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E-Tender No.: RBI/Thiruvananthapuram/HRMD/35/20-21/ET/424

The Pre-Bid meeting for the captioned tender was held on January 21, 2021 from 15.00 hours to 16.00 hours through Webex Meeting, chaired by Shri S Sankar, Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram. Officials from Human Resource Management Department and representatives of various prospective bidders participated in the meeting.

Shri Sabu S Rajan, Assistant Manager welcomed all the participants (List attached – Annexure P) to the meeting and invited queries, if any, from the prospective bidders regarding the captioned tender.

Details of queries raised by the prospective bidders and clarifications / comments / corrections / additions of the Bank are tabulated below.

No Query / Clarification Remarks / Comments / Corrections
1 Whether any relaxation for EMD, prior experience and turnover are provided to MSME / NSIC certificate holders. Bidders, irrespective of their category, are ineligible for relaxation in submission of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and requirements in annual turnover and prior experience specified in the tender document.
2 Whether the Bank reimburses revision in Minimum Wages as and when the Government of India revises Minimum Wages effective from April and October every year. Para ‘4.49’ of the tender document may be referred to for more details.
3 Whether the Bank reimburses the components that form part of the salary of employees viz. EPF, ESI, Bonus, etc. as and when the Government of India revises Minimum Wages effective from April and October every year. Para ‘4.49’ of the tender document may be referred to for more details.
4 How to quote rates in the Financial Bid.

The rates (exclusive of GST) are to be quoted in lumpsum under the two rows/fields in the Bank’s e-procurement portal.

a) Serial No. ‘1’ of the Financial Bid is meant only for quoting Basic Wages (BW) including Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) per Annum for the employees deployed for the entire 12 months based on the estimated annual duties. The bidders shall keep in mind the applicable minimum wages effective from October 2020. The bidders shall refer to Part-I of the document for more details.

b) Serial No. ‘2’ of the Financial Bid is exclusively meant for quoting Annual Service Charges of the bidder which shall also be inclusive of the following:

  1. All components of wage structure, excluding the charges for Basic Wages plus VDA components which must be quoted under Serial No. ‘1, as per latest Central Labour Commissionerate notification available as on date (effective from October 2020).

  2. All statutory charges viz. Employer’s EPF and ESI contribution, Bonus to Employees, levies, duties, etc. and their possible escalation in future. The bidders shall keep in mind the applicable rates, limits and other criteria as per various statutes viz. Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, etc. and their rules, regulations, latest notifications, etc.

  3. All expenses related to the supply of accessories/ uniforms to be provided to the employees.

  4. Overtime wages / charges, if any, payable.

  5. Overtime wages, if any, to be paid for deploying employees on specified National Holidays, etc.

  6. Any such expense which form part of the Contractor’s obligations as per the tender document or obligation(s) which is/are statutory in nature.
5 Whether the bidders can offer ‘zero’ in any of the fields of the Price Bid Para ‘3.21’ of the tender document may be referred to. Bidders offering ‘zero’ or irrational quotes shall be liable for disqualification. However, variation in bidder’s offer from that of the Bank’s estimate with respect to any of the fields of Part-II – Financial Bid (Price Bid) due to difference in method of round-off or difference in method of estimation but adhering to the tender conditions, shall not be treated as an irrational quote.
6 Short description provided in the Financial Bid The description provided in the user interface of the Bank’s e-procurement portal, against the two price fields shall be considered as ‘short description’ due to character limit and symbol restriction. The bidders shall refer to Part-II-Financial Bid of the tender document for detailed information before quoting.
7 Whether the estimated cost of work of ₹29,00,000/- as mentioned in the tender document is inclusive of GST. The estimated cost of work of ₹29,00,000/- as mentioned in the tender document is inclusive of applicable GST rates.
8 Whether the estimated cost of work of ₹29,00,000/- is inclusive of the charges for Welcome Kit, Mineral Water, Newspapers and Tea/ Coffee Kit specified in para 5.15 of the tender document. The estimated cost of work of ₹29,00,000/- (inclusive of GST) is exclusive of the charges for Welcome Kit, Mineral Water, Newspapers and Tea/ Coffee Kit. The Agency being awarded the contract shall claim reimbursement of the same from the Bank as per para ‘5.16’ of the tender document.
9 Whether the format for Banker’s Certificate specified in Annexure-B of the tender document need to be scrupulously adhered to. The format for the Banker’s Certificate specified in Annexure- B of the tender document is indicative. However, bidders should ensure that all the mandatory details as per the specified format invariably form part of the Banker’s Certificate submitted by them.
10 Whether the format for Client Certificate specified in Annexure-C of the tender document need to be scrupulously adhered to. The format for Client Certificate specified in Annexure – C of the tender document is indicative. However, bidders should ensure that all the mandatory details as per the specified format invariably form part of the Client Certificate submitted by them. In case the certificate in possession of the bidder is not having any of the requisite fields/ information as per the specified format, other relevant documentary evidence in support thereof shall be furnished.

