rfp for selection of agency for setting up pmc at uttarakhand co...

RFP for selection of agency for setting up PMC at Uttarakhand Co-operative Development programme Directorate (UKCDP) for Co-operative and Dairy Sectors. Pre Bid Queries and responses for the queries. Note: The due date of submission of the RFPs for dairy sector, Co-operative sector and Fisheries sector PMC has been extended till February 12th 2020 ( 2 PM).

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Clause No. and Page RFP text Queries/Suggestions Response

Reference

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Last date and time for

Section- 1.2,

Page 7

Last date and time for submission of Technical & Financial Proposal

The bidder requests for extension of submission deadline by at least 2 weeks to 7 February 2020 beyond existing deadline of 24.01.2020.

Proposal due date (PDD) February 12th 2020 (2 PM)

submission of Technical & Financial Proposal

2 Technical Bid Evaluation

Section- 3.2.2, Pg. 12

The bidder having an existing office registered under the name of the bidder in Uttarakhand

Suggestion: The bidder suggests that this clause be rephrased with the criteria updated to include firms which are currently executing or had previously executed projects in Uttarakhand, so that firms with functional knowledge of project execution in Uttarakhand but not with a registered office in Uttarakhand are not at a disadvantage

The clause be read as:

Understanding of the assignment and Approach & Methodology (max marks) 20 Marks

The bidder having an existing office registered under the name of the bidder in Uttarakhand

5 Marks

(Note: This is applicable to

the RFPs for co-operative sector and Dairy sector both)

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Section- 3.2.2, Pg. 12

Project Management Consultant Resources

The client is requested to clarify if all resources are required to be deployed at client side? Will deployed resources be required to travel

All resources to be stationed at client site. Travel as per the work requirements at UKCDP for the tasks of UKCDP shall be borne by UKCDP as per the norms laid down by UKCDP.

outside their place of deployment?

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RFP text Queries/Suggestions Reference

4 Pre- Qualification Criteria

Section 3.2.1, Pg

11, Pt. 2.2

The bidder should have previous experience of having done consultancy projects with

Uttarakhand Govt

It is suggested that the pre qualifying criteria may include relevant experience in Outreach/Communication/PR projects as well. Since the scope of work defines activities related to these areas of work.

Consultancy assignments to be considered exhaustive set of all form of consultancy engagements including outreach/communication/PR projects. Suggestion: A clause “Prior

experience in outreach services including Social, Digital Communication, Print etc. At least 5 projects in the field of Outreach, Communication and Marketing with Govt./Public Sector” may be

included

5 Scope of Work

Section 9.1,

1. Preparation of Diagnostic study and Action Plan

Clarification: The client is requested to clarify the target audience of the primary data collection? Also, if any expenses are required (TA/DA) for primary data collection, how will the expenses be adjusted?

As per the UKCDP norms and during the course of assignment such expenses are not to be part of financial proposal of the bdders.

Pg 29 For the purpose of Diagnostic Study the selected agency shall carry out extensive

primary data collection for assessment on present position of

‘Aanchal’ in market;




Section 3.2.2, Pg 12,

Experience as PMU/PMC/ PMA with Central/ State Govt. in Agri & Allied Sector in the last 7 years. Only assignments with minimum fee value of Rs 50 lakhs and above shall be considered

Suggestion: Considering the scope of work mentioned in RFP, Along with experience in Agri & Allied Sector it is suggested that the “20 marks allocated for only Agri and Allied Sector experience may be awarded 10 Marks each in the following way:

No change. Pt. 1.1 i. 10 Marks for experience in Agri and allied Sector

ii. 10 Marks for experience in Outreach services/Communication/Media/PR etc. sectors with breakup

With max. marks at 10 for more than 10

projects

7 Background - Project Objectives

Section 2.1, The Project duration is 36

months to be reviewed every year for satisfactory performance. The contract may be extended by one year based on mutual consent.

Clarification: The bidder requests for clarification on project duration and possible extension as the durations mentioned under Section 2.1 and under Section 10.4.14 are different? As per section 2.1 (section

10.4.14 to read as revised and aligned with section 2.1) Pg 9 (Section 10.4.14 – “The contract may

be extended for 36 months based on

satisfactory performance or on the crisis of mutual agreement between the parties.”)



