MRPL Organizes Special Vendor Development Program

Mangaluru: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, organized a Special vendor development program exclusively for SC/ST vendors on 31st August 2017 in association with National Small Industries Corporation Limited, MSME and DICCI.

 

Director (Refinery), MRPL, Shri M Venkatesh presided over the function and Shri P Ravikumar, Chief General Manager, NSIC-Bangalore was the Chief Guest. Shri. Socrates, Dy Director, MSME-DI, Mangalore, Shri A.F Saldanha, Asst Director, DGS&D, Shri Raja Nayak, DICCI, South Zone Coordinator, Shri Satischandra, Gen Secretary, DICCI Bangalore, Shri Suresh Babu, Chief Manager, NSIC, Bangalore branch, were the other distinguished dignitaries who graced the occasion. 

 

Director (Refinery), MRPL, Shri M Venkatesh, while delivering the presidential address, exhorted the SC/ST vendors to make use of the various facilities & learn from the specialized platform provided by MRPL at the meet, which would enable them to participate in MRPL tenders in a big way.  Shri Socrates, Dy Director, MSME-DI stressed the need to improve awareness on public procurement and the benefits and preferences given to Micro & Small Enterprises while Shri Suresh Babu, Chief Manager, NSIC, explained on the various schemes and incentives by registering with NSIC. Shri A.F Saldanha, DGS&D, explained the Government E-Market place (GeM) portal for Government buyers.  Shri Raja Nayak, DICCI South Zone Coordinator, and Shri Satischandra, Gen Secretary, DICCI Bangalore thanked MRPL for providing vendors a platform to know each other which would help them to participate in MRPL tenders.   Shri P Ravikumar, Chief General Manager, NSIC, delivered the key note address and urged the participants to avail various benefits of Govt schemes and meet the target of 4% for SC/ST vendors in Public Procurement.

 

Senior officers from MRPL Materials Department explained and presented an overview of the meet and laid out ways and means to enhance participation of SC/ST entrepreneurs in Public Procurements in general and MRPL Tenders in particular. Live demonstration of how to register online & demonstrate their capabilities, search MRPL tenders and how to participate and submit bids in E-tenders were given. Nearly 100 SC/ST vendors participated in the vendors meet.