FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA 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-160211-NC-RFB ASSIGNMENT TITLE: PROCUREMENT OF NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR PRODUCTION OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING (GEODATA BASE) USING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (MGCPOVMAP2) FOR SELECTED PRIORITY AREAS
DATE: MARCH 30, 2020
1. The Federal Government of Nigeria, 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 Project for Economic Diversification and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for the Procurement of Non-Consulting Services for the production of Topographic Mapping (Geodata Base) using International standards (MGCPOVMAP2) for selected priority areas.-NG-MINDIVER-160211-NC-RFB.
2. 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 Production of Topographic Mapping (Geodata Base) using international Standards (MGCP or Vmap2) for the Northern zone, Western zone, Central zone, Eastern zone, and the southern zone
3. OBJECTIVE OF THE ACTIVITY
The objective of this work is to carry out an interpretation of terrain and cartographic elements in areas of geological interest by using high-resolution optical equipment to produce updated topographic maps (geo-database) of between 0.5m and 2.5m spatial resolution at MGCP international standards. The number of topo-sheets (MGCP standard) is produced will be 381, which will cover the entire geological priority areas.
4. BIDDER QUALIFICATION AND CAPACITY REQUIREMENT
● The Bidding firm must have at least 5 years’ experience and specializes or have expertise in the field of cartography, remote sensing and geographic information systems, particularly in the generation of topographic cartography, satellite images and especially in the use of MGCP formats.
● The minimum required annual volume of Services for the successful Bidder in the last five years shall be: Eight million united states dollars (USD8,000,000.00) or Equivalent.
● The experience required to be demonstrated by the Bidder should include as a minimum that he has executed at least Two (2) similar projects during the last 5 years
The Bidders must have experience in Services of a similar nature and size for each of the last five years, and details of Services underway or contractually committed, and names and address of clients who may be contacted for further information on those contracts.
● The minimum amount of liquid assets and/or credit facilities net of other contractual commitments of the successful Bidder shall be One Million US Dollars. (USD1,000,000) or equivalent
Additional information on experience and capabilities requirement for the services are provided in the Bidding Document
5. 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.
6. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information by sending an email to the email address given below.
7. Bidding documents in English Language may be requested via email by interested bidder on the submission of a written Application and a receipt of payment generated by Remita (clear scanned copies) to be sent to the email address given below.
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Tuesday, May 12, 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 Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
9. All Bids must be valid for a period of 150 days after bid closing and must be accompanied by a Bid Security of One Hundred thousand Dollars (USD 150,000) or Fifty-four Million Naira only(NGN 54,000,000) and shall be delivered to the address below on or before 11.00 am on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at which time they will be opened in the presence of the bidders who wish to attend.
10. 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 is:
Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MINDIVER) Project
Attn: Utsu Linus Adie (Project Coordinator)
No. 10 Lola Close, off Luanda Crescent, OR Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent
Wuse 2, Abuja +234 909 324 0644 mindiverprocurement@fmmsd.gov.ng;
mindiverprocurement@gmail.com;
mindiver@fmmsd.gov.ng
