FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2020 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal University Gashua, in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and the extant regulations of government on the procurement of goods, works and services hereby invites interested suitable, qualified, reliable and competent contractors/suppliers with proven track record to undertake the under-listed 2020 Capital Projects.
A. LOT 1 – Provision of Electricity.
B. LOT 2– Construction of Covered Walkway.
C. LOT 3 -Provision of Sporting Facilities.
2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7.
b. Evidence of current Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2017, 2018,2019) 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 till 31st December 2020.
e. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid til 31st December 2020:
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 30/06/2020 or valid Certificate issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP)
g. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any Officer of the relevant Committees of Federal University, Gashua or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidding and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars.
h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years – 2017/2018/2019
i. Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
j. Company’s Profile with the CVs of key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications COREN, QSRBN ARCON CORBON for Construction
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects
l. List of Plants Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease for construction
m. For Joint Venture Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and ITF Compliance Certificate. NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV, partner):
n. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the Company/Firms 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 Letter-head must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page. duly signed by an authorised officer of the firm.
3. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to obtain Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Unit, Federal University Gashua, after payment of non-refundable fee of per Lot paid into the Federal University Gashua REMITA account in any N10,000.00 reputable commercial bank in Nigeria and obtain receipt at the Bursary Department.
4. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard and 1 copy each of the Technical and Financial bid with soft copy 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 envelope addressed to the Vice Chancellor, Federal University Gashua and clearly marked with name of the project and Lot number.
Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the company and to be deposited by hand in the Tender Box at the Procurement Unit not later than 12.00 noon Tuesday 7th July 2020.
5. TECHNICAL BIDS OPENING
Only the Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Tuesday, 7th July, 2020 at the 500-Capacity Lecture Theatre, Federal University Gashua in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Ag. Coordinator Procurement Unit, as the Federal University Gashua will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Ag, Coordinator Procurement Unit @mbdawami@gmail.com
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened:
c. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot,
d. All cost will be borne by the bidders
e. Only the pre-qualified bidders will be contacted at a later date for financial bids opening, while financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened
f. The Federal University, Gashua 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
A.B. Shehu, PhD
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA
