Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Remedial Content and Kits

Please note that The American India Foundation Trust (AIFT) reserves the right to modify this schedule as needed. All prospective bidders who have confirmed interest by the due date as above, will be notified of any changes simultaneously by email.

II. AIFT Statement of Business

The American India Foundation Trust is registered as a public charitable trust in India. And is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in India and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development. Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact.

The American India Foundation invites proposals from agencies to develop Training Material, Program Promotional Material and Audio-Visual Training Content for its education program Digital Equalizer (DE) to strengthen Classroom instruction and remediation efforts. AIF wishes to address remediation challenge in 80 Govt schools of Amreli, Gujarat from grade 4th to 8th. The schools are supported by DE school facilitators (1 person handling 5 schools) and community tutors (3 hour support in a day on a daily basis for 3-4 months).

III. Scope of Work/Specifications/Configuration

Create curriculum to address remediation challenge and provide training to all stake holders.

·        Target students: Grade 4 th to Grade 8 th of Govt schools in Gujarat.

·        Content to be prepared in Gujarati and English Language.

·        Target subjects: Language (Gujarati and English) and Numeracy and Mathematical skills.

Focus areas:

• Concept building of numbers, number operations, space and spatial relationships, measurements, time, patterns, data handling and abstract concepts.
• Reading fluency with comprehension, and writing
• Design step wise activities for competency-based learning
• Use of variety of learning resources in pedagogical process
• Develop activities that are engaging, joyful and innovative
• Graded activities for students catering to class 4 to 8, student progress to the next level after achieving the desired learning outcomes.
• Inclusion of formative assessments
• Learning goals as per NCF

Duration of the module: 12 weeks of session/60 hours of curriculum (Based on competency level)

Development of learning resource material:

The bidder organization should be registered as a legal entity for doing business in India. In addition, it should have all kinds of active licenses and permission for work related to Advance Lab setup and drone activity.

The applicant must have demonstrated ability provide expert services in the Remedial Content and Kits and it should have at least Five years of experience in proposed service area.

The bidder should provide information on overall qualifications, including:

• Profile of organization/s
• Services offered by the organization.
• At least 5 years of experience in developing remedial modules and conducting remedial education in rural schools
• Clients handled and reference of clients.
• Presence in PAN India or in required location
• Should have previous experience working with NGO.

Bid must be submitted in English language only and should contain:

1. Covering letter with reference of all enclosures or attachments
2. Technical Proposal
3. Financial Bid