SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR BIDS EMPLOYER:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STANDARDS ENHANCEMENT (SPESSE) AND SECOND AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT (ACE-I) PROJECTS CONTRACT
TITLE: PROCUREMENT OF NETWORK DEVICES & OUTDOOR WI-FI EQUIPMENT
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
IDA CREDIT NOS.: P169405 & P169064
RFB NO: NG-NUC-203387-GO-RFB & NG-NUC-182636-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 Second 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 Procurement of Network Devices & Outdoor Wi-Fi Equipment. 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 Bid from eligible Bidders for Provision of Network Devices & Outdoor Wi-Fi Equipment for the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) and Africa Higher Education 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 National Universities Commission (SPESSE Project), Attention: Project Coordinator, – at: spesse@nuc.edu.ng and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 18:00hours at the address given below.
(5) The bidding document in English language may be purchased by you 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 ail 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 18 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 18 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
