CAF India Invites NGOs/Development Organisations To Submit RFP To Implement CSR Activities For Sony Pictures Networks

Request for Proposals from NGOs/ Development Organizations

CAF India invites NGOs/development organisations to submit Request for Proposal (RFP) to implement CSR activities for Sony Pictures Networks (SPN). The initiative by SPN is aimed to create an impact on the communities in Maharashtra and Delhi-NCR regions.

The last date to submit the proposal is 10th December, 2018.

The three thematic areas for this RFP are Education, Environment & Empowerment (with special focus on empowerment through music and sport).

Please see the attached documents to know about the guidelines and process of application.

Request for Proposal (RFP) to implement CSR activities for Sony Pictures Network on three thematic interventions in Maharashtra and Delhi-NCR

 

THEMATIC AREAS	SUB THEMES
EDUCATION	Girl Child Education Quality and Access to Education Digital Literacy
ENVIRONMENT	Sanitation Bio Diversity Forest Conservation Clean Drinking Water Waste Management Climate Change Carbon Mapping Disaster Risk Mitigation
EMPOWERMENT	Empowerment through Sports and Music Empowerment of Disabled through Music and Sports Digitization and Archiving of Music Music for Healing and Livelihood Generation

 

RFP Process:

 

STAGES	DESCRIPTION	TIMELINES
STAGE 1	Expression of interest to submit proposal	Immediately (on seeing the RFP)
	Submission of proposal as per given template	10th December, 2018
STAGE 2	Screening and shortlisting of NGOs	19th December, 2018
	Intimation to selected NGOs
STAGE 3	Final presentation of the proposal by the qualified NGOs	TBD

 

 

Project Duration:

The proposed projects will start from April 1^st 2019. They should be of one year duration. 

 

Project Budget:

Budgets for the proposed project should not exceed 15%of the application organisation’s average annual turnover over the preceding three financial years, and should be kept in the range of Rs 10 lakhs to Rs 1 crore.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

 

All proposals received by the stated closing date will be evaluated according to the conditions described in the selection criteria below. Each proposal will be evaluated based on the evidence of the following items:

 

Table: Evaluation Criteria weights

 

Proposal Evaluation Criteria	Weights (%)
Project Template Technical Command and Grasp, Intent and Innovative Designs, Adherence to Template Guidelines	30
Timelines	15
Experience / Past Performance Organization background and capabilities Previous experience in similar services	15
Staff and Quality Control Mechanisms Prior experience and qualification of the personnel assigned and resources available	15
Finance and Administration Cost estimate for the project	25
Total	100

 

General Instructions:

1)In response to this RFP, send a confirmation of your interest via email to rfp@cafindia.orgon an immediate basis

2)Submit the complete proposal inclusive of Project Template, Financial Template along with all supporting documents via email torfp@cafindia.orgby date 10^th December, 2018

3)The soft copies of Project & Financial template should be embedded in one file (.ppt/.pptx)  and submitted. Please also submit detailed excel file with in-built formulae along with budget narrative

4)The email with subject line titled “Request for Proposal in ……. mention thematic area….  in …location…”.

5)NGOs to submit ONLY ONE proposal basis their domain expertise, in line with any one of the 3 thematic areas mentioned above.

6)Late/incomplete proposals will not be accepted in any circumstance. Proposals received after the due date and time will not be considered.

7)Only the short-listed NGOs will receive an acknowledgement. They will be called for a presentation, at their own cost. CAF India will inform about the date and venue well in advance.

8)Once a proposal is received before or on the due date and time, the selection committee will:

a)Evaluate all complete proposals objectively in line with the specified criteria

b)Selected NGOs will be informed by 19^th December, 2018

 

9)Any query related to the same needs to be sent on the same ID

 

Confidentiality And Disclaimer:

a)Confidentiality:

Information relating to the examination, clarification, comparison and evaluation of the RFP submitted will not be disclosed to any of the responding applicants or their representatives or to any other persons not officially concerned with such process until the evaluation process is complete.

 

b)Disclaimer:

• CAF India reserves the right to withdraw this RFP, without assigning any reasons for the same.
• The RFP submitted should be concise and contain only relevant information as required under this document. The applicant submitting the RFP would be responsible for all its expenses, costs and risks incurred towards preparation and submission of the RFP.
• All RFP responses become the property CAF India and CAF India reserve the rights in its sole discretion to accept or reject any or all proposals and/or to annul the RFP process prior to award, without thereby incurring any liability or any obligation to inform the NGOs of the grounds for CAF India’s actions prior to contract award, and amend this RFP at any time
• RFP, not an offer: This RFP represents only a definition of requirements. It is merely an invitation for submission of proposals and does not legally obligate CAF India to accept any of the submitted proposals.

 

Conflict Of Interest:

• CAF reserves the right to reject any proposals which, in CAF India’s opinion, gives rise, or could potentially give rise to, a conflict of interest. 

• With respect to this condition, please be advised that the organizations that may fall within the scope of this evaluation must disclose any association with the below :

1. Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India
2. The Donor who is the primary funding source for the programmatic intervention.

Self-Declaration – Non-Blacklisting on Organization Letterhead

(Filled up, signed and scanned copy to be emailed)

To,

CEO,

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India

Plot/Site No. 2, First Floor

Sector-C (OFC Pocket)

Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj

New Delhi- 110 070

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

I/We hereby declare that presently our NGO ..........................................is not declared ineligible for corrupt and fraudulent practices either indefinitely or for a particular period of time by any State/Central Government/PSU/Autonomous body.

I further declare that our NGO........................................................ is not blacklisted by any State / Central Government / PSU / Autonomous Body on the date of submission of RFP.

Thanking You

 

Name of the NGO:

Authorized Signatory:

Seal of the Organization:

 

Submit the complete proposal inclusive of Project Template, Financial Template along with all supporting documents via email to both sarita.pradhan@cafindia.org  and vanya.sinha@cafindia.org  by date 10th December, 2018

Interested organisations are requested to fill up the details as per the “NGO Selection Template PPTx”. To download the Template, click here

To download the sample budget excel, click here

To download the TOR, click here