National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is inviting Expressions of Interest to empanel eligible firms for providing employment support to candidates as per the Terms of Reference mentioned in this REOI in Annexure II. Interested Firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
Duration: The empanelment of research firms is for a period of 02 years from the date of issuance of the letter of empanelment. However, the duration can be reduced or extended based on the performance of the firms. More firms can be added to the empanelled list provided they meet the conditions set out under this EOI.
Firms will be empanelled based on meeting eligibility criteria under this EOI. For any assignment, NSDC will share SoW separately with empanelled firms to seek quotations/proposals. Evaluation and selection criteria shall be mentioned in specific SOWs. Empanelled firms which will be selected under each assignment will be issued PO/Contract.
During the empanelment period, firms have to inform NSDC when firms undergo material changes (internal or external) which can impact the obligation.
NSDC reserves the right to reject any or all the proposals submitted in response to this EOI document at any stage without assigning any reasons whatsoever. NSDC also reserves the right to hold or withdraw or cancel the process at any stage under intimation to the applicants who submit
the response to EOI.
Firms who fulfil all the eligibility criteria as mentioned in Annexure-I and are interested in this assignment as per the Terms of Reference may submit their application in the prescribed format along with relevant documents on the NSDC website: https://www.nsdcindia.org/active-tender and NSDC eProcurement portal https://nsdc.eproc.in in accordance with the instructions enumerated in Annexure -III on or before last date and time of submission.
No Courier/Hand Delivery of physical documents is allowed. In case of any queries, you may contact the undersigned:
The Procurement Team
National Skill Development Corporation,
301, West Wing, Worldmark-1, Aerocity,
New Delhi – 110037
Website: www.nsdcindia.org Phone: 011-47451600 Email id: procurement@nsdcindia.org
Terms of Reference
Background:
The placement of skilled manpower is a key objective of the skilling schemes across the ecosystem. It helps in improving the economic condition of unemployed youths, especially socially disadvantaged groups. Youth employment thus brings a range of benefits such as poverty alleviation, reduction in crime rates and life expectancy rate etc., thereby benefitting social as well as economic development.
Though the country has taken several steps to tide over the challenge of bridging the gap between the demand and supply of skilled workforce, however, unemployment and skill mismatch remains a critical challenge that the country is experiencing.
NSDC has been making efforts to facilitate the youths in getting desirable employment, in line with the current vision of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to make India the skill capital of the world. Considering the aforesaid challenge of bridging the gap between the demand and supply of skilled workforce, NSDC has been working as an enabler to find and utilize various channels which could catalyse the process of providing employment opportunities to the skilled manpower skilled under various projects being implemented by NSDC.
In view of that, NSDC aims to empanel employment agencies which play a role of a catalyst to provide employment to the skilled manpower trained through the various skilling schemes and employment-oriented activities e.g., Kaushal Mahotsav/Rozgar mela
The need of Services:
To scale up the placement performance of various skill development schemes and placement-oriented activities implemented by NSDC, NSDC intends to identify and empanel suitable Agencies as placement partners such as employment agencies/employers who can facilitate/provide placements of skilled manpower trained through NSDC’s implemented skilling programmes and employment-oriented activities.
The objective of the Assignment
In view of the aforementioned, NSDC aims to empanel employment agencies which play a role of a catalyst to provide employment to the skilled manpower trained through the various skilling schemes.
Scope of work and detailed task:
The selected Placement Partner will facilitate the outcomes of the scope of services mentioned below using the best of its global knowledge base for benchmarking, and domain expertise to place the candidates trained across sectors. The broad Scope of Services includes the following, but is not limited to:
- Preparation and approval of time-bound “placement plan” along with the details of geographical and sectorial coverage for placing the candidates and in consultation and agreement with the NSDC
- Finalizing the number of candidates to be placed across sectors and geography within defined timelines
- Finalizing the reporting format as per the requirement of NSDC
- Liaoning with prospective employers for the placement of skilled manpower
- Map the Skilled Candidates with the Employment Opportunities
- Coordinating with NSDC/Respective Training Providers (as applicable) for the placement of the candidates trained by them as per the demand of employers
- Organizing Kaushal Mahotsav, Placement Melas, campus interviews and other modes of placement drives at various locations at the Pan-India level, ensuring participation of employers and candidates
- Identifying suitable candidates with the help of Training Providers & mobilization agencies and connecting the suitable candidates with the employers
- Assisting candidates through the recruitment process (registration of candidates on NSDC’s digital platform, facilitating counselling of candidates, pre-screening of candidates, facilitating final interview of candidates)
- Ensuring successful placement of candidates in various schemes/programs like PMKVY, Apprenticeship, fee-based etc
- Ensuring onboarding/joining of candidates as per the job offered
- Coordinating with employers, Training Providers, and candidates for facilitating a smooth joining process of the selected candidates
- Coordinating with employers to provide the mandatory documents of selected candidates such as appointment letter/letter from the employer/offer letter with acceptance of candidate etc. The documents must be aligned to the list of documents considered as valid proof of employment as per guidelines
- Coordinating with employers to periodically provide pay slips and other necessary documents to NSDC/Training Provider as proof of employment
- Conducting 1st Level placement verification, as agreed with NSDC
- Resuming channel for communication with candidates who quit their jobs and provide alternate employment if the candidate wishes to work further
- Supporting career counselling and retention management for candidates by a constant dialogue with candidates and employers
- Periodic reporting of candidates placed as per the reporting format designed during the planning stage
- Coordination with various stakeholders in the skills ecosystem
- Submission of report to NSDC consisting of insights from data analysis, project performance as against defined timelines, etc.
- Periodically updating NSDC on key performance metrics such as average retention of candidates recruited through them, dropout factors, employer feedback etc.
- Adhering to all guidelines/ rules or regulations released by NSDC with reference to placement partners
- Any other employment-related requirement as per NSDC
Reporting requirements:
- Placement partner will be expected to submit a detailed report on the number of candidates placed, salary/stipend offered, location of employment, sectoral analysis, etc, as requested by NSDC. The placement partner shall keep records and supporting documents of all candidates which
ascertains a valid placement. - Placement partners will be required to share details of all activities conducted by them to facilitate the employment activities between a pre-defined period, as and when requested by NSDC.
Role of Agency
The broad role of the agency will be to execute activities defined in the Scope of Work and ensure
that:
- Candidates are placed under the category of wage employment/apprenticeship
- Candidates are placed within the time period as agreed upon between NSDC and Placement Partner
- The remuneration paid to the placed candidate in wage employment should be equal to or above the state-wise minimum wages as defined in the annual report of the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
- Placed candidate is in continuous employment for a minimum period of 3 months from the date of first employment with the same employer, or another employer
- Relevant placement documents considered valid proof of wage employment (mandated in the Placement guidelines) are periodically furnished
- The candidate successfully clears placement verification
Submission of Concept Note:
The participating agency is required to submit a concept note of how the candidate placement process will be carried out. The concept note should emphasize the methodology, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation plan. Before making a decision, NSDC may request that the potential agency give a thorough presentation.
Interested firms are required to furnish the information/documents as per the format given in Annexure-I (Eligibility Criteria) (Refer REOI document provided below)
Duration of services:
The partnership will be applicable for a period of 2 years.
Note:
Empanelment does not guarantee that work will be assigned to each of the empaneled firm.
Last date for submission: 16 January 2023