Shri Sabu S Rajan, Assistant Manager thanked all participants for attending the meeting. The Meeting came to an end at 16.00 hours.

Regional Director for Kerala and Lakshadweep

Annexure P

List of Participants

SL No. Name of the Service Provider Name (s) of the Representative
1 M/s Smyle Solutions Shri Renjith Unnikrishnan
2 M/s Genesis Shri Sunil Raymond
3 M/s Manful Solutions Shri Sushanth
4 M/s Cherish Hospitality Services India Pvt Ltd. Shri James Joseph
5 M/s Matha catering service. Shri Sebastian
6 M/s P.M.Catering Services Shri Nithyananda Nayak

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Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit collected from select 33 scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 90 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, for the month of December 2020 are set out in Statements I and II.

Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit are given below:

  • On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit growth stood at 5.9 per cent in December 2020 as compared to 7.0 per cent in December 2019.

  • Credit growth to agriculture and allied activities accelerated to 9.4 per cent in December 2020 from 5.3 per cent in December 2019.

  • Credit to industry contracted by 1.2 per cent in December 2020 as compared with 1.6 per cent growth in December 2019 mainly due to contraction in credit to large industries by 2.4 per cent as compared with 1.8 per cent growth a year ago. Credit to medium industries registered a robust growth of 15.3 per cent in December 2020 as compared to 2.5 per cent a year ago and credit to micro & small industries registered an accelerated growth of 1.2 per cent in December as compared to 0.1 per cent a year ago.

  • Within industry, credit to ‘food processing’, ‘gems & jewellery’, ‘petroleum, coal products & nuclear fuels’, ‘leather & leather products’, ‘paper & paper products’, ‘mining & quarrying’, ‘glass & glassware’ and ‘wood & wood products’ registered accelerated growth in December 2020 as compared to the growth in the corresponding month of the previous year. However, credit growth to ‘rubber plastic & their products’, ‘cement & cement products’, ‘all engineering’, ‘beverages & tobacco‘, ‘infrastructure’, ‘basic metal & metal products’ and ‘construction’ decelerated/contracted.

  • Credit growth to the services sector accelerated to 8.8 per cent in December 2020 from 6.2 per cent in December 2019 mainly on the back of acceleration in credit growth to ‘transport operators’ and ‘trade’.

  • Personal loans registered a decelerated growth of 9.5 per cent in December 2020 as compared with 15.9 per cent growth in December 2019. Vehicle loans continued to perform well registering an accelerated growth of 7.8 per cent in December 2020 as compared to 7.2 per cent a year ago.

Ajit Prasad
Director   

Press Release: 2020-2021/1015

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E-Tender No.: RBI/Thiruvananthapuram/HRMD/36/20-21/ET/425

The Pre-bid meeting for the captioned tender was scheduled to be held on January 21, 2021 from 11.00 hours to 12.00 hours through Webex Meeting, chaired by Shri S Sankar, Assistant General Manager. No bidder turned up for the meeting.

The queries raised by the prospective bidders over telephone and email along with the Bank’s clarifications, comments, corrections and additions are tabulated below.

