| Pre-Qualification Criteria |
1. Scope of Work
The assignment aims to mitigate post-harvest losses (PHL) through capacity building in sustainable, climate-friendly, and inclusive horticulture practices.
The contractor must:
- Develop and deliver training programs for farmers in 5 states (Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala).
- Train 500 farmers (100/state) on state-specific horticulture crops.
- Train 125 master trainers across 5 identified horticulture clusters (Maharashtra, Karnataka, UP, Odisha).
- Anchor certification-based training with government-recognized institutes.
- Ensure minimum 25% women participation and 50% trainees below 36 years.
- Conduct workshops, ToTs (Training of Trainers), stakeholder sessions, documentation, video creation, and certification process initiation.
- Final reporting with training materials, 5 videos, photos, and documentation
2. Eligibility & Qualification Criteria
Commercial Eligibility:
- Legal status of the firm required.
- Declaration of adherence to GWB clauses.
- Annual turnover: Minimum €80,000 (approx. ?70 lakh) in last 3 years.
- Staff strength: Minimum 10 employees as of 31.12.2024.
Technical Eligibility:
- 3 reference projects in agriculture/skill development (≥ €25,000 value each).
- 2 reference projects in India within last 3 years.
- Experience:
- 10+ years in agriculture skilling.
- 5+ years in training/module development.
- 2+ years in PHL management trainings.
Personnel Requirements:
- Team Leader: Master’s in Agri/Management, 14+ years in agriculture/skill dev., 10 years in PHL, leadership exp.
- Technical Expert 1 (Sustainable Horticulture): Master’s in Agri/Horticulture, 15 years in sector, 10 years in farmer training.
- Technical Expert 2 (PHLM): Master’s in Food Tech/Agri/SCM, 10 years in PHL/food processing.
- Technical Expert 3 (Field Coordination): Bachelor’s in Rural Dev./Agri, 10 years exp., 5 years in field projects.
- Technical Expert 4 (Documentation & Communication): Bachelor’s in Social Sciences/Communication, 7 years exp., 5 years in reporting/communication.
3. Financial Criteria
- Estimated costings include:
- 20 farmer trainings (25 participants each).
- 5 ToTs (25 participants each).
- 5 Stakeholder workshops (15 participants each).
- Translation (100,000 words).
- 5 training videos.
- Travel, CO2 offset, and logistics included.
- Flexible remuneration budget of ?5,00,000 foreseen.
- Bid to be quoted in INR only; GST to be shown separately.
4. Tender Fee & EMD
- No explicit tender fee or EMD is mentioned in the ToR package.
- Standard GIZ procurement rules apply (cost of preparing bid not reimbursable).
5. Submission Guidelines
- Proposals must be submitted in three separate zip folders:
- (a) GAEF (Eligibility documents)
- (b) Technical Proposal (max. 10 pages excl. CVs)
- (c) Financial Proposal (as per GIZ template, in INR)
- All files in PDF/JPG format only, no password protection, max. 20 MB.
- Submission email: qn_quotation@giz.de
- No cloud links allowed (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.).
- Consortium allowed, but lead partner must be India-registered entity.
6. Deadlines & Key Dates
- Pre-bid queries deadline: 25th August 2025 (emails to shimpa.kalra@giz.de
- Clarifications issued by GIZ: 29th August 2025.
- Bid submission deadline: 10th September 2025, 11:59 PM.
- Contract Period: 15th September 2025 – 30th June 2026.
- Inception Meeting: 05th October 2025.
- Inception Report: 10th October 2025.
- Training Modules finalisation: 30th November 2025.
- Cluster-level inception with CDA/IA: 30th December 2025.
- Farmer Trainings (WP1): by 28th February 2026.
- ToTs & Workshops (WP2): by 30th April 2026.
- Anchoring of Training Programs: by 31st May 2026.
- Final Reporting & Invoicing: by 30th June 2026
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