Nigerian Ports Authority- Expression Of Interest (EOI) For The Provision Of Port-Based Ballast Water Management System (BWMS)

NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY- EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE PROVISION OF PORT-BASED BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BWMS)
26/28, MARINA LAGOS
WWW.NIGERIANPORTS.GOV.NG
PUBLIC NOTICE NO:4134
DEADLINE: 27TH OCTOBER, 2020

A. INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Ports Authority is desirous of engaging qualified private sector partners to install, operate, maintain and manage Port-Based Ballast Water Management (BWM) System in the under listed locations under the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) arrangement:

Bidders are not allowed to bid for more than two (2) lots
B. SCOPE OF SERVICE
The scope of service includes but is not limited to the provision of Port-Based Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) with the underlisted facilities for six (6) port locations mentioned above:
a. Shore-based Reception/Treatment Facilities capable of storing not less than 100,000 cubic meters of water
b. Provision Of pumping systems with pumping capacity of not less than 600 cubic meters per hour. Fitted to provide D-2 compliant water to visiting vessels
C Provision of IMO type-approved (D-2 standard) Mobile Treatment/Reception System with Treatment capacity of not less than 300 cubic meters per hour. Fitted to provide D-2 compliant water to visiting vessels
More information on the scope of services is contained in the Request for Proposal to be issued to prequalified firms

c. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Interested firms should submit bound EOI documents duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined here under:
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REQUIREMENTS
1. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC 1.1),
2. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2017, 20188 2019) valid till 31st December 2020 with minimum cumulative turnover of N500 Million.
3. Evidence of Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three () years (2017, 20188 2019) duly signed by ANAN/ICAN licensed Auditors.
4. Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate from National Pension Commission (PENCOM) valid till 31st December 2020.
5. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2020.
6. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2020
7. Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2020 or valid Certificate issued by BPP. 
8. Sworn Affidavit disclosing
-That the company does not have any Director who has been convicted in any country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any Procurement (BPP) 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
-That the Company is not in receivership, subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings 
9. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letterhead Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), contact address, telephone (preferably GSM No.), fax and e-mail address. The Letter Head Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company/Firm at the bottom of the page.
10. Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of a reference letter from a reputable Commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility to the execution of the project when needed.
11. Company profile to include names, qualification (copies of relevant academic and professional qualifications of Such personnel must be attached) and experience of key personnel.
-At least 3 Key operational staff/technical staff must have minimum of first-degree certificate or its equivalent in related field with evidence of registration ith relevant professional body.
-Each operational staff should have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), including operating and monitoring equipment
-All staff must be fluent in English language
12. Evidence of company ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management System.
13. Verifiable documentary evidence of Ballast Water Management D-2 type-approval certificate (in line with the BWM Code).
14. Failure to comply with items 1-13 above will lead to disqualification of the bid. (This is applicable for non-Joint venture submissions).
15 For Joint Venture (JV)/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided. (Items 1-12 are compulsory for each national JV partner, while items 1, 2 and 8 (as issued in home country)are compulsory for each international JV partner while item 13 can be provided by any of the JV
partner).Aggregate.cumulative turnover of both JV partners is admissible.

D. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) DOCUMENT
Interested bidders are to submit two (2) bound copies of EOI documents, paginated and arranged with dividers as indicated above. The EOI documents should be submitted in sealed envelopes and addressed to “EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE PROVISION OF PORT BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT RECEPTION AND TREATMENT
FACILITIES” Specifying PUBLIC NOTICE NO: 4134 LOT NO (with appropriate description of desired lot) and dropped in the designated Tender Box located on the 3rd floor of NPA annex Building, 1, Joseph Street, off Marina Lagos not later than 11:00 am on Tuesday, 27th October 2020.

E. OPENING OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) DOCUMENT
All EOI documents received before the deadline for submission will be opened immediately after the deadline for Submission at 11:00 am on Tuesday, 27th October 2020 in the Conference room on 3rd floor of NPA Annex
building, 1, Joseph street, off Marina, Lagos in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Representatives of Non-Governmental organizations related to this procurement, transparency and anti-corruption Agencies are hereby invited to witness the bid opening in compliance with section 19 (6(0) of the PPA, 2007. Please, ensure that you sign the bId submission registering the bid submission office on the 3rd floor of the annex building, as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the General Manager (Procurement) on e-mail info.procurement@nigerianports.org. Bidders are excused from the bid opening, which will be attended by officials of private sector professional organisations and csos in the areas of anti-corruption/transparency. The event will be fully captured on video and can be provided to bidders on request.

F. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder.
2. Late Submission be returned unopened
3. All costs incurred as a result of this tender invitation and any subsequent requests for information shall be borne by the bidding companies and only short-listed companies will be contacted.
4. Only shortlisted firms will be contacted at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals 5. Submissions may be made through courier service, in the stipulated format in (D) above and must not be later than the stipulated deadline.
6. The Authority is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to cancel the Procurement proceedings in the public interest without incurring liabilities to the bidders in accordance with the provisions of Section 28 ofthe Public Procurement Act 2007

SIGNED
MANAGEMENT
NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY