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Hiring of Partner Agency for - “Catalyse Tech 2024: Innovations in Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Allied Technologies”
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Organization: SELCO Foundation
Apply By: 19 Sep 2024
Terms of Reference (TOR) Onboarding Agency for “Catalyse Tech 2024: Innovations in Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Allied Technologies”
About SELCO Foundation:
SELCO Foundation's mission is to create a platform of solutions that uses sustainable energy as a catalyst to link environmental sustainability and poverty alleviation. With holistic development as the primary focus, the organization strives to create equitable societies where all communities have access to essential services. SELCO Foundation's Agri & Allied program focuses on empowering farmers and rural communities through sustainable agriculture practices, thereby creating an impact in terms of improved energy-efficient technology, increased crop yields, enhanced livelihoods, and reduced carbon footprint. To know more about SELCO Foundation, visit www.selcofoundation.org.
1. Summary of the project:
India's agriculture sector, the backbone of the country's economy, faces significant challenges in productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. A prominent factor contributing to these challenges is the technology gap, which hinders the sector's potential to meet the growing demands. Adapting energy-efficient machinery and technology can significantly reduce energy consumption, environmental impact, and costs, while improving agricultural productivity and sustainability to help the farmers in their wholistic growth in agricultural ecosystem.
Catalyse Tech 2024 Innovation program aims to provide R&D support to the companies/ enterprises across India to design, develop and test a novel machine, equipment and/or technology addressing the current gaps in the Agri & Allied sector that can benefit farmers and rural entrepreneurs in India. This program focuses on empowering companies in developing efficient Agri & Allied solutions that leverage climate technology to create sustainable solutions for a more resilient agricultural future. The initiative seeks to accelerate the novel solutions, transforming ideas into prototype Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) with potential for impact. Also, the aim is to support the selected companies/organizations whose work aligns with our mission to improve agriculture practices and promote sustainable solutions in the field.
We are seeking to onboard a strategic agency partner to conceptualize and execute the program from start to finish, delivering a comprehensive end-to-end solution.
2. Goals and Objectives
• Identify and address gaps: Determine key areas where agricultural machine, equipment, technology is lacking or inefficient.
• Design, develop, and test: Support the creation of prototype MVPs that demonstrate innovative solutions to a pressing agricultural challenge and field test it.
• Accelerate Innovation: Solution should focus on Improving agricultural productivity, enhance sustainability, Increase accessibility and affordability.
• Foster collaboration: Encourage partnerships among farmers, researchers, industry experts, and innovators.
Requirements:
• Ability to manage the project end-end with minimal assistance.
• Adherence to the timeline for each deliverable.
• Proven experience in handling the similar contracts & projects.
• Established contacts of SMEs, mentors, companies, organizations in Agri & Allied sector.
• Strong portfolio showcasing relevant previous work.
• High level of self-motivation, commitment, and dedication to meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience in coordinating with diverse stakeholders.
• Flexible to travel in rural and remote areas depending on the need and requirement.
• Knowledge of Agri & allied technologies and machineries along with basic knowledge of product design and manufacturing.
• Experience in project coordination using Microsoft office, Google Sheets and Docs.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, delivering content that meets SELCO Foundation’s brand standards and guidelines.
Selection Criteria:
The technical proposal will be evaluated based on the following general areas:
• Indian based agency/firm.
• The proposal and quotation should be inclusive of all necessary taxes and costs applicable.
• All relevant files, including editable versions of the deliverables, need to be provided by the agency/company/organization.
• Kindly mention your name, address, contact information along with correct bank details and signature in the proposal and quotation.
• Please ensure you have a valid GST Number, irrespective of your registered company
• SELCO Foundation is open to onboarding multiple agencies/company/organization who may be interested and/or have expertise in working in a specific geography.
• Agency/ Organisation/ Company having experience handling similar projects, assignments, contracts & challenges.
• Agency/ Organisation/ Company having good domain knowledge on Agri & Allied technology along with expertise in design aspects and prototyping concepts (R&D).
• Agency/ Organisation/ Company having dedicated resources (include infrastructure + HR) team to handle this assignment with high level of commitment and with minimal assistance.
• Agency/ Company/ Organisation should have establish contacts of SMEs & mentors in Agri & Allied sector.
• The financial proposal will be evaluated based on expertise, cost, lead-time and proposed payment terms.
7. Application Procedure:
Interested agencies, organizations, companies must submit the following documents /information to demonstrate their qualification, experience and suitability to undertake the assignment. All supporting documents must be part of the detailed CV and uploaded as one document.
• Agency Profile, CV, Resume with evidence of relevant work experience and education
• Consolidated previous work details in the domain with sample reports handling similar projects
• References (credible people we can contact for information about you)
• Proposed work plan (including duration needed to complete project)
• Brief description of activity methodology (how the agency intends to carry out this work)
• Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price supported by a breakdown of costs.
To apply
Interested organisations, with relevant experience (please include samples and/or references of the previous similar work as proof of experience) and based out of India are requested to reach out with a detailed proposal giving a brief on the methodology and the process they will uptake for this project, including budgets (with break-ups and explanation), timelines and milestones and submit the same to google form https://forms.gle/imk5iwCHBUbtdiGg7 on before 19th September, 2024.
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