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RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam VouchersRequest for ProposalforSelection of Firms for Purchase of Certification ExamVouchersMay 2021PAKISTAN SOFTWARE EXPORT BOARD(GUARANTEE) LIMITED
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam VouchersTable of Contents1PAKISTAN SOFTWARE EXPORT BOARD (G) LIMITED . 12INTRODUCTION TO THE ASSIGNMENT . 13PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT . 14PROCESS OF EVALUATION . 24.1EVALUATION CRITERIA . 24.1.1Mandatory Requirements/Criteria . 24.2FINANCIAL EVALUATION . 45GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS . 55.1PROPOSAL SUBMISSION . 56UNDERTAKING . 77SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS . 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam Vouchers1Pakistan Software Export Board (G) Limited - An IntroductionPakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) was established by the Government of Pakistanfor the facilitation and development/advancement of the local IT industry globally. It is aguaranteed limited company fully owned and funded by the Government of Pakistanworking under the Federal Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication.The company has its own Board of Directors, which is chaired by the Federal Minister ofIT and Telecommunications.Since the date of its inception, being the apex body within the Government charged withthe task of promoting Pakistan’s IT industry locally and internationally to enhancePakistan’s IT export revenue and make Pakistan a leading IT outsourcing destination,PSEB has done a tremendous job by providing timely and relevant policy input and bysupporting the IT industry through the introduction of several projects and programs inthe areas of Infrastructure Development, Human / Intellectual Capital Development,Company Capability Certification and International Marketing etc.2Introduction to the AssignmentThere is a lack of highly skilled professionals with expertise in specific IT tools &technologies. IT companies in Pakistan are reluctant to make big investments in trainingsof their employees due to low volumes of local business and difficulties faced to reachout global market. However, it is a proven fact that the availability of skilled manpower atsubstantial cost savings is a major market force for attracting foreign investment.With the aim to create highly skilled resource pool in Pakistan, PSEB in the recent pastlaunched a training and certification program for the benefit of IT graduates,professionals working in the IT organizations/departments of public sector organizationsand IT industry professionals to provide employability skillsets and accordingly trainedmore than 1,750 trainees on different technologies during the year 2020. However,certifications of a certain number of these trainees could not be completed and are remainpending for more than nine months due to non-issuance of certification exam vouchers bythe previously selected training firms. Now, PSEB desires to purchase certification examvouchers for affected trainees with the aim to provide them opportunity to take exam forcompletion of their pending certifications. For this purpose, eligible firms conforming theselection criteria are encouraged to submit their proposals.3Purpose of this DocumentThe purpose of this document is to specify the approach that PSEB will use to evaluateand select the firms for provisioning of certification exam vouchers as listed undersection# 4. This document also describes the requirements that the company has to fulfillin order to be selected.Page 1 of 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam Vouchers4Process of Evaluation4.1Evaluation CriteriaPSEB shall evaluate the technical proposals of the biding firms based on their compliancewith RFP and by applying the evaluation criteria and the marks system as specifiedbelow. A technical proposal shall be rejected if the bidder does not meet the specifiedmandatory requirements and/or if the bidder fails to achieve the minimum 70%qualification marks out of the total allocated marks. The financial proposals of onlytechnical compliant bidder shall be opened:4.1.1Mandatory Requirements/CriteriaS. No. Mandatory Requirements / CriteriaThe bidder shall be registered with the1Security & Exchange Commission ofPakistan.The bidder shall have valid / active Income2Tax & Sales Tax Registrations.3Required