MRPL holds Vendors Meet as part of Vigilance Awareness Week 2023

Mangaluru: Vendors’ Meet was conducted virtually on Thursday, 2 Nov 2023 as a part of Vigilance Awareness Week which is being observed in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) from 30 Oct to 5 Nov 2023. More than 300 vendors from different parts of the country participated in the virtual Vendor Meet 2023.

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 which plays a role in ensuring that the high-value tenders are authentic. We should build trust and reliability with integrity and honesty, he said.

Prasanth Sankar Poduval, GGM – Materials spoke on the occasion and said that 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 that we need to bring systemic improvements and minimise the errors in our day-to-day operation. He encouraged all to bring any suggestions for systemic improvements as well as to report serious issues to the notice of concerned officials in the Vigilance Department / CVC through PIDPI.

Vivek C Tongaonkar, Director of Finance spoke on the occasion and said that 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 –MSME, Mangalore gave a presentation on MSME activities and various schemes available for MSME Vendors.

Gowtham, GeM Trainer, Bangalore gave a presentation explaining the GeM Registration process and various bidding methodologies, features and functionalities available in GeM.

Khaled Zia, Sr Manager – RXIL, gave a presentation on TReDS (Trade Receivables and Discounting System) to facilitate financing of Trade Receivables of MSMEs from multiple financiers through the 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, CR 3 (India) P Ltd, and Anugraha Engineering were recognized for their efforts in supporting MRPL to successfully carry out activities during the Refinery Turnaround in August – September 2023.

The program concluded with a vote of thanks by Sanjay Meswani. CGM (Materials). The program was compered by Nagaraj Bhat, Chief Manager (Materials).