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Project management Cell resource Plan

Page 13 and

Project Management Cell resource plan Page 13 and Page 22. – Experience criteria of Associate PR and Branding resource

Clarification: Scoring Criteria for Project Management Cell resource plan have been mentioned in two places in the RFP: Page 13 and Page 22. There is difference in requirement of experience of Associate PR and BrandingResource.

No Change

Page 22

9 Limitation of Liability Contract Clause: To be

Included

It is requested to limit consultant’s liability to Limitation of liability to be

read as: consultant’s liability limited to the total contract value.

the total contract value. As per the model conditions of contract mentioned by MIETY.

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Confidentiality Obligations

Contract Clause: To be Included

It is suggested that client allows standard

All information pertaining to and related with the assignments as part of UKCDP delgations during the course of the contract

exceptions to confidential information, which is industry standard and reasonable. Not all

information can be regarded as confidential.

shall be covered under confidentiality clause.

Co-operative sector PMC: Pre bid queries from Grand Thornton India LLP and Responses

S. Page No, Clause

No. Content in RFP Queries/Our Submission Response No.

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Page No. 13 Position- Associate (Agribusiness)

The proposed seems to be a large project with a potential to create impact in the agribusiness ecosystem of the state. Keeping in mind the work experience of 10 years, it is important to consider MBA in agribusiness and/or allied sectors as minimum qualification criteria for the proposed position.

Section 3.2.3; Associate agri business qualification to be read as: MBA in Agribusiness and B Sc in Agri and allied sectors. In the case of Team Leader: The required qualification be read as: B.Sc with MBA/MSW/Equivalent with at least 12 years of experience.

(3.2.3) Project Management Consultant Resources

Qualification- B.Sc Agri

We would therefore request you to add the following qualification for the proposed position:

MBA in Agribusiness and B Sc in Agri and

allied sectors.

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Page No. 14 Position- Associate (Creatives content)

The qualification for the proposed position usually includes a certificate course. We would therefore request you to add the certificate course for the proposed position. The revised qualification would be as follows:

Position- Associate (Creatives content)- Qualification to be read as: Certification course /Diploma/ Graduate/ Post Graduate/Related Qualification in Fine arts. The required experience to be read as: Experience in field of PR, Branding and Marketing with focus on below:

Handling wide range of Event Activation/ Promotions.

Media strategy & planning. Creating annual operating plans

with focus on P&L. New customers acquisition,

Customer Life Cycle Management, Brand & Online business.

Experience in B2C industry shall be preferred.

(Note: This is applicable to the said resource requirement criteria in both Dairy sector RFP and Co-operative sector RFP).


Qualification- Diploma/ Graduate/ Post Graduate in Fine arts from any Government Institution will be given preference

Certification course /Diploma/ Graduate/ Post Graduate/

Related Qualification in Fine arts

Further we would request you to eliminate the preference of government institutions as there are other reputed private institutions that provide the said course.

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Page No. 15 Position- Associate (MIS)

It is important that proposed position has a qualification degree in the IT/ Computer Sciences due to the nature of relevant experience required.

Position- Associate (MIS) The qualification to be read as: MBA/Post Graduate in Computer sciences and/or equivalent


Qualification- MBA

We would therefore request you to add the following qualification for the proposed position:

MBA/Post Graduate in Computer sciences and/or allied sectors

4 Page No. 15 Position- Associate (Social Development)

Given the junior position of Associate in social development, the experience requirement of 10 years seems to be high for the position of an Associate. Moreover, in other associate positions the required experience ranges from 3-5 years.

Position Associate (Social Development) qualification to be read as: No change- As per the published RFP. Only in the case of Junior Associates- In the event that Bidder submits profiles of candidates with B.Tech/Masters degree/MBA or equivalent- The experience requirement shall be relaxed to 1 year in cases of Junior Associate- Co-operative farming Junior Associate- MIS Junior Associate- Social Development


Relevant experience- 10 years of relevant experience of community mobilization/social sector

We would therefore request you to make the following change:

5 years of relevant experience of community

mobilization/social sector

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Page 49, Financial Bid

Financial Bid – Part 2 (For utilization of resources for any additional work by UKCDP or any other department for associated work, this rate card will be valid for 3 years.

