According to the Schedule of eTender, Pre-Bid meeting for the captioned tender was held on March 01, 2024. The officials from RBI and out of nine empanelled chemists, representatives of only three empanelled chemists participated in the pre-bid meeting. Details of the participants are as follows: For Reserve Bank of India: | S. No. | Name | Designation | | 1. | Susheela Pal | Manager | | 2. | Abhishek Kumar Chaubey | Assistant Manager | | 3. | Pradipto Sur | Assistant | | 4. | Pradeep Kumar | Assistant | | 5. | Rajnish Kumar | Pharmacist | Prospective Tenderer: | S. No. | Name of Representative | Name of interested bidder (M/s) | | 1. | Alok Pal | Sai Agencies | | 2. | Rajendra | Sai Agencies | | 3. | Sarvesh Dixit | AB & Sons | | 4. | Praveen Sinha | Sinha Traders | 2. Following a brief introduction by the Bank regarding the eTender, various queries were raised by the empanelled chemists, which were then clarified by the Bank. A summary of the same is furnished below: | Sr. No. | Query | Clarification / Response given | | 1. | What is the process of empanelment? Will this be for one year or three years and will the vendors change after every year? | It was clarified that the empanelment is from the year April 01, 2024 to March 31, 2027. However, the tender for Bulk Purchase of Medicines will be floated every year and only nine empanelled chemists can bid in the e-tender. | | 2. | Where would the medicines be delivered? | The demand for medicines will be placed by the Bank’s dispensary at two locations, viz. Bank Dispensary, Reserve Bank of India, M.G. Road, Kanpur and Kidwai Nagar Staff Quarters Dispensary, Kanpur and the same will be required to be delivered to the respective dispensary. | | 3. | Which documents need to be uploaded for the technical bid? | RFQ document must be uploaded by the respective bidder after filling out all the details and payment of EMD is mandatory. | 3. Furthermore, tenderers were advised to thoroughly review the tender document and the tentative scope of work in its entirety and to contact MSTC personnel for any technical issues regarding registration, bidding etc. on the MSTC portal. 4. The above minutes may be treated as part of the tender. All terms and conditions of the tender shall remain unchanged. The Regional Director
Reserve Bank of India,
Kanpur | |