ICAR shall examine existing mandate of the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) and propose new mandate in the changed marketing ecosystem along with restructuring of the Directorate to fulfill the new proposed mandate. Proposals can be submitted online at http://eprocure.gov.in after perusing the detailed instructions to bidders.
Proposal Validity
If a consultant could gain a competitive advantage from providing a consulting assignment/job that is related to the assignment/job in question and is not defined as a conflict of interest as in paragraph above, the employer will make available all consultants together with the RFP of any information that would give such an advisor any competitive advantage in that respect over competing advisors. If an advisor submits or participates in more than one proposal, all such proposals will be disqualified.
Preparation of Proposal
Financial Proposal
It will list all costs related to the assignment/work, including (a) compensation for staff and (b) reimbursable expenses, indicated in the Part II data sheet.
Taxes
Currency
Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)
Forfeiture of EMD
If the proposal is withdrawn during the validity period or any extension agreed to by the consultant. If the offer is changed or modified in a way that is not acceptable to the employer, after the opening of the offer during the validity period or its possible extension.
Performance Guarantee & Assurance
On presentation of performance bond and after signing the contract, the EMD would be returned. If the agency's performance is not satisfactory against any of the deliverables, or the measurable output is less than anticipated in relation to the scope of work, a portion of the total bid value, as deemed appropriate, will be deducted by DMI at the time of finalization. payment.
Documents to be enclosed with BID
An authorized representative of the consultants shall initial all pages of the original Technical and Financial Proposals. The financial offers of the shortlisted applicants will then be opened on the date, time and place as indicated.
Negotiations
Letters of submission of technical and financial proposals must be in the form -1 to 13 of Section 6 and Form - 14 of Section 6 respectively. Technical proposals will be opened on the date and time specified in the data sheet of Part II in the presence of representatives of the consultants who want to attend.
Award of Contract
Information relating to the evaluation of proposals and recommendations relating to tenders shall not be disclosed to the consultants who submitted the tenders or to other persons not officially involved in the process until the contract award is announced. Bidders who qualify for the opening of financial bids on the basis of the evaluation of the technical bid can, if they wish, participate in the opening of the financial bids of the evaluation committee.
Payment Terms
An advisor's unlawful use of any information relating to the process may result in the rejection of his proposal and may be subject to the provisions of the employer's anti-fraud and corruption policy.
Arbitration Policy
The arbitrator's award is binding on the parties to the dispute; provided, however, that any party aggrieved by such award may make a further motion to set aside or revise the award to the law clerk or any other officer, if so authorized by the law clerk, whose decision shall be final and conclusively binding on the party. The place of arbitration shall normally be New Delhi, but the arbitrator may change it for sufficient reasons.
Force Majeure
This does not affect the Client's right to request bank advances, to invoke a bank guarantee and to impose such recoveries, fines and sanctions as he deems appropriate.
Clarification if any
Background
- Initial mandate /activities of DMI:-
- Mandate till 1990:-
The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) is an attached office of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and. Farmers Welfare is entrusted with the implementation of the policy and schemes related to the Agricultural Marketing sector. Details of the organization are available at http://dmi.gov.in and http://agmarknet.gov.in.
According to the requirements of importing countries, AGMARK certification is mandatory for the export of grapes and okra to the European Union and that of onions to the Gulf countries. DMI conducts training courses of 2-week to 6-month duration for agricultural market functionaries at its offices in Nagpur, Hyderabad and Lucknow.
Objective
To study the existing mandate of DMI and suggest new mandate on changing marketing ecosystem/challenges in agricultural marketing with focus on better return to farmers including market intelligence, price and demand forecasting, import duties/trade external in agriculture. ii). To assess the existing workforce and suggest the demand including. new workforce to meet the new mandate in positions, qualifications and numbers. iii). To examine and suggest ways of retraining and reorienting existing resources to meet the new mandate. iv).
To study the adequacy of existing office infrastructure including office buildings, vehicles and other supporting infrastructure and suggest a blueprint for its improvement to handle the workload arising from the new mandate. f). To recommend measures for the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization in terms of structure and functions of the Directorate.