The rate card demanded in financial bid Part 2 does not have a list of required resources.

Financial bid part 2 for co-operative sector PMC "removed". – Part 2

Additionally, we want a confirmation on the fact that the financial bid form 2 will not evaluated as a part of bid evaluation.

6 Page 29, Scope of work 9.1 Clause xxiv.

Logistic arrangement of the movement of manpower for official work will

We understand that the travel expenses for official work will be borne by UKCDP. Kindly request you to confirm the same.

Travel as per the work requirements at UKCDP for the tasks of UKCDP shall be borne by UKCDP as per the norms laid down by UKCDP.

responsibility of UKCDP.

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Page 53, Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium

Please refer to letter format

This form pertains to the format for a ‘Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium’ in case a bidder is partnering with another organization in bid submission.

Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium to be read as: Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium/Association. The bidder can submit an MOU on Rs 100 stamp paper for this.

We would like to inform you that Grant Thornton India LLP is likely to submit a proposal in association with a partner firm. However, given our legal structure, GT India is a limited liability partnership firm and therefore we are unable to enter into a JV agreement. We do however, enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, wherein we play the role of the lead firm and our partnering firm or company plays the role of the associate partner. This document is also submitted on stamp paper, notified and signed by all parties.

We therefore, request you to allow us to participate in this tender submission through submission of an MoU with our associate partner. We would also like to inform you that we have responded to many Central and State Govt. tenders in an association in the past and have been permitted to submit what we term as an MoU with associate firm and not a JV agreement. We hope you accept our request as we are eager to participate in this tender submission.

8 - Bid Extension request

Considering that fact this project involves a large number resources to be mobilized, we would request UKCDP to Proposal due date (PDD) February 12th

2020 (2 PM) extend the deadline for submission of the bid by one week.

Dairy Sector PMC: Pre bid queries from Grand Thornton India LLP and responses

S. Page No, Clause No. Content in RFP Queries/Our

Submission Response

No.

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Page No. 14 (3.2.3) Project Management Consultant Resources

Position- Associate (Creatives content)

The qualification for the proposed position usually includes a certificate course. We would therefore request you to add the certificate course for the proposed position. The revised qualification would be as follows:

Position- Associate (Creatives content)- Qualification to be read as: Certification course /Diploma/ Graduate/ Post Graduate/Related Qualification in Fine arts. Experience to be read as per the response wrt the resource requirement in the query related to the same in co-operative sector above.

Qualification- Diploma/ Graduate/ Post Graduate in Fine arts from any Government Institution will be given preference

Certification course/ /Diploma/ Graduate/ Post Graduate/Related Qualification in Fine arts

Further we would request you to eliminate the preference of government institutions as there are other reputed private institutions that provide the said course.

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Page 50, Financial Bid

Table of resources, their qualifications and experience

We want a confirmation on the fact that the financial bid form 2 will not evaluated as a part of bid evaluation.

Financial Bid shall be evaluated on basis of collated values of Fin bid form 1 and fin bid form 2. The RFP term to be read as revised.

– Part 2

3 Page 29, Scope of work 9.1 Clause xxiv.

Logistic arrangement of the movement of manpower for official work will

We understand that the travel expenses for official work will be borne by UKCDP. Kindly request you to confirm the same.

Travel as per the work requirements at UKCDP for the tasks of UKCDP, shall be borne by UKCDP as per the norms laid down by UKCDP. This is not part of financial proposal of the bidders.

responsibility of UKCDP.

4 Page 53, Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium

Please refer to letter format

This form pertains to the format for a ‘Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium’ in case a bidder is partnering with another organization in bid submission.

Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium to be read as: Letter of undertaking to participate in RFP in Joint Venture/ Consortium/Association. The bidder can submit an MOU on Rs 100 stamp paper for this.

