Key Dates and Tender Information

The important information sheet identifies 23 September 2026 as the deadline for pre-application clarification emails, with queries to reach the Board by 5:00 PM on that date.

Clarification Contact

Email: woolboard-textiles@gov.in

The EOI also provides the address of the Executive Director, Central Wool Development Board, First Floor, BSNL Building, Manji Ki Hatha, Paota, Jodhpur, Rajasthan–342006.

Scope of Work

The EOI provides for empanelment across multiple technical and operational service categories. Applicants may apply for one or more categories and are expected to clearly indicate the categories, job roles and geographical locations for which they seek empanelment.

Category A – Training Infrastructure, Premises, Equipment and Facilities

The scope includes providing suitable infrastructure and facilities for training activities, including:

1. Training rooms and premises.
2. Laboratories, workshops and practical/assessment facilities.
3. Suitable size, layout, electrical, lighting, ventilation and safety arrangements.
4. Furniture, equipment and other required training infrastructure.
5. Installation, maintenance and availability of job-role-specific machinery, tools and equipment.
6. Geo-tagging, photography, verification and audit by CWDB or its authorised agencies.
7. Maintaining infrastructure and equipment in safe working condition.

Category B – Trainers and Certified Resources

This category covers:

1. Sourcing and deploying qualified trainers.
2. Master trainers, lab/workshop assistants and other relevant training personnel.
3. Trainers having appropriate qualifications and experience for the relevant job roles.
4. Trainer certification and assessment arrangements where applicable.
5. Maintaining attendance, qualification, certification, deployment and replacement records.
6. Providing trainers and technical personnel as required for specific projects.

Category C – Placement Facilitation, Supervision and Tracking

The placement-related scope includes:

1. Developing linkages and mapping vacancies with trained job roles.
2. Employer outreach and engagement.
3. Wage/employment documentation.
4. Candidate-level placement activity and verification.
5. Collecting documentary evidence and tracking candidates beyond placement.
6. Reporting employer details, placement dates, attrition and other required information.
7. Compliance with applicable labour and minimum-wage requirements.

Category D – Raw Material, Stationery and Training Materials

This includes:

1. Procurement and supply of required raw materials.
2. Consumables, tool kits, stationery, printing and training materials.
3. Maintaining stocks and records.
4. Specifications, conformity and traceability.
5. Inspection, receipt and acceptance documentation.
6. Proper storage and disposal of scrap/balance material as directed.

Category E – Candidate Mobilization

The candidate-mobilization scope includes:

1. Mobilising suitable candidates for training programmes.
2. Outreach through community, industry, institutional and local channels.
3. Candidate counselling and job-role awareness.
4. Registration and assessment support.
5. Candidate verification and documentation.
6. Mobilization aligned with job role, duration, attendance, assessment and placement requirements.
7. The document also addresses grievance/anti-fraud controls associated with mobilization.

The EOI allows CWDB to assign one or multiple categories and does not automatically require an empanelled partner to undertake every category.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility requirements are set out on Page 5 of the EOI. The key criteria include the following.

1. Legal Constitution

The applicant should be a legally constituted entity, such as a company, registered public/private limited company, LLP, registered partnership firm or proprietorship, as applicable.

Evidence: Incorporation/registration certificate and applicable constitutional documents.

2. Relevant Experience

Applicants should demonstrate experience in one or more relevant areas, including:

1. Training infrastructure.
2. Training delivery.
3. Technical support.
4. Candidate mobilization.
5. Placement facilitation.
6. Monitoring and related support services.

The experience should be supported by appropriate work orders, agreements, completion/performance certificates or other acceptable evidence.

3. Textile-Sector Preference

Prior experience in the wool, textile, apparel, carpet, handloom, weaving, knitting, garment or related sectors is identified as relevant/preferred experience.

4. Financial Standing

Applicants must demonstrate financial standing and submit the required financial documents, including the latest audited financial information and a positive net-worth certificate.

5. No Blacklisting

Applicants should not be blacklisted, debarred or otherwise prohibited from participation by the Central/State Government, PSU, statutory body or government agency, as applicable.

6. Statutory Compliance

The applicant must meet applicable statutory requirements, including PAN and GST registration, where applicable, along with labour and other relevant statutory compliance.

7. Category Capability

Applicants must demonstrate their capability for the particular service category or categories selected.

The EOI does not state a minimum annual turnover amount, minimum number of years of experience, or minimum project value in the supplied eligibility table.

Professional Qualification Criteria

The document does not prescribe a single minimum academic qualification applicable to every applicant organization.

For trainers and certified resources, the EOI requires qualified personnel with appropriate qualifications and experience relevant to the applicable job roles/projects. It also refers to trainer certification, assessment and certification systems where applicable.

Therefore, applicants should be prepared to demonstrate:

1. Qualifications of proposed trainers/key personnel.
2. Relevant professional experience.
3. Trainer certifications, where applicable.
4. Job-role-specific competency.
5. Previous deployment of trainers/resources.
6. Availability and engagement status of key personnel.
7. Experience relevant to wool, textile and allied sectors.

