SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR BIDS
EMPLOYER: NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STANDARDS ENHANCEMENT (SPESSE) AND AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT (ACE-IMPACT) PROJECTS
CONTRACT TITLE: PROCUREMENT OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVICES
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
IDA Credit No.: P169405
RFB No.: NG-NUC-203384-G0-RFB & NG-NUC-204297-GO-RFB
DEADLINE: 18TH DECEMBER, 2020
(1) The National Universities Commission has applied for financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) and Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE-Impact) Projects, and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the contract for the Procurement of Learning Management System Devices. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.
(2) The National Universities Commission now invites sealed Bids from eligible bidders for Provision of Learning Management System Devices for the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) and Second Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE-Impact) Projects at National Universities Commission, 26 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja
(3) Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
(4) Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Project Coordinator (SPESSE Project), National Universities Commission Attention: spesse@nuc.edu.ng and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1800 hours at the address given below.
(5) The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible bidder upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Fifty thousand Naira (N50,000.00) via Remita by generating a Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) in favour of Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project, National Universities Commission- Project Implementation Unit.
Kindly follow these steps: (i) Enter Remita platform (ii) Select ‘Bills and Purchases’ (iii) ‘Pay Biller’, (iv) Under ‘Who do you want to pay’, Select Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement Project(v) Under Name of Services/Purpose, Select ‘NUC Sustainable Procurement Env Soc Secretariat’ (vi) Complete the form and Submit.
Note: Evidence of payment in accordance with item 5 above must accompany all Bid submission.
(6) Bids can be submitted as one attachment or with a link to the storage location. All documents must be read-only, and password protected. The email address for the bid submission is spesse@nuc.edu.ng. The submission deadline is 18th December, 2020 at 12:00pm Nigeria Local time. NUC-SPESSE Project will confirm the receipt of each bid. The read-only password protected bids will be opened on 18th December, 2020 at 1:00pm Nigeria Local time. Bidders are expected to send the password of their documents within one hour after the bid submission deadline to spesse@nuc.edu.ng as specified in the bidding documents.
(7) All Bids must be accompanied by Bid Securing Declaration.
(8) 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.
(9) The address referred to above is:
The National Universities Commission- (SPESSE) Project
Attn: SPESSE Project Coordinator
26, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, 900288, Abuja Nigeria
Tel: +234 802 122 5843
E-mail: spesse@nuc.edu.ng
