Skilling Young Women Through Technology

Last date of submission is 30th April 2022, 5:30 PM IST

Empowering young women through skilling them in advance IT Tools and Technology

NASSCOM Foundation plans on implementing a project through NGO/for profit partners in Delhi NCR, Karnataka & Telangana states.

The objective of the project is

– To create skilled workforce for the IT- ITES sector by imparting industry relevant skills

– Provide meaningful livelihood opportunities to less privileged young women

1. This document is being published in order to enable the applicant to make an offer for the selection of an implementation partner for a project on skilling young women on advance industry relevant IT tools and technology in Delhi-NCR, Karnataka, AP & Telangana State, India.

2. This document neither constitutes nor should it be interpreted as an offer or invitation for the selection of Implementation Organization described herein.

3. This document is meant to provide information only and upon the express understanding that recipients will use it only for the purposes set out above. It does not purport to be all inclusive or contain all the information about Implementation partner or be the basis of any contract. No representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is or will be made as to the reliability, accuracy or the completeness of any of the information contained herein. It shall not be assumed that there shall be no deviation or change in any of the herein mentioned information. While this document has been prepared in good faith, neither NASSCOM Foundation, nor any of its officials or subscribers make any representation or warranty or shall have any responsibility or liability whatsoever in respect of any statements or omissions here from.

4. By acceptance of this document, the recipient agrees that any information herewith will be superseded by any subsequent information on the same subject made available to the recipient by or on behalf of NASSCOM Foundation. NASSCOM Foundation reserves the right, at any time and without advance notice, to cancel or annul this RFP process, change the procedure for the selection of Implementation partner or any part of the interest or terminate negotiations prior to the signing of any binding agreement/contract with successful bidder. There shall be no requirement on the part of NASSCOM Foundation to communicate the reasons for annulling the RFP process nor shall it be liable to any party on any account.

5. Accordingly, interested recipients should carry out an independent assessment and analysis of the requirements of the information, facts and observations contained herein.

6. This document has not been filed, registered or approved in any jurisdiction. Recipients of this document should inform themselves or/ and observe any applicable legal requirement.

7. This document constitutes no form of commitment on the part of the NASSCOM Foundation. Furthermore, this document confers neither the right nor an expectation on any party to participate in the proposed process of selection of call centre partner.

8. When any proposal is submitted pursuant to this RFP, it shall be presumed by NASSCOM Foundation that the implementation partner has fully ascertained and ensured about its eligibility to provide required services, under the respective governing laws and regulatory regimen, and it has the necessary approvals and permission, and suffers no disability in law or otherwise to act as such.

BACKGROUND

As the social arm of NASSCOM, NASSCOM Foundation works with the technology industry in achieving its goals of social transformation and impact through technology. Since over two decades of its existence, the foundation has touched more than one million lives through its efforts towards providing digital literacy, skills for livelihood, supporting persons with disabilities, fostering innovation, empowering non-profits with technology and engaging in volunteerism.

NASSCOM Foundation’s ‘Skills Initiative and Entrepreneurship’ department works to bridge the skilling gaps and support in building and upskilling entrepreneurship ecosystem in India towards its goals of social transformation and impact through technology.

AN OVERVIEW

Equitable opportunities for education and economic empowerment are right for everyone to live with dignity. Nothing, more than education and meaningful employment, has the potential of breaking down the walls built around self.

Most of the IT / ITES companies today have very strong CSR programs through which there is a special focus to hire underserve community. Also due to technological shift companies are looking for skilled workers in advance computing. While the WFH becomes the norm, more and more organizations are looking at hiring women candidate for equitable opportunity. About 50% of 150 plus companies — multinationals, large companies, high growth start-ups and early age start-ups — which took part in a March 2021 survey said they would hire EWS community with special focus on women in the first quarter of the year than they did in this period last year.

In this COVID times, a survey conducted by Bengaluru-based Scaler, an Ed-tech start-up focused on up-skilling students and tech professionals, found that companies were investing in remote talent to attract a diverse workforce and promote workplace diversity.

Due to technological shift companies are looking for skilled workers in advance IT Skills. The current requirement of skilled workforce with technology skills like Cyber Security, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing is increasing as the sector is currently witnessing a boom.

A BOUT THE PROJECT

NASSCOM Foundation plans on implementing a project through NGO/for profit partners in Delhi NCR, Karnataka, AP & Telangana. The objective of the project is to upskill fresh pass outs young women and women on sabbatical on advance IT Tools and Technology and enabling their entry in various IT-ITeS jobs. The aim of the project is to reach out at least 1000 young women in Delhi-NCR, Karnataka, AP & Telangana to bring holistic professional development of women engineers enabling them to embark on a technology career path thereby increasing women’s participation in the CORE engineering sector and also contributing in the economic & social development of the country;

1000+ women will undergo Min. 350 hours (both Tech and Non Tech)

– Hybrid (Online + F2F) training with guest lectures and employee engagement activities.

– Min. 65% placement target

The indicative timelines of the Project are as follows:

INVITATION FOR PROPOSAL

Inviting proposals for executing ‘Skills for Her Program’ to Train, Assess and Certify 1000 women on placement-linked advance computing courses such as Full Stack JAVA, Python, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security etc. to enhance their overall family income.

