NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA
NAN HOUSE
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
1. INTRODUCTION
The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), intends to undertake the procurement of services approved under the 2019 Appropriation and hereby invites interested, competent, and eligible consultants for the execution of the following consultancy services:
2. SCOPE OF SERVICES
LOT A:
Final Phase of Full Computerization of the Financial System, Consisting of Funds, General Ledger and Branch
LOT B:
Creation and Set up of Fixed Asset register of the Agency’s Moveable and Non Moveable Assets Across all Locations in Line with Circular Ref No FMF/F&A/ATMP/C2 of 6/6/2017.
Details of the scope and terms of reference/assignment duration of the jobs (RfP) shall be made available to shortlisted consultants on the payment of the sum of ten thousand naira N10, 000.00 only.
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All prospective companies are required to submit the following verifiable documents:
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC2 and CAC or Business Name;
ii. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate for all the partners) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2019;
iii. Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2019;
iv. Current ITF Compliance Certificates valid till 31st December 2019;
v. Current NSITF Compliance Certificates valid till 31st December 2019;
vi. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/1/2020 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
vii. Company Audited Accounts for Years 20162017 and 2018;
viii. Evidence of financial capacity to execute the job by submission of reference letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria committing to fund the project when awarded;
ix. Current sworn Affidavit disclosing:
– That the company is not in receivership;
– That the company does not have any Director who has ever been convicted in any court in Nigeria or any other country for criminal offence such as fraud or financial impropriety;
– Whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the News Agency of Nigeria or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars.
x. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
xi. Company profile and Educational/Technical Professional qualifications of key personnel proofs of the capacities and competencies of key staff for the consultancy including copies of Academic/Professional Certificates;
xii. Companies that are interested in (A) and (B) above must be ANAN or ICAN Licensed Accounting Firms
xiii. Evidence of current registration with the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN);
xiv. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letterhead Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), and e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm.
4. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST(EOI)
Interested companies must submit the above documents on or before 12:00 noon on
Monday, 18th November, 2019. The submission shall be made in two hard copies sealed in an envelope with the name of the company and service the firm wishes to undertake clearly written on the envelope and addressed to: The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN House, Independence Avenue, Central Business District, Abuja. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the Bidder and should be deposited in the tamper proof Tender Box on 3 Floor, Room 207, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Headquarters, Abuja. Only shortlisted firms will be contacted at a later date (via their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) for collection of Request for Proposal (RFP)
5. OPENING OF EOIS
All the EOI documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 18 November, 2019 in the Agency’s Headquarters Abuja.
6. NOTE
a. The Agency reserves the right to:
i. Verify the authenticity of any claims made on the documents submitted by firms
ii. Verify the company’s address/location.
b. Failure to comply strictly with the instructions above and to provide any required documents may result in the disqualification of any company
c. Companies shall be shortlisted based on their qualification/experience and the criteria listed above
d. Expression of Interest submitted after the closing date and time shall be returned un opened.
e. Interested firms are to note that the Agency shall not be held liable for the expenses incurred by them on their submission and that the Agency shall shortlist only firms whose submissions are considered to be responsive to the requirements of the Agency.
f. The Agency is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007
Signed:
Management
