Key Tender Highlights

The bid specifies a minimum average annual turnover of ₹1,000 lakh for the preceding three years and five years of experience in providing similar services. The bid document also expressly states that there is no MSE or Startup relaxation for experience and turnover.

Scope of Work

The tender is for providing offline vocational education and training services in schools under CSS VE in Schools. The training is to be delivered at the Buyer's Location, according to the school timetable and on weekdays.

The technical specifications indicate:

1. Offline vocational training.
2. Training at the buyer/school location.
3. Training conducted according to the school timetable.
4. Intermediate-level courses.
5. Weekday training.
6. Trade-specific courses as per the applicable ATC and PSSCIVE requirements.
7. Certification is required.
8. Certification programme is identified as a third-party certificate.
9. The selected service provider is to function as a training institute.
10. Lodging and boarding are not required.
11. Post-training support is listed as NA in the technical specifications.

The tender includes multiple vocational sectors. Examples identified in the bid document include Apparel, Made-ups and Home Furnishing; Automotive; Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI); Beauty & Wellness; Construction & Infrastructure Development; IT and ITES; Power; Plumbing; Tourism & Hospitality; and Media & Entertainment, among other schedule-specific requirements.

Training Quantity

The tender contains 15 schedules with the following trainee quantities:

*The ₹41,53,800 figure is the arithmetic total of the schedule-wise EMD amounts and is not a separate EMD amount specified by the buyer. The bid states that EMD applies to each selected schedule/group.
The tender also provides approximately 300 training days and a stated 40 students per batch for the schedules shown in the technical specifications.

Professional / Technical Qualification Criteria

The bid requires bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and financial capability. The principal qualification requirements stated in the GeM bid are:

1. Minimum five years of experience in providing similar services.
2. Relevant experience must relate to services provided to Central Government, State Government organisations or PSUs.
3. Supporting contracts/orders are required for the relevant financial years.
4. The bidder must meet the prescribed minimum average annual turnover of ₹100 crore for three years.
5. Audited financial statements or a certificate from a Chartered Accountant/Cost Accountant must be uploaded as documentary evidence of turnover.
6. The bid requires an Experience Criteria document and a Bidder Turnover document.
7. An ATC-requested certificate and other additional documents must also be uploaded.
8. The tender specifies OEM Authorization Certificate and OEM Annual Turnover among the documents requested in the GeM bid.
9. There is no relaxation for MSEs or Startups in respect of the stated experience and turnover criteria.

Important Note on Trainer/Individual Professional Qualifications

The accessible bid document does not clearly specify individual trainer educational qualifications, trainer certification levels, or minimum trainer-wise experience. Therefore, such requirements should not be assumed from the tender summary. Bidders should review the buyer-uploaded ATC document and applicable PSSCIVE/ATC requirements before final submission.

Financial Eligibility Criteria

The major financial eligibility requirement is a minimum average annual turnover of ₹1,000 lakh (₹100 crore) for the last three years.

The bidder must provide documentary evidence through certified audited balance sheets or an appropriate certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant/Cost Accountant. Where the bidder has been incorporated for less than three years, the bid provides for consideration of the average turnover for completed financial years after incorporation.

Net Worth Requirement

No specific minimum net worth requirement is stated in the bid document available for this analysis. Bidders should therefore avoid treating any assumed net-worth threshold as an official tender condition.

Tender Fee

The tender document does not specify a separate tender fee or bid participation fee.

Furthermore, the buyer-added ATC section reproduces a GeM restriction stating that asking for a tender fee/bid participation fee is not permitted in the circumstances covered by the GeM provisions.

Tender Fee: Nil / No separate tender fee specified.

EMD – Earnest Money Deposit

EMD is applicable schedule-wise. The bid specifies different EMD amounts for each of the 15 schedules.

The EMD amounts range from ₹8,280 for Schedule 15 to ₹10,04,640 for Schedule 6.

EMD Exemption

EMD exemption is available subject to the GeM conditions. A bidder seeking exemption must upload valid supporting documents for the applicable category along with the bid.

The tender specifically states that under the MSE category, service providers for services are eligible for EMD exemption, while traders are excluded from this policy.

EMD Exemption: Yes, subject to applicable GeM eligibility and supporting documentation.

EMD Mode

The tender states that EMD shall also be accepted in the form of a surety bond. Therefore, the tender does not establish an online-only EMD requirement. EMD and performance security, where applicable, are to be in favour of the beneficiary.

Beneficiary: Managing Director, SPO, Samagra Shiksha, School Education Department, Chhattisgarh.

Performance Security / ePBG

The tender requires:

1. ePBG: 5%
2. Required duration: 14 months
3. Advisory Bank: Bank of Baroda.

Submission Guidelines

The tender is structured as a Two Packet Bid, with online submission through GeM. The bid uses item-wise evaluation and the contract is to be awarded schedule-wise, with L1 determined separately for each schedule.

