Skill India Mission Operation Procurement Plan for Technical Assistance Component under IPF I. General Date of General Procurement Notice: November 9, 2017 on UNDB online Period covered by this procurement plan: 18 Months II. Goods and Non-Consulting Services. Procurement Threshold and Prior Review Threshold: Procurement Method Procurement Threshold Prior Review Threshold US$ US$ 1. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) ≥3,000,000. ≥2,000,000. 2. National Competitive Bidding (NCB) <3,000,000. ≥2,000,000. 3. Shopping <100,000. Post review 4. Direct Contracting As per Para. 3.7 of the All contracts subject to the Bank Procurement Bank’s prior review Guidelines irrespective of contract value Provisions for National Competitive Bidding (NCB) (Open Tender): The following conditions shall be met in order for the bidding process under National Competitive Bid\ding (Open Tender): a) Only the model bidding documents for open tender as agreed with the Bank shall be used for bidding; b) Invitations to bid shall be advertised in at least one widely circulated national daily newspaper (or on a widely used website or electronic portal with free national and international access along with an abridged version of the said advertisement published in a widely circulated national daily inter- alia giving the website/electronic portal details from which the details of the invitation to bid can be downloaded), at least 30 days prior to the deadline for the submission of bids; c) No special preference will be accorded to any bidder either for price or for other terms and conditions when competing with foreign bidders, state-owned enterprises, small-scale enterprises or enterprises from any given State; d) There shall be no negotiation of price with the bidders, even with the lowest evaluated bidder; e) Extension of bid validity shall not be allowed with reference to Contracts subject to Bank prior review without the prior concurrence of the Bank (i) for the first request for extension if it is longer than four weeks; and (ii) for all subsequent requests for extension irrespective of the period (such concurrence will be considered by Bank only in cases of Force Majeure and circumstances beyond the control of the Purchaser / Employer); f) Re-bidding shall not be carried out with reference to contracts subject to prior review without the concurrence of the Bank. The system of rejecting bids outside a pre-determined margin or “bracket” of prices shall not be used in the project; g) Rate contracts entered into by Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals will not be acceptable as a substitute for open tender procedures unless agreed with the Bank on case to case basis. Such contracts will be acceptable however for any procurement under limited tender or local shopping procedures; h) Two or three envelop system will not be used (except when using e-Procurement system assessed and agreed by the Bank) i) As per 1.1(e) of World Bank Procurement Guidelines, the Association’s right to inspect accounts and records of the bidders, suppliers and contractors will be included in the bidding document of all contracts from eth proceeds of the World Bank support. Procurement Packages planned (including those that are subject to retroactive financing): NA III. Selection of Consultants Selection Threshold and Prior Review Threshold: Sr Selection Method Selection Threshold Prior Review Threshold US$ US$ 1. Quality and Cost Based Selection ≥300,000 ≥1,000,000 (QCBS)/Quality Based Selection (QBS)/Least Cost Selection (LCS)/ Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) (Firms) 2. Selection Based on Consultants’ <300,000. All contracts subject to the Qualification (CQS) Bank’s post review 3. Single Source Selection (Firms) As per para. 3.8 to 3.12 of the All contracts subject to the Bank’s Consultants Bank’s prior review Guidelines 4 Competitive Selection (Individual As per para. 5.1 to 5.5 of the ≥300,000 Consultants) Bank’s Consultants Guidelines 5 Single Source Selection (Individual As per para. 5.6 of the Bank’s All contracts subject to the Consultants) Consultants Guidelines Bank’s prior review Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than $800,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: Auditing service for NSDF and IT expert with cost estimate of UD$65,000 will be carried out as advance procurement and will be included under retroactive financing. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule Reference No Description Estimated Packages Review by Comments of Cost (US$) Bank Assignments Million (prior/post review) 1 Summary of 8 6 Prior numbers of contracts that will be let under QCBS 2 Summary of 4.5 Multiple Prior/Post Individual numbers of contracts consultants, contracts that single source will be let selection and under other CQS methods PROCUREMENT India : Skill India Mission Operation PLAN General Information Country: India Banks Approval Date of the Original Procurement Plan: 2017-12-01 Revised Plan Date(s): (comma delineated, leave blank if none) 2018-02-27 Project ID: P158435 GPN Date: 2017-11-09 Project Name: Skill India Mission Operation Loan / Credit No: IBRD / 87690 Executing Agency(ies): Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship WORKS Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Draft Bidding Document Specific Procurement Bidding Documents as Proposal Submission / Description Loan / Credit No. Component Review Type Method Market Approach and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report / Justification Notice / Invitation Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual GOODS Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Draft Bidding Document Specific Procurement Bidding Documents as Proposal Submission / Description Loan / Credit No. Component Review Type Method Market Approach and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report / Justification Notice / Invitation Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual NON CONSULTING SERVICES Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Draft Bidding Document Specific Procurement Bidding Documents as Proposal Submission / Description Loan / Credit No. Component Review Type Method Market Approach and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report / Justification Notice / Invitation Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual CONSULTING FIRMS Activity Reference No. / Combined Evaluation Contract Type Estimated Actual Amount Expression of Interest Short List and Draft Request for Proposals Opening of Technical Evaluation of Technical Description Loan / Credit No. Component Review Type Method Market Approach Process Status Terms of Reference Report and Draft Signed Contract Contract Completion Amount (US$) (US$) Notice Request for Proposals as Issued Proposals / Minutes Proposal Negotiated Contract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual IN-MSDE-33531-CS-QCBS / Hiring of a Project Management Consulting Firm to support the implementation Quality And Cost- Under IBRD / 87690 Prior Open - International 5,899,705.00 0.00 2017-12-01 2017-12-05 2017-12-22 2017-12-06 2018-02-04 2018-03-04 2018-04-03 2018-05-08 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 of Skill Acquisition and Based Selection Implementation Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion ("SANKALP") IN-MSDE-38957-CS-QCBS / Selection of an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) for verification of Disbursement Quality And Cost- Under IBRD / 87690 Prior Open - International 634,218.00 0.00 2017-12-01 2017-12-05 2017-12-22 2017-12-06 2018-02-04 2018-03-04 2018-04-03 2018-05-08 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 Linked Indicators under "Skill Based Selection Implementation Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP)" IN-MSDE-40294-CS-QCBS / SELECTION OF A HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY FOR Quality And Cost- Under HIRING AND OTHER RELATED IBRD / 87690 Post Open - International 221,239.00 0.00 2017-12-19 2018-01-09 2018-02-22 2018-03-22 2018-04-21 2018-05-26 2018-06-30 2019-06-30 Based Selection Implementation FUNCTIONS UNDER "SKILL INDIA MISSION OPERATION" IN-MSDE-47288-CS-CQS / Consultant Hiring of an Agency for Pending IBRD / 87690 Post Qualification Open - International 278,787.00 0.00 2018-02-02 2018-02-23 2018-04-08 2018-05-08 2018-06-12 2018-12-09 conducting Global Skill Gap Implementation Selection Study INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS Activity Reference No. / Invitation to Contract Type Estimated Actual Amount Draft Negotiated Description Loan / Credit No. Component Review Type Method Market Approach Process Status Terms of Reference Identified/Selected Signed Contract Contract Completion Amount (US$) (US$) Contract Consultant Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Page 1