Request for Proposal (RFP) for Short Term Training under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 … Last Date Extended

As a successor to PMKVY 2016-20, the Scheme is planned to be implemented in FY 2020-21. Under Short Term Training (STT), the goal for training 2,20,000 candidates has been set. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) would be allocating targets to the eligible Training Providers (TP). Under STT-CSCM, the target allocation of 2,00,000 numbers would be considered. The target of 87,473 has been allocated to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKK) TCs in STT-CSCM PMKVY 3.0 in FY 2020-21.

In continuation to the Notice inviting proposals dated 20.02.2021,  Furthermore, it is estimated that the approximate training targets to be allocated under RFP route would be around 1,12,5272. The allocation of these targets will be done through phase wise RFP. The districts for which the District Skill Committees have shared the job role demand are included in this 1st phase of the RFP. The remaining districts across the country will be included in the next phase of the RFP for target allocation in STT-CSCM PMKVY 3.0

Proposals are invited to train candidates for financial year 2020-21 across the States and Union Territories as mentioned in this RFP. Proposals shall be evaluated on a pre-defined criterion which includes but not limited to eligibility, due diligence and scoring matrix, post which target allocation would be done basis necessary approvals.

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Classification of Applicants:
Target allocation through RFP route would involve the below categories organizations:
1. New Organizations
2. Training Providers with STT-CSCM PMKVY 2016-20 engagement

The below process would be followed for allocation of targets under RFP:

The applications for the RFP would be received through an online portal where interested and eligible Organizations can submit proposals. The organizations need to register themselves on the portal and provide necessary information such as past skilling experience, financial details, and others. The organizations need to submit information on the proposed state, district, Training Center, and job role(s), where training under STT-CSCM PMKVY 3.0 would be implemented. The organizations would be required to submit necessary documents to support the information provided on the online portal. The below major steps would be followed in the Proposal submission stage:

1. An organization should select the state and district of application for the RFP. The TP would be required to select the TC it wishes to include for the proposal. If the TC Id is available, then that would be shown in the Portal as a drop-down menu.
2. An organization should select the category of its application. The categories have been illustrated in the Evaluation and Shortlisting section of this RFP.
3. As per the selected category, the TP would be able to select the job role(s) to be included in the proposal. The job roles list would be made available to the TP as a drop-down menu basis job role(s) recommended by SSDMs / DSCs and Accreditation and Affiliation (A&A) on SMART information of the TC in Skill India Portal.
4. The TP should provide other details for the proposal such as target details, center area (if
a new center), and others.

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 Eligibility conditions applicable to all categories:

1 An Applicant should be eligible to work in a region and not be blacklisted by any donor agency / State Government / Central Government / Government Agency/ Public Sector Undertaking/ autonomous bodies/ any other competent authority
2 An entity or any TC of the Entity should not be blacklisted for any project implemented by NSDC / MSDE
3 An Applicant should have no statutory dues at the time of application

Submission of proposals

The proposal should be submitted online by visiting proposal management system at pmkvyofficial.org that would be accessible to training provider on 12-04-2021. The tentative schedule for the process is highlighted in the table below:

Release of notification for request of proposals 31.03.2021
Proposals submission start on portal 12.04.2021
Extended Last date for submission of proposals by prospective TPs 07.06.2021

In case the eligibility conditions of the Applicant do not suffice the condition set by this RFP, the Applicant will not be allowed to submit proposals. All queries related to RFP to be sent to pmkvyrfp.helpdesk@nsdcindia.org only. For more details, refer RFP Document (Click Here to Download RFP)

For change in some terms by NSDC, refer Corrigendum 1 (Click to read more )

Late Proposals

The portal accepting applications will be closed at 06:00 PM on 07-06-2021. All Applicant will be allowed to submit individual proposals independently during the proposal receipt window, before the deadline. Any application that has been created but not submitted by a TP on the portal will be considered null and void. No proposal will be received or considered by NSDC after the deadline for submission of proposals prescribed in this document in any form.

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