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TERMS OF REFERENCE
Background of Sudokkho Sudokkho is a 5-year private skills training and employment programme, funded by DFID and SDC and implemented by Palladium in a consortium with Swisscontact and the British Council. The programme seeks to test and scale-up market-driven, quality skills training systems within the Readymade Garments (RMG) and Construction sectors that will stimulate further investment in training by trainees, private training providers and employers. The programme’s target is that 100,000 poor people, including women and disadvantaged populations, will earn increased income in skilled or semi-skilled jobs after successful completion of training The programme supports Private Training Providers (PTPs) and Industry-based training initiatives (supply-side stimulation) and raises awareness about the value of skills development among the trainees and industry (demand-side stimulation). Sudokkho builds upon the TVET reform agenda in coordination with the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) of the Ministry of Education (MoE). The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) supports initiatives that facilitate greater involvement of the private sector to ensure skills training is relevant and of high quality, thereby increasing post-training employment opportunities, as stipulated in the National Skills Development Policy 2011. The programme strengthens the institutional capacity and supports key functions of the Industry Skills Councils (ISC) in the concerned sectors and supports capacity building of national training consultancy service providers (TCSP) to sustain a long-term development process. Duration and Time Schedule 40 PTPs who are implementing 548 batches (313 for construction occupations and 235 for RMG occupations) of training across the country; each batch contains 20 trainees. List of PTPs with number of batches is provided in annex-1. It has been estimated that 0.5 day per person will be spent for verification of enrolment data and 1 day for assessment process of each batch of training. This will lead to 1.5person days of work for each of training batch. Therefore, total number of estimated workdays for this assignment is 822. Travel days will not be considered as workdays. The duration of contract will be from October to December 2018. However, it can be extended depending on the progress of training implemented by the PTPs. Profile/requirement of the consultant The consulting firm should meet the following profile:
Consultancy proposal Interested consulting firm should prepare a technical and financial proposal. Depending upon the expertise, consulting firm may send their proposal either for RMG or Construction or both sectors for auditing of training courses.
The financial proposal should include the number of consultant-days and daily gross per-person consultancy fee including VAT as applicable. Travel outside of Dhaka will not be allowed by airlines. While estimating the travel cost, please refer to geographical location of the training centres as attached in annex. Financial proposal should clearly mention any other costs involved during the monitoring process. All payments are subject to VAT and IT deduction at source in accordance with NBR rules. Both proposals should be sent to Sudokkho, email: info@sudokkho.org with ‘Monitoring Supports to Sudokkho’ in the subject line. Closing date and time for issuing proposals are 29th September 2018, 17:00 pm Bangladesh Time. Only electronic copy of proposals will be accepted. |
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