Important: A specific minimum degree, certification or number of years of trainer experience is not prescribed as a universal threshold in the supplied EOI.

Financial Criteria

One important feature of this opportunity is that it is an EOI/empanelment exercise rather than a price-bid tender.

The document states that no financial quotation is required with the EOI and commercial quotations should not be submitted at this stage. Project-specific scope, deliverables, rates, taxes, milestones and payment terms are expected to be finalized later through the relevant project/order/contract framework.

The eligibility section nevertheless requires applicants to demonstrate financial standing and provide a positive net-worth certificate.

Tender/EOI Requirement Snapshot

Tender fee and EMD should not be reported as “₹0” based on this document alone. The safer tender-information classification is “Not specified/not applicable at EOI stage”, because the supplied notice does not prescribe an amount.

Evaluation and Empanelment Process

The EOI provides for administrative scrutiny, verification of mandatory documents and category-wise capability assessment.

The indicative technical evaluation framework includes parameters such as:

1. Relevant similar training/support experience.
2. Wool/textile-sector experience.
3. Training infrastructure and equipment capability.
4. Trainer pool, qualifications and certification systems.
5. Placement facilitation, supervision and tracking capability.
6. Candidate mobilization capability and safeguards.
7. Material procurement/stocking capability.
8. Financial standing, governance and compliance systems.
9. Overall presentation, capability, experience, approach, quality and innovation.

The EOI indicates a 100-mark technical evaluation framework, with CWDB retaining the right to rationalize the methodology and weightages before evaluation, provided the same methodology is applied consistently.

Important Commercial and Contractual Point

Organizations should understand that empanelment does not guarantee a work order.

According to the EOI, CWDB may subsequently engage empanelled partners for specific projects, locations, job roles or service components. Project-specific commercial terms will be finalized through the applicable Purchase Order, Work Order, Agreement or similar mechanism.

The EOI also states that CWDB may add, remove, suspend or reclassify an empanelled partner based on requirements, verification, performance or public interest.

Submission Guidelines

Applicants should:

1. Review the complete EOI and applicable annexures.
2. Select the service category/categories for which empanelment is sought.
3. Clearly indicate applicable geographical locations/states/districts and job roles.
4. Complete the prescribed application formats.
5. Provide evidence supporting relevant experience and category capability.
6. Submit the required financial standing and positive net-worth documentation.
7. Provide statutory registration and compliance documents.
8. Submit the no-blacklisting/integrity declaration.
9. Provide litigation/contingent-action disclosures as required.
10. Ensure that documents are properly numbered and signed by the authorized signatory.
11. Upload the completed application through the CPP Portal only.
12. Ensure submission before the prescribed deadline.

The document states that the complete application must be submitted online through the CPP Portal and that the application remains valid for 180 days from the last date of submission, unless extended in accordance with the EOI provisions.

Financial quotation warning

Applicants should not upload or submit commercial quotations with the EOI. The notice expressly states that commercial quotations are not to be submitted at this stage.

Document Checklist for CWDB EOI 2026

The prescribed Annexure X – Application Document Checklist on Page 23 provides the following checklist.

Additional Capability Information

The annexures also seek detailed supporting information, including:

1. Similar work experience.
2. Training centre and equipment capability.
3. Trainer and other personnel capability.
4. Placement facilitation and tracking capability.
5. Raw material, stationery and training material capability.
6. Candidate mobilization capability.

For example, Annexure VI-A asks applicants to provide information about training centres, ownership/lease status, job-role and batch capacity, classroom/workshop area, machinery/equipment, utilities, safety and accessibility.

Annexure VI-B seeks details of trainers and other personnel, including role/job title, qualification, experience, trainer assessment/certification, location/languages and engagement status.

Key Takeaways for Prospective Applicants

This is not a conventional lowest-price tender. It is an EOI-cum-empanelment process intended to build a pool of technical support partners.

Applicants should particularly note:

1. No financial quotation is to be submitted with the EOI.
2. No EMD amount is prescribed in the supplied EOI.
3. No tender fee amount is prescribed in the supplied EOI.
4. No minimum annual turnover threshold is specified.
5. Positive net worth is required.
6. Relevant experience is required, but a minimum number of years is not specified.
7. Wool/textile-sector experience is relevant and may receive preference.
8. Applicants can apply for one or more service categories.
9. The application must be submitted online through the CPP Portal only.
10. Pre-application clarifications must reach CWDB by 23 September 2026, 5:00 PM.
11. The final EOI submission date is 30 September 2026.
12. The opening date is not specified in the supplied documents.
13. Empanelment does not guarantee any work order or minimum business volume.

Disclaimer

This summary has been prepared from the CWDB EOI and Notice Inviting EOI-cum-Empanelment supplied for review. Where the documents do not state a particular amount, date, threshold or requirement, it has been identified as “Not specified” rather than supplemented with assumptions. Applicants should refer to the official EOI, CPP Portal publication and any subsequent corrigenda/clarifications before taking a final decision or submitting an application.

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