AP State Contracting and Outsourcing employees Salaries enhanced, Guidelines on Outsourcing, Contract Functions and Functioneries-AP GO.151

functions, and the second one is outsourcing of functionaries. The outsourcing functionaries should be avoided to the extent possible.

security etc. to a service provider agency for a fixed period of time for a mutually negotiated amount. Accordingly, the service provider agency will engage a certain number of personnel and deploy equipment to meet the specific standards prescribed for that function in the contract. In this case, the functionaries continue to be the employees of the service provider agency during, and even after, their assignment with the Department/Organization. The charges/remuneration for these services will be Provided by the service provider/agency.

regular employees.

functionaries, to support its employees to carry out their mandate. The functionaries could be Office subordinates, office assistants at junior clerical level with Word Processing skills, Computer Operators, Drivers etc for a specific period. The service provider/agency selects and employs the functionaries as per the requirements of the job and places their services at the disposal of the Department/Organization for a fixed amount. However, the functionaries continue to be the employees of the service agency during and after their assignment with the Department.

These should be initial recruitment posts and promotional posts should not be outsourced. The remuneration for these functionaries will be paid by the service provider/agency.

tender process.

clearly indicating the deliverables, milestones. In case of functionaries it shall contain the requirements such as qualifications and qualities of functionaries to be provided with proficiency requirements clearly specified.

required from the agency and the number of persons in various categories with their respective qualifications and experience, the equipment and other consumables to be supplied by the agency, the time period of the contract, the rates of payment prescribed for various functions and functionaries and the penalties for various types of likely defaults in satisfactory rendering of the services.

prescribed equipment, consumables and number of persons with proper qualifications and training are deployed by the service provider at all times in accordance with the outsourcing contract.

equipment/personnel if their services are not found to be satisfactory, in addition to levying penalties as per the terms and conditions of the contract.

authority shall exercise its right to not only recover damages but also to terminate the contract and replace the service provider with an agency kept in the reserve from the tender process.

remuneration paid to the functionaries. The remuneration paid to the service provider is exclusive of the remuneration provided to the functionaries. In other words, the service provider shall not charge any fee/commission from the functionaries or deduct any amount other than employees’ share of Provident fund.

employer’s contribution, ESI and Service Tax with a clear breakup of all these items.

and remit it along with the employer’s share to the EPF fund and remits it to the EPF account of the employee.

case may be, shall be competent to enter into a written agreement with a registered service provider agency, which holds a valid licence under the Contract Labour Act issued by the competent authority, to provide the contract labour and has sufficient experience to render the relevant services.

on the same terms and conditions, to step in at short notice if the selected service provider defaults in providing satisfactory service, and the contract has to be terminated

to the need and justification, and satisfaction of the competent authority, such contracts may be extended on mutually agreed terms for one year at a time,

three years at a time. At the end of three years, the Department shall necessarily go through the whole process of calling fresh tenders, giving equal opportunity to other service provider agencies.

provider possess proper licence from the Labour Department and check the antecedents of the Service Provider.

sub-detailed heads ‘300 – Other Contractual services.

that adequate provisions are made in their budgets to meet the costs.

verified to be under proper and currently valid government sanction.

contract of service providers to facilitate the process of outsourcing by offices.

followed scrupulously requisitioning the functionaries from the outsourced agency as indicated in the departmental website of the Social Welfare Department(http:// apsocialwelfare.cgg.gov.in)/

individual Bank account of the functionary.

provider is remitting the amounts of EPF deducted from the functionaries along with the employer’s contribution to the EPF accounts of the employees and paying ESI promptly by duly verifying the challans. They shall also verify the ESI cards of the functionaries obtained by the service provider from ESI Corporation.

otherwise modified in this order.

31st July, 2017.

outsource functionaries. The audit officers shall not admit any claim of the remuneration of functionaries without the concurrence of the Finance department

service provider in any category in all Departments shall be governed by this

Government Order henceforth