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20.07.2026.
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RFP for Upgradation of ITIs in Odisha under PM SETU Scheme Sambalpur Cluster
Directorate of Technical Education and Training · Sambalpur, Odisha2026_DTET_136495_1
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20 Jul 2026
7 Oct 2026
₹81.9 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
20.07.2026.
Queries close 27.07.2026 at 5:00 PM; pre-bid meeting is 29.07.2026 at 12 Noon at the DTE&T Odisha office, Kataka; DTET's target response date is 31.07.2026 by 5:00 PM.
17.08.2026 by 5:00 PM (IST), for both online bid submission and the required physical originals.
18.08.2026 at 11:00 AM (IST). Financial-bid opening and any technical presentation will be communicated later.
At least 120 days from the Bid Due Date (therefore at least through 15.12.2026 if counted from 17.08.2026).
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
INR 241.00 crore for the Sambalpur cluster; bidders must assess actual costs themselves. The five-year financial bid states the proposed total budget and financing shares.
The AIP must contribute at least 17% of total cluster cost; Government support is capped at 83%. The financial offer is scored on the industry share, with 17% mandatory.
2% of the AIP's proposed contribution, by demand draft or bank guarantee. A bank guarantee must run at least 180 days from Bid Due Date inclusive of a 60-day claim period; a demand draft must remain encashable for at least 90 days. The detailed security clause provides return within 180 days for unsuccessful bidders, while the selected bidder's security is retained until agreement signing and performance security.
Rs.50,000/- by demand draft from a Scheduled Bank, drawn in favour of 'DTE&T Odisha' and payable at 'Kataka'. The original must be delivered in the physical enclosure by Bid Due Date.
Performance security is required after selection, but its amount, form and validity are not specified in the supplied tender documents. No Government disbursement schedule or milestone payment terms are stated; financing timing must be proposed in the SIP. These terms were said to be in an enclosed draft License Agreement, but that agreement is absent from the supplied folder.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
Bidder must be: a registered private/public limited manufacturing or services company (including PSU); an industry association or consortium representing one or more major sectors (industry association at least five years old); an industry-led foundation/CSR/philanthropic arm; or an industry-promoted/operated academic or training institution, including industry partnerships with listed education/skilling bodies.
At least 1,000 employees on payroll as of Bid Due Date. For an industry-led foundation, industry-promoted academic institution or similar entity, parent/group-company employee strength may be counted.
Positive net worth in the financial year immediately preceding Bid Due Date and average annual turnover of at least ₹ 500 crore over the last three financial years. If incorporated less than three years earlier, completed post-incorporation years are averaged. CA/statutory-auditor certification is required.
A 100%-owned subsidiary may leverage eligible parent/group financial strength, credentials and experience. Foundation/academic-type bidders may use parent/group turnover. Financial capacity of an Associate controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the bidder may be counted; company control means more than 50% voting shares.
Bidder/Associate must not, in the last three years, have failed a contract as evidenced by penalty/award/pronouncement, been expelled by a public entity, or had a public-entity contract terminated for breach, unless DTET grants a reasoned waiver. Any subsisting Central/State Government or controlled-entity bar, and debarment by any government agency, disqualifies the bidder.
No conflict affecting the process. Disqualifying circumstances include overlapping controlling ownership with another bidder beyond the stated 25% safe-harbour mechanics, multiple bids by the same constituent/Associate, and engagement of DTET's project adviser. Conflict can trigger disqualification and forfeiture of bid/performance security.
At least 25% foreign holding/control, or its later acquisition, makes qualification subject to DTET national-security/public-interest approval and changes must be disclosed. A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India must be registered with the competent authority under the 23 July 2020 order; such an unregistered contractor also cannot be subcontracted, subject to stated exceptions.
No separate minimum prior-project value/count is stated. Eligible bidders are scored on the SIP and must obtain at least 60% in technical evaluation before financial-bid opening.
Selected bidder must form a separate not-for-profit Section 8 SPV for this cluster; AIP holds 51% and Government 49% economic/voting shares. Separate SPVs and bid securities are required for each cluster. The RFP permits an 'industry association or consortium' but does not state consortium size, member equity floors or a JV/consortium agreement format.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Upgrade five Government ITIs through one Hub-and-Spoke cluster: ITI Hirakud, Sambalpur (Hub); and ITI Rasanpur (Sambalpur), ITI Bargarh, ITI Jharsuguda and ITI Sonepur (Spokes). Listed current capacities total 3,396 students and 42 trades.
Design and execute upgrades to classrooms, labs, workshops, hostels, IT networks, sector labs, tools, simulators and digital classrooms; procure/install equipment and implement student, accounting and learning-management ICT. The SIP must give trade-wise quantities, costs, specifications and timelines.
Co-design long/short-term, modular, blended and job-linked training aligned to industry demand and NSQF/QP-NOS/National Occupational Standards; introduce/revise trades, enable OJT/apprenticeships, and deliver trainer development, industry immersion and pedagogy enhancement.
Through the SPV, operate and manage cluster finances, procurement, asset maintenance and contractual staffing; arrange placements, internships, apprenticeships, fairs and counselling; support inclusive outreach, incubation, resource mobilisation and revenue streams such as paid training, consulting, shared labs, assessments and certifications.
Prepare and implement a five-year SIP with annual work plans and a minimum five-year partnership, subject to annual reviews. Deliverables include governance/HR plan, infrastructure blueprint, annual and five-year budgets, financing plan, implementation Gantt chart, course/equipment/HR plans, KPIs, risk mitigation and approval endorsements. Training must adhere to NCVET and NSQF standards.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Submit on https://tendersodisha.gov.in by Bid Due Date after mandatory portal registration. Upload complete legible scanned/digital Technical and Financial Bids, digitally signed; scans should be at least 100 dpi black-and-white. The financial bid must be online only and conform to the portal BOQ.