We would like to inform you that Grant Thornton India LLP is likely to submit a proposal in association with a partner firm. However, given our legal structure, GT India is a limited liability partnership firm and therefore we are unable to enter into a JV agreement. We do however, enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, wherein we play the role of the lead firm and our partnering firm or company plays the role of the associate partner. This document is also submitted on stamp paper, notified and signed by all parties.

We therefore, request you to allow us to participate in this tender submission through submission of an MoU with our associate partner. We would also like to inform you that we have responded to many Central and State Govt. tenders in an association in the past and have been permitted to submit what we term as an MoU with associate firm and not a JV agreement. We hope you accept our request as we are eager

to participate in this tender submission.

5 - Bid Extension request We would request UKCDP to extend the deadline for submission of the bid by one week.


Pre Bid Queries and responses: Co-operative PMC. Queries from Ernst & young LLP and responses

S. No

Bidding Document Reference (Clause/page)

Points of clarification required Responses (Few responses have been enclosed in the query cells and the same have been highlighted in red for optimum clarity)

1 Section 1.2 - Important Dates

Page No. 7

We request the authority to consider extending the date of submission by three weeks and subsequently all the other dates, from the date of response for pre-bid queries.


2 Clause 3.2.1 Pre-Qualification Criteria Bidder Turnover

Page No. 11

We request the Authority to clarify pre-qualification criteria: average revenueRs.30Cr.inthelastthreefinancialyearsprecedingthePDD from advisoryservices.

We believe that the experience of the bidder is well demonstrated throughitsfinancialcompetence.Toensurethatthebidsarereceived only from reputed organization and also to maintain quality of bids received for this important assignment, we suggest the following modification in pre-qualificationcriteria:

No Change

The average revenue in the last three financial years preceding the

PDD, of the bidder should be Rs 100 crore from advisory business.

3 Clause 3.2.2 Technical Bid Evaluation – 1.2

Our understanding from this clause is that average turnover from Agri or Allied services in three years (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) all put together should be more than 10 Cr to earn maximum marks. Kindly clarify

Page No. 12 No Change.

4 Clause 3.2.2: Technical Bid Evaluation – 3.1 Page No. 12

A bidder’s track record is well demonstrated by its turnover. We request the authority to kindly modify the marking criteria asper following: Average revenue in last three financial years 100 - 150 Cr

No Change

5 Clause 3.2.2: A bidder’s track record is well demonstrated by its turnover. We Technical Bid request the authority to kindly modify the marking criteria as per Evaluation – 3.2 following: No Change. Page No. 12 Average revenue in last three financial years > 150 Cr

6 Page No. 13

Section 3.2.3 – Project Management Consultant Resources

We request the authority to consider the following criteria as it willbe difficult to identify resources with the criteria mentioned in the RFP document.

S. No

Position Qualification (query and response in red )

Relevant Experience(query and response)

Mar ks

1 Team B.Sc in Agri/ 10 years of 7 Leader botony/zoology experience in agri with Master’s and allied sector Degree in Business Administration/ The required qualification be

read as: B.Sc with MBA/MSW/Equivalent with at least 12 years of experience.

Master degree in social work/equivalent

3 Expert Master’s Market 5 (PR & Degree in Experience: Branding) Business Minimum 8 years Administration experienced in professional with Marketing/Sale hands on s Marketing/ experience Equivalent NO CHANGE) in: (NO CHANGE)

6 Associate MBA marketing/ 5 years of 5 - Equivalent

(To be read as MBA marketing/MBA with exp in marketing)

experience of

(Marketin marketing with g) focus on agri and allied sector Products (NO CHANGE)

7 Associate MBA/CA/CFA/ 5 years of (Finance) Equivalent (No change)

professional

8 Associate MBA/ 5 years of 5

(MIS) Equivalent The revised term to be read as: MCA/equivalent

professional

experience on

research projects/govt/dono

r funded projects /

handling MIS tasks

9 Jr B.Sc Agri/Allied 2 year of Associate experience in (Co-op agri, allied/scial Farming) sector/community (4 No) mobilization in agri, hortil, aromatic, medicinal/herbs) (In case of Masters degree exp up to

1 years) 10 Jr Graduate/MBA/ 2 years of

Associate Equivalent experience (Marketin professional in g) (2 Nos) handling vendors and negotiating on best prices Available ((In case of Masters degree exp to be

relaxed to 1 year) 11 Jr Graduate 2 years of

Associate experience in (MIS) 2 project MIS

(In case of B.Tech or Masters degree exp shall be relaxed to 1 year).

