Bids Invited From Captive Employers For Skill Development in Punjab

Punjab Skill Development Mission (PSDM) proposes to engage agency(ies) out of its empaneled training partners empaneled as captive employers in the State of Punjab to carry out Skill Development Trainings through this RFP Bidding process. 

Scope of Work:

The role of Captive Employer will be:

• The captive employer will be responsible for ensuring the readiness of the Training Centre premises, including setting up the classroom for conducting the training, providing ToT-certified trainers, as well as managing the training, captive employment, monitoring and assessment of candidates by the Sector Skill Council. Please also see Annexure B1.
• Entire training for which the work order that will be given to the successful captive employer (ies) by PSDM under this project including assessment and certification shall have to be completed before 30-05-2025. The placements can be done in the next financial year. Final installment bills must be submitted by 31-10-2025 after which no claims will be entertained and Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) will be forfeited.
• The Captive employment shall be allowed as per PMKVY 3.0 scheme guidelines at or above semi-skilled wages rates.
• Failure to claim any/all instalments as per the guidelines may lead to de-empanelment of the Captive Employer.
• Centre accreditation shall be under A&A. Further, infrastructure w.r.t area required for lab, CCTV cameras, Projectors in classroom, internet at the training centre, pantry, AC, biometric attendance shall be as per the guidelines of PMKVY scheme.
• Eligibility criteria of candidates to be trained will be as per Punjab Hunar Vikas Yojana (PHVY):- “Candidates with Aadhaar card of Punjab and aged above 14 years as on commencement of training. For candidates belonging to vulnerable groups, they should have Aadhaar card.” Only the candidate who can take up employment after successful completion of training should be inducted in training course.
• Assessment fees is to be paid by the Captive Employer which shall be reimbursed to the Captive Employer by PSDM. Re-assessment fees shall not be paid / re-imbursed by PSDM.

Detailed terms and conditions shall be issued in the work order. The short listed bidder shall have to appoint a fact knowing SPOC for easy coordination. The short listed agency will have to commence the training within 07 days of the issuance of the work order.

Last Date for Submission: 01 March 2025, 03:30 PM IST