Bid must be typed/indelible, page-numbered and digitally signed by the authorised signatory; alterations must be initialled. Bid/correspondence must be English; other-language support documents require bidder-authenticated and certified English translations. No digital-signature certificate class is specified.
By 17.08.2026 at 5:00 PM, separately deliver the specified originals in a sealed envelope marked 'Enclosures of the Bid for Upgradation of ITIs in Odisha under PM SETU Scheme' to the Director, DTE&T, Killa Maidan, Buxi Bazar, Kataka-753001. Missing originals causes rejection.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
The AI found nothing to report for this question.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
Clause 2.17.1 says bids open on the Bid Due Date (17.08.2026), while the specific schedule says 18.08.2026 at 11:00 AM. The dated schedule should be followed: 18.08.2026 at 11:00 AM.
Clause 2.1.6 says refund no later than 120 days, but Clauses 1.3.7 and detailed Clause 2.25.4 say 180 days. The detailed security clause and repeated 180-day statement prevail operationally; price for a potential 180-day lock-up.
Core eligibility/submission clauses require the preceding three years, while Appendix-I Annex-II instructs bidders to attach five years. No precedence rule resolves this internal RFP conflict; submit five years to satisfy both and obtain clarification.
Clause 2.13.4 calls the Power of Attorney a Clause 2.13.3(c) document, but 2.13.3(c) is Bid Security; it also calls for a Joint Bidding Agreement under 2.13.3(e), but 2.13.3(e) is incorporation documents and no JBA appears in the online checklist. Treat PoA, JBA (if consortium), fee DD and bid-security instrument as physical originals, and upload PoA/security/incorporation documents online.
The RFP says the draft License Agreement is enclosed and gives it priority over the RFP, but the printed RFP contents list only seven appendices and the supplied folder contains no agreement. Therefore performance security, license period, payment/disbursement mechanics, LD and termination regime cannot be verified; no missing agreement term can safely be treated as prevailing until DTET supplies it.
The NIT invites leading OEMs or authorised channel partners, but the RFP's mandatory entity list is broader and does not require OEM/channel-partner status. The detailed RFP eligibility clause should govern qualification, though DTET should confirm that non-OEM permitted entities are intended to qualify.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Please issue the draft License Agreement and shareholders agreement said to be enclosed, confirming license term, performance-security amount/form/validity, Government-fund release and payment milestones, LD/penalties, termination, asset ownership/handback, revenue rights and dispute terms. These omissions prevent bankability and risk pricing.
Is security exactly 2% of each bidder's proposed rupee contribution based on its own SIP cost, or a fixed amount derived from the INR 241.00 crore estimate and 17% minimum share? Also confirm whether unsuccessful security is returned within 120 or 180 days and the correct BG claim-expiry date.
Please define permitted consortium size, lead member, joint/several liability, member contribution/equity and lock-in requirements, credential aggregation, and issue the Joint Bidding Agreement format. Confirm whether the JBA must also be uploaded online in addition to its physical original.
Confirm whether three or five audited years must be uploaded, and how this interacts with the rule for a Bid Due Date within three months after financial-year close.
Provide the promised baseline data, asset condition, title/encumbrance and available-built-up-area details for all five ITIs, and clarify Government responsibility for site readiness, statutory approvals, utilities and latent defects. The present quantities are bidder-developed through the SIP rather than a fixed employer BOQ.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
The absent License Agreement is contract-critical because it is expressly superior to the RFP. Performance security, license duration, payment/disbursement, LD, termination and handback exposure are unknown and should be treated as an unresolved bid/no-bid risk.
AIP must fund at least 17% of actual cluster cost, hold 51% of the Section 8 SPV, operate the five-ITI cluster and commit for at least five years. The estimated ₹241 crore cost is not guaranteed and bidders bear assessment risk.
Security may be forfeited for a non-responsive bid, prohibited practice, withdrawal during validity, failure to acknowledge LOA, sign the agreement or furnish performance security, or breach before performance security. LOA must be returned signed within seven days.
DTET disclaims completeness/accuracy and requires bidder-funded investigation of site space, utilities, access, regulations and other conditions. The bidder also waives claims arising from omissions, conflicts or contradictions and releases DTET broadly in connection with the bidding process.
Revenue-generating activities are contemplated, but tariffs, revenue sharing, collection rights and Government funding timing are not set out in the supplied contract documents. The AIP nevertheless carries sustainability and annual financing commitments.
Engaging a DTET legal/financial/technical adviser on cluster-related matters can cause disqualification, forfeiture of bid/performance security and termination without DTET liability, extending after LOA/agreement execution subject to narrow time exceptions.
Only seven days separate issue (20 July) and query deadline (27 July), while the bid is due 17 August. A five-ITI site diligence, detailed five-year SIP, costed quantities and consortium/SPV structuring must be completed in that window.
DTET may suspend/cancel, amend, qualify or reject at its discretion without liability; it also reserves the right not to proceed at any time without notice or reasons. Bid preparation and diligence costs remain entirely with bidders.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Director, Directorate of Technical Education & Training (DTE&T), Odisha, Skill Development & Technical Education Department, Government of Odisha; Killa Maidan, Buxi Bazar, Kataka, Odisha-753001; phone 0671-2301061; emails [email protected] and [email protected].
Send pre-bid queries only by email to both listed addresses. Deliver the sealed physical-original envelope to the Director at the DTE&T address above by Bid Due Date. The pre-bid venue is the DTE&T Odisha office at Kataka.