REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTING FIRM SERVICES-FIRMS SELECTION) KUMAUN REGION Name of Country: India Name of Project: Uttarakhand Work Force Development Project (UKWDP) Consulting service: Technical selection and Empanelment of Training Providers (TPs) for increasing the supply of skilled workers through short-term skill training in Uttarakhand. Duration of Work - 05 Years. Project No: P-154525 Expression of Interest: 1. The Project Director, Uttarakhand Work Force Development (UKWDP), Government of Uttarakhand, has received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and intends to apply part of the loan proceeds to make payments under the contract for Uttarakhand Work Force Development Project. 2. The UKWDP is a Workforce Development Project for increasing the supply of skilled workers through short-term skill training in Uttarakhand. The period of the Project is from 2018 to 2023. 3. Total number of youth to be trained is 20,000 out of which at least 50% should be women trainees. 4. The Project Director, UKWDP proposes to engage Training Providers (TPs) as part of the project, provide integrated skills training to youth in market-driven skills (Annexure-4) compliant with National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) level 3 & above and adopting Common Norms issued by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India. (See www.msde.gov.in/assets/images/Notification/Common%20Norms%20Notification.pdf for Common Norms) 5. Private Training Providers having a SMART TP ID provided by NSDC for conducting short term skill courses can only apply. 6. The shortlisting criteria for selecting the private training providers are enclosed as Annexure-1 7. Draft Terms of Reference are enclosed as Annexure-2 8. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011, revised July 2014) (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or non-consulting services; conflict among consulting assignments; and relationship with Borrower’s staff. 1 9. Private Training Providers will be selected in accordance with the Fixed Budget Selection (Technical selection only) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 1000 to 1700 hours. 10. A pre-consultation meeting shall be held on 15 February, 2019, 1100 hrs at SPIU Conference Hall, Govt. ITI (Women), 26 EC Road, Dehradun. The Training Provider (Applicant) may participate in this meeting at their own expense. Attending the pre-consultation meeting is not mandatory. The minutes of this meeting can be viewed by all on website- www.uksdm.org 11. Expressions of Interest must be delivered in a written form and should include the training provider’s demonstrated capacity to provide the required expertise. Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below through registered post/speed post/ courier/ by Hand by 25 February, 2019 till 1700 hrs. Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project The Project Director, State Project Implementation Unit (Govt. Girls ITI Campus), 26 EC Road, Near Survey Chowk, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand E-mail: [email protected] 2 Annexure – 1 Information Form A – Private Training Provider Profile (Maximum 2 pages) Name of the Organization Postal Address Telephone: Mobile / Fax/ E-mail Contact Person name and designation with contact details Registration Details: Registered on (Date) Provide copy of the registration certificate and indicate No. of completed years whether Society/Trust/Company/Others CRITERIA FOR SHORTLISTING PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS SR. Shortlisting Criteria Must Documents to be submitted Meet criteria 1 The TP should be at least a three-year-old Must Registration certificate registered society or company/or Trust. Meet 2 The TP should have been in business for Must Copies of PAN, TAN and GST registration at least three years, holding a valid Meet Permanent Account Number (PAN)/TAN and GST Registration Number. 3 The applicant should have SMART Must TP ID on SMART portal allotted by NSDC. NSDC TP ID Meet 4 Annual Average Turnover of the training Must A certificate of Chartered Accountant provider for last 3 preceding financial year Meet regarding average annual turnover of (2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18) should be preceding 3 years. INR 2 Crore from Skill training Apart from above, TP is also required to activities. submit their annual audited financial statement along with audit report for last 3 preceding years (2015-16; 2016-17; 2017- 18) along with ITR. 5 No. of youths trained by Training Must Certificate of training issued to youths by Provider in NSQF Level-3 and above job Meet NSDC/SSC/DGT/Recognized-UNIV./UGC roles in last 3 FY (2015-16;2016- only. 17;2017-18) should be minimum 1000 (To be submitted electronically in a USB youths trained. drive) 3 6 Placement in the last 3 FY (2015- Appointment Letter, Salary Slip/Certificate 16;2016-17;2017-18) should be minimum of salary and extract copy of bank passbook 50% in wage employment out of youths of youth should be enclosed. trained (1000) as per Sr. No. 5 above (To be submitted electronically through provided authorized e mail id) Must Meet Note: The Certificate of wage employment of the youth which shall be enclosed as per the requirement should be of the same youth for which certificate of training shall be enclosed at serial no. 5 above. 7 The TP should not have any unsatisfactory track record resulting in adverse action taken by Central/State As per format provided at Annexure - 3 Government in India (an undertaking Must must be submitted) On Rs. 100/- notarized Meet stamp paper to be given in this regard by the authorized person of the firm. 8 The TP must have SMART NSDC approved training center OR can ensure establishment of training center within 1 Must 1. SMART Report for each Centre and month and can initiate training within a Meet each Job role period of 30 days from the issue of LOI 2. SSC Affiliation Certificate or signing of the agreement Note: The applicant has to meet all the shortlisting criterion as indicated above. 4 Annexure -2 Government of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project (UKWDP) Terms of References (TOR) for Development of Teacher and Trainer Development Programs I. Background India has made impressive progress in economic growth and poverty reduction over the past few decades. With the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$1,570 in 2014, India is a lower middle-income country. The country’s 54 percent of the1.295 billion people is below 25 years old, making it an opportune context for a rapid and higher GNI growth from an on-going demographic dividend. Yet, India faces dual challenge of paucity of highly trained workforce and non-employability of the large share of youth, who come out of education and training systems. To take on these challenges, India launched the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in 2015 and in the 12th Five Year Plan, the Government of India (GOI) has set a goal to train 400 million workers by 2022. Uttarakhand, with a population of about 10.1 million in 2011, is one of the youngest states of India, having been carved out of the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2000. During the fifteen years of its existence as a separate state, Uttarakhand has enjoyed a significant growth momentum, contributed by booming construction, fast growing manufacturing, trade and hotel sectors that resulted from industrial promotion policies. The Uttarakhand Skill Development Mission since its inception in 2013 has been working consistently to provide Standardized Skill training to the uneducated or unskilled youth of the State with the objective of increasing the supply of skilled workers in market relevant trades in Uttarakhand, trained through short- term training Short-term training, plays an important role for supplying skills toward the immediate skill gaps in the labor market. Many courses of three to six months’ duration cater to unskilled workers, school dropouts, and new labor market entrants. Given the high importance of skills training, this TOR has been guided by the DLI-5, and aims to cater to unskilled workers, school dropouts, pass out students of ITI/Polytechnics and new labor market entrants by selecting private training providers to impart skill training under nationally recognized market-relevant trades compliant with the NSQF through short-term training so that the unskilled workers are employed. I. Objectives/Scope of Work: The specific objectives of the project are as follows: • To establish training centers preferably in the hilly districts of Uttarakhand- Development blocks can be selected from Annexure 5 • To mobilize youth with aspirations for skill training from all 13 districts of the state and impart them short-term skill training to make them employable. • Training in the project shall be provided by the Private Training Providers in the sectors and the job roles compliant with National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) level 3 and above in compliance with the Common Norms issued by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. At present, 275 job roles which is approved by NSDC is being enclosed as Annexure- 4 • All training providers have to provide placements to trained youths as per common norms. 5 IMPORATANT INFORMATION FOR TPs 1. The UKSDM now invites eligible Private Training Providers to indicate their interest in being empaneled as a Training Provider(s) to support UKSDM in implementing the “UKWDP” project. In this context, training providers should note the following important information: a.