The Food Industry Council for Skills and Innovation (FICSI) intends to empanel assessment agencies. FICSI invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for Empanelment of Assessment Agency (AA) as per NCVET Guidelines with Food Processing SSC. Interested and eligible agencies are invited to go through the details carefully and submit their interest immediately.
Essential Requirements for Assessment Agency (AA)
- The Assessment Agency must be affiliated/empaneled with NCVET and have the Food Sector allotted by NCVET. (Please submit a copy of the Letter of Intent (LOI) issued by NCVET as proof).
- AA shall have financial resources which shall be capable of sustaining a continuous assessment process for FICSI consistent with its stated mission and objectives for long term stability.
- AA shall identify and comply with the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to the services provided.
- Affiliation/empanel procedure for AAs must be transparent, demonstrative (with evidence) and in line with best practices.
FICSI Specific Requirements:
- Question bank development
- Subject Matter experts – (Food Processing Sector) (AA must have sub-sector wise SMEs)
- Assessor identification (cluster based) and retention.
- Assessor retirement policy
- Proctors’ management process
- On ground implementation ability
- Overall co-ordination of the assessment activity.
- Evidence-based monitoring of Assessments
- Timely payment releasing to assessors.
- Signing code of conduct (Coc) with SSC AA and Assessors both.
- Assessment monitoring- Physical and online.
- AAs must have capabilities to conduct online / digital assessments.
Prerequisites for Selection of AA
- Guidelines: As per NCVET/SSC guidelines.
- Approved by NCVET: AA is mandatory to apply for this EOI.
- Conflict of Interest: It should declare its linkages with other stakeholders in skill ecosystem to ensure independence and to avoid any conflict of interest
General Instructions
- Copy of Application Form could be downloaded from the website of FICSI. FICSI reserves the right to effect revision/s in the form. Changes, if there are any, will be notified on its website (www.ficsi.in) or on www.skillreporter.com
- All the columns should be filled in. If any column is not considered relevant, then kindly write NOT APPLICABLE.
- FICSI reserves the right to withdraw/ modify this process, and/ or cancel any application at any stage.
- Kindly note that FICSI reserves the right to periodically audit the overall assessment process, documentation, and any other work that the assessment agency has been assigned by FICSI
Submission Process
Mode of Submission: Online & Offline
The duly filled pre-screening application form must be furnished by the interested Assessment Agencies through email. An Assessment Agency can send the filled-in form complete in all respects to the following email id: anshuman@ficsi.in.
Application Form is provided in the annexure (refer the document below). Any modification done in the form would result in rejection of the application. Filled-in Forms, complete in all respects, in the provided format and mailed at IDs as above with the indicated subject and sending the hard copy to the FICSI office will only be accepted.
Note:
- FICSI will select AAs from the pool of AAs empaneled with NCVET.
- This process will apply only to AAs allocated the Food sector by NCVET.
