Tender Highlights at a Glance

The tender specifically records the minimum average annual turnover as ₹1 lakh and the required similar-service experience as two years. It also states that MSE and Startup relaxation for experience and turnover is not provided in this bid.

Scope of Work

The tender is for Professional Training Services, with the following principal technical requirements:

1. Mode of Training: Offline
2. Training Frequency: Weekdays
3. Training Duration: 8 hours per day
4. Training Location: Buyer's location
5. Training Method: Classroom-based Instructor Led Training
6. Course Level: Advanced
7. Training Category: IT and Software
8. Sub-category: Network and Security
9. Certification: No
10. Certification Programme: Not Applicable
11. Training Partner: Individual Trainer
12. Lodging and Boarding: Not Applicable
13. Post-training Support: Not Applicable

The requirement is for 20 trainees, with approximately one batch, approximately 5 training days, and 20 students per batch.

Accordingly, the principal service requirement can be described as delivery of an advanced five-day, classroom-based Network and Security training programme, conducted on weekdays at the buyer's location, with an eight-hour training schedule per day.

The buyer has also included an Option Clause of 50%, under which the quantity or contract duration may be increased or decreased by up to 50% at the relevant stage, subject to the conditions stated in the tender. For a lumpsum-based service contract, the buyer may increase the scope and contract value by up to 50% with the service provider's consent.

Professional Qualification / Experience Criteria

Bidders should carefully review the experience requirements before submitting their bids.

Minimum experience

The bidder must have:

1. 2 years of experience providing the same or similar services.
2. Experience should relate to providing similar services to a Central Government organisation, State Government organisation or PSU.
3. Relevant contracts/orders are required as documentary evidence.

The tender additionally specifies successful completion of similar services during the current financial year and the preceding three financial years, based on one of the following combinations:

1. Three similar completed services costing at least 40% of the estimated cost; or
2. Two similar completed services costing at least 50% of the estimated cost; or
3. One similar completed service costing at least 80% of the estimated cost.

Based on the estimated bid value of ₹1,40,000, these thresholds correspond to:

These calculations are derived directly from the percentages specified in the tender against the stated estimated value of ₹1,40,000.

Financial Eligibility Criteria

Minimum Average Annual Turnover

The bidder must have a minimum average annual turnover of ₹1,00,000 for the last three years.

Documentary evidence is required in the form of:

1. Certified audited balance sheets for the relevant financial years; or
2. A certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant showing the relevant turnover.

Where the bidder has been incorporated for less than three years, the tender provides that the average turnover for completed financial years after incorporation may be considered.

Net Worth

No specific minimum net worth requirement is stated in the bid document.

Therefore, SkillCouncils.com should not publish a numerical net-worth threshold for this tender.

EMD and Tender Fee

EMD

The tender explicitly states:

EMD Required: No

Therefore:

1. EMD Amount: Nil
2. EMD Submission: Not applicable
3. EMD Mode: Not applicable

The bid also states that ePBG is not required.

Tender Fee

No tender fee or bid participation fee is prescribed.

The GeM bid conditions expressly include a provision stating that asking for any Tender Fee / Bid Participation Fee is not permitted under the applicable GeM framework.

Tender Fee: Nil / Not applicable.

Submission Guidelines

The tender is a GeM procurement, and bidders are required to participate through the GeM platform.

The bid is structured as a Two Packet Bid, meaning the technical and financial components are handled through the prescribed GeM bid process. The tender specifies Total Value Wise Evaluation and states that Reverse Auction is not enabled.

Important submission points

Bidders should ensure that they:

1. Have an active and eligible GeM seller/service-provider profile.
2. Meet the stipulated turnover requirement.
3. Meet the required experience criteria.
4. Upload documentary evidence supporting experience.
5. Upload financial turnover documentation.
6. Upload certificates/documents requested in the bid and ATC.
7. Ensure that all mandatory documents are uploaded before bid closure.
8. Ensure that no price elements are improperly disclosed in the technical bid.
9. Comply with all applicable GeM GTC, bid-specific ATC and service-specific requirements.

The tender states that a bidder's offer may be rejected if the certificates/documents sought in the bid document, ATC or corrigendum are not uploaded.

Mandatory / Recommended Document Checklist

Based on the bid document, bidders should prepare the following checklist:

The tender specifically requires documentary evidence for experience and turnover and says that bidders seeking exemption from experience/turnover criteria must upload supporting documents. However, this particular bid states No MSE relaxation and No Startup relaxation for years of experience and turnover.

Additional Eligibility Condition: Local Office

An important buyer-added condition requires an office of the Service Provider to be located in the state of the consignee.

The tender also requires documentary evidence for this condition.

For this requirement, bidders should verify their registered/operational office documentation and ensure that the evidence submitted is consistent with the information available on their GeM profile and other supporting records.

MSE Purchase Preference

The tender provides MSE Purchase Preference.

Key provisions include:

1. MSE purchase preference: Yes
2. Price band: L1 + 15%
3. Maximum quantity/amount covered by the preference: 100%
4. Valid Udyam registration is relevant to eligibility.
5. For services, the bidder must be the service provider of the offered service to avail the relevant preference.

The tender states that where L1 is not an MSE and an eligible MSE quotes within the specified L1 + 15% band, the eligible MSE may be given an opportunity to match L1, subject to the applicable policy and tender conditions.

Important Tender Dates

The tender provides for automatic bid extension where applicable: one bid is the minimum number specified to disable automatic extension, with a three-day extension period and a maximum of two extensions.

Important: Since no Pre-Bid Meeting date/time is stated in the supplied bid document, it should be published as “Not specified in the tender document”, rather than assigning a date.

Tender Summary for Quick Reference

Financial & Eligibility Requirements

Important Note for Publication

The supplied bid document identifies the bid date as 21 September 2026, but does not provide a separate Pre-Bid Meeting date. It also does not specify a minimum net-worth requirement. Therefore, these fields should be published as “Not specified in the tender document” rather than inferred.

The tender is governed by the applicable GeM General Terms and Conditions, along with the bid-specific conditions and service-specific provisions. The current GTC document supplied with the materials states that GeM procurement and resulting contracts are governed by the applicable GTC unless superseded by relevant service-specific or bid-specific terms.

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