Nos

12 Associate Masters in Social 5 years of (Social Work/ MBA relevant Develop from institutes experience of ment) specializing in community social mobilization/social sector/agri/equiv Sector (NO CHANGE) alent

Support team

14 Office Diploma/graduat 2 years of executive e experience of Office (To be read as : Changed as suggested)

assistant/executiv e, goodknowledge of MS office,

proficiency in hindi and English typing

15 Office Assistant (4 Nos)

Diploma/graduat e

At least 2 years’ experience, MS office, proficienct in hindi and English typing (To be read as: changed as suggested)

16 Data entry operator

Graduate in any discipline

2 years of professional exp as data entry operator/proficienc y in MS excel and MS word (To be read as: changed as suggested)

7 Clause 3.2.3. Project Management Consultant Resources.

Page 16

We request the Authority to provide clarification about number of resources required for Jr. Associate and Data Entry Operator positions.

It is mentioned as two personnel are required for Jr. Associate position and two for Data Entry Operator position in Fin Form 5: Financial Bid in page 48 and also in Tech form 4: Personnel for PMC in page 44. However, the number of resources is not mentioned in clause 3.2.3. Clause 3.2.3. Project Management Consultant Resources. Junior Associate (below the Associate Social development)- to be read as Junior Associate- Social Development. Requirement 2 personals. Date Entry operator: 2 personnel. Similarly the fin form 5 and tech form 4 to be read accordingly.

8 Clause 8.7

Page No. 27

We request the Authority to clarify the clause regardingblacklisting. We understand that once the court has stayed the blacklisting,then the blacklisting gets erased for all practical purposes as of itnever existed in the first place. Therefore, any proposed disqualification on this ground may be against the established legal norms and may accordingly be considered to be removed.

The bidder should not be black listed by Uttarakhand government or any agency of Uttarakhand government. The bidder shall submit the undertaking on stamp paper of value Rs 100.

9 Section 9.1 Scope of Work

Page No. 28- 29

We request the authority to clarify the following term – “lifecycle of the project initiated by the UKCDP” but the total project duration for the PMC is only 36 months

To be read as: For the duration of the contract period.

We request the authority to clarify about the two verticals as only one vertical is mentioned in the RFP document.

To be read as co-operative vertical/sector.

10 9.1. Scope of Work

Page 29

We request the authority to consider the following change in the mentioned point:

The employment guarantee/any such statutory liability shall be the responsibility of the selected agency and, the selected agency/successful bidder shall be liable to UKCDPany such responsibility towards the resources deployed at the PMC as per the terms and conditions of this RFP.

To be read as: Revised as suggested.

11 GEN Form 3, Page 41

WerequesttheAuthoritytoprovideclarificationoninformationsought for customer w.r.t projects. We request the Authority to modify the information asfollowing:

SI. No

Information Sought Details

Customer Information

1 Customer Name

2 Name of the contact person from the client organization who can act as a reference with contact coordinates

Name

Designation

Address Address

Phone Number Phone Number Mobile Number Mobile Number To be read

as: Changed as suggested.

Email ID Project Details

Email ID 3 Project Title

Project Details 4 Start Date / End Date 3 Project Title

5 Current Status (In progress / Completed)

4 Start Date / End Date 5 Current Status (In progress /

Completed) 6 Number of responding firm’s staff

deployed on this project (peak time)

6 Number of responding firm’s staff deployed on this project (peak time)

To be read as: Changed as suggested.

