PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE YEAR 2019 ZONAL TETFUND INTERVENTION
1. INTRODUCTION:
(1.1) The Plateau State University, Bokkos intends to execute the following approved project under the 2019 TFTfund Zonal Intervention project.
(1.2) In compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, the University is hereby inviting reputable firms with proven experience to submit both Technical and Financial bids for any of the projects below:
2. SCOPE OF WORK
LOT 1: Proposed Construction and Furnishing of Administrative building
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Interested companies should submit the following:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), including Forms CAC2 and CAC7
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate) for the last three (3) years (2017, 2018 and 2019) valid till 31st December, 2020;
(c) Evidence of Current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2020;
(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid 31st December, 2020;
(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2020;
(f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors and Service providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 30/06/2020 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
(g) Sworn Affidavit:
• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committee of the Plateau State University, Bokkos 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;
• that the company is not in receivership, insolvent or bankrupt; and
• that none of the Company’s Directors has been convicted of any procurement fraud in any country;
(h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2017, 2018, 2019;
(i) Evidence of financial capability to execute the projects by submission of a reference letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria indicating commitment to provide credit facility for the execution of the contract, if awarded;
(j) Company’s profile with Curriculum Vitae of key Staff to be deploy to the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualification (CORBON, NIQS, COREN, ARCON etc.);
(k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards, Valuation Certificate and job Completion Certificates;
(l) For joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);
(m) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease
(n) All document for submission must be transmitted with a covering/ forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s letter Head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affair Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferable GSM No) and email address. The letterhead paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the page, duly sign by the authorized officer of the firm.
4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Head, Procurement Unit Plateau State University, Bokkos on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Plateau State University, Bokkos’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENT
Prospective bidder are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each for Technical and Financial with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelopes addressed to the Head, Procurement Unit Plateau State University, Bokkos and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number. Furthermore the reverse of each envelopes should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated
Tender Box provided in the Procurement Unit not later than 11:00a.m. on Monday 6 April, 2020.
5.1 OPENING OF BID
The Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 11:00am on Monday, 6 April, 2020 in the Senate Chambers Plateau State University, Bokkos in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial Bids will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the office of the Procurement Unit as the Plateau State University, Bokkos will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head, Procurement Unit Plateau State University, Bokkos.
6. PLEASE NOTE THAT
(i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
(ii) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un¬opened;
(iii) Bound bid documents must be duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outline hereunder, must be stamp or seal with company’s stamp or seal or be disqualify;
(iv) All costs will be borne by the bidders;
(v) Only pre-qualified bidders will be contacted at a later date for the opening of the financial bids while financial bids of the un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
(vi) All CAC, PENCOM, ITF, NSITF and TAX certificate may be referred to the Security Agencies, Corporate Affairs Commission etc. for verification.
(vii) Failure to adhere to any of the above stated will be ground for outright disqualification.
(viii) Note that Selection of contractor is not based on the lowest bidder but rather on bid that is the lowest evaluated responsive bid.
(ix) The Plateau State University, Bokkos 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
PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY BOKKOS
