Chennai: A vendor development meet was conducted by Materials Management Department and Central Workshop GOC in association with ICF, CORE, RDSO, RITES and SBI at Ponmalai workshop recently for the benefit of BHEL Small Industries Association (BHELSIA) and other district associations in and around Trichy as per the directives of Railway Board.

A press release said, 60 vendors representing various organisations and associations including BHELSIA, TIDITSSIA from Trichy and COSIEMA, DICCICOSMA from Coimbatore, participated in the meet.

Shunmugharaj, Principal Chief Materials Manager, Southern Railway, who presided over the meeting, highlighted the need for additional and new local vendors to enlarge the sources of supply of materials mostly required at Goldenrock Workshop.

Shyamadar Ram, Chief Workshop Manager, Golden Rock Workshops, spoke about the availability of business potential on various fields at Goldenrock Workshop for the benefit of local vendors.

Earlier, Subbarayadu, Chief Materials Manager, welcomed the gathering.

To enrich the knowledge of vendors, presentations on various topics like business potential, procurement policy, registration in IREPS and GeM portals, procurement system in RDSO and ICF, and inspection procedure in RITES, payment through LC mode, and more, were made at the meet.

The presentations were given by Officials from RDSO, ICF, RITES and State Bank of India.

Integral Coach Factory, Perambur had displayed attractive display boards depicting pictures and details of materials required for LHB coaches.