[e-Tender No. RBI/RANCHI REGIONAL OFFICE/HRMD/1/25-26/ET/355[Appt of Concurrent Auditor] The Pre-Bid Meeting of the Tender floated for appointing Concurrent Auditor was held on August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM in conference room of RBI, Ranchi. The meeting was attended by representatives from three Chartered Accountant Firms. The list of participants is enclosed in the Annexure to this document. 2. The queries, raised by the participants during the meeting vis-à-vis the clarification given by the Bank are given below: | Sl. No. | Query | Our Comments / Reply | | 1. | Whether transaction fee payment is done for applying tender? | Yes, transaction fee payment is mandatory. Further details are mentioned under the title “Important Instructions for E-Tender” of the Tender Document. | | 2. | What is the timeline to upload Technical and Financial bid? | The last date for uploading Technical and Financial Bid in the MSTC portal is August 25, 2025 up to 03:00 PM. | | 3. | What is the amount of EMD and how is it to be submitted? | As per the tender document, EMD of ₹15,859/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine only) is to be submitted through NEFT in favour of RBI, Ranchi on or before 03:00 PM of August 25, 2025.
Details for NEFT are mentioned in the Tender Document. | | 4. | Whether reporting of statements after appointment of CA should be done manual or online? | The reporting is to be done online in the Banks’ internal portal. | | 5. | For parameter-5 of technical evaluation:
Do need to provide average annual turnover of firm from audit services only or from all the sources? | The average of annual turnover of previous three financial years of the firm from Audit Services only (as distinct from other activities e.g. consultancy) shall be submitted along with duly certified documentary evidence.
Bidders may refer to S.No. 5 of Annex-I (Technical Evaluation) of Tender Document for more details. |
Annexure Participants in the Pre-Bid-Meeting held on August 11, 2025 | Sl. No. | Name | Name of Firm | | 1 | CA Tanuj Jalan | V K Jindal & CO | | 2 | CA Kamal Tayal | Pankaj Tayal & Associates | | 3 | CA Madhu Priya | V. Rohatgi & CO | | 4 | Smt. Bimla Bhagat | DGM, RBI Ranchi | | 5 | Shri Akhandol Soren | Manager, RBI Ranchi | | 6 | Shri Dharmvir Singh | AM, RBI Ranchi | | 7 | Shri Santu Kumar Barnwal | Sr. Assistant, RBI Ranchi | | |