Reserve Bank of India, Bengaluru intends to empanel highly reputed and capable car hiring agencies/companies for the purpose of hiring cars on casual and / nor daily / weekly hiring basis for empanelment for a period of one-year w.e.f. April 01, 2019. On Completion of the said period, the contract may be extended based on a performance review (for a maximum period of another two years, but maximum of one year at a time). Reputed car hiring / rent-a-car agencies / companies based in Bengaluru and having adequate capacity to cater to the Bank's requirement may collect the Tender Form / Application in two parts (Technical bid and Financial bid) from the Human Resource Management Department, Third floor, Reserve Bank of India, Nrupathunga Road, Bengaluru - 560001. Alternatively, the forms may also be downloaded from our website as enclosed.

2. The applications shall be as per Annexure-III (A) & III (B), along with copies of necessary documents as per the Annexure-I and Annexure-II. The Tender shall be prepared and submitted separately in sealed envelopes in two parts, viz. Part-I and Part-II, clearly indicating on the covers "Part-I: Technical and Commercial" and "Part-II: Financial", respectively. The covers shall be super scribed "Tender / Application for empanelment of Car Hiring / Taxi Operator Agencies / Companies for providing vehicles to Reserve Bank of India, Bengaluru and addressed to Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, 10/3/8, Nrupathunga Road, Bengaluru-560001. Telegraphic, Fax and E-mail, tenders will not be accepted. The last date for submission of application is on or before March 06, 2019 by 3.00 P.M.

3. The empanelment will be subject to fulfillment of the terms and conditions spelt out by the Bank in this regard in Annexure-I. Only the application of agencies that fulfill the terms and conditions set out in Annexure-I will be considered by the Bank for "Part-II: Financial Bid”.

4. From the financial bid, the lowest rate for each category of vehicle would be arrived by taking the lowest rate for such category vehicles given by the qualified bidders from the technical bid.

5. The final empanelment will be done after the car hiring/rent- a-car agencies convey in writing that the rates fixed by the Bank as arrived in para 4 above, and the terms and conditions as enlisted in Annexure-I are fully acceptable to them and that the Guidelines / Instructions mentioned in Annexure-II will be meticulously followed by them.

6. The Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever.

General Manager
HRMD, RBI, Bengaluru