Addendum E-Tender Number: RBI/DCM-Central Office Departments/Others/1/25-26/ET/9[Survey on Households Payment] The pre-bid meeting on the captioned survey was convened as per schedule on April 02, 2025, at 11:30 am via online (through WebEx) mode. The meeting was attended by representatives of two empanelled survey agencies as mentioned below: -
M/s Development and Research Services Pvt. Ltd. -
M/s IPSOS Research Pvt. Ltd. 2. No queries were received for the pre bid meeting on the captioned survey via mail. The queries raised by the bidders and Bank’s clarification on the same are as mentioned below: | Sr. No. | Queries | Bank’s Clarification | | I. | Query - Will the agency be allowed to choose the districts in the mentioned States/ UTs and to select the towns, blocks, villages within the selected district? | Yes, subject to the fulfilment of conditions as stated in the RFP. | | II. | Query - What is the ratio of respondents of the Target Sample to be selected from rural and urban area? | As mentioned in the RFP, for each State/ UT (Annex E), the selection of respondents should mandatorily have a 65:35 mix of rural (including semi urban) and urban (including metropolitan) centers, respectively.
It should also be ensured that under rural area coverage the approximately equal number of respondents should be selected from both rural area and semi urban area.
Also in case of urban area coverage, the approximately equal number of respondents should be selected from urban area and metropolitan. | | III. | Query - Are we supposed to cover 15 respondents of buyers and 15 respondents of small retail sellers from each of the 3 states or a total of 15 respondents from all three states combined? | For pilot survey, the 15 respondents of buyers category and 15 respondents of small retail sellers category should be distributed equally across the three States/ UTs chosen for conducing the pilot survey (Annex E). | | IV. | Query - Can we submit the EMD for the captioned tender through NEFT? | Yes. The bidders can submit the EMD for the captioned tender either through Bank Guarantee (as per Annex C) or through NEFT [in the beneficiary name of Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai in the A/c No. 41869229980 & IFSC code– RBIS0COD001 (the 5th, 9th and 10th character is numerical zero, 7th character is alphabet O)] before the opening of the bids. No interest shall be paid on EMD. | 3. Bidders were advised to submit their bids well before the closing date and time i.e., April 15, 2025, till 3:00 pm. Note: The above clarifications are issued for information of empanelled survey agencies for Household Survey for Financial Year 2025-2028. Please note that this is supplementary to the tender document and will form part of the tender. Chief General Manager-in-Charge
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