School Education Department HRD Sikkim Manpower Outsourcing Services Tender 2025 – Minimum Wage Skilled/Unskilled, IS 550-like Compliance

Tender Overview

Organization: School Education, Department: Human Resource Development Department Sikkim. Procurement: Manpower Outsourcing Services for Skilled and Unskilled categories under minimum wage provisions, covering Secondary School staff and related roles. Estimated value: ₹1,400,990 with an EMD of ₹28,000. Location: Sikkim (information indicates state-level scope). Key differentiator: flexible contract quantity/duration up to 25%, with post-issuance adjustments allowed. This tender targets providers capable of supplying manpower while adhering to statutory salary payments and payroll documentation. Unique conditions include payroll-based salary disbursement model and mandatory service office presence in the consignee state, plus a payroll share requirement. The opportunity involves government education sector staffing through a defined bid process and past-project experience acceptance criteria.

Technical Specifications & Requirements

• No explicit product specifications or BOQ items are provided. Tender emphasizes manpower outsourcing capability rather than hardware or software deliverables.
• Key compliance expectations include: bidder financial standing test (no liquidation/bankruptcy), online EMD/PBG submission via RTGS for a specific beneficiary account, and mandatory certificates as per bid documents.
• Experience provisions allow proofs like client contracts, invoices, execution certificates, or third-party release notes to demonstrate prior staffing engagements. Service provider offices must be located in the state of the consignee; at least 40% of required manpower must be on the provider’s payroll for one year.

Terms, Conditions & Eligibility

• EMD/Payment: ₹28,000 via online RTGS; payment terms require salaries to staff first by the provider with subsequent claims to the buyer, along with PF/ESIC documentation.
• Payroll & Compliance: provider must maintain payroll documentation and provide evidence (bank statements, statutory filings).
• Delivery/Performance: contract quantity/duration may adjust up to 25% pre-issue; post-issuance also limited to 25%.
• Documentation: failure to upload required certificates/documentation leads to bid rejection; mandatory OEM/authorizations where applicable.
• Past Experience: acceptable proofs include contracts with invoices or execution certificates; no specific project size is mandated.