Tender Highlights – Quick Reference

The GeM document records the bid closing date as 7 October 2026 at 17:00 hours, opening as 8 October 2026 at 17:00 hours, bid validity of 180 days, and a GeM bid date of 26 September 2026. The tender's notice states that technical offers are required online and offline, while financial offers are online only.

Scope of Work

The selected Training Partner will be responsible for implementing training and capacity-building activities for the PMJVM cluster under the South Dangs Forest Division.

The principal scope includes:

1. Mobilisation and beneficiary engagement

The agency will undertake:

1. Ground-level mobilisation of gatherers/trainees.
2. Interest mapping.
3. Counselling and mentoring.
4. Screening and beneficiary identification.
5. Preparation and submission of a mobilisation plan.
6. Formation of training batches at cluster level.

2. DPR and Business Plan Development

The Training Partner is required to undertake activities relating to:

1. DPR preparation.
2. Capacity building.
3. Documentation.
4. Development of a Business Plan for the PMJVM cluster.
5. Forward and market linkage support.

3. Training Curriculum and Module Development

The training curriculum is required to cover areas including:

1. Domain skills
2. Entrepreneurship competencies
3. Marketing
4. Packaging and branding
5. Skill grading
6. Financial literacy
7. Costing and pricing
8. Market exposure
9. Market-relevant products

The tender specifies that the training content should be developed in Gujarati.

4. Training Delivery

The Training Partner will coordinate the training programme, including:

1. Quality of training delivery
2. Assessment
3. Certification
4. Training outcomes
5. Attendance records
6. Photography/documentation
7. Trainee master data
8. Assessment and progress tracking
9. Weekly/monthly reporting

Training is to include domain skills, entrepreneurship, marketing, packaging, branding, costing, marketplaces, vendors and market exposure visits.

5. MFP Training

The scope specifically includes training for a batch of 20 trainees on:

1. Sustainable harvesting/collection of Minor Forest Produce (MFP)
2. MFP value addition
3. Relevant domain skills

6. Post-Training Support

The agency is also expected to support:

1. Sustainable income enhancement of trainees/gatherers.
2. Post-training performance reporting.
3. Linkage of trainees with relevant government schemes.
4. Handholding after training.
5. Submission of supporting records and evidence.

These requirements are set out in the detailed Scope of Work, Section 6 of the tender document. The tender also requires training data and trainee records to be maintained for inspection by the concerned forest authorities.

Eligibility & Pre-Qualification Criteria

The detailed tender document specifies the following major eligibility requirements.

Registration

The agency must be registered in India prior to 1 April 2022 under an applicable legal structure, such as:

1. Companies Act, 2013
2. Society Registration Act, 1860
3. Bombay Trust Act, 1950
4. Proprietorship
5. Registered Partnership

Relevant incorporation/registration documents are required.

Turnover

The detailed tender requires an average annual turnover of at least ₹10 lakh during:

1. FY 2023-24
2. FY 2024-25
3. FY 2025-26

The turnover must be certified by a Chartered Accountant.

However, the GeM bid summary states ₹5 lakh minimum average annual turnover for three years. This difference should be specifically verified against the current GeM bid/ATC before bid submission.

Net Worth

The bidder must have positive net worth as of 31 March 2026.

The tender does not specify a minimum rupee amount for net worth.

Training Experience

The detailed tender requires:

1. At least 10 training programmes during the last three years; and
2. At least 10 training programmes in Dangs District during the specified three-year period.

The GeM bid summary separately records 3 years of past experience for similar services.

Skill Training / Capacity Building Experience

The detailed tender requires prior experience in skill-training/capacity-building work involving tribal beneficiaries.

The eligibility section specifies minimum prior work of ₹25 lakh in skill-training/capacity-building projects for tribal beneficiaries over the preceding three years.

Technical Experts

The agency must have at least 5 technical experts for the training programme.

CVs and evidence of relevant training experience are required.

DPR / Capacity Building Expertise

The bidder should have experience in at least one project involving:

1. DPR preparation
2. Capacity building
3. Harvesting pre/post training
4. Market linkage
5. Business planning

PAN and GST

A valid:

1. PAN
2. GST Registration

are mandatory.

Gujarat Presence

The bidder must have its head office or branch office in Gujarat.

Blacklisting / Disqualification

The bidder is required to submit a declaration confirming that it has not been blacklisted, banned, disqualified or declared ineligible/dissatisfactory by a government or quasi-government authority in India, as specified in the tender.

Litigation / Arbitration

A self-declaration regarding litigation/arbitration history is required.

Financial Criteria Table

The detailed tender links the turnover requirement to CA-certified financial statements and specifically requires positive net worth at the end of FY 2025-26.

Technical Qualification & Evaluation

The tender follows a QCBS-based evaluation.

The detailed technical evaluation provides a total of 100 technical marks, with a minimum qualifying score of 50 marks for consideration of the financial proposal.

Key technical parameters include:

The technical presentation relates to the training module on MFP collection and value addition/validation for PMJVM in South Dangs District.

The tender specifies a 50% technical qualifying threshold. The QCBS structure gives 30% weightage to technical evaluation and 70% to financial evaluation.

Tender Fee, EMD and Performance Security

Tender Fee

No specific tender fee amount is stated in the uploaded tender documents.

Accordingly, SkillCouncils.com should not publish an invented fee amount. The live GeM bid should be checked for any current amendment or system-generated charge before submission.

EMD

There is an important discrepancy:

1. GeM bid summary: EMD is shown as “Required – No.”
2. Detailed tender document: Section 5.10 requires bid security/EMD through Demand Draft in favour of the Deputy Conservator of Forests, South Dangs Forest Division.

The original notice also states that EMD is as per GeM Rules and that the scanned copy of the EMD/DD was to be submitted online.

EMD Exemption

For the current GeM bid summary, EMD is marked as not required, so the GeM position is effectively EMD: Not Required.

Because the detailed tender contains an EMD requirement, bidders should verify the live GeM bid, ATC and latest corrigendum/clarification immediately before submission.

EMD Mode in Detailed Tender

Where the detailed tender's EMD provision applies, the specified mode is:

Demand Draft (DD) issued by a Nationalised/Scheduled Bank in favour of Deputy Conservator of Forests, South Dangs Forest Division, payable at South Dangs.

Submission Guidelines

The tender uses a two-bid system:

Technical Bid

The technical bid must be submitted:

Online on GeM + Physical submission

The tender specifically requires the technical documents and supporting documents to be uploaded online and also submitted physically.

The physical technical submission is to be sent through:

1. RPAD
2. Speed Post
3. Courier

to the office of the Deputy Conservator of Forests, South Dangs Forest Division.

Financial Bid

The financial proposal is:

Online only through GeM.

No physical financial bid is to be submitted. The tender expressly states that a physical price offer, or even references to prices/quotes in the physical submission, can result in rejection.

Bid Registration

Interested agencies must be registered on GeM and are responsible for completing the necessary registration and approvals required to participate in the bid.

Important Tender Dates

The GeM bid document gives the closing date/time as 07-10-2026 at 17:00:00 and opening date/time as 08-10-2026 at 17:00:00.

The detailed tender itself states that the pre-bid meeting and technical bid opening are as per GeM, while the financial bid opening schedule will be communicated to successful bidders.

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