We are looking at implementation partner/s with below mentioned criteria:

• Experienced in implementation and training for young women on all or at least on three advance technologies (mentioned above) to leverage women entry in core engineering jobs. (minimum 3-5 years’ relevant experience)

• Connect with Community, Colleges & NGOs to mobilize right set of candidates (Note: Program does not focus on any candidate already pursuing any degree, looking for candidates already college pass out with proper degree and colleges will only be approached for alumni network for outreach) (IP has to provide demo during presentation post clearing phase 1 screening)

• Strong LMS support system to engage trainees throughout the program and also have facility to conduct Baseline, Endline & Impact assessments.

• Experience in providing soft skill training and preparing candidates for interviews and groom them on professional skills and bring confidence to face any challenge in interview and in life.

• Help beneficiaries to learn basics of financial literacy as a part of soft skill training to help them manage daily expenses and learn how to save.

• Experience in handling both virtual and in person volunteering and employee engagement.

• Strong connects with industry and organizations for placement & recruitment of trained candidates. (minimum 3-5 years’ relevant experience with some success matrix).

With help of the implementation partners, we are looking at:

• Upskilling 1000 young women on advance IT tools and technology in the state of Delhi-NCR, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, India

• 100% of these women are ready for future jobs and confident enough to excel in Core IT career jobs

• Min. 65% women should at least be adding value to their annual family income

• 100% women will have access to safety tools like My Ambar to safeguard themselves from any threats and always have support available around them and don’t feel unsafe at any point.

• 100% women successfully complete the training and get certified

• Identify 10% beneficiaries to create ‘Human impact stories’ (case studies) on successful training completion and placement in core IT job should be captured and documented.

Interested Organization are invited to submit their proposals for the assignment, which must include the following, as detailed subsequently in this document.

A. Implementation partner details

B. Understanding, scope of work

C. Proposal with Implementation Plan

D. Detailed timeline

E. Financial Proposal

F. Monitoring and MIS tools and framework

G. Basic ‘human impact stories’ (case studies) framework

H. Details of relevant previous experience (budget, timeline and client/donor)

RFP SUBMISSION SCHEDULE & TIMELINE

The following table is an overview of the selection activities and timeline.

6. DETAILS OF RFP

* All interventions will be focused in the ‘Program Location’ namely Delhi-NCR, Karnataka & AP & Telangana

7. LOCATIONS FOR PROGRAM REACH OUT

8. DELIVERABLES & TIMELINES

The above timeline needs to be strictly adhered to.

9. PROPOSAL FORMAT :

Following details to be included in the proposal:

Cover Page o Section 1 – Implementation Partner Details

To be filled in by the Requesting Organization:

Section 2 – Approach and Methodology

– Organizational Understanding of the objectives of the Project

– Detailed approach & methodology to execute the project including work steps, Gantt chart.

Section 3 – Implementation Partner’s Training Centre Details & Technology Infrastructure

– Availability of required Infrastructure (PC’s/Internet/Office equipment & Furniture) in the training centre if required to support beneficiaries who don’t have access to any device or required for practice on assigned projects

– Availability of LMS

– Capability towards Data Analytics, Dashboards and real time reporting

Section 4 – Implementation partner – Operation Structure

Major Content

• Content on Advance skilling course (such as Full Stack JAVA, Python, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security etc.) highly demanding in industry

• Soft Skill content topics (including financial literacy etc.)

RESOURCE R EQUIREMENT

o Project Lead/Manager – 1 (One) o Trainers and Mentors on Digital skills along with digital transformation.

o Project Coordinator to capture and prepare execution related reports /data -1

(One) o Placement officer- 1(One) o Proposed Organogram with job description & responsibilities to be enclosed as

annexure. The details of the resources (whether dedicated or shared resources to be mentioned). 

Please note that timesheet and proof of salary paid to resources will have to be shared with NASSCOM Foundation by the selected bidder who is awarded the contract for this Project.

Resume of management team and ground team to be enclosed as annexure.

11. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN : Detailed activity schedule

12. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW

13. FINANCIAL PROPOSAL FORMAT

Detailed budget breakup to be attached, including personnel cost, mobilization cost, infrastructure readiness cost, training delivery cost

* Points to be noted for submission of proposals:

1. NASSCOM Foundation shall have a right at any time to validate, check and audit either itself or through an independent third party, the utilization of funds by the selected bidder who is awarded the contract.

2. The selected bidder on award of the contract will have to furnish data validation and proof of completion of training, proof of placement etc.

3. All the expenditure will be subject to audit and NASSCOM Foundation would have the right to disallow any expenses. The biodata of the personnel assigned along with their experience in the domain should also be provided

4. If any of the facts or information is found to be false or uncorrect NASSCOM Foundation has a right to terminate the contract

5. Please provide as much as details as possible

For the interested organization, one electronic copy of the RFP response must be submitted to NASSCOM Foundation via official email address of the authorized person of the organization by close of business Date – 25th April’2022, 5:30 PM IST to rfpforskills@nasscomfoundation.org. 

Please note that no personal calls or emails will be entertained in relation to the submission of the proposals.