National Water Resources Institute – Invitation To Tender For The 2020 Capital And Zonal Intervention/Constituency Projects (27 Lots)

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE
MANDO ROAD, P. M. B. 2309, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE 2020 CAPITAL AND ZONAL INTERVENTION/CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The National Water Resource Institute in furtherance to its statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of Works/Goods under its Y2020 Capital Appropriation in accordance with Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
1.2 The Institute, therefore, invites all experienced and competent contractors, suppliers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects:

2. SCOPE OF GOODS/WORKS
The scope of works/goods for the projects earmarked for execution is tabulated as follows:

PROJECTS  DESCRIPTION

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Interested and competent contractors, suppliers wishing to carry any of the Projects under the above are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Bids:
(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC2 and CAC7 or Form CAC1.1;
(ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2017, 2018, 2019) valid till 31st December 2020 with minimum average annual turnover of N20 million.
(iii) Evidence current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December2020.
(iv) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2020.
(v) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Fund Scheme (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2020.
(vi) Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service providers by submission of the Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 30th June, 2020 or Valid Certificate issued by BPP
(vii) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Water Resources Institute or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars.
(viii) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM);
(ix) Lot 2: Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the vehicles;
(x) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2017, 2018 and 2019).
(xi) Evidence of financial capability to execute the Project by submission of Bank Reference letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the Project when needed.
(xii) Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the key staff to be deployed for the Project including copies of their Academic/Professional Qualifications (in case of construction COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, etc.).
(xiii) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Certificate of Valuations, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects.
(xiv) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease (where applicable).
(xv) 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).
(xvi) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the company/firm’s letter headed 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 headed papers must bear the names and nationalities of the Directors of the companies at the bottoms of the page duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
Note: that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the sequence/order as listed in I – xvi above.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENT GOODS AND WORKS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD)from the Office of the Head of Procurement, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot in the Institute via Remitta Account or Institute Accounts division.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids 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 envelope addressed to the Executive Director, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at NWRI, Mando Kaduna, not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 5 August, 2020.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 5 August, 2020 at the NWRI Board Room, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the submission register as the Institute will be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submission of bids. For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 10.00a.m to 3.00p.m (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address: National Water Resource Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
(ii) Bidder should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;
(iii) Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened;
(iv) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
(v) All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Institute will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to their invitation;
(vi) Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.
(vii) The NWRI 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.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR