Home Management & Care Givers Sector Skill Council has proposed to bring out a Skill Gap Study Document in Human Resources and Skill Requirements. HMCG SSC has planned to develop a Skill Gap Report for providing technical analysis of the demand side, the supply side, skill gaps & aspirational career pathways which helps in improve the efficiency of the rural & unemployed youth of the country, hence, invites proposals through this RFP to provide the following consulting services: for the Development of the Skill Gap Study Document.
This RFP is open to all firms that possess the requisite qualifications and experience.
Terms of Reference:
Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Selection of Agency / Firm for Providing Services for Research, Designing, Developing and Production of Skill Gap Study Document in Domestic Work & Caregiver Sector in India.
Objective:
The overall objective of this is to carry out research by way of interactions with various institutions, stakeholders & workforce working in the focus areas of Domestic Section and produce a credible output containing the skill gaps on the sector with critical analysis and documentation. Wherever possible include some case studies which helped reduce skill gap in India in the sector. Listed below are the specific activities that will be included:
Skill & Capacity Building
- Review of Secondary Resources
- Secondary level interactions with key experts in the sector.
- Interactions with key institutions working in the sector
- Interactions with key corporate industries in the sector.
Knowledge Management
- Arranging the data & information for analysis.
- Drawing the inferences with available information.
- Collating the information working to develop a document.
Research related activities
- Primary research to ascertain data information & correctness of the information being collated.
- Analysis of Industry trends in the use of skill certified candidates
- Policy advocacy and research papers.
Scope of Work & Duration
The consultant is expected to develop the Skill Gap Study Document in Home Management & Care Giving Sector based on the knowledge base available in the sector and through interactions with various stakeholders in the sector including individuals, institutions and industries.
Following are some of the Key activities
- Review of existing practices in the skill gap studies with future plans and requirements.
- Understand the requirement of skilling and identify challenges & Concept building.
- Define work plan and deliverables.
- Develop a road map for the work plan with timelines
- Deployment of team and initiation of work.
- Identify and suggest institutional linkages (Involvement of organizations that are currently involved in skill development in farm mechanization)
- Development of the Research, Study, and Report
- Identification of key areas that require capacity building and skill development in the Home Management & caregiver sector.
What to be covered?
- Socio-Economic Factors affecting skilling in the sector
- Existing training infrastructure & gaps therein
- Workforce characteristics and employment clusters
- SWOT analysis of sector & its sub sector
- Synchronization of sector wise demand from the state level skill gap data
- Nature of demand in the segment – age, demographic profile, education skill
- Nature of supply- catchment area, cluster, past migration possibilities
- Factors associated with employment
- Job potential in different sub-sectors
- Documentation of good practices
- Recommendations
Tentative Areas: Skill Gap Areas within Home Management & caregiver sector
Who could apply?
- A registered company (under the Indian Companies Act) operating in India for at least the past 5 years. Please attach a copy of the Registration Certificate. &
Have a Positive Net Worth for the past three audited accounting years (2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-2025). Please attach a certificate from the Chartered Accountant.
OR - SMEs/Individual Consultant’s Having a minimum 10 years of experience
- Consortium allowed
Applying firms are required to provide documentary evidence of meeting all the above requirements. Self-certifications for the above are acceptable (except S.No.5). Eligible firm proposals will only be considered for technical and financial evaluation.
Mode of Submission: No online application will be considered, only hard copy applications will be entertained
Last Date for Submission: 25 January 2026, 5:30 PM

