The Higher Education and the General Education Departments of Government of Kerala (GoK) have jointly been successfully implementing the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP), as part of the preventive dimension under the Kerala State Skill Development Project, 2012. With a view to expand its reach and impact and make available its services to the larger community through a sustainable skilling model, ASAP has proposed establishing of Community Skill Parks (CSPs), as multi-skills development centres equipped with state of the art skill training facilities, across the state.
In order to ensure professional management of the CSPs with prudent and efficient operations, ASAP through a transparent competitive bidding process selected operating partners for the following 9 CSPs:
District (Location)
Ernakulam (Perumbavoor)
Kasarcode (Kasarcode)
Kollam (Kulakkada)
Malappuram (Pandikkadu)
Palakkadu (Lakkidi)
Palakkadu (Chathannur)
Ernakulam (Kalamassery)
Pathanamthitta (Kunnathanam)
Wayanadu (Mananthawadi)
2. Requirement of Independent Panel
2.1. In order to review periodically (and/or at different points in time when such requirements arise) the business conduct of the Operating Partners in administration and operation of CSPs in line and in compliance with the Concession Agreement, ASAP intends to establish an Independent Panel of Expert Reviewers. The Independent Panel shall consist of following key experts:
i. A civil engineer who has at least 10 years of experience in preparation of detailed designs & drawings, Detailed Project Reports (DPR), preparation of Bill of Quantities (BOQ) and detailed cost estimation for building projects. He/she should be well versed with construction monitoring, maintenance of buildings. He/she should at least have a Bachelors’ of Engineering (Civil) degree ;
ii. A sectoral expert (Skill Development) having at least 8 years of experience in preparing training plan/strategy, designing courses/curriculum for skill training and should have knowledge and understanding of QP-NOS compliance framework, national and international certification and affiliation process and international certifications available.
iii. A contract management expert having at least 10 years of experience and understanding of PPP contracts and contract management aspects of PPP projects. He/she should at least have a Bachelors’ of Law or LLB degree.
iv. Human resource expert having at least 10 years of experience in human resource management, HR counselling, grievance handling, dispute resolution and handled recruitment processes. He/she should have MBA/PGDBM in Human Resource Management
2.2. The roles & responsibilities of the Independent Panel is annexed under Annexure VI of this EOI document.
2.3. The Independent Panel shall be valid for a period of 3 years from the date of signing of concession agreement between ASAP and the operating partner.
3. Invitation
3.1 ASAP now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) applications from eligible professional agencies, having experience in providing similar services as required to be performed by the Independent Panel, to make available the key experts as per the requirement under Clause 2.1 above for forming the Independent Panel. The EOI application shall be submitted as per the prescribed format attached under Annexure I to Annexure V of this document, along with details and supporting documents as specified therein.
3.2 ASAP reserves the right to modify, cancel, suspend or terminate any aspect of the EOI process at any time, for any reason, without giving prior notice and ASAP (including their officers, employees, consultants) will not be bound by this EOI.
3.3 Applicant should not have been blacklisted by any State Government/ Federal Government / Donor Partners during the past 5 years of its operations.
3.4 Based on the applications received, ASAP shall evaluate the documents submitted by the applicants along with the EOI. Where there is a requirement for clarifications, the official designated by ASAP shall, through email, request for such clarifications Response to such queries/ clarification requirements shall be submitted within 5 business days of such communication from ASAP.
Roles & Responsibilities of the Independent Panel
The independent panel shall discharge following duties in a fair, impartial and efficient manner, consistent with the highest standards of professional integrity and good industry practice. The Independent Panel shall report to the Governing Committee to be formed for the Community Skill Park PPP project.
a. Review the requirement of renovation of civil structure upon request made by operating partner and provide its report to governing committee along with recommendations.
b. Prepare and finalize the maintenance manual in consultation with ASAP and the respective operating partners.
c. Review and monitor the compliance with obligations by the operating partner with respect to providing training, reservation for ASAP trainees and assessment & certification as per terms and conditions of the concession agreement to be signed between ASAP and operating
partner.
d. Review the reports submitted by the operating partner for its compliance with the provisions of the concession agreement signed between ASAP and operating partner.
e. Inspect the project facilities at least once in a quarter and prepare the inspection report.
f. When called upon by either party in the event of any dispute, the independent panel shall assist the parties in arriving at an amicable settlement.
g. Carry out the annual performance assessment as per the provisions of concession agreement signed between ASAP and operating partner.
h. Advice and report to governing committee as required.
i. Advice governing committee in resolving disputes if any.
j. Prior to the termination of the concession agreement, the independent panel shall verify, compliance by the operating partner with the maintenance manual and if required, instruct operating partner to conduct appropriate tests for this purpose.
Contact Details
For more details please contact:
Vishnu C.J.
Community Skill Park Division
Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
Email: csp@asapkerala.gov.in
Application Process : Kindly refer the Expression of Interest (EOI) document ( Click Here to download )
