New Delhi : As it is evident, Food Processing sector is extremely crucial for the development of the country’s economy as it is considered to be a strategic sector having a multiplier effect and bearing on the growth of primary sector as well. The sector in India presents unique opportunities and challenges with deficit of skilled manpower because of which the productivities and efficiencies in the sector are low. This has serious economic and strategic implications for the country. Out of the few key sectors identified by MSDE ,Food Processing is one of the key sectors where planned skill development with consistent standards of performance is required to increase production, improve productivity as well as quality of jobs and products.
With this context, Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI), a body promoted by FICCI and accredited by NSDC and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship hereby invites leading service providers to submit proposal for validation of 27 QP from respective industries on behalf of FICSI. FICSI has developed about 49 job roles in the Sector out of which 27 QPs are nearing its revision date. FICSI would therefore like to validate these QPs to minimum 30 industry endorsements ensuring these are relevant to industry and employment market needs.
The scope of work will include the following:
Industry validation (and updation of NOS, if required) (refer Annexure I)
FICSI, through this Request for Proposal (RFP), would select an Implementation Partner (referred as Bidder/Proposer in the rest of the document) with relevant experience and capacity to work on the scope of RFP and maintain information thereof.
FICSI requests for proposal from reputed consulting firms/consortium to undertake the task/job of industry validation for job roles under food processing sector as per the scope given in this RFP document. FICSI through this Request for Proposal (RFP) seeks to select a competent consulting firm with relevant experience and capabilities in various subsectors of Food Processing Sector to validate existing QPs nearing revision date as per NSDC guidelines.
SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of this project shall include but not necessarily be limited to the following tasks:
A. Industry Validation of existing 27 QPs as per NSDC guidelines and updation of NOS, if required (Annexure I)
The details of the task are mentioned below:
A. Industry Validation of existing 27 QPs as per NSDC guidelines and updation of NOS, if required
30 Industry validation per QP (10 –Small,10-Medium,10-Large enterprises) to be carried out across PAN India from relevant food processing sub-sector for 27 job roles nearing revision as per NSDC standards
Who can Apply?
a. Members/Consultants in food processing executing the project having minimum 3 years of relevant experience (HR in food processing, Vocational Education, Talent Supply Management etc.)
b. Members/consultants having got experience and activities in food processing sector or allied sectors and related activities and handled similar projects in Govt.
Required Qualifications, Competencies and Eligibility of the Bidder
I. The consultancy firm hired should have demonstrated project management capacity with team members who possess relevant and excellent qualification and experience.
II. The team should have experience in the Sector/related sectors in India or abroad
III. Ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences, interact and facilitate communication between partners and industry members and understand causal relationships between enablers and results.
IV. The bidder would be required to work in a participatory mode with SSC team to make the project successful. This may require extensive travel within India
V. Permanent Account Number (PAN) of Proposer/each Consortium Member should be available from Income Tax authorities
VI. Any legal entity duly incorporated in India or abroad can participate in the bidding process.
VII. Understanding and exposure to SSCs in India.
VIII. FICSI reserves the right to carry out the technical and financial assessment of the bidders and the decision of the FICSI shall be final in this regard.
IX. The bid would be cancelled at any point of time, if the information furnished by the bidder is found to be incorrect. The amount paid till that date should be returned within 15 days of the cancellation of the project contract.
Completeness of Response
I. Bidders are advised to study all instructions, forms, terms, requirements and other information in the RFP documents carefully. Submission of the bid shall be deemed to have been done after careful study and examination of the RFP document with full understanding of its implications.
II. The response to this RFP should be full and complete in all respects. Failure to furnish all information required by the RFP documents or submission of a proposal not substantially responsive to the RFP documents in every respect will be at the Bidder’s risk and may result in rejection of its Proposal.
Submission of Responses to FICSI
I. The bidders should submit responses as per details given in RFP in 2 printed copies of each duly initialed on each page and on a non-rewritable CD as a single file in PDF format in a separate sealed envelope.
II. The bids should be in two parts:
i. Technical Proposal
ii. Financial Bid
III. The CD/ DVD must be duly signed using a permanent Pen/Marker and should bear the name of the bidder organization and the reference id of the RFP.
IV. The original proposal shall be prepared/ printed in indelible ink. It shall contain no inter-lineation or overwriting, except as necessary to correct errors made by the bidder itself.
V. Any such corrections must be initialed by the person (or persons) who sign(s) the proposals.
VI. All pages of the proposal must be sequentially numbered and shall be initialed by the Authorized Representative of the bidder.
VII. The technical part of the proposal should not contain any pricing information whatsoever on the services offered. Pricing information shall be separated and only contained in the Financial Bid.
VIII. All references to descriptive material and brochures should be included in the appropriate response paragraph, though material/documents themselves may be provided as annexure to the Proposal.
IX. Information which the Bidder considers proprietary, if any, should be clearly marked “proprietary” next to the relevant part of the text and it will then be treated as such accordingly.
Signing and Proposal Submission Format
I. The entire proposal shall be strictly as per the format specified as per Para 6.2 of this RFP and any deviation from the formats shall be rejected.
II. All the communication to FICSI including the proposal and the bid documents shall be initialed on each page by the authorized representative of the bidder and authority letter/power of attorney should be attached with the bid.
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Venue and Deadline for submission
Proposals must be received at the address specified below by 1730 hours on 10th June, 2019 by the authorized representative mentioned in the document.
Contact details for Submission of bids:
Mr. Sunil K. Marwah
Chief Executive Officer – FICSI
601, 6TH Floor, Mercantile House
Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place
New Delhi – 110001
T: +91- 9711260230
Any proposal received by the FICSI post deadline mentioned above shall be rejected and returned unopened to the Bidder. FICSI shall not be responsible for any postal delay/non-receipt/ non-delivery of the documents. No further correspondence on the subject will be entertained. FICSI reserves the right to modify and amend any of the above-stipulated condition/criterion depending upon project priorities vis-à-vis urgent commitments.
About Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI)
FICSI is a Not-for-Profit Organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Council has been promoted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with financial support by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The key objective of the FICSI is to create a robust and vibrant eco-system for quality education and skill development in the Food Processing Sector in the country.
The mandate for the FICSI is:
➢ Carry out a Functional and Occupational Mapping and develop a Catalogue of Industry Occupations / Job Roles in the Food Processing Sector.
➢ Develop & Set National Occupational Standards for select Job Roles in the Sector.
➢ Develop & Put in place an Assessment & Certification mechanism for the Trainers, Assessors
and Trainees.
➢ Develop and put out an Affiliation/Accreditation system for Training Institutes to deliver
competency based training as per content and curriculum developed based on the NOS.
➢ Promote academies of Excellence.
➢ Put in Place an Effective Labour Market Information System.
The purpose of establishing FICSI is to ensure that the Food Processing industry is able to grow with skilled manpower, increase productivity and profitability. The FICSI will encourage the industry to employ skilled and certified manpower. In its endeavour to build capacity through Private Sector participation, FICSI is expected to create a dynamic LMIS to keep track of the labour market skill gaps, frame Occupational Standards, facilitate development of practical and high quality training content, ensure adequate availability of faculty through Train The Trainer initiatives, build accreditation and certification mechanisms and encourage capacity building through private sector participation.
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