RFP - Empanelment of development & implementation partners for CSR, community development & infrastructure projects across India, AROH Foundation

1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

AROH Foundation invites proposals from experienced, technically competent and financially sound development agencies, implementation partners, contractors, service providers and vendors for empanelment to undertake CSR, community development, infrastructure, renewable energy, water conservation, natural resource management and allied development projects across India. The RFP is intended to establish a pre-qualified pool of agencies that can be considered for project-specific assignments in accordance with AROH Foundation’s procurement procedures and the requirements of its CSR, donor, government and institutional partners.

AROH Foundation intends to create a reliable and technically capable partner ecosystem covering planning, design support, procurement, supply, installation, construction, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance, capacity building and other implementation services, as applicable to individual projects.

Empanelment is a pre-qualification mechanism. An empanelled agency may subsequently be invited to participate in project-specific RFQs, limited bids, competitive quotations, technical-commercial evaluations or other procurement processes. Empanelment shall not constitute a commitment to award any work, any minimum business volume, exclusivity or a right to participate in every future procurement. 

2. OBJECTIVE OF THE RFP

The objectives of this RFP are to:

• identify agencies with demonstrated technical, managerial, financial and operational capability;

• create category-wise and geography-wise pools of qualified implementation partners;

• enable faster and more competitive procurement for project-specific requirements while maintaining appropriate due diligence and quality standards;

• secure reliable implementation capacity in rural, remote, tribal, hilly, North-Eastern, Himalayan and other difficult-toaccess locations; and

• establish a transparent basis for subsequent allocation of work based on technical suitability, experience, capacity, geography, past performance, commercial competitiveness and project requirements.

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