Letter of Invitation

Consulting Services

 

Name of Assignment: Hiring Technical Support Agency (TSA) to provide handholding support to Women FPCs of PIU MSRLM & MAVIM (Tenders Information)

RFP Reference No.: SMART/MSRLM/TSA/CS /113 /2024-25

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IBRD Loan No 9031-IN

Location and Date: Maharashtra India

Dear Mr. /Ms.:

 

1. The Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra (hereinafter called “Borrower”) has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (the “Bank”) in the form of a “loan” (hereinafter called loan) toward the cost of Hon. Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness Rural Transformation Project, (SMART). Department of Agriculture (DoA), Government of Maharashtra, an implementing agency of the Client, intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued. Payments by the Bank will be made only at the request of the Project Co-ordination Management Unit (PCMU), SMART, DoA, GoM and upon approval by the Bank, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the loan agreement. The loan agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the loan account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of the Bank, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of United Nations. No party other than the Borrower shall derive any rights from the loan agreement or have any claims to the proceeds of the loan.
2. A firm will be selected under Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) and in a Full Technical Proposal (FTP) format as described in this RFP, in accordance with the policies of the Bank detailed in the Bank’s “Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Revised in September 2023 . (“Procurement Regulations”) which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org

 

1. Joint venture or consortium is not allowed to submit the proposal for this assignment.

Online Tenders

1. The RFP document is available on the GoM E-Procurement Portal https://mahtenders.gov.in and the project website www.smart-mh.org. Interested consulting firms need to submit their "Proposal” through online at https://mahtenders.gov.in latest by 17/02/2025 up to 15.00 Hrs If there is any change in the RFP document or any other scheduled date, it will be published only on the aforesaid website.
2. The RFP includes the following documents:

Section 1 – Request for Proposals Letter

Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants and Data Sheet

Section 3 - Technical Proposal (FTP) - Standard Forms

Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 5 – Eligible Countries

Section 6 – Fraud and Corruption

Section 7 - Terms of Reference

Section 8 - Standard Forms of Contract (Lump-Sum)

1. Details on the proposal’s submission date, time and address are provided in ITC 17.7 and ITC 17.9.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

-Sd-

Nilesh Sagar IAS

Chief Executive Officer

UMED - Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (MSRLM)

Rural Development & Water Conservation Department

Government Tenders of Maharashtra

5th Floor, CIDCO Bhawan, CBD Belapur (South Wing)

Navi Mumbai – 400 614

Tel: 022 27562552

Email: [email protected]