Payment Schedule & Reporting
Evaluation of proposals
However, the discussion will not materially change the original TOR and the final TOR will become part of the contract. If it is determined that the core personnel in the proposal have been offered without their availability being confirmed, the consultant will be disqualified and the process will continue with the remaining proposals.
Facilities to be provided
Deliverables
- Timely completion of Evaluation study
- Promptness in study and submission of report
- Evaluation of Technical Proposals
- Criteria for Evaluation of Technical Proposal
The total turnover of the bidder should not be less than one rupee in the last three financial years. In the first phase of evaluation, a proposal is rejected if it is found inadequate according to the requirements indicated for the responsiveness of the proposal. The evaluation of the technical proposal will begin first and at this stage the financial bid (proposal) will remain unopened.
Consultant qualification and evaluation criteria for the technical proposal will be defined below. The name of the consultants, their technical result (if required) and their Financial Proposal will be read aloud.
Bid Evaluation Criteria
If negotiations are held during the validity period of the Proposal, we undertake to negotiate on the basis of the proposed personnel. Here, give a brief description of the background and organization of your company/unit and each individual employee for this task/job. The short description must contain information about ownership, date and place of the company's foundation, the company's purpose, etc.
Also if the consultant has formed a consortium, the details of each of the consortium members, the name of the main members etc] will be given. In case of consortium, association of the consultant, the consultant shall provide the following information for each of the members of the consortium separately].
Total Number of consultancy projects done by bidder
Using the format below, provide information on each task/work for which your company and each partner in the case of a consortium or joint venture has legally entered into a contract either individually as a legal entity or as one of the main partners in an association, to carry out the consultancy task/work , similar to those required by this task/work.
Details of the individual completed project to be submitted in following format
The proposed work plan should be consistent with the technical approach and methodology, and demonstrate an understanding of the TOR and the ability to translate it into a feasible work plan. This should include a list of the final documents, including reports, drawings and tables to be provided as final output. You must indicate the key disciplines of the assignment/function, the key expert responsible and the proposed technical and support staff.
List all major task/job activities, including delivery of reports (eg initial, draft and final reports) and other criteria such as employer approvals. The consultant can also indicate here any changes he wants to the provisions of the draft contract. We also confirm that in case of misrepresentation of information, the employer will reject/cancel our proposal/contract, which will be binding on us.
The partners bear that share and responsibility, and all the expenses of the partners are borne by them themselves.
WHEREAS the Client has decided to conduct a study/an assignment titled - ‘study of existing mandate of Directorate of Marketing and
This Agreement made this day of _______ Two Thousand and between the President of India represented by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India, Directorate of Marketing &. Inspectorate, Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers' Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the 'Client', which expression shall, unless excluded or the context otherwise requires, include its successors and assigns) on the one hand and having its registered office with an Organization incorporated under (the Act / Act, if any) by its duly authorized signatory (hereinafter called 'the Agency', which expression, unless excluded or the context otherwise requires, ( includes its administrators, successors and permitted assigns) on the other hand' WHEREAS the Client has decided to carry out a study/an assignment entitled - 'study of existing mandate of Directorate Marketing and.
AND WHEREAS the Client is desirous of engaging the services of the Agency for the above purpose, in accordance with this Agreement
AND WHEREAS the Agency has agreed to render such services at a contract value of Rs.______________ (Rupees________________ only)
The Agency would adjust the PIR in accordance with the Client's suggestions before commencing work. The total amount of the deposit paid to the Agency but not used at the time of termination will be refunded by the Agency to the Customer. The Agency will provide workers' compensation and labor liability insurance for personnel assigned to the assignment.
The Agency is responsible for the payment of taxes, duties, fees, charges and other charges levied in accordance with applicable law for the conduct of the study or for the performance of the assignment. All final plans, drawings, specifications, plans, reports and other documents or software submitted by the Agency in the performance of the Services shall become and remain the property of the Client.
