Reserve Bank of India, Chandigarh intends to release advertisements (coloured) in leading newspapers (Chandigarh/ Haryana/ Punjab Edition) on November 23, 2024 on “All India Inter - Institutional Table Tournament under RBI@90 at Chandigarh”.

2. The details of the proposed advertisement are mentioned as under:-

3. Important Dates:

I) Tender Start View Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 19:00 hrs

II) Bid Start Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 19:00 hrs

III) Bid Close Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 at 01:00 PM

IV) Bid Opening Date and Time: Monday, November 18, 2024 at 03:00 PM

V) Release of Advertisement in newspapers (main issue): November 23, 2024

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

i) Please note that no physical bids will be accepted. All the bids must be submitted through MSTC portal (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/RBI) against event number “RBI/Chandigarh Regional Office/Estate/17/24-25/ET/572 [Adv - TT Tourn RBIat90 at CHD]”

ii) At any time prior to the last date for receipt of e-tender, the Bank may, for any reason, whether on its own or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective e-tenderer, modify the e-tender document by an amendment. The amendment so made will be notified only on the Bank’s website https://www.rbi.org.in and shall be binding on the prospective e-tenderers. In order to provide the prospective e-tenderers with reasonable time to take the amendments, if any, into account in preparing their bids, the Bank may at its discretion, extend the last date of submission of the e-tender. The e-tenderers should regularly check the Bank’s website for any corrigendum / clarification regarding the e-tender. No e-tender can be modified subsequent to the last date of submission of the e-tender.

iii) Agency will be shortlisted on the basis of L1 (cost including taxes) and should bid strictly for the plan and in format given in the tender document. The participating agencies are required to submit the cost including taxes in the E-tender. Failure to do so will result in rejection of bid of the particular agency.

iv) Once an advertising agency is shortlisted, the agency is required to execute the work without fail. The shortlisted agency is required to release the spots strictly as per the plan given in the tender document. Failure to do so will result in appropriate action being taken against the erring agency.

v) Reserve Bank of India reserves the right to amend the proposed plan. In such a situation, a fresh e-tender shall be uploaded on the MSTC portal (https://www.mstcecommerce.com/RBI) with necessary changes/corrections and the agencies will be required to re-bid.

vi) TDS and TDS under GST will be deducted as per applicable rate

vii) Clarifications, if any, may be sent via email to pranavpathak@rbi.org.in, yashbhardwaj@rbi.org.in and bhaskarb@rbi.org.in

viii) The advertising agencies should treat all documents, information, data and communication of and with the Bank as privileged and confidential. Empanelled advertising agencies shall not, without Bank’s prior written consent, disclose any specification, plan, sample or information or data or drawings/designs furnished by or on behalf of the Bank to any person other than a person employed by the agency in the performance of the work. Disclosure to any such person employed by the agency shall be made in utmost confidence and should extend only as far as may be necessary and relevant for the purpose of such performance.

ix) This notice is being published for information only and is not an open invitation to quote in this limited tender. Participation in this tender is by invitation only and is limited to the selected Procuring Entity’s enlisted contractors. Unsolicited offers are liable to be ignored. However, contractors who are desirous to participate in such tenders in future may apply for enlistment with RBI as per procedure

x) We will appreciate a confirmation regarding the participation in tender. If we do not get a reply, it will be construed that the agency is not interested in participating in the tender. In such a case, RBI will be constrained to take appropriate action against the non-participating agencies.

xi) Please find the below contact details of MSTC helpdesk for vendors:

a) Contact person (MSTC Ltd.)

1) MSTC help desk: 07969066600

2) Mr Keshav Arora, Deputy Manager, cdgopn1@mstcindia.in; 9830430434,

3) Mr Pankaj Kumar, Deputy Manager, cdgopn2@mstcindia.in, 7229068247

helpdeskho@mstcindia.in (Please mention "HO Helpdesk" as subject while sending emails)

Availability: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM on all working days for all Technical issues, e-Tenders, System settings etc.

b) Contact person (MSTC Regional)

Please visit www.mstcindia.co.in/content/Contact.aspx and update your Regional Office.

c) Contact person at RBI (RO)

xii) The Bank is not bound to accept the lowest e-tender and reserves the right to accept either in full or in part any e-tender and to reject any e-tender without assigning any reason thereof.