DocumentsCertificate of Incorporationissued by SECP.Copies of valid/active IncomeTax & Sales Tax Registrations.Copy of Memorandum &Articles of Association of theThe bidding firm shall be engaged in IT &company along-with relevantITeS related training business.supportingdocumentaryevidence4.1.2. Technical Evaluation Criteria & Marks AllocationSr.No.1Evaluation CriteriaCompany ProfileMaximumMarks15Marks Allocation Basis & MarksNumber of years ofestablishment:1 year 2 marks, maximum10 marks allocated for 5years and aboveNumber of certified testingcentersinLahore,Islamabad,Karachi,Peshawar & Quetta(1 or more certified testingcenter/city 1 mark. Thebidder is required to providedocumentaryevidenceregarding certified testing105Page 2 of 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam Voucherscenters)Number of global ITcertifications contractedand delivered in the past2Note:Documentaryevidencemustbeattached with the bidotherwise no marks willbe allocated against thissection.20Maximumannualturnover during any ofthe last 5 years3456Note: Annual auditedaccounts certified byChartered Accountantsfirms shall be attachedotherwise no marks willbe allocated against thissection.Timeline for provisioningof required certificationexam vouchers from thedate of signing servicecontract.FacilitytoconductMOCK test.Note: Detail of MOCKtest facility shall beprovidedwiththeproposal)Methodologywithduration for successfuldistributionofcertificationexamvouchers to the trainees,scheduling & preparationof their certificationexams, conducting of10101 mark 10 certifications20Annual turnover less thanRs.5.0 millionAnnual turnover over Rs.5.0million but less than Rs.10.0millionAnnual turnover over Rs.10.0million but less than Rs.15.0millionAnnual turnover over Rs.15.0million but less than Rs.20.0millionAnnual turnover over Rs.20.0millionMaximum marks shall beallocated for the shortestdelivery time frame520025710105Methodology with durationfordistributionofcertification exam vouchersto traineesMethodology with durationfor scheduling of certificationexam of traineesMethodology with duration5510Page 3 of 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam Vouchers74.2MOCK test prior tocertificationexam,participation of traineesin exam and enhancedpassing percentage ofcandidates.Value addition offered bythe bidding firm formaximizingpassingpercentage of nd Totalfor conduct of MOCK test oftrainees prior to appear inexamTotal2010109090Financial EvaluationFinancial proposal must cover the Certification Exam Voucher Cost Per Participantincluding all necessary arrangements regarding distribution of exam vouchers &scheduling of participants to appear in certification exams and conduct of MOCK test.FINANCIAL ESTIMATIONSr. #TrainingBodyCertification Name12345678CertifiedInformationSystemSecurity ISC(2)Professionals (CISSP)Certificate Associate inPhytonPython ProgrammingInstituteCertificate rtified Scrum ProductScrum.OrgOwnerCertified Scrum MasterAgile Certified ScrumMasterDesigningandImplementing a DataScience Solution on AzureAWS Certified SolutionScrum.OrgNo. ofCertificationExamVouchersRequiredCost 0518850Scrum.Org19Microsoft20AWS56Page 4 of 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam ied InformationSystem Auditor (CISA)CCNAPMI50ISACA61CISCOTotal163746All proposals will be verified in the light of requested information and documentaryevidence. The financial proposals of only technically qualified bidder will be opened inthe presence of their authorized representatives.a. Final award of contract will be done based on the combined technical and financialmarks/score in the following manner:ProposalTechnical ProposalFinancial Proposal5Weight70%30%General Instructions5.1Proposal Submissiona.Proposals will be accepted and evaluated using a single stage two envelopsprocess. The bid shall comprise a single package containing two separateenvelopes. Each envelope shall contain separately the technical proposal and thefinancial proposal. The envelopes shall be clearly marked as “TECHNICALPROPOSAL” and “FINANCISL PROPOSAL” in bold and legible letters to avoidconfusion. Initially, only the envelope marked “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL” shallbe opened and evaluated by the Evaluation Committee. The envelope marked as“FINANCIAL PROPOSAL” shall be retained without being opened.FINANCIAL PROPOSALS of only those firms shall be opened whose“TECHNICAL PROPOSALS” are accepted by the Technical