No Query Clarification, Comments, Corrections and Additions
1 Whether any relaxation for EMD eligible for MSME / NSIC certificate holders Bidders, irrespective of their category, are ineligible for relaxation in submission of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD).
2 Whether wages are to be paid to the skilled dog handlers based on DGR guidelines Para ‘4.14’ of the tender document may be referred to. The latest DGR wage rates, which are effective from October 01, 2020, may be borne in mind while quoting rates. The documentary proof of payment of DGR wages to their employees will be obtained by the Bank for processing contractor’s monthly invoices. DGR wages as mentioned in the tender document represents all components ranging from serial numbers ‘(a)’ to ‘(j)’ for the category ‘Security Guard Without Arms (skilled) for ‘Area B’ of the latest DGR notification “NOTICE OF REVISION OF MINIMUM WAGES FOR ONE DAY W.E.F. 01 October 2020”. The limits, applicability and contribution/payment percentage, etc. shall be read in conjunction with latest rules / Acts / regulations and policies as promulgated by Competent Government Authority.
3 Whether the Bank reimburses revision in Minimum Wages as and when the Government of India revises Minimum Wages effective from April and October every year. Any revision to Basic Wages (including VDA), as notified by Government of India, will be reimbursed by the Bank. Para ‘4.47’ of the tender document may be referred to for more details.
4 Whether the Bank reimburses the components that form part of the salary of employees viz. EPF, ESI, Bonus, etc. as and when the Government of India revises Minimum Wages effective from April and October every year. Para ‘4.47’ of the tender document may be referred to for more details.
5 How to quote rates in the Financial Bid

The rates (exclusive of GST) are to be quoted in lumpsum under the two rows/fields in the Bank’s e-procurement portal.

a) Serial No. ‘1’ of the Financial Bid is exclusively meant for quoting Basic Wages (BW) including Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) per Annum for the dog handlers deployed for the entire 12 months based on the estimated annual duties. The bidders shall keep in mind the applicable minimum wages effective from October 2020. The current Basic wage plus VDA as notified by the Central Labour Commissionerate, Govt. of India under the category ‘WATCH AND WARD (without arms) for ‘Area B’ is ₹707.00 per duty. The bidders shall refer to Part-I of the document for more details.

b) Serial No. ‘2’ of the Financial Bid is exclusively meant for quoting Annual Service Charges of the bidder which shall also be inclusive of the following:

  1. All components of wage structure, excluding the charges for Basic Wages plus VDA components which must be quoted under Serial No. ‘1’, as per latest DGR notification available as on date (effective from October 2020).

  2. All statutory charges viz. Employer’s EPF and ESI contribution, Bonus to Employees, other DGR wage components, levies, duties, etc. and their possible escalation in future. The bidders shall keep in mind the applicable rates, limits and other criteria as per various statutes viz. Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, etc. and their rules, regulations, latest notifications, etc.

  3. All expenses related to the supply of all accessories / Uniform / equipment to be provided to the dog handler.

  4. All expenses related to sniffer dogs, their food and medicine.

  5. Overtime wages / charges, if any, payable.

  6. Overtime wages, if any, to be paid for deploying dog handlers on specified National Holidays, etc.

  7. Any such expense which form part of the Contractor’s obligations as per the tender document or obligation(s) which is/are statutory in nature.
6 Whether the bidders can offer ‘zero’ in any of the fields of the Price Bid Para ‘3.20’ of the tender document may be referred to. Bidders offering ‘zero’ or irrational quotes shall be liable for disqualification. However, variation in bidder’s offer from that of the Bank’s estimate with respect to any of the fields of Part-II – Financial Bid (Price Bid) due to difference in methods of round-off or difference in method of estimation but adhering to the tender conditions, shall not be treated as an irrational quote.
7 Short description provided in the Financial Bid The description provided in the user interface of the Bank’s e-procurement portal, against the two price fields shall be considered as ‘short description’ due to character limit and symbol restriction. Part-II-Financial Bid of the tender document shall be referred before quoting for detailed information.
8 Other corrections Following corrections shall be noted by bidders before offering the quote:

  1. The words “colonies” appearing in para ‘4.29’ of the tender document shall be replaced with the word “premises” and read accordingly.

  2. The word “residential” appearing in para “4.19.5” of the tender document shall be deleted.

Regional Director for Kerala and Lakshadweep

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April 14, 2015





Dear All




Welcome to the refurbished site of the Reserve Bank of India.





The two most important features of the site are: One, in addition to the default site, the refurbished site also has all the information bifurcated functionwise; two, a much improved search – well, at least we think so but you be the judge.





With this makeover, we also take a small step into social media. We will now use Twitter (albeit one way) to send out alerts on the announcements we make and YouTube to place in public domain our press conferences, interviews of our top management, events, such as, town halls and of course, some films aimed at consumer literacy.




