EOI invited for Hiring of Job Placement Agency / firm for placement support to pass-out trainees of Government ITIs

The Project Director, Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project (UKWDP), Government of Uttarakhand has received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and intends to apply part of the loan proceeds to make payments under the contract for Uttarakhand Work Force Development Project

The Project Director, Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project (UKWDP) now invites eligible Firms/agencies to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Firm/Agencies may apply for any or both the two regions of the State, clearly indicating their order of preference1 for the Regions. However, firm/agency will not be considered for award of contract for more than one Region. Separate Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be issued for each Region. If the same firm emerges with the highest combined score in the QCBS method in both the Region, it will be considered for only 1 Region based on the order of preference mentioned in this EOI stage. Interested Firm/agencies should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

3. The UKWDP is a Workforce Development Project for improving the comprehensive quality and relevance of 24 priority Govt. ITIs spread across the 13 districts of the state. The period of the project is from 2018 to 2023.

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The Project Director, UKWDP proposes to engage Job Placement agency/firm to provide placement support to the pass-out candidates across the Govt. ITIs in Kumaon Region (Annexure-1(a) with the overall objective of enhancing the employment outcomes for ITI graduates. Apart from primary assignment of providing placement support to pass-out trainees of 10 Project ITIs in Kumaon Region, the selected Firm can also extent services related to placement support to rest of the 34 GITIs across Kumaon Region of the State, As detailed in Annexure-1(b)

5. The Job Placement agency/firm selected should commence the engagement as per the signed contract. The total period of engagement will be 2 years.

The evaluation criteria for selecting the Job Placement agency/firm: Annexed as Annexure-3. Terms of Reference: Annexed as Annexure-4

It is hereby mentioned that the staffing schedule and deliverables mentioned in this EoI may be modified to some extent depending upon their suitability in the consulting assignment.

The attention of interested consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011, revised July 2014) (“Consultant Guidelines), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or non-consulting services; conflict among consulting assignments; and relationship with Borrower’s staff.

Consortium or Joint venture is not allowed by the consulting firm.

All the key experts (as detailed in the Terms of Reference) proposed for this engagement by the firm shall be on the payrolls of the participating firm and will not be sub-contracted to other agencies / 3rd parties.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS method in the ratio 80:20 i.e. 80% weightage to the technical score and 20% weightage to the financial score.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 10:00 to 17:00 hours from Govt. ITI(Women), 26 EC Road, Dehradun. Queries shall be forwarded on email spiuukwdp@gmail.com by the prospective consultants prior to the Pre-Consultation meeting. If any prospective consultants are unable to attend the Pre-Consultation meeting mentioned above due to unavoidable circumstances, they may attend the virtual pre-consultation meeting. The details of the meeting shall be shared on the email through which queries are received from the Consultants. Attending the pre-consultation meeting is not mandatory. The minutes of this meeting can be viewed by all on the website- www.uksdm.org

Expressions of interest (EoI) must be delivered in a written form and should include firm’s demonstrated capacity to provide the required expertise. Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below through post/ speed post/courier/by-hand by till 31.10.2020; 1700 hrs.

For complete information, refer EOI Document (Click Here to View)

Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project
The Project Director
State Project Implementation Unit (Govt. Girls ITI Campus),
26 EC Road, Near Survey Chowk, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand
e-mail: spiuukwdp@gmail.com