The pre-bid meeting for the captioned work was held on March 04, 2021 at 15:00 hrs. at Reserve Bank of India, Issue Department, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad – 380014 in presence of Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter called as “Bank”) officials where the following prospective tenderers participated.
2. The queries raised by the representatives of the prospective tenderers and requisite clarifications issued by RBI, Ahmedabad are as under: –
| Sr. No. |
Query raised |
Relevant section of Tender Document |
Clarification |
| 1 |
Tenderers enquired about the submission of the Solvency Certificate. |
Para – 3 of the Section V “List of the document to be submitted with the technical bid of the Tender document. |
Tenderers/Vendors are instructed to submit solvency certificate dully certified by bank showing positive net worth as per the latest audited balance sheet. |
| 2 |
Tenderers raised query about payment of EMD and uploading of documents on MSTC website. |
Schedule of tender Clause F -Earnest Money Deposit. |
It is advised to pay three different EMDs for the three different tenders. Also, it is informed to upload separate relevant tender documents for each of the three different tenders on MSTC site. |
| 3 |
What is transaction fee for tender submission? |
Schedule of tender Clause H. |
It is informed that transaction fee is charged by MSTC website as per its applicable rates and the same will be displayed at the time of payment of transaction fee on the MSTC website. |
| 4 |
Participants enquired about payment of security deposit. |
Form of Tender- Section I sub section V- Security Deposit |
It is clarified that only the successful tenderers shall furnish security deposit of an amount equal to 5 % of the contract value within 10 days after the issue of notification of award by RBI. |
| 5 |
Tenderers enquired about the work of handling of coin bags and note boxes. |
Part II- Price Bid- Sr. No. 1- of tender RBI/Ahmedabad/Issue/24/20-21/ET/608 |
It is clarified that the work includes unloading of notes boxes/ coins bags at the Currency Chest and charges for the same will be paid by RBI only. |
| 6 |
Tenderers enquired about the rates for the transportation of notes/coins. |
Part II- Price Bid- of the tender RBI/Ahmedabad/Issue/22/20-21/ET/606
RBI/Ahmedabad/Issue/23/20-21/ET/607 |
It is clarified that the rate quoted should be for transportation of treasure only and any claim for return/ travel of empty vehicles will not be entertained. It is also informed that the same rate will be applicable when soiled notes is being lifted from various currency chest to RBI and the same charges for the same will be paid by RBI only. |