Enhancing Landscape and Ecosystem Management (ELEMENT) Project (Индия - Тендер #69021200)

Part A: Mandatory Criteria:

Documents Required

1.

The applicant (firm) should have minimum 10 years (ending on 31.3.2025) of experience of the organization in value chain development and landscape enterprise incubation centers.

Experience in developing partnerships with private sector companies, paving the way to creation of new market opportunities in High Value Forest Product (HVFP)/ Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) e.g. Bamboo, Gandhoki (Homalomena aromatica), Agar (Aquilaria malaccensis), Broom Grass (Thysanolaena maxima), Medicinal Plant etc.

Registration certificate, Copies of PAN, TAN and GST registration Or an equivalent government issued document for foreign applicants and List of assignments completed with supporting documents.

2.

The applicant (firm) should have experience of having successfully executed at least one similar assignments minimum value of INR 2.00 Cr. (Rupees Two Crore) / 224719 USD during the last 3 (three) financial years i.e. 2021-22 to 2023-24.

Similar assignment implies relevant assignment i.e. value chain development including development value addition clusters and setting up incubation center in programs supported or implemented by Government of India, State Governments, World Bank, United Nation or other International Organization of repute.

Work Orders/ Completion Certificates/ Agreements,

Client Certificate clearly mentioning the contract scope, contract duration and contract amount.

3.

The applicant (firm) should have a minimum average annual turnover of INR 5.00 Cr. (Rupees Five crore)/ 562000 USD from consultancy fees only in any three financial years out of the last five financial years i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25. Values should be duly certified by a statutory body like Chartered Accountants or Independent Auditors who are competent to do so as recognized by the State concerned.

Turnover Certificate for consulting assignments certified by a Chartered Accountant with Audited Financial Statements for the last five financial years i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25.

4

Firm may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture (JV) to enhance their qualification. However, the name of lead bidder must be clearly mentioned in that case and lead bidder should satisfy at least 50% of annual turnover requirement and JV Partner should satisfy at least 20% of turnover requirement criteria.

A copy of the agreement or intent to form an agreement mentioning the name of the assignment as per the tender document, tender id and lead bidders.

• Eligibility

• The Bank permits consultants (individuals and firms, including Joint Ventures and their individual members) from all countries to offer consulting services for Bank-financed projects.
• Furthermore, it is the Lead Consultant’s responsibility to ensure that its Experts, joint venture members, Sub-consultants, agents (declared or not), sub-contractors, service providers, suppliers and/or their employees meet the eligibility requirements as established by the Bank in the applicable Procurement Regulations.
• As an exception to the foregoing 1.1 and 1.2 above:

a. Sanctions

• A Consultant that has been sanctioned by the Bank, pursuant to the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines and in accordance with its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG’s Sanctions Framework as described in Section VI, Fraud and Corruption, paragraph 2.2 d, shall be ineligible to be shortlisted for, submit proposals for, or be awarded a Bank-financed contract or benefit from a Bank-financed contract, financially or otherwise, during such period of time as the Bank shall have determined. The list of debarred firms and individuals is available at https://www.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/procurement/debarred-firms .

b. Prohibitions

• Firms and individuals of a country or goods manufactured in a country may be ineligible if so indicated in Section 5 (Eligible Countries) and:

(a) as a matter of law or official regulations, the Borrower’s country prohibits commercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective competition for the provision of Services required; or

(b) by an act of compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Borrower’s Country prohibits any import of goods from that country or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country.

c. Restrictions for State-Owned Enterprises

• State-owned enterprises or institutions in the Borrower’s country may be eligible to compete and be awarded a contract only if they can establish, in a manner acceptable to the Bank, that they:
• are legally and financially autonomous,
• operate under commercial law, and
• are not under supervision of the Client.

d. Restrictions for Public Employees

• Government officials and civil servants of the Borrower’s country are not eligible to be included as Experts, individuals, or members of a team of Experts in the Consultant’s Proposal unless:

(i) the services of the government official or civil servant are of a unique and exceptional nature, or their participation is critical to project implementation; and

(ii) their hiring would not create a conflict of interest, including any conflict with employment or other laws, regulations, or policies of the Borrower.

e. Borrower Debarment

• A firm that is under a sanction of debarment by the Borrower from being awarded a contract is eligible to participate in this procurement, unless the Bank, at the Borrower’s request, is satisfied that the debarment; (a) relates to fraud or corruption, and (b) followed a judicial or administrative proceeding that afforded the firm adequate due process.