Bidders should:

1. Log in to the GeM seller/service-provider account.
2. Review the complete Bid Document, specifications and buyer-added ATC.
3. Select the applicable schedule(s).
4. Upload the prescribed experience documents.
5. Upload turnover evidence.
6. Upload the ATC-requested certificate.
7. Upload OEM Authorization Certificate and OEM Annual Turnover documents where applicable.
8. Upload the prescribed Additional Documents 1–4.
9. Submit valid EMD or eligible EMD exemption documentation, as applicable.
10. Submit the financial bid with the required price breakup.
11. Ensure that all declarations and supporting documents are accurate and valid.
12. Complete the online submission before the GeM closing deadline.

The bid requires a financial document indicating price breakup, and technical clarifications during evaluation may be allowed for two days.

The buyer has also stated that bidders should regularly check the GeM portal for further updates regarding the bid.

Important Tender Dates

The pre-bid meeting was scheduled online through Google Meet on 1 July 2026 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM IST.

The bid closing time is 20 July 2026 at 4:00 PM, with opening scheduled for 4:30 PM on the same date.

Estimated Cost / Estimated Bid Value

The bid document refers to an Estimated Bid Value and explains that the estimated value is intended primarily to guide the EMD amount and eligibility criteria relating to turnover, past performance and project/past experience. It also states that the estimated value does not determine the price to be quoted or the reasonableness of quoted prices.

However, the numeric estimated bid value is not clearly stated in the accessible bid details. Therefore, SkillCouncils.com should not publish a calculated figure as the official tender estimated cost.

For reference, the technical specifications repeatedly show a buyer-defined minimum floor-price/core parameter of ₹2,49,240 for the individual schedule specifications, but this should not be represented as the overall tender estimated cost.

Document Checklist for Bidders

Mandatory / Key Bid Documents

1. Experience Criteria documents.
2. Relevant work orders/contracts supporting the required five years of similar experience.
3. Bidder Turnover documents.
4. Certified audited balance sheets for the relevant financial years.
5. CA/Cost Accountant certificate confirming turnover, where applicable.
6. Certificate requested under the Buyer Added ATC.
7. OEM Authorization Certificate, as requested in the GeM bid.
8. OEM Annual Turnover document, where applicable.
9. Additional Document 1 requested in ATC.
10. Additional Document 2 requested in ATC.
11. Additional Document 3 requested in ATC.
12. Additional Document 4 requested in ATC.
13. EMD for the selected schedule(s), or valid EMD exemption supporting documents where eligible.
14. Financial bid / price breakup.
15. Any applicable declarations and undertakings required under GeM/ATC.
16. Documents required under applicable PSSCIVE/ATC technical conditions.
17. Compliance with applicable labour laws and statutory requirements.

The GeM bid specifically lists Experience Criteria, Bidder Turnover, Certificate requested in ATC, OEM Authorization Certificate, OEM Annual Turnover and Additional Documents 1–4 among the seller documents. Bidders seeking exemption from experience or turnover criteria must upload supporting evidence for evaluation.

Tender Evaluation

The tender uses item-wise evaluation, with the contract awarded schedule-wise and L1 determined separately for each schedule. Reverse auction is not enabled.

The bid is a Two Packet Bid, and the buyer has specified a two-day period for technical clarifications during technical evaluation.

The bid also provides an automatic extension mechanism: where fewer than three bids are available to disable automatic extension, the bid can be extended by seven days, up to three times, subject to the GeM settings stated in the tender.

Key Compliance Points for Prospective VTPs

For organisations considering participation, the most important pre-submission checks are:

1. Confirm eligibility against the ₹100 crore average annual turnover requirement.
2. Verify availability of five years of relevant similar-service experience.
3. Ensure experience is adequately supported by government/PSU work orders or contracts.
4. Check that turnover documents cover the required financial years.
5. Review the complete buyer-added ATC.
6. Verify the applicable schedule and vocational trade.
7. Check schedule-wise EMD requirements.
8. Apply for EMD exemption only where the bidder qualifies and can provide valid supporting evidence.
9. Prepare the financial price breakup in the format required by GeM.
10. Review PSSCIVE and ATC requirements for the relevant trade before submission.
11. Ensure all declarations and statutory compliance documents are accurate.
12. Monitor the GeM portal for amendments, clarifications or other updates.

Overall Tender Assessment

This Chhattisgarh Samagra Shiksha VTP tender represents a significant vocational education opportunity for established training organisations with demonstrated experience in government or PSU projects. The tender has a relatively high financial threshold, requiring an average annual turnover of ₹100 crore over three years, together with five years of relevant experience.

The opportunity is divided into 15 schedules covering a wide range of vocational sectors and a total listed trainee quantity of approximately 1,505. The schedule-wise evaluation structure allows bidders to participate against applicable schedules, subject to the conditions of the bid.

For prospective VTPs, the principal areas requiring attention are financial eligibility, documented government/PSU experience, schedule-specific EMD, ATC compliance, vocational-sector capability and completeness of the online GeM submission.

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