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India Trade Promotion Organization
(Business Development Division)


File No: EXH/WN/3(1)/2008
 Dated: 01.03.2008


Subject : Expression of Interest

India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) is the premier trade promotion organization under the Department of Commerce, Government of India. The core competence of the company is to promote export trade through exhibitions, fairs and buyer seller meet.

Since the last decade, global economy is witnessing phenomenal transformations entailing continental power shifts. The playing fields are changing, the players are being replaced and the rules of the game are redefined. India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) is grappling with the changing environment by offering more value added trade related support services on competitive terms.

In this backdrop, ITPO invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from Management Advisory, Assistance and Consultancy Firms/Companies having more than 15 years of experience of advising industries, Chambers of Commerce, and various trade promotion bodies in the areas of trade promotion.

The companies should have worked in different sectors of industries in which ITPO organizes major fairs, such as, textiles and clothings, consumer goods, food, healthcare, machineries & engineering goods, retail etc.

The companies should have had experience of creating innovative trade / business development platforms for national level organizations similar to ITPO.

1. Scope of Work
  • Surveying the global and Indian trade environment to identify current and emerging marketing opportunities for ITPO and suggest ways to bench mark 'Ahar' and 'Tex-styles India' shows during the year 2009-10 and subsequent years to international standards.


  • Benchmark ITPO's 'India Show' events in coming years including 2009, The parameters for benchmarking will include, but not limited to pavilion,management, publicity, footfalls, business output etc.


  • Make specific recommendations for increasing ITPO's share of the trade fair business in India and their linkages with foreign fairs in related sectors / customer base.


  • Make specific recommendations for improving size of participation in ITPO Pavilion in foreign fairs and to improve the quality of support services provided to clients / customers in such fairs.


  • Make specific recommendations to ITPO for improving its revenues and profitability.

The interested companies should send in their profile along with list of their clients supported with relevant documents, listing out some of the projects on which they have worked satisfactorily, PAN and TIN No., and audited balance sheet for the last three years.

The shortlisted companies will be invited to make a presentation outlining their experience and the strategy / proposals that they would be adopting.

2. Evaluation of Bids

The selection process will involve a two-stage evaluation of bids. First stage will be evaluation of Technical Bids. Second stage will be evaluation of Financial Bids. Weightage of 70% will be given to technical evaluation and a weightage of 30% to the financial evaluation. However, to be able to qualify, a company should secure minimum 50% of the marks in technical evaluation. The selection would, thus, take into account both Technical and Financial Bids.

Interested companies should apply giving their particulars, as detailed above, at the following address on or before 31st March 2008 in two separate bids - (i) Technical Bid and (ii) Financial Bid. The two bids should be in separate sealed covers superscribed "Technical Bid" and "Financial Bid" respectively.

"General Manager (Business Development Division)
India Trade Promotion Organization
Room No.112, Pragati Bhawan
Pragati Maidan
New Delhi - 110001"ITPO reserves the right to reject any or all applications without giving reasons thereof.

This notice may also be seen at website: www.indiatradefair.com.


Yours faithfully,


General Manager (BDD)
Tel.No.23371390
 

Pragati Bhawan, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110 001,
E-mail : info@itpo-online.com