Sub: Letter of Invitation for Assignment under Scheme of Survey, Studies and Policy Research.  Sir Madam,      We invite proposal for the Assignment titled "Evaluation study of Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP)". More details  of the Assignment are provided in the Terms of Reference (TOR).  2. This letter of Invitation has been addressed to the following short listed institutions/ Consultants:  i) National Productivity Council, New Delhi.  ii) Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad  iii) Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi  iv) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi  v) Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.  vi) Tata Economic Consultancy Service, Mumbai.  vii) Madras Institute for Development Studies, Chennai.  viii) IIPA, New Delhi  ix) IL&FS, New Delhi  x) Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum  xi) Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, 4, Institutional Area, PB No. 7513, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110 070.     It is not permissible to transfer this invitation to any other Institution.  3. With this letter of Invitation, the following documents are enclosed:  (i) Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Assignment.  (ii) Standard form of Certificates to be included in the proposal (Annexure- A, B, C, ……..).  (iii) Standard Form of Agreement.  (iv)   Copy of the scheme of Surveys, Studies & Policy Research.  4. We will be happy to receive technical and financial bid of your proposal for undertaking this Assignment. The evaluation of the proposal (s) received will be done by the Scrutiny Committee and, on approval, the decision will be communicated to you. You may be invited to make a presentation before the scrutiny committee.  5. You are requested to submit the technical and financial bid in two separate envelopes latest by 10th January, 2008. Thanking you and looking forward from hearing you. Yours faithfully, ( Vinod Kumar ) Dy. Director (CD)  For any clarification may contact at Tele No. 011-23062396, 011-23061464