The AAP Government has approved Model Request for Proposals (RFP) for selection of manpower service provider. As per new Model RFP, the service providers will be bound to charge only a specified proportion of the remuneration payable to their personnel. The specified amount will have to include expenditure incurred by the management of the service provider, provision for uniforms, requisite equipment, a monthly telephone allowance, bonus, other allowances, other statutory dues and all incidental and consequential costs.
The memorandum issued by Special Secretary (Finance) Rakesh Bali, said, “In the event that substitution of any personnel results in removal thereof, and the procuring authority may, in its discretion, refer the case to a substitution committee comprising nominees of the procuring authorities and services provider for its consideration.”
The memorandum also specified that the personnel deployed by the service provider shall have no contractual relationship whatsoever with the procuring authority and the relationship of master and servant or employer and employee shall subsist between the services provider and the respective personnel. It said that the procuring authority shall have no liability or obligations, present or future, in respect of such personnel.
These measures are part of the AAP Government’s memorandum on Model Request for Proposals for selection of manpower service providers, which was recently approved by the city Cabinet. The new Model RPF also provides for payment of monthly remuneration by the service provider to their personnel through electronic transfer within seven days and payment of contributions towards ESI and EPF no later than 15 days after completion of a calendar month.
The Model RPF has made it clear that no substitution of personnel shall normally be permissible, except under compelling circumstances. The maximum limit that the service providers can replace is 15 per cent of their total personnel.
As far as eligibility criteria is concerned, the Model RPF specified that a bidder should normally be pre-qualified on the basis of its net-worth and track record. It said that the service provider shall be responsible for certification of the credentials of all personnel and for ensuring their police verification. For shortlisting bidders, it said not more than five bidders should be pre-qualified and shortlisted for financial evaluation.