Value of the project

7 Order value of the project (in Rupees lakhs)

Value of the project 7 Order value of the project (in Rupees

lakhs)

12 New Clause To expedite the commencement of project within the said timeline w.r.t deployment of personnel, we request the Authority to provide 20% mobilization advance payment. (no change)

13 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause: UKCDP shall not recover from the Consultant, in contract or tort, under statute or otherwise, any amount with respect to loss of profit, data or goodwill, or any other consequential, incidental, indirect, punitive or special damages in connection with claims arising out of this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Services, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was contemplated. UKCDP shall not recover from the Consultant, in contract or tort, under statute or otherwise, aggregate damages in excess of the fees actually paid for the Services that directly caused the loss in connection with claims arising out of this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Services. (To be read as: Changed as suggested)

14 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause w.r.t.

Termination: The Consultant may terminate this Agreement, or any particular Services, immediately upon written notice to UKCDP if the bidder reasonably determines that it can no longer provide the Services in accordance with applicable law or professional obligations ( to be read as changed as suggested with inclusion of- In such an event, the authority shall have rights to forfeit any such Performance guarantee as submitted by the selected bidder)

15 New Clause We request the Authority to include the following standard terms in the Agreement: (To be read as: Changed as suggested)

I. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, UKCDP may not

recover from the Consultant, in contract, indemnity or tort, under statute or otherwise, any amount with respect to loss of profit, data or goodwill, or any other consequential, incidental,indirect,punitiveorspecialdamagesinconnection withclaimsarisingoutofthisAgreementorotherwiserelating to the Services, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was contemplated.

II. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the UKCDP may

notrecoverfromtheConsultant,incontract,indemnityortort, under statute or otherwise, aggregate damages in excess of thefeesactuallypaidfortheServicesthatdirectlycausedthe loss in connection with claims arising out of this Agreement or otherwise relating to theServices.

16 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause w.r.t. non-

disclosure of deliverables: (No Change) UKCDP shall not disclose a deliverable (or any portion or summary of a deliverable) externally, or refer to the Consultant in connection with the Services, except: (a) to UKCDP’s lawyers (subject to these disclosure restrictions),

who may review it only in connection with theServices, (b) to the extent, and for the purposes, required by law or any

regulatory authority (and UKCDP will promptly notify us of such legal requirement to the extent it is permitted to doso), (c) tootherpersonswithUKCDP’spriorwrittenconsent,whomayuse it only as we have specified in ourconsent. IfUKCDPispermittedtodiscloseadeliverable(oraportionthereof), it

shall not alter, edit or modify it from the form it has beenprovided

Pre-Bid Queries and responses: Dairy PMC

Name of Organization

submittingrequest

Address of organization including phone, fax, email points of contact

Ernst & Young LLP

Ernst & Young LLP, 3rd & 6th Floor, Worldmark – 1, IGI Airport Hospitality District, Aerocity, New Delhi - 110037 Mobile: +91 9953018003 Fax: 91 11 6671 9999 Email: [email protected]

S.N

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Bidding Document Reference

(Clause/Page)

Points of clarification required

Responses (IN certain queries, the responses have been included along side the queries and highlighted in red for optimum clarity)

1 Clause 1.2 Important

We request the authority to consider extending the date of submission by three weeks and subsequently all


Dates, 7 the other dates:

2 Clause 3.2.1 Pre- Qualification Criteria Bidder Turnover, Page 11

WerequesttheAuthoritytoclarifypre-qualificationcriteria:average revenue Rs. 30 Cr. in the last three financial years preceding the PDD from advisoryservices. We believe that the experience of the bidder is well demonstrated through its financial competence. To ensure that the bids are receivedonlyfromreputedorganizationandalsotomaintainquality of bids received for this important assignment, we suggest the following modification in pre-qualificationcriteria: The average revenue in the last three financial years precedingthe PDD, of the bidder should be Rs 100 crore from advisorybusiness.

