFT in favor of Reserve Bank of India, Guwahati in the A/c No. - 8692299, IFSC – RBIS0GWPA01 mentioning your Name/ Company Name/ Name of Tender in NEFT transaction remarks] | I | Performance Bank Guarantee | ₹98,400/- (10% of Estimated Cost to be submitted by the successful bidder) | J | Transaction fees | Payment of Transaction fee as mentioned in the MSTC portal through MSTC payment gateway through/ NEFT/ RTGS in favour of MSTC LIMITED or as advised by M/s MSTC Ltd. Please do not transfer the transaction fee to the Reserve Bank of India, Guwahati. The fees charged by MSTC needs to be borne by the bidder only. Fees charged by MSTC Ltd. will not be refunded by the Bank in any case. | K | Date of publication of minutes of the pre-bid meeting on RBI website. | July 16, 2025. | L | Last Date of Submission of EMD | On or before 05:00 PM of July 27, 2025. | M | Date of Starting of online submission of e-Tender (Technical Bid and Financial Bid) at www.mstcecommerce.com | July 07, 2025, 11:00 AM onwards | N | Last date of availability of e-Tender on website | August 17, 2025, 12:30 PM. | O | Date & time of closing of online submission of e-Tender (Technical Bid and Financial Bid). | July 28, 2025, 11:00 AM. | P | Date & time of opening of Part–I (Technical Bid) | July 28, 2025, 03:00 PM. | Q | Date of opening of Part-II (Financial Bid) | Part-II (Financial Bid) will be opened electronically of only those bidder(s) whose Part-I (Technical Bid) is found acceptable by RBI, Guwahati. Such bidder(s) will be intimated regarding date of opening of Part-II (Financial Bid) through valid email given by them. | “This notice is being published for information only and is not an open invitation to quote in this limited tender. Participation in this tender is by invitation only and is limited to the selected Procuring Entity’s enlisted firms. Unsolicited offers are liable to be ignored. However, firms who desire to participate in such tenders in future may apply for enlistment with RBI as per procedure.” | |