Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 3: ‘Vendors’ Meet 2023’ was conducted virtually on November 2, as a part of vigilance awareness week which is being observed from October 30 to November 5. More than 300 vendors from different parts of the country participated in the virtual vendor meet.
Satish Satyanarayana, GM (materials) welcomed the gathering and spoke about the importance of vendor meet.
Sanjay Varma, managing director chaired the event and in his presidential address acknowledged and appreciated the contribution of our business partners (vendors) during critical situations. He emphasized the role of the Independent External Monitor (IEM) team that play its role in reassuring that the high value tenders are authentic. One should build trust and reliability with integrity and honesty, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Prasanth Sankar Poduval, GGM materials, said “Our success and our business partners success are interwoven to achieve the success of our nation in ensuring the wellbeing of our countrymen. We need to transform today’s gathering into long-lasting business relationships and attain sustainability.”
Ganesh S Bhat, CVO spoke on the occasion and said, “We need to bring systemic improvements and minimise the errors in our day-to-day operation.” He encouraged to bring any suggestions for systemic improvements as well as to report serious issues to the notice of concerned officials in the vigilance department and CVC through PIDPI.
Vivek C Tongaonkar, director finance said, “The vendors play a crucial role in refinery operation through timely and quality supply.”
A detailed presentation was made by Sontakke Anom Bhaskar, manager (materials) on the initiatives on procurement in MRPL and the scope and opportunities available for vendors to participate in the tenders of MRPL.
Devaraj, deputy director of MSME, Mangaluru, gave a presentation on MSME activities and various schemes available for MSME vendors.
Gowtham, GeM trainer, Bengaluru, gave a presentation explaining in detail on the GeM registration process and various bidding methodology, features and functionalities available in GeM.
Khaled Zia, senior manager of RXIL, gave a presentation on TReDS (Trade Receivables & Discounting System) to facilitate financing of trade receivables of MSMEs from multiple financiers through online bidding process.
Vishnu Kumar Sah, chief manager (materials) handled various queries raised by vendors. Some of the Vendors namely, UoP LLC, L&T, Emerson, Plant-Tech, CR3 (India) Private Ltd, and Anugraha Engineering were recognized for their efforts in supporting MRPL to successfully carry out activities during the refinery turnaround in August to September 2023.
The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Sanjay Meswani. CGM (materials). The programme was compered by Nagaraj Bhat, chief manager (materials).