No Change

3 Clause 3.2.2 Our understanding from this clause is that average turnover from

Technical Bid Evaluation – 1.2, Page 12

Agri or Allied services in three years (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) all put together should be more than 10 Cr to earn maximum marks. Kindly clarify.

average turnover from

Agri or Allied services in three years (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) more than 10 Cr to earn maximum marks of 20

4 Clause 3.2.2: 3.1, Page 12

A bidder’s track record is well demonstrated by its turnover. We request the authority to kindly modify the marking criteria asper following:

Average revenue in last three financial years 100 - 150 Cr

No Change

5 Clause 3.2.2:

3.2, Page 12 A bidder’s track record is well demonstrated by its turnover. We request the authority to kindly modify the marking criteria as per following:

Average revenue in last three financial years > 150 Cr

NO Change

6 Clause 3.2.3, Page 13

We request the authority to consider modifying the requirements of PMC resource personnel as it will be difficult to find resources for full time deployment at tier – 2 city with given qualification and experience:

S.No Position Qualification Relevant Experience

Marks

1 Associate – PR &Branding

Master’s Degree in Business Administra tion or equivalent (to be read as, changed as suggested in the query)

Market Experience: Minimum 7 years experienced professional with hands on experience in

-Handling wide range of Event Activation/ Promotions. -Experience in planning & handling ATL/BTL/O OH. To be read as:

The required experience to be read as: Experience in field of PR, Branding and Marketing with focus on below:

Handling wide range of Event Activation/ Promotions.

Media strategy & planning.

Creating annual operating plans with focus on P&L.

10

New customers acquisition, Customer Life Cycle Management, Brand & Online business.

Experience in B2C industry shall be preferred.

2 Associate – Social Developm ent

Master’s Degree in social work/ rural management from recognised university in India/ MBA or equivalent/ Post

Market Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience of community mobilization , social developmen t initiatives on govt ( No Change)

5

Graduate Diploma

in Management To be read as: Changed as suggested in the query.

projects/pro gramme/do n or agencies/de velopment sector

3 Marketing /PR Jr Associate (Minimum 1 in nos.)

Graduate in relevant discipline

3 years of marketing experience

5 ( No Change)

4 Associate (Creatives content)

Diploma/ Graduate / Post Graduate in Fine Arta from any To include: reputed Institution To exclude pref for govt inst. (certification courses included)

At least 3 years experience in Fine Arts/ Advertising/ Design

5

7 Clause 8.7, Page 27

We request the authority to clarify criteria for blacklisting.

Weunderstandthatoncethecourthasstayedtheblacklisting,then the blacklisting gets erased for all practical purposes as of it never existed in the first place. Therefore, any proposed disqualification onthisgroundmaybeagainsttheestablishedlegalnormsandmay accordingly be considered to beremoved.

The bidder should not be black listed by Uttarakhand government or any agency of Uttarakhand government. The bidder shall submit the undertaking on stamp paper of value Rs 100.

8 New Clause To expedite the commencement of project within the said timeline w.r.t deployment of personnel, we request the Authority to provide 20% mobilization advance payment.

No Change

9 GEN Form 3,

Page 44 We request the Authority to provide clarification on information sought for customer w.r.t projects. We request the Authority to modify the information as following:

To be read as: Changed as suggested.

SI. No

Information Sought Details

Customer Information 1 Customer Name

2 Name of the contactperson from the clientorganization whocanactasareference with contact coordinates

Name Designation

Address

Phone Number

Mobile Number

Email ID

Project Details 3 Project Title

4 Start Date / End Date

5 Current Status (In progress / Completed)

6 Number of responding firm’s staff deployed on this project (peak time)

Value of the project 7 Order value of the project

(in Rupees lakhs)

10 FIN Form 5:

Financial Bid – Part 2, Page 50

We request the Authority to provide clarification on the qualification and experience of the mentioned resources. As, procurement of PMC resource personnel with given qualification and experience will be difficult at tier – 2 city, we suggest the Authority to consider modifying the requirements as follows:

Fin Form 5: Financial Bid Part 2 Page no 50 ( To be read as: Changed as suggested. Additionally: Important clarification: Financial Bid Part 2 and Financial Bid Part 1 both collectively to be considered for financial proposal evaluation.

Resource Qualifications Experience Fee (Per Man Month in INR)

Social/digital marketing expert

Any graduate

Minimum 3 years of experience in Digital media planning, buying, , SocialMedia marketing, ORM

Project Lead MBA or equivalent from leading institute

10+ years of experience in consulting/ad visory work

Project Advisor

PGDM or equivalent- in from leading institute.

