RFP - Implementation partnership for CSR project – vivo KanyaGyaan – Job Oriented Vocational Training

About vivo:

vivo is a technology brand that creates great products based on a design-driven value, with smart devices and intelligent services as its core. The brand aims to build a bridge between humans and the digital world. Through unique creativity, vivo provides users with an increasingly convenient mobile and digital life.

While bringing together and developing the best local talents to deliver excellence, vivo as a brand is supported by a network of R&D centers including Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Xi’an, focusing on the development of state-of-the-art consumer technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial design, photography and other up-and-coming technologies. Globally, vivo has also set up an intelligent manufacturing network (including those authorized by vivo), with an annual production capacity of nearly 200 million smartphones. As of now, vivo has branched out its sales network across more than 60 countries and regions, and is winning more than 500 million users worldwide with its superior products and services.

Following the brand’s core values, which include Benfen*, user-orientation, design-driven value, continuous learning and team spirit. vivo has implemented a sustainable development strategy, with the vision of developing into a healthier, more sustainable world-class corporation.

*“Benfen” is a term describing the attitude on doing the right things and doing things right – which is the ideal description of vivo’s mission to create value for society.

To know more about the initiative please visit https://vivonewsroom.in/joy-of-innovation-and-education/

About the Request for Proposal (RFP)

vivo India is launching an extension to the vivo KanyaGyaan initiative – Job Oriented Vocational Training (JOVT) initiative with the goal to empower disadvantaged girls, who are NEET (Neither in Education, Employment, nor Training) with market-relevant vocational skills.

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to invite proposals from organizations with a proven track record in implementing large-scale women empowerment and skilling. The selected agency will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of the initiative, including community mobilization, training delivery, placement facilitation, monitoring, and reporting during the financial year 2025-26, as detailed in the Scope of Work.

This RFP provides the necessary information and requirements to enable applicants to prepare and submit comprehensive proposals.

Invitation to Proposal

vivo Mobile India Pvt. Ltd. invites proposals for funding under the vivo KanyaGyaan: Job Oriented Vocational Skills (JOVT) 2025-28. Interested non-government organizations should submit both a Technical Proposal and a Financial Proposal for the project, covering the period up to March 15, 2026 (FY 2025-26). Based on the project’s success and the agency’s performance during implementation, the partnership may be considered for extension beyond this period.

Prospective agencies are urged to thoroughly study this RFP (including the eligibility criteria and document checklist in Annexure 1) before proposal preparation. By submitting a proposal, the agency affirms that it has carefully examined the RFP and fully understands all terms, conditions, and implications. Only agencies meeting the pre-qualification criteria should apply.

Key Events and Timelines:  

S/N	Process Step	Timeline/Details
1	Publication Date of RFP	16th December 2025
2	Last Date for requesting clarifications through email	23rd December 2025
3	Last Date and Time for submission of proposals	3rd January 2026, 4 PM IST
4	Communication to shortlisted participants to make presentations	12th January 2026
5	Tentative date for Presentations to be made by shortlisted candidates	15th January 2026
6	Final communication of selection	27th January 2026
7	Start of the Work	2nd February 2026
8	Place of Submission of Proposals (Online Submission only)	mudita.singh@in.gt.com
		Soft copies of the proposal to be sent by email, with subject line – “vivo KanyaGyaan JOVT 2025-26 RFP – ”. Only shortlisted NGOs will be contacted for step #4.

Eligibility and Pre-Qualification Criteria

Legal registrations:

• Agency should be a nonprofit organization i.e. registered as a trust / society / Section 8 company registered in India
• Agency must have the requisite legal and statutory registrations and compliances for CSR implementation

Financial strength:

• Agency should have a turnover of at least INR 15 Crores in the last FY
• Agency should have managed a total CSR contribution of at least INR 7.5 Crores in the last two (02) FY

Track record:

• The agency should have a minimum of 3 years of experience implementing and managing pan India Skill Development programs on a large scale

Partnerships

• Agencies having established partnerships with National Skill Development Center (NSDC) and other relevant sector skill council will be preferred.
• Agencies with partnerships with technology retailers for placement support to the candidates.

Non-Blacklisting

• The agency must not have been blacklisted or barred by any Government department, PSU or any other funding agency for corrupt or fraudulent practices.
• A self-declaration signed by the authorized signatory must be provided stating that the organization is not blacklisted.

To download the full RFP, click here: Implementation partnership for CSR project – vivo KanyaGyaan

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