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Corrigendum
The pre-bid meeting for the captioned tender was held on March 24, 2021 at 16:00 PM at RBI, Ahmedabad office. The meeting was attended by following officials from IT Cell, Ahmedabad:
| S.R. no. |
Name and Designation |
| 1. |
Shri Ashutosh Jaiswal, Deputy General Manager and Chair of the meeting |
| 2. |
Shri Ayush Upadhyay, Manager |
The prospective bidders who attended the meeting:
| S.R. No. |
Prospective Bidders |
Representatives |
| 1 |
M/s Hitachi System |
Mr. Vinayak Gandhi & Mr. Mayank Brahmbhatt |
| 2 |
M/s Allied Digital Services Ltd |
Mr. Rajan Trivedi & Mr. Yash Prajapati |
| 3 |
M/s Kaizen IT Pvt Ltd |
Mr. Jayadip Goswami & Mr. Raviraj Rathod |
| 4 |
M/s Silver Touch Tech Ltd |
Mr. Manoj Patel |
| 5 |
M/s HSPL |
Mr. Alkesh Parmar |
2. Shri Ashutosh Jaiswal, Deputy General Manager welcomed all and requested the participants to raise the queries, if any. A brief introduction of the tender was also given to the participants, it was also stated that the service expectations of the Bank is high from the prospective service providers in the ever-evolving environment. The Bank expected the service providers to regularly upgrade the knowledge of the engineers. The queries raised by the representatives of prospective bidders were replied to by Shri Ashutosh Jaiswal, Deputy General Manager and Shri Ayush Upadhyay, Manager.
3. The queries raised by the prospective bidders during the meeting along with our clarifications and comments are given below.
| Queries and Clarifications/Comments |
| S.R. No. |
Query |
Clarification/Remarks |
| 1. |
Whether there will be any arrangement for transportation of items under FMS from one location to the other location? |
It was clarified that transportation of the items mentioned in the contract, under FMS, will be arranged by the Bank. |
| 2. |
Whether MSMEs are exempt from paying EMD and Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG)? |
It was decided to continue with 10% of contract value for PBG as stipulated. It was clarified that the MSEs are exempted from submission of EMD only in cases where the estimated cost of procurement (Goods, Services or Work Contracts) is up to Rs. 10 Lakh (including all taxes, duties etc.). In the extant case the estimated cost of the tender is more than Rs. 10 lakh and therefore submission of EMD is compulsory.
(It was also clarified that the provisions of General Financial Rules (GFR) are not applicable to Reserve Bank of India)
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| 3. |
Whether the company has to maintain the health card for the engineers? |
It is expected from the company to take necessary precautions for the health of the engineers. However no documentary evidence is demanded, unless it is observed that the health of the engineers is in visibly bad condition, and services are affected. |
| 4. |
Whether the service providers are required to have a local office set up? |
It was stated that the service providers should mandatorily have an office set up within the municipal limits of the city as mentioned under the section V of the tender document. |
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What is the scope of the work for engineers? |
The scope of the work is mentioned under General Terms and Conditions of the tender document. |
| 6. |
Is there any correlation between the indicative salary calculation of the engineers and the annual increment in case if contract is extended after one year? |
It was stated that these two are separate points. The service provider must follow the applicable labour laws. The annual increment is based on the formula involving CPI (labour bureau data) indicated in the tender document. |
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Will the scores of the technical evaluation be shared with all the bidders? |
All the successful bidders of part I will be invited at the time of opening of financial bids, dates for which will be indicated later. |
4. With this, the pre-bid meeting was concluded. The Chair of the meeting also suggested the prospective bidders not to wait for the last date for bidding and provide the documents in the proper format so that there are no issues while evaluating them.
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