The pre-bid meeting for the captioned tender was held on February 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM in Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Reserve Bank of India, Bhubaneswar to clarify the queries of the prospective bidders. 2. The meeting was attended by the representatives of following vendors: | Sl. | Name of Vendor | Name of Representative | | (i) | M/s AA Globe Services (P) Ltd | Shri Harivansh Bajaj | | (ii) | M/s Ganeswar Hospitality and Services | Shri Dinabandhu Nanad | | (iii) | M/s Sai Supply Agency | Shri Prakas Sahoo | 3. The following officials were present on behalf of Reserve Bank of India, Bhubaneswar: | Sl. | Name of Bank’s official | | (i) | Shri Rahul Singh Keram, Manager, HRMD | | (ii) | Shri Abhishek Pradhan, Assistant Manager, HRMD | | (iii) | Shri Chandan Kumar Adhikari, Assistant, HRMD | 4. The queries raised by the prospective bidders and the clarifications issued by the Bank are listed below: | Sl. | Queries raised by the firm | Clarification issued by the Bank | | (i) | Clarification on remuneration to manpower deployed in the Staff Canteen | Please refer to para 3 (b) of Section VII of the tender document wherein, it is stated that Bank will not bear manpower cost engaged at Staff Canteen. There would be no fixed remuneration given by the Office for the Staff deployed in Canteen. The revenue would be generated by the sale of food items in the canteen as per the rates detailed at Annexure-XIII. | | (ii) | Clarification regarding payment method at Officer’s Lounge and Staff Canteen. | Please refer to Para (38)(e) of Section-VIII of the tender document wherein it is stated that “The Vendor Shall accept Sodexo card only from the Officers for availing Lounge facility including Basic Lunch at OLDR.”
Please refer to the Para (3) of Annexure – XII of the tender document wherein it is clarified that “The Vendor shall accept Sodexo Card along with debit card/credit card/cash against the breakfast/lunch/snack items served at Staff Canteen.”
The Vendor will claim the amount against Sodexo EMCs/coupons directly from the Sodexo SVC India Pvt Ltd. The Bank shall not be responsible for any claims, in this regard. | NOTE: These minutes of the pre-bid meeting shall form the part of the bid document/ Agreement. Rest of the terms and conditions and specifications of the bid document shall continue to remain same. The submission of bid by the firm shall be construed to be in conformity to the bid document and amendments/ clarifications given above. | |