CBSE awards ₹5 lakh contract for 5-year assessment project
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is contracting a single organization to provide item development, project management, psychometric and data analysis, and reporting of results for Problem Solving Assessments for Classes IX and XI from 2012 to 2016.
Organizations must have prior experience providing all core services for large-scale assessments (500,000+ candidates annually) for the last two years, a minimum turnover of INR 30 million for the last two financial years (2010-2011 and 2011-2012), and must have a registered office in India with sufficient permanent staff. They must also submit an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Rs 5,00,000.
- EMD: Rs 5,00,000
- Bid validity: Not stated
- Contract duration: 2012 to 2016 (5 years)
- Tender type: Open (RFP)
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| Official title | REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The Item and Test Development; Project Management; Psychometric and Data Analysis; and Reporting of Results for the Problem Solving Assessments for Classes IX and XI for 2012 to 2016 |
| Source body | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) |
| Reference number | — |
| Status | closed (academic_archive) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Closing date | 2012-07-21 |
| Documents | 2 · changed 1× after publishing |
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- The department changed this document 1 time after first publishing it.
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