RFP for Invitation for CSR Partnership for Nutrition in Sports Development

RFP Title: Invitation for CSR Partnership for Nutrition in Sports Development

Deadline: 28^th January 2019

Introduction & Objective:

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (hereinafter referred to as “MYAS”) and the Sports Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as “SAI”) aim to improve the performance of Indian athletes in various sports at international sporting competitions, especially the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and any other games of national and international importance. In order to achieve the same, there is a need to improve and modernize the existing academy, training, talent identification, and development and management set-ups in the country, so as to integrate the said knowledge / expertise from such modernized set-ups with the training and management of athletes for achieving global excellence in sports. MYAS & SAI are cognizant that the existing academy, training, talent identification & management setups need to be improved.

Invitation for CSR Partnership:

Sports Authority of India invites well established, developed organisations and corporate CSR bodies to offer detailed proposals for the provision of nutrition services to the athletes which shall include the following:

• Implementation of a systematic approach based on nutrition science while provision of the nutrition services to the Athletes;
• Designing meal plans based on each Athlete‟s optimum requirement;
• Provision of a [*] % of the cost of provision of meals to the Athletes; and
• Catering services.
• The CSR partner should have on board world class health experts, nutritionist, dieticians and other experienced experts to ensure that the best nutrition coupled with healthy and hygienic food is served to the athletics and to ensure that the diet is designed in such a manner that it is capable of catering to the individual needs of each athlete. The CSR partner is also expected to bring an expert in this field on board to ensure quality standard and other parameters as per the requirements of SAI. The proposal shall include detailed plan to provide the nutrition services as enumerated in this clause along with a comprehensive diet solution for the athletes hosted at each of the above centres

Role & Responsibility of CSR Partner

• The primary roles and responsibilities of the CSR partner selected through this EOI shall be provision of nutrition services to the athletes which shall include the following:
• Implementation of a systematic approach based on nutrition science while provision of the nutrition services to the Athletes;
• Designing meal plans based on each Athlete‟s optimum requirement;
• Provision of a [*] % of the cost of provision of meals to the Athletes; and

Role & Responsibility of Sai

The following are the responsibilities of SAI under this present EOI:

• SAI shall pay [*] % of the meal cost which must be lesser than the existing costs being paid as per SAI norms (i.e Rs. 480/- per person per day for academy, junior campers & Rs 690 per day for the senior national campers) on actual basis. The indicative menu is attached as Annexure-2. However, in consultation with SAI and subject to approval of SAI, keeping in mind cultural, local preference, the CSR partner can make changes to equivalent menu including change of preparation for betterment.
• Provision of free usage of the kitchen space, electricity, water etc for the said purpose only to the CSR partner.
• All major repairs & up-gradation as agreed upon.

Eligibility Criteria:

All the applicants to this present EOI shall be evaluated on the basis of their:

a) Pre-Qualification Conditions

b) Technical Proposal

c) Financial Proposal

To meet the present EOI‟s requirements, all the applicants must have the requisite qualifications and experience in the relevant criterions as stated under Clause 6.1 above and the specific details of these criterions have been elaborated under Annexure-1 of this EOI.

SAI reserves the right to modify the evaluation process at any time during the application process, without assigning any reason, whatsoever. In case of any change, SAI shall intimate the applicant and shall give them 30 days to respond.

SAI reserves all rights to, at any time during the process of evaluation, to seek any clarifications from the applicants or provide clarifications to the applicants. 

Submission of Proposals:

The proposal should be in a sealed envelope containing:

• Profile of the company/entity/CSR foundation including financial background of last three years CSR activities of last three years
• Proposed third-party partner (if any)& its profile in handling quality diet supply and all documents related to prequalification criteria.
• Work plan & Methodology
• It is clarified that the corporate either having expertise in handling nutrition diet or having a partner/agency/services tie up who has dealt with supply/preparation of high-quality diet with the highest standard shall be preferred.

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