Provision of Goods, Works, Non-Consulting Services and Consulting Services for RIGHTS: Inclusion, Accessibility and Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Tamil Nadu

The COMMISSIONERATE FOR WELFARE OF THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED in India from Asian region had released this tender for General Procurement Notice for Provision of Goods, Works, Non-Consulting Services and Consulting Services for RIGHTS: Inclusion, Accessibility and Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Tamil Nadu Project Title: RIGHTS: Inclusion, Accessibility and Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Tamil Nadu Notice No: OP00221039 The Government of Tamil Nadu, India, has received financing in the amount of US$ 162 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the RIGHTS: Inclusion, Accessibility and Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Tamil Nadu and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following components: COMPONENT – 1: Strengthen State Capability and Establish an Integrated Social Protection System COMPONENT – 2: Strengthen Last Mile Delivery of Social Care Services and Benefits COMPONENT – 3: Pilots to Enhance Resilience and Productivity of Persons with Disabilities COMPONENT – 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) Goods/Office equipment: The procurement of goods under this project will be such as assistive and supportive devices for the education purposes for the differently abled persons and computers and its accessories, Software, furniture etc. battery-operated wheel chairs, smart phone, motorized sewing machine, modular artificial limb, reflective folding stick, tricycles, foldable wheel chair, C.P. Chair, Crutches, magnifier, Daisy Player, Braille Watches, Electronic Braille Reader, Physiotherapy Equipment, Newborn Screening equipment, Procurement of Mobile Therapy Vans, Modular Reflective Folding sticks etc; which will be useful for differently abled persons with different disabilities. Civil Works: The civil work includes, Construction of new office building for DWDAP. Repairs and renovation of existing building at district level. The civil work activities will be taken up by the DWDAP during second/third year of the project implementation. Non-Consultancy Service: Training and roll out of life skills training, Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Development, facilitate human resource strengthening and performance management system, Training and Capacity Building including TNA, Development of TLM etc. Consultancy Service: Some of the important consultancy services envisaged under this project will be Nutrition and IQ Assessment study on special school children, Conducting of Access Audit in Public Buildings, Development and implement a Mobile First (APP) & Web Portal (ERP), Establishing and running the differently abled employment and livelihood canters (DELC), Mobile Therapy Vans Internal Modification, Development of life skills curriculum / modules, hiring of individual consultants for various activities and or in the field of various types of disability rehabilitation development. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016 as amended on November 2020) (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. As on the date of this GPN publication, none of the envisaged activities requires international competition. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, on the World Bank’s external website and https://www.tntenders.gov.in and https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app. Prequalification/Initial Selection of suppliers and contractors will be required for some of the contracts. Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Project Director at the address below: Project Director, RIGHTS Project, COMMISSIONERATE FOR WELFARE OF THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED (Government of Tamil Nadu) 5 Kamarajar Salai, Lady Willingdon College Campus, Chennai 600005. published on 04 Apr 2023. The tender expired on 09 Apr 2023. This tender is sourced from Official Website and is eligible for suppliers interested in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 2981295.