The site can be accessed through most browsers and devices; it also meets accessibility standards.



Please save the url of the refurbished site in your favourites as we will give up the existing site shortly and register or re-register yourselves for receiving RSS feeds for uninterrupted alerts from the Reserve Bank.



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The Prebid meeting for Fire staff tenders was held on January 27, 2021 at 3.00 PM in the training hall. The meeting was attended by the following persons:

Bank’s Representatives Firm’s Name/Representatives
1. Smt. S.D. Kulkarni (Manager) 1. M/s Great Sherlock EFMS Pvt. Ltd.
2. Flt Lt J Elvis Navkanth Pranil (Manager, Security) 2. M/S Black Belt Security Force
2. Maj Sneha Itty (AM, Security)  
3. Shri. P A Bhise, Assistant  

Gist of the queries raised by the prospective bidders and Bank’s clarification on the same is as follows:

1. Whether the profit percentage to be quoted above 15%?

Bank’s Clarification – As mentioned in Price Bid, 15% is shown as example. Bidder can quote his own percentage. (Self-Explanatory).

2. How to pay transaction fee?

Bank’s Clarification – It is clearly written in NIT that transaction fee of 0.05% of total estimate cost of contract plus GST to be paid through MSTC Payment gateway/NEFT/RTGS in favor of MSTC Limited or as advised by M/s MSTC Ltd.

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    4.48% GS 2023 GoI FRB 2033 6.22% GS 2035 6.67% GS 2050
I. Notified Amount ₹6000 cr ₹2000 cr ₹8000 cr ₹5000 cr
II. Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off 99.57/4.6457 101.66/4.5353 98.62/6.3687 101.89/6.5247
III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹6000 cr ₹2000 cr ₹9499.137 cr1 ₹3653.647 cr
IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers Nil Nil Nil Nil
1Greenshoe amount of ₹1499.137 crores has been accepted.

Ajit Prasad
Director   

Press Release: 2020-2021/1013

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Reserve Bank of India, Jammu invites two-part e-tender from reputed and experienced labour contractor for supply of sufficient number of adult and able bodied labourers for handling of coin bags and currency note boxes.

The last date for submission of the e-tender is March 01, 2021 till 11:00 AM.

For further details, please visit “Tenders” section on RBI Website (www.rbi.org.in) and for uploading the tender, please visit and register on the MSTC website at www.mstcecommerce.com.

Any addition/deletion/modification and correspondence related to the tender will be posted on the Bank’s website.

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April 14, 2015





Dear All




Welcome to the refurbished site of the Reserve Bank of India.





The two most important features of the site are: One, in addition to the default site, the refurbished site also has all the information bifurcated functionwise; two, a much improved search – well, at least we think so but you be the judge.





With this makeover, we also take a small step into social media. We will now use Twitter (albeit one way) to send out alerts on the announcements we make and YouTube to place in public domain our press conferences, interviews of our top management, events, such as, town halls and of course, some films aimed at consumer literacy.




The site can be accessed through most browsers and devices; it also meets accessibility standards.



Please save the url of the refurbished site in your favourites as we will give up the existing site shortly and register or re-register yourselves for receiving RSS feeds for uninterrupted alerts from the Reserve Bank.



Do feel free to give us your feedback by clicking on the feedback button on the right hand corner of the refurbished site.



Thank you for your continued support.




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Dear All




Welcome to the refurbished site of the Reserve Bank of India.





The two most important features of the site are: One, in addition to the default site, the refurbished site also has all the information bifurcated functionwise; two, a much improved search – well, at least we think so but you be the judge.





With this makeover, we also take a small step into social media. We will now use Twitter (albeit one way) to send out alerts on the announcements we make and YouTube to place in public domain our press conferences, interviews of our top management, events, such as, town halls and of course, some films aimed at consumer literacy.




The site can be accessed through most browsers and devices; it also meets accessibility standards.



Please save the url of the refurbished site in your favourites as we will give up the existing site shortly and register or re-register yourselves for receiving RSS feeds for uninterrupted alerts from the Reserve Bank.



Do feel free to give us your feedback by clicking on the feedback button on the right hand corner of the refurbished site.



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