The Pre-Bid meeting for the captioned tender was held on May 18, 2026, at 15:00 hrs. in Conference Room No. 2, 2nd Floor, MOB, RBI Belapur. Two participants from one firm participated in the Pre-bid meeting. A list of participants is given in Annex-I. 2. DGM, (P&SE) in his inaugural address welcomed the representatives of the firms and briefed the forum about the captioned work. 3. It was clarified to the firm that the tender is an open tender and thus the following line published on Bank's website inadvertently in the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) may be ignored by the intending bidders. "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 contractors. Unsolicited offers are liable to be ignored. However, contractors who desire to participate in such tenders in future may apply for enlistment with RBI as per procedure." 4. Thereafter, all the doubts / queries of the firms were discussed in detail. The queries raised by the intending bidder & clarifications given by the Bank's officials are tabulated below: | Sr. No. | Queries | Clarification provided by the Bank | | 1. | Is there any exemption applicable for MSMEs for making EMD Payments? | EMD exemption does not apply to this e-tender as per Bank's guidelines and therefore, all bidders including MSMEs are required to submit the stipulated Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) as per the tender conditions. | | 2. | Please clarify whether the cost of insurance is to be borne by the successful bidder. | It is clarified that the cost of insurance, wherever applicable, as per the tender conditions, shall be borne by the successful bidder. | | 3. | Whether contract can be renewed? | It is clarified that the contract may be considered for further renewal for maximum two years (for one year or lesser period at one time) on the same terms and conditions subject to satisfactory performance of the Contractor as assessed by the Bank and at the sole discretion of the Bank in terms of Clause 18 of Section IV - General and Special Conditions and Instructions to Tenderers of the tender document. | 5. These minutes of pre-bid meeting / corrigendum shall form the part of Bid document/ Agreement/ contract. 6. The terms, conditions and specifications of the tender/ Bid document shall continue to remain the same unless otherwise stated / clarified in this corrigendum. 7. The above clarifications are issued for the information and necessary action of all the intending bidders. 8. The submission of bid by the firm shall be construed to be in conformity to the tender/ Bid document and Amendments/ Clarifications given above, if any.
Annex-I List of Participants: RBI Belapur:
1. Shri Vizeta Marchino (DGM- P&SE)
2. Shri Nitin Dolare (AGM)
3. Smt. Sinny Paul (AGM)
4. Shri Sahil Mittal (Manager)
5. Shri Nitin Shinde (Manager – P&SE)
6. Shri Mrigesh Rajwar (AM – P &SE)
7. Shri Manilal N K (AM)
8. Smt. Rajani Joshi (AM) | Representatives of the firm:
1. Shri Sandeep Bhanushali and Shri Sumit Gawand from M/s Sharp Services | |