Request for Proposal invited by Haryana Skill Development Mission to establish Center of Excellence

Haryana Skill Development Mission (“HSDM”) was registered on 4thMay, 2015 under the Haryana Registration & Regulations of
Societies Act, 2012 to function as an autonomous organization under Department of Technical Education Haryana.

The primary objectives of HSDM are :The mission shall function as a non-profit, independent and autonomous organization for implementation of skill development mission in the State. The mission shall have the following specific objectives:-

(i)   Increase employability of the youth and empower them to take part in the economic growth of Haryana and India, through skill
training in modern and market driven professions at reasonable cost and monitoring its delivery, and thereby reducing
unemployment, poverty and socio-economic inequality.
(ii)   To provide skill training to the students passing out from schools, school dropouts, Unemployed youth, Informal sector workers, Women and other disadvantaged groups.
(iii)   To inspect, monitor the quality of training imparted.
(iv)   To map demand for skill sets in the market and formulate programmes to meet such demand through high quality skill training.
(v)    Develop self employment and entrepreneurial skills for youths of Haryana.
(vi)   To act as a platform for job seekers and provide assistance in getting self employment.
(vii)  To assist the State Government in formulating appropriate policy, legislations and/ or measures to fulfil the skill gap and constitute task forces for this purpose.
(viii) To carry out or implement any other activities/ schemes which are beneficial to make the youth of State of Haryana employable.
(ix)    Assist in creating an enabling environment to attract investment in professional and skill development sector.
(x)    To undertake the capacity building programmes of various stakeholders working in the professional and skill development sector.
(xi)   To enter into any arrangement / agreement with any person, company or association having similar objectives.

Objective of the Empanelment Process

  1. To give impetus to skill driven employability initiatives in the State, HSDM intends to empanel ‘Center of Excellence’ (“CoEs”) to provide knowledge, soft-skill as well as technical-skill driven training in the identified industry sectors to the graduate youth of Haryana in a manner broadly in conformance with National Skills Qualifications Framework (“NSQF”) notified by the Ministry of Finance on 27th December 2013 and the Common Norms notified by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 15th July,2015 and to meet the objectives of HSDM.Empanelment as a ‘Center of Excellence’ for the selected Bidders will be subject to the Bidders’ willingness to commence programs across all of the sectors listed in Clause 1.4.7.It is of paramount importance that the empanelment as a ‘Center of Excellence’ mandates industry internships and assured offer of employments for all the programme participants coordinated and arranged by the Bidders.
  2. Empanelment of CoEs shall be based on evaluation criteria in clause 3.3.4.
  3. Bidders selected for empanelment pursuant to this RFP will be responsible for delivering 4-8 months training to graduate youth of Haryana through a combination of in-class pedagogy and on-job internship followed by assured placement in the relevant industry across India or internationally. Required training infrastructure,both in terms of facility as well as industry expertise, shall be arranged for by the Bidder. The training cost for the programmes run by the CoEs shall be exclusively borne by the enrolled graduate students. Under no circumstances shall HSDM remit any funds / monies to the Bidder towards infrastructure setup or training delivery for skill development programs under the CoEs.

Empanelment Process

Interested eligible Bidders can participate in the Empanelment Process by submitting their proposal in the format given in the Appendix. Each Bidder must submit a single proposal, irrespective of the number of sectors in which the Bidder wants to get empanelled as a CoE. Eligible Bidders shall be considered for empanelment with HSDM and shall be invited for a technical presentation
before a competent Committee appointed by HSDM if they meet the requisite cut-off.

Application Fee

Along with the Proposal, a Bidder is required to deposit a non-refundable processing fee of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only). The Processing Fee must be in the form of a crossed demand draft drawn on any scheduled bank in favour of “Haryana Skill Development Mission”, payable at par in Chandigarh.

Important Dates:

Last date for submission of Proposals  :           29thSeptember, 2017
Announcement of Qualified Bidders  :                        9th October, 2017
Technical Presentation by Shortlisted Bidders  : 13th October, 2017

For complete details about filing the proposal, kindly refer RFP Document. To view the original RFP Document, Click Here