Request for Proposal (RFP)

Bids are invited for: Empanelment of Agencies/Consultant for Mobilization and Placements of Candidates in Mumbai

 Ref: AIFT/RFP/DL/2025-26/018

Summary of Deadlines:

Release of Request for Proposal	18th November 2025
Bid Submission Closing Date (Last Date to Apply)	20th November 2025   Link for submission of proposals: 1.     Technical: https://forms.gle/XPQ4h8bS2KBrfndx5 Financial: https://forms.gle/RF1Vvqb4S9xQPpd28
Technical Bid Opening	21st November 2025
Financial Bid Opening	21st November 2025
Finalization of Contract	25th November 2025 (Tentative)

Scope of work:

Selected Consultants/Agency/ies will be offered to enter into a Service contract with the AIFT for Mobilization and support Placements of Candidates in Mumbai (1100 Candidates) by 31^st March 2026 as per below Scope of Work. Bidders are requested to read the terms and quote accordingly:

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

AIFT aims to influence the skilling and employment ecosystem for inclusion and empowerment of youth from the marginalized and economically weaker sections of society through a project over a period of 17 months in Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad (Telangana), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Mumbai and Pune (Maharashtra). This program aims to empower the Sales professionals to excel in their roles by focusing on skilling in credit processing, store security, product expertise, personalized customer support, improved communication skills, interpersonal skills and continuous service improvement

This project endeavours to benefit 17,000+ individuals across these five locations through interventions.

 Bid Submission:

Bidders are advised to submit bid online in Google forms link -

1. Pre-bid meeting interest submission- https://forms.gle/RZ5q4yNU4TSsSr7U7
2. Technical Bid Submission Link- https://forms.gle/XPQ4h8bS2KBrfndx5
3. Financial Bid Submission Link- https://forms.gle/RF1Vvqb4S9xQPpd28

Technical bid and financial bid are to be submitted separately in the separate link. Following points are to be kept in mind while submitting the bids-

1. All bids must contain the complete address of the firm, including contact number/ email ID of the person who is authorized to submit the bid under their signatures.
2. All bids must be signed on all pages by the bidder. Unsigned bids will not be entertained/ accepted.
3. Bids not submitted as per the specified format and nomenclature or ambiguous in nature are liable to be rejected.
5. The interested bidders may submit their bid to AIFT on or before the time mentioned in this RFP Documents. Any bid received by AIFT after the prescribed deadline for submission of bids will be rejected and no further correspondence in this regard will be entertained.Financial bid should be prepared as per Annexure II given in the RFP Documents. The same is to be uploaded in google forms too.
6. Bidders shall indicate their rates in clear/ visible figures as well as in words. In case of a mismatch, the rates written in words will prevail.
7. At any time prior to the last date for submission of bids, AIFT, may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective bidder, modify the RFP Documents by an amendment and publish the revised version of the RFP.
8. Printed terms and conditions of the bidders will not be considered as forming part of their bid. In case terms and conditions as given in the RFP Documents are not acceptable to any bidder, they should clearly specify the deviations in their bids.
9. NO conditional Bid will be entertained and will be rejected.
10. 10.  In cases where the offered model is being superseded with a new model by OEM due to better technology / specifications etc., the successful bidder is required to offer the new model at no extra cost or charges to AIFT.
11. 11.  In case of any deviations, specific exemption may be sought on case-to-case basis from the respective Departments placing the Service Request
12. 12.  Bids complete in all respects along with supporting documents, must be submitted as per the RPF. No physical document is to be submitted by the bidders.
13. 13.  Parallel Rate/Service Contracts - AIFT may also execute parallel rate/Service contracts with more than one firm on the lowest approved rates on the same terms and conditions. These parallel rate contracts will be utilized if the original L1 is not in a position to supply material as per AIFTs requirement within the time frame indicated in the bid.

To download the full RFP, click here: Empanelment of Agencies/Consultant for Mobilization and Placements of Candidates in Mumbai

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