THE WORLD BANK
MINISTRY OF MINES & STEEL DEVELOPMENT
MINERAL SECTOR SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION (MinDiver) Project
REQUEST FOR BIDS – NON – CONSULTING SERVICES (Firm Selection)
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
PROJECT: MINERAL SECTOR SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION (Mindiver) PROJECT
PROJECT ID NO: IDA 5990 NG
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: NG-MINDIVER-133911-NC-REB
ASSIGNMENT TITLE: ACQUISITION, GEOREFERENCING AND GEOCODING OF
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS FOR THE COUNTRY IN THE NIGERIA MINING CADASTRE DATABASE
Date: DECEMBER 5, 2019
1. This Request for Expression of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that
appeared in the dgMarket website, issue No. WB8170-12/17 of December 27, 2017.
2. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), represented by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Acquisition, Georeferencing and Geocoding of Topographic maps for the country in the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Database.
3. The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) through the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) Project now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for carrying out Acquisition, Georeferencing and Geocoding of Topographic maps for the country in the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Database
OBJECTIVE OF THE ACTIVITY
The overall aim of the Non-Consulting service is to provide an official topographic map base for accurate positioning of Nigeria Mining cadastral grid,
The specific objectives of the Consultancy are to:
i. assess the background topographic map requirements for the Mining Cadastre digital cadastral database;
ii. Investigate topographic map availability and acquire 1:50,000 topographic map sheets covering the entire country from official sources; (in) Process and deliver a complete set of 1:50.000 topographic maps in a prescribed computer-compatible format.
BIDDER’S QUALIFICATION AND CAPACITY REQUIREMENT
i. The Bidder shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in geo-spatial data production and management, especially in the design and implementation of mapping projects.
ii. The accumulated minimum required annual volume of Services for the successful Bidder within the last three years shall be: Two hundred and Fifty thousand United States Dollars (USD 250,000) or equivalent
iii. The experience required to be demonstrated by the Bidder should include as a minimum that the firm has executed at least Two (2) similar projects, during the last 5 years.
iv. The average minimum amount of liquid assets and/or credit facilities net of other contractual commitments of the successful Bidder within the last 3 years shall be: Five hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars. (USD 500, 000).
The Bidders must prove experience in Services of a similar nature and size for each of the last five years, and details of Services under way or contractually committed; and names and address of clients who may be contacted for further information on these contracts.
Additional information on experience and capabilities requirement for the services are provided
In the Bidding Document
4. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers-“July 2016, Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders (or only to prequalified Bidders as the case may be) as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the MinDiver Office and inspect the bidding document during office hours 9am to 4pm Mondays to Fridays excluding Public holidays at the address given below.
6. Bidding documents in English Language may be purchased by interested bidder on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ten thousand naira (10,000) only (for a set) through ‘REMIA’ web site: www.remita.net. Bidders making payment should click; pay FGN & State TSA” and select “Pay Federal Government of Nigeria on the next page” and also select the account name of the Project “Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification”, Sub Menu “Tender fees” and 107437 as GIFMIS code. Interested bidders may obtain further information at the same address below. Bidding document can be picked up in person or requested via email, with evidence of payment and the written application requesting for the document.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Thursday, January 23 2020. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on Thursday, January 23 2020.
8. All bids must be valid for a period of 150 days after bid closing and must be accompanied by a bid
security of four thousand dollars (USD 4,000) or One million and Five Hundred thousand Naira only (NGN 1,500, 000.00) and shall be delivered to the address below on or before 11.00am on Thursday 23 2020 by 11am prompt, at which h time will be opened in the presence of the bidders who wish to attend
9. Attention is drawn to the procurement regulations requiring the borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the contract award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
The address referred to above:
The project coordinator
Mineral sector Support for Economic Diversification Project ( MinDiver),
10 Lola Close, off Luanda Crescent, Off Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: +234 9093240644
E-mail: mindiverprocurement@fmmsd.gov.ng; mindiver@fmmsd.gov.ng; mindiverprocurement@gmail.com;