12+ years of experience in consulting/ad visory work

Technical Consultant

MBA or equivalent from leading institute

12+ years of experience in analyst vertical

Researcher (Qualitative & Quantitative)

MBA or equivalent from leading institution

7 + years of work experience in Marketing/Ma rket Research

Researcher MBA in 10+ years of industry,

(Qualitative & Marketing work should have Quantitative) Management experience in work

from leading Marketing/ with social institution Market and rural Research sector industry, across should have geography in work India with social MIS Graduate 5 years of

experience in managing MIS/Researc h projects

and rural associate with MBA or sector Equivalent

To be read as: MBA/MCA/Equivalent

across geography in

India MIS B.Com/B.Sc 5 years of associate stat with MBA experience in

managing MIS/Researc h projects

11 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause w.r.t liability:

In case of consortium or sub-contracting, scope pertinent to the partner/sub-contractor will be responsible for delivery as wellas quality. (No change)

12 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause:

UKCDP shall not recover from the Consultant, in contract or tort, under statute or otherwise, any amount with respect to loss of profit, data or goodwill, or any other consequential, incidental, indirect, punitive or special damages in connection with claims arising out of this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Services, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was contemplated. UKCDP shall not recover from the Consultant, in contract or tort, under statute or otherwise, aggregate damages in excess of the fees actually paid for the Services that directly

caused the loss in connection with claims arising out of this

Agreement or otherwise relating to the Services. (To be read as: Changed as suggested)

13 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause w.r.t. termination:

The Consultant may terminate this Agreement, or any particular Services, immediately upon written notice to UKCDP if the bidder reasonably determines that it can no longer provide the Services in accordance with applicable law or professional obligations. ( to be read as changed as suggested with inclusion of- In such an event, the authority shall have rights to forfeit any such Performance guarantee as submitted by the selected bidder)

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The employment gurantee/any such statutory liability shall be the responsibility of the selected agency and, the selected agency/successful bidder shall keep the UKCDP indemnified from any such responsibility towards the resources deployed at the PMC as per the terms and conditions of this RFP.

We request the Authority to modify clause w.r.t indemnification: The employment guarantee/any such statutory liability shall be the responsibility of the selected agency and, the selected agency/successfulbiddershallbeliabletoUKCDPanysuch responsibility towards the resources deployed at the PMC as per the terms and conditions of this RFP. (To be read as: Changed as suggested)

15 New Clause We request the Authority to include the following standard terms in the Agreement: (To be read as: Changed as suggested)

a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, UKCDP may not recover from the Consultant, in contract, indemnity or tort, under statute or otherwise, any amount with respect to loss of profit, data orgoodwill,oranyotherconsequential,incidental,indirect,punitive or special damages in connection with claims arising out of this AgreementorotherwiserelatingtotheServices,whetherornotthe likelihood of such loss or damage wascontemplated.

b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the UKCDP may not recover from the Consultant, in contract, indemnity or tort, under statute or otherwise, aggregate damages in excess of the fees actually paid for the Services that directly caused the loss in connection with claims arising out of this Agreement orotherwise

relating to the Services.

16 New Clause We request the Authority to include following clause w.r.t. non- disclosure of deliverables: (No Change) UKCDP shall not disclose a deliverable (or any portion or summary of a deliverable) externally, or refer to the Consultant in connection with the Services, except: (a) to UKCDP’s lawyers (subject to these disclosure restrictions),

who may review it only in connection with theServices, (b) to the extent, and for the purposes, required by law or any

regulatory authority (and UKCDP will promptly notify us ofsuch legal requirement to the extent it is permitted to doso), (c) to other persons with UKCDP’s prior written consent, who may use it only as we have specified in ourconsent. If UKCDP is permitted to disclose a deliverable (or a portion

thereof), it shall not alter, edit or modify it from the form it has been provided

Note: The due date of submission of the RFPs for dairy sector, Co-operative sector and Fisheries sector PMC has been extended till February 12th 2020 ( 2 PM).

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