Punjab National Bank is the second largest public sector bank invites Cash Van vendor to submit their bids (Technical) in e-tender to supply customised Cash Vans (Air Conditioned) with driver and with or without armed guards/loader for remittances from Branches to Currency Chest, RBI and vice versa. Chennai Zone consisting of 456 branches & 06 Currency Chests in eight Circles namely Chennai South, Chennai North, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Kozhikode & Trivandrum. The jurisdiction of Zonal Office Chennai is in Tamilnadu & Kerala. 2. PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) This document is a request for proposal (RFP) for supply of customised cash vans on hire basis, including running and maintenance, apart from that providing Driver in each van with / without armed guards and one loader (as and when required) per CCV. 3. QUALIFICATION CRITERIA Only those Bidders who fulfil the qualification criteria mentioned in Annexure-II are eligible to respond to the RFP. Offers received from the Bidders, who do not fulfil any of the eligibility criteria mentioned are liable to be rejected without assigning any reason. This invitation of Bids is open to all registered companies/ agencies involved in above field. 4. All bidders must ensure to submit bids for entire Zone consisting eight circles in the state of Tamilnadu & Kerala in order to qualify for bidding. No part bidding (for city or part of state or individual Circle) shall be accepted. Failing this the bid shall be rejected. 5. Notice Inviting Tender 5.1 Online tenders are invited on items rate basis on behalf of Punjab National Bank from experienced contractors, reputed firms (proprietary/ partnership)/company / organization registered in India under Companies Act, who fulfil the eligibility criteria mentioned in the tender documents as per Annexure- II for Invitation of Bids for providing customised hired cash van services for cash remittance in Branches / Offices of Punjab National Bank under Chennai Zone against payment of Rs 5,900/- (non refundable towards cost of tender). The bidders will have to submit the technical bid in bank e-procurement system as well as in hard copy and commercial bid in only online form through bank e-procurement system. 5.2 The Bidders intending to participate in this tender are required to get enrolled on the Bank?s website i.e www.pnbindia.in. Enrolment on the above website is mandatory. 5.3 As the bids of the Bidders have to be digitally signed by the Digital Certificate of the respective Bidder before submitting the bids online, the bidders are advised to obtain Digital Certificates in order to bid for the tender. 5.4 The tender Documents containing detailed terms & conditions can be downloaded online directly from the portal (https://pnbindia.in/tender.aspx and https://etender.pnbnet.in) as per tender schedule attached and shall be submitted online. 5.5 All the bidders are required to submit Demand Draft in favour of Pujnab National bank, Chennai for Rs 5,900/- towards the cost of tender documents. 5.6 Bidders may submit their queries regarding any technical clarification before 11.10.2021. Non-queries shall be entertained after last dated fixed for acceptance of queries. 5.7 ?Corrigendum / Addendums? may be downloaded from the abovementioned portal (if any). No deviation on the above will be entertained by the Bank there after. 5.8 Based on the clarification of conditions by the Bank, the intending bidder will submit their unconditional acceptance on the prescribed format along with tender document. 5.9 The price bid of technically eligible bidder who meets the eligibility criteria stipulated in tender documents will be opened online in the presence of participated representatives of participated bidders as per the schedule. Date for opening of commercial bids will be intimated later. The Tenders shall be valid for a period of not less than 90 days after the date of opening of price bid / commercial bid online. 5.10 All disputes arising out of or in connection with this agreement shall deem to have arisen in Chennai and only the courts of Chennai shall have the jurisdiction to determine the same. (i) Last date for downloading the tender documents 27.12.2021 till 1001 hrs (ii) Last date for Bid Preparation and Hash submission 27.12.2021 till 1001 hrs (iii) Last date for Bid re-encryption 27.12.2021 from 1231 hrs to 1700 hrs Please note that bid preparation and hash submission are compulsory activities, failing which bidder will not be able to submit the bids online. For any information/queries Bidder may contact Lt Cdr Prabhu (Retd), Security Department, Zonal Office Chennai, PNB Tower, 4th Floor, No. 46-49, Royapettah High Road, Chennai ? 14, Tel ? (044) ? 28120268, M.No ? 9498052691, email:- zochnsecurity@pnb.co.in, prabhu2@pnb.co.in, for queries pertaining to cash van tender. 5.11 Bank reserves the right to accept / reject any or all the offers submitted in response to this advertisement without assigning any reason whatsoever. 5.12 The Bank reserves the right to postpone or cancel the bidding process at any time at the sole discretion of the Bank without assigning any reason whatsoever. 5.13 The Bank will not be bound to accept the lowest tender and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reasons whatsoever. 5.14 Please note that, on tendering procedure through the electronic tendering system refer to the instructions for using the Electronic Tendering System document available along with the tender documents on https://pnbindia.in/tender.aspx and https://etender.pnbnet.in. ASST. GENERAL MANAGER