Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) for empanelment of Firms for Various Research Assignments

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013). NSDC was set up by Ministry of Finance as Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. The Government of India through Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) holds 49% of the share capital of NSDC, while the private sector has the balance 51% of the share capital.

NSDC is a one of its kind, Public Private Partnership in India. It aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality, for-profit vocational institutions. It provides funding to build scalable, for-profit vocational training initiatives. Its mandate is also to enable support systems such as quality assurance, information systems and train the trainer academies either directly or through partnerships and setting up Sector Skill Councils.

Objective of empanelment: NSDC through REOI/MEL/2021/003 is inviting Expression of Interest to empanel eligible consulting firms for the various research impact assessment and evaluation works as per the Terms of Reference mentioned in this REOI at Annexure-II. Interested Firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

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Interested firms are required to furnish the information/documents as per the format given under Annexure-I (Eligibility Criteria)

Duration: Empanelment of research firms are for a period of 03 years from the date of issuance of letter of empanelment. However, the duration can be reduced or extended based on performance of firms. More firms can be added in 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 to empanelled firms to seek quotation/proposal. Evaluation and selection criteria shall be mentioned in specific SOWs. Empanelled firms which will be selected under each assignment will be issued PO/Contract.

Empanelment does not guarantee that work will be assigned to each of the empanelled firm. 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 fulfill all the eligibility criteria as mentioned in Annexure-I and interested in this assignment as per Terms of Reference may submit their application in the prescribed format along with relevant documents on NSDC eProcurement portal www.nsdc.eproc.in in accordance with the instructions enumerated in Annexure -III on or before last date and time of submission. For EOI Document, Click Here 

Last Date and Time of Receipts of EoI:  3rd December 2021
Place of Submission and Opening of EoI: www.nsdc.eproc.in

No Courier/Hand Delivery of physical documents is allowed.

The Procurement Team
National Skill Development Corporation,
301, West Wing, Worldmark-1, Aerocity, New Delhi – 110037
Website: www.nsdcindia.org
Email id: procurement@nsdcindia.org
Phone: 011-47451600

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