Lead Industry Partner Selection for NSTI Chennai PM-SETU Program

This tender, issued by the Directorate General of Training through the Regional Director, RDSDE Tamilnadu, invites sealed bids for the "Selection of Lead Industry Partner for NSTI Chennai under PM-SETU." This open tender opportunity, with Tender Reference Number NSTICHN/TN/PMSETU-II/2026, seeks to engage a lead industry partner to support the NSTI Chennai initiative under the PM-SETU program. The contract type is Percentage, and the work is anticipated to span 1825 days. Bidders must be of the class specified in the tender document. The tender process involves two covers: Cover 1 for Fee/PreQual/Technical documents, and Cover 2 for the Finance (BOQ) document. The tender document download period commences on August 10, 2026, at 12:00 PM and concludes on September 25, 2026, at 06:00 PM. Bids can be submitted from August 17, 2026, at 09:00 AM until September 25, 2026, at 06:00 PM. A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for August 22, 2026, at 11:00 AM at the NSTI campus, No. 10, Alandur Road, Guindy, Chennai (Pincode: 600032). Bid opening will take place on September 28, 2026, at 11:00 AM at NSTI Chennai. Both Tender Fee and EMD are listed as ₹0.00, with no exemptions allowed for EMD. The bid validity period is 180 days. Interested parties are advised to refer to the tender documents, including the NIT document (Tendernotice_1.pdf) and the BOQ document (BOQ_968167.xls), for detailed specifications and pre-qualification criteria.