Part A: Mandatory Criteria:

Documents Required

1.

The applicant (firm) should have minimum 10 years (ending on 31.3.2025) of experience of the organization in value chain development and landscape enterprise incubation centers.

Experience in developing partnerships with private sector companies, paving the way to creation of new market opportunities in High Value Forest Product (HVFP)/ Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) e.g. Bamboo, Gandhoki (Homalomena aromatica), Agar (Aquilaria malaccensis), Broom Grass (Thysanolaena maxima), Medicinal Plant etc.

Registration certificate, Copies of PAN, TAN and GST registration Or an equivalent government issued document for foreign applicants and List of assignments completed with supporting documents.

2.

The applicant (firm) should have experience of having successfully executed at least one similar assignments minimum value of INR 2.00 Cr. (Rupees Two Crore) / 224719 USD during the last 3 (three) financial years i.e. 2021-22 to 2023-24.

Similar assignment implies relevant assignment i.e. value chain development including development value addition clusters and setting up incubation center in programs supported or implemented by Government of India, State Governments, World Bank, United Nation or other International Organization of repute.

Work Orders/ Completion Certificates/ Agreements,

Client Certificate clearly mentioning the contract scope, contract duration and contract amount.

3.

The applicant (firm) should have a minimum average annual turnover of INR 5.00 Cr. (Rupees Five crore)/ 562000 USD from consultancy fees only in any three financial years out of the last five financial years i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25. Values should be duly certified by a statutory body like Chartered Accountants or Independent Auditors who are competent to do so as recognized by the State concerned.

Turnover Certificate for consulting assignments certified by a Chartered Accountant with Audited Financial Statements for the last five financial years i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25.

4

Firm may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture (JV) to enhance their qualification. However, the name of lead bidder must be clearly mentioned in that case and lead bidder should satisfy at least 50% of annual turnover requirement and JV Partner should satisfy at least 20% of turnover requirement criteria.

A copy of the agreement or intent to form an agreement mentioning the name of the assignment as per the tender document, tender id and lead bidders.

• Eligibility

• The Bank permits consultants (individuals and firms, including Joint Ventures and their individual members) from all countries to offer consulting services for Bank-financed projects.
• Furthermore, it is the Lead Consultant’s responsibility to ensure that its Experts, joint venture members, Sub-consultants, agents (declared or not), sub-contractors, service providers, suppliers and/or their employees meet the eligibility requirements as established by the Bank in the applicable Procurement Regulations.
• As an exception to the foregoing 1.1 and 1.2 above:

a. Sanctions

• A Consultant that has been sanctioned by the Bank, pursuant to the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines and in accordance with its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG’s Sanctions Framework as described in Section VI, Fraud and Corruption, paragraph 2.2 d, shall be ineligible to be shortlisted for, submit proposals for, or be awarded a Bank-financed contract or benefit from a Bank-financed contract, financially or otherwise, during such period of time as the Bank shall have determined. The list of debarred firms and individuals is available at https://www.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/procurement/debarred-firms .

b. Prohibitions

• Firms and individuals of a country or goods manufactured in a country may be ineligible if so indicated in Section 5 (Eligible Countries) and:

(a) as a matter of law or official regulations, the Borrower’s country prohibits commercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective competition for the provision of Services required; or

(b) by an act of compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Borrower’s Country prohibits any import of goods from that country or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country.

c. Restrictions for State-Owned Enterprises

• State-owned enterprises or institutions in the Borrower’s country may be eligible to compete and be awarded a contract only if they can establish, in a manner acceptable to the Bank, that they:
• are legally and financially autonomous,
• operate under commercial law, and
• are not under supervision of the Client.

d. Restrictions for Public Employees

• Government officials and civil servants of the Borrower’s country are not eligible to be included as Experts, individuals, or members of a team of Experts in the Consultant’s Proposal unless:

(i) the services of the government official or civil servant are of a unique and exceptional nature, or their participation is critical to project implementation; and

(ii) their hiring would not create a conflict of interest, including any conflict with employment or other laws, regulations, or policies of the Borrower.

e. Borrower Debarment

• A firm that is under a sanction of debarment by the Borrower from being awarded a contract is eligible to participate in this procurement, unless the Bank, at the Borrower’s request, is satisfied that the debarment; (a) relates to fraud or corruption, and (b) followed a judicial or administrative proceeding that afforded the firm adequate due process.