Reserve Bank of India Kochi invites e-tenders, under two-part system (Part I and Part II – Price Bid) for the work of “Installation and Operation of Tea/ Coffee Vending Machines at Reserve Bank of India, Kochi”, as per the Schedule of Tender (SOT). The tendering will be done through the e-Tendering portal of MSTC Ltd., (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn). The estimated cost of work is ₹12.00 Lakh. The work shall initially be awarded for a period of one year from April 01, 2025 to March 31, 2026 and shall be renewable as applicable and detailed in the tender document. SCHEDULE OF TENDER (SOT) | a. e-Tender no | RBI/Kochi Regional Office/Estate/18/24-25/ET/952[ARC for Coffee Vending Machine] | | b. e-Tender short description | E-tender for installation and Operation of Tea/ Coffee Vending Machines at RBI, Kochi | | c. Mode of Tender | e-Procurement System
Online Part I – Techno-Commercial Bid and Part II – Price Bid through https://mstcecommerce.com/eprocn/ | | d. Date of NIT available to the parties to download | 11:00 hrs of February 19, 2025 (Wednesday) onwards | | e. Pre-Bid meeting (Offline) | March 07, 2025, (Friday) from 11.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs at RBI, Kochi
(Minutes of pre-bid meeting will be uploaded in the Bank’s website: www.rbi.org.in and e-procurement portal www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn) | | f. Estimated cost of work | ₹12,00,000/- inclusive of GST(Approx.) | | g. Earnest Money Deposit | ₹24,000/- (Rupees Twenty-four thousand only) in any one of the following methods, favouring Reserve Bank of India, Kochi payable at Kochi.
i. By NEFT / RTGS to Account Number: 186003001
IFSC: RBIS0KCPA01 (please note that both the 5th and 10th characters in IFSC are zeroes);
Beneficiary Name: HRMDGEN ‘Bidder’s Name’
ii By Bank Guarantee for Earnest Money Deposit as per Annexure – E, which is to be submitted in Original on or before the last date of submission of E-Tender.
iii With regard to remitting the EMD, via NEFT, the proof of remittance of EMD is to be uploaded in the MSTC portal and E-mail confirming the NEFT transfer may be sent to hrmdkochi@rbi.org.in | | h. Due date of submission of EMD | 14:00 hrs of March 19, 2025 (Wednesday) | | i. Bidding start date (Technical-Commercial and Financial Bid) at www.mstcecommerce.com/eprocn | 17.00 hrs of March 10, 2025 (Monday) | | j. Date of closing of online e-tender for submission of Technical-Commercial Bid & Price Bid | 14.00 hrs of March 19, 2025 (Wednesday) | k. Date & time of opening of Part-I (i.e., Technical-Commercial Bid)
Date & Time of opening of Part-II (Financial Bid) | 15.00 hrs of March 19, 2025 (Wednesday)
Opening of Financial Bid (Price Bid) will be intimated to all the eligible bidders later | | l. Transaction Fee | Payment of Transaction fee through MSTC Gateway/NEFT/RTGS in favour of MSTC Limited or as advised by M/s MSTC Ltd | Tender documents will be available at MSTC website, i.e., www.mstcecommerce.com, from 11:00 hrs. on February 19, 2025. Tender document can be downloaded from RBI website - www.rbi.org.in as well. The duly filled in tender documents and price bid shall be uploaded on MSTC site till 14:00 hrs. on March 19, 2025. Detailed guidelines on submission of the e-Tender by the firms have been given in the Tender. Any such tender received without EMD or with EMD remitted after the due date of submission of EMD, shall be treated as non-bonafide and shall be rejected from participating in the tender process. A pre-bid meeting (off-line mode) of the intending tenderers will be held on March 07, 2025, at 11:00 hrs. at Office Building, RBI, Kochi. Interested bidders are requested to attend the meeting to clarify their doubts, if any, regarding the Tender. Any Amendment(s) / Corrigendum / Clarifications with respect to this tender shall be uploaded on the website / e-portal only. The tenderer should check the above website / e-portal for any Amendment / Corrigendum / Clarification before submitting the bid. Applicants participating in the tender will have to satisfy the Bank regarding their required eligibility as specified in the Tender, by uploading documentary evidence while submitting the tender in the MSTC portal. Part-I (Technical and Commercial Bid) of the e-Tender will be opened on March 19, 2025, at 15:00 hrs. at Office Building, RBI, Kochi. After scrutiny of part-I of the e-Tender along with the supporting documents, if any of the firms is not found to possess the required eligibility as specified in the Tender, the Bank reserves the right to reject the tender submitted by such tenderers. Part-II (Price Bid) of only those Tenderers, who possess the requisite eligibility as per the eligibility criteria specified in the Tender, shall be opened on a subsequent day, with due intimation of the same to the qualified Tenderers. Tenderers can either choose to be present at the Bank during the Tender opening event or view it online at their locations. Bank is not obliged to accept tender of low value only. The Bank reserves the right to accept a tender in whole or in part thereof. The Bank also reserves the right to reject all tenders without assigning any reason. Any amendments / corrigendum to the tender, if any, issued in future will only be notified on the RBI website and MSTC website as given above and will not be published in the newspaper. (T V Rao)
General Manager (Officer-In-Charge)
Reserve Bank of India, Kochi February 19, 2025 |