EvaluationCommittee.Technical and financial proposals must be in binding form & sealed separately,including soft copies on USB drive. Proposals in loose form shall not be acceptedand rejected.Each proposal shall be submitted as two printed copies (one marked asORIGINAL, the other as COPY).Proposals shall be submitted in English language.Bidders may request in writing, for clarification of any of the provisions of theRFP up till 05 (five) days before the submission date. All queries may be sent tokashraf@pseb.org.pk. Responses to the queries will be emailed.b.c.d.e.Page 5 of 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam Vouchersf.g.h.i.j.k.l.m.n.o.p.q.r.s.t.u.The costs of preparing the proposal and of negotiating any subsequent funding,including visits for discussion with the PSEB are not reimbursable.Each bidding firm must provide an undertaking that it has not beenblacklisted by any federal or provincial government/department.Each bidding firm must also provide details of any commercial litigation thatit is currently involved in with any government organization or has beeninvolved in during the last five years.All proposals must be accompanied by a bid security (refundable) @2% of thetotal bid value in the form of a Pay Order/Demand Draft in favor of “PSEB(Guarantee) Ltd. CERT OF IT PROF”. Cheques are not acceptable.The biding firms and/or their bidding partner(s) who were previouslyselected against PSEB’s RFP during March 2020 in delivering oftraining/certification of which certification vouchers are being purchased,will not be considered eligible to participate in this RFP/tender.The price must be quoted in Pak Rupees.The price must be inclusive of all government applicable taxes and duties.The offered prices/rates must be valid for 90 days.Instead of just issuing the certification exam vouchers to the trainees, thebidding firm shall be responsible to make all necessary arrangementsrequired for successful distribution of certification exam vouchers to thetrainees, scheduling their certification exams and conduct MOCK test tomaximize passing percentage. The firm shall not be authorized to charge anyfee/amount from the trainees whatsoever without written permission ofPSEB.The vouchers offered must be booked in the name of trainees as per instructions ofthe PSEB. The vouchers must be “Not For Sale (NFR) and “Non-Transferable” toavoid misuse of vouchers by the trainees. PSEB shall not make payment for nonutilized vouchers.PSEB shall make payment after provisioning of certification exam result of thetrainees. Mobilization advances shall be made only against provisioning ofUnconditional Bank Guarantee or Demand Draft/Pay Order, as per requirementsof PSEB.Joint venture between bidding firms is not authorized.Subcontracting in not allowed.PSEB reserves the rights to reduce/change the number of required certificationexam voucher and/or cancel any category of required vouchers during final awardof contract.All bids must reach PSEB office addressed to the Manager Administration latestby June 10, 2021 at 03:00 pm through courier or hand delivery which shall beopened on the same day at 03:30 pm in the presence of the authorizedrepresentatives of the bidder(s). PSEB will not entertain the proposals receivedthrough email.A pre-bid meeting will be held on June 3, 2021 at 11:00 am through followingzoomlinkhttps://zoom.us/j/95877106055?pwd OFpEbk1yZDB5S1AwaWxYc0VweTR1UT09.Page 6 of 7
RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase ofCertification Exam Vouchers6Undertaking(This must be provided on a Rs. 100 stamp paper as an affidavit)We declare that the information provided in the “Request for Proposal” is accurate andcan be proved whenever required. We further declare that if in case the informationprovided by us in this “Request for Proposal” proved to be incorrect or false at any point,PSEB reserves the right to take any action deemed appropriate by the PSEB authoritiesagainst us. We further declare that our firm (************ firm Name here************) is not blacklisted by any div
5 Certified Scrum Master Scrum.Org 50 6 Agile Certified Scrum Master Scrum.Org 19 7 Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure Microsoft 20 8 AWS Certified Solution AWS 56 . RFP for Selection of Firms for Purchase of Certification Exam Vouchers Page 5 of 7 Architect 9 Project Management (PMI) PMI 50 10 Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) ISACA 61 11 CCNA
