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Query Area

SHMA Questions

IPO Pakistan Response

1.

All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Security described in Bid Security Section in Bidding Document in the form of  Demand Draft or Bid Securing Declaration on the prescribed format described.

The Bid Security Amount is mentioned twice. Please clarify whether the bid security is PKR 150,000 or PKR 300,000. If PKR 300,000, do two different checks of PKR 150,000 each need to be submitted?

2.

PAYMENT MODE: The payment for each phase will be made to the Consultancy Firm on following basis: 10% on completion of inception report 20% on completion of HR Diagnostic & Audit Report and Drafting of HR Policy Manual, and right-sizing report 30% on completion of Performance Management Framework and Change Management & Implementation Plan 50% on completion of the final report

The total of the percentages mentioned accumulates to 110%. Please clarify if this is a mistake. Intuitively, it should add up to 100%. 

3.

Formulate a salary structure for the proposed posts as well as current posts for long term retention of the trained HR.

This is mentioned in the primary objectives of the project. However, it seems that there is no mention of it in the Scope of Work. Please clarify what “salary structure” formulation entails.

4.

Numbers of qualified HR Staff (Quantitative)(Doc Required) 20 Numbers of qualified HR Staff   (20) 11-19 Numbers of qualified HR Staff   (15) 8-10 Numbers of qualified HR Staff   (10)

Kindly clarify what “qualified” means in this requirement. Do the HR Staff need to have degrees in HR or simply work experience? If documentation is required, what kind of documentation would suffice? (CVs or educational documents)

5.

Kindly explain what this price schedule is meant to signify. Is this related to the Salary Structure portion mentioned in objectives?

6.

Review and recommend necessary changes to the IPO-Pakistan Service & Financial (S&F) Rules 2022.

What kind of content do the S&F Rules 2022 have?