RFP from Reputed and Experienced Agencies for Conducting "Sectoral Skill Gap Study" and "Skill Development Impact Analysis study” of Tripura

RFP from reputed and experienced Agencies for conducting "Sectoral Skill Gap Study" and "Skill Development Impact Analysis study” in all 8 Districts of Tripura.

Background:

Directorate of Skill Development (DSD) Govt. of Tripura intends to conduct 'Sectoral Skill Gap Study" in all 8 Districts of Tripura to evaluate the aspiration of unemployed youth. Also it is desired to conduct and "Skill Development Impact Analysis Study for analyzing the impact of various skill development training conducted in Tripura in last 3 years under various schemes like PMKVY, DDUGKY, NULM, SCA to TSS and Article 275, SCA to SCSP funded programme, Seekho aur Kamao, NBCFDC funded programme etc. DSD therefore invites Proposals from reputed and experienced Agencies for conducting "Sectoral Skill Gap Study" and "Skill Development Impact Analysis Study" in all 8 Districts of Tripura.

Scope of RFP/Work:

a) Name of Work: Selection of Agency by Directorate of Skill Development, Tripura for conducting "Sectoral Skill Gap Study and Youth Aspiration Mapping Study" in all 8 Districts of Tripura. The work includes collection of display content from DSD, printing of display content and display of hoardings.

The scope of this study shall include but not necessarily be limited to the following;

• Review the district-wise socioeconomic profile, focusing on demography, economic profile and the state of education.
• Identify developmental opportunities on the basis of Skill Gap availability and Sectors specific demand with respect to each block at the District level.
• Identify specific developmental initiatives that have impact on employment generation taking into account the aspirations of the youth.
• Identify the skill gap in the sectors Block wise, District wise and at the State Level
• Identify the sector wise current and future (next 10 years) skill and manpower requirements by industry, and the existing and projected skill gaps.
• Assess the existing skill training infrastructure, both private and Government.
• Suggest suitable, specific and actionable interventions or recommendations to address the skill gap
• The Field Level survey conducted by the Agency should be video graphed and documented with necessary photos and tabulations.
• All the survey tools such as questionnaire, method of survey and sampling procedures 1s subject to prior approval of Directorate of Skill Development, Tripura  

b) Name of Work: Selection of Agency by Directorate of Skill Development, Tripura for conducting "Impact Assessment Study of Skill Development Training" in all 8 Districts of Tripura".

The scope of this study shall include but not necessarily be limited to the following;

• Sample Selection: The agency should draw a representative sample of minimum 1 0% of candidates trained in each district under each scheme.
• Field Study: Meeting the relevant stakeholders. Following are some of the key stakeholders in the program
• Data points to be captured: Following data points for the sample defined and through stakeholder's meetings to be captured.

Eligibility and Qualification of the Bidder:

Technical Capacity

• The Applicant should be a Private/ Public limited company /partnership firm I expert institution with operations in India.
• The Applicant should have, over the past 3 (three) years undertaken a minimum of 5 (five) eligible General Assignments and 3 (three) Eligible Specific Assignments as specified in the document below.
• Organization should have experience in conducting such activity in North East India in last three years.
• The Applicant (Bidder) should not have been blacklisted by the Central Government, any State Government, a Statutory Ministry, or a Public-Sector Undertaking, from participating in any consulting assignment.
• The Company/Firm must be registered with appropriate authority on all applicable statutory duties/Taxes.
• As on date of submission of proposal, the Agency must have on its pay-roll at least 50 technically qualified personnel in the area of consulting/ advisory/ research services.
• Must have local office with sufficient staff to execute the project.

Financial Capacity:

• The Applicant shall have received a minimum average turnover of Rs. 5 Crore in last 3 consecutive (three) financial years and should have a positive Net Worth as on 31st march, 2019.
• At least worked in three development projects worth minimum 1.5 Crore in last 5 years.

Conflict of Interest

• An Applicant shall not have a conflict of interest that may affect the Selection Process or the Consultancy (the "Conflict of Interest"). Any Applicant found to have a Conflict of Interest shall be disqualified.

Commencement of Work:

• The date of receipt of Work order shall be considered to be the date of commencement of work. In case of failure to commence the work within 15 (Fifteen) days of issue of Work order, the award of work shall be cancelled. The agency shall submit the detailed execution plan within 1 month from the received of the work order.
• Time period for completion of work: The work shall be completed in all aspects (data collection, data analys.is, draft report submission) within 8 months from the issue of this work order. In receipt of 1st Interim report within 5 months one meeting involving District Administration, Line Departments would be conducted to review the report, where the selected agency shall have to present the observations in front the chair.
• The agency within next 1month shall submit the 2"d Interim report to DSD after doing necessary modifications and incorporating all the feedback and inputs received in the meeting. After final review of the 2nd Interim Report by DSD and Other Departments the Agency shall incorporate the modifications and submit the Final Report to DSD within 8 months from the date of issuance of work order. Agency shall submit at least 5 hard copies of final Reports and Power Point Presentation to DSD.
• The whole Report has to be original and solely prepared based on the freshly collected information by the selected agency.
• Selected agency shall handover all the excel sheets, raw data (Primary and Secondary) collected from various channels, pictures taken during the study to DSD along with final report and presentation
• A penalty @ 1% of the total value shall be charged for every day or pwt thereof for delay beyond stipulated date of submiss1on of reports and presentation for a maximum period of 04(four) weeks after which order shall be deemed to be expired and EMD value would be forfeited. However, relaxation will be entertained only in special circumstances (Natural calamities, war or any other situation beyond human control).

Clarification if any may be written to the official mail i.d of Directorate of Skill Development at skilltripura@gmail.com and programme.officer.pma@gmaiJ.com.

Corrigendum: https://tripura.gov.in/sites/default/files/RFP_AMENDMENT_20200620.pdf

Deadline: 12 P.M on 4th July, 2020

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