Date: 17th March 2023

Request for Proposal (RfP)

Sub.: Appointment of a Survey Agency for conducting primary data surveys for ‘Skill Gap Assessment under
DDU-GKY project in the state of Gujarat.”

IRMA invites quotations from well-established survey agencies having qualified team (both supervisory and
field level), relevant experience and technical back-up for conducting largescale rural
household/institutional surveys.

Introduction

The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) is a premier, national-level Institute for Postgraduate,
Doctoral, and Mid-career/in-service education, training, research, and consulting in rural management.
Founded in 1979, IRMA’s mission is to promote all-around sustainable rural development through
professional management.

IRMA has got a project assignment from Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company Ltd (GLPC) on ‘Skill Gap
Assessment under DDU-GKY project in the state of Gujarat.’ One of the objectives of the project is to
Prepare district-wise Skill Gap Assessment (SGA) of rural areas with a focus on youth and other special groups
like SC/ST, women, minorities, and PwD in Gujarat. The gap is to be arrived by matching the demand and
supply for various skills of rural youth to facilitate training and placement under DDU-GKY. The assessment
needs conducting stratified sample surveys of rural households, industry/business units, and skill training
units across Gujarat. An SGA report with policy recommendations has to submitted to the sponsoring agency
by IRMA team based on the survey results by the end of July 2023.

Survey agencies having qualified team and experience of conducting rural household/ industry surveys may
submit their bids.

EMD (if any): Nil.

Scope of the Work:

The surveys have to be conducted as per the sample plan drawn by IRMA team. The household survey will
cover 3000 rural households selected randomly spread across different districts/talukas/panchayats
representing eight agro-climatic regions of Gujarat. About 150 villages will be selected for the purpose. The
survey of industry/ establishments will cover about 200 units spread across major sectors/regions of Gujarat,
while the survey of skill training institutions (ITIs/RESTI/PIAs) will cover about 50 units across different
districts. At the household level, a pre-tested/pre-coded schedule (about 8-10 pages length) will be used to
collect relevant data covering social-economic profile, education, skill sets (type and proficiency),
aspirations, and constraints for employment. Some open-ended information also will be collected. The data
from the industries/establishments will be collected through a schedule (about 5 pages) focusing on human
resources/workforce needs of the firms by type and level of skills and magnitude. Qualitative data will also
be collected on expected technological changes in the next five years. A schedule (of about 5 pages) based
survey will be conducted of skill training institutes to capture types and magnitude of skills developed,
placement data, certification, and potentials and constrains of employability including conducting few FGDs
(at least 5) with the trainees.
The survey of each household will take about 60 minutes duration with both coded and open-ended
questions, the institutional (industry and training units) survey will be of about 2 hours duration. All survey
instruments will be administered in the local language (Gujarati) by the survey team. A pilot survey of
respondents will be conducted to pre-test the tools with the help of the selected survey agency.

The members of the survey field team are post-graduates, and of mix gender. IRMA team will provide the
necessary orientation/ training to the field team of the selected agency on the survey and tools. The surveys
will be conducted as per the SoP including quality checks agreed upon between IRMA and the survey agency.

Data will be collected using preloaded schedules in the tablets/mobile; and survey data will be submitted in
SPSS/Excel database with necessary checks along with the filled in schedules. The qualitative contents of the
schedules and FGDs to be transcribed into English text. The agency will be required to provide
clarifications/explanations on the data during the course of the data analysis. The survey agency will
nominate a nodal person/team leader for the purpose. IRMA team members will visit the survey locations
during the survey period both for direct interactions with respondents and for random verification of
surveyed questionnaires.

The entire exercise has to completed by the selected agency within two months from the sanction of the
survey work.

Payment Terms:

The funds shall be released in a phased manner as per progress of the work and terms of agreement with
the major milestones of progress being signing the MoU, completion of filed survey and the submission data;
and analysis and report preparation. IRMA may specify any other terms like security amount or guarantee,
if deemed necessary.

(Special Note: IRMA shall pay the GST portion of the invoice to the agency once that invoice is being reflected
on the GST portal and available for the Input Credit)

Submission of tender/offer:

The offer covering technical and financial details with necessary explanations and safeguards for quality
should be sent through email to: IRMATENDER@GMAIL.COM on or before 25th March 2023 along with the
vendor registration form (see enclosure). PLEASE DO NOT MARK COPY (CC) OF YOUR EMAIL TO ANYONE AT
IRMA.

Any other info/terms: IRMA will duly consider both the technical and financial details in the selection of the
agency. The decision of IRMA will be final.
 Vendor Registration Form (on your letter head)

1. Name of the Organization :

2. Address of the Organization :
3. Type of Organization :
4. Contact Person Name :
5. Contact Person Designation :
6. Contact Person Mobile No :
7. Registration Certificate of Org. :
8. PAN of the Organization :
9. GST Certificate of Organization :
10. MSME (if any) of Organization :
11. Bank Details of Organization (Copy of Cheque to be attached):
12. Financial Details of Organization (Last 3 Years Turnover and undertaking for GST
Compliances):

13. Experience (Number of projects/clients handled in the last 5 years and a brief description of the same
(e.g., client name, size, and nature of the work):

14. Operational Capability including Staff Strength/Expertise/Technology:

15. Small brief about Organization : (Area of expertise and type of jobs handled)

Date: Sign and Seal