National Agency For The Control Of Aids (NACA)- Invitation To Tender For The Procurement Of Covid-19 Related Commodities

NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS (NACA)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF COVID-19 RELATED COMMODITIES
DEADLINE: 21^ST DECEMBER, 2020

1. Introduction
The Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria project in the National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA) intends to use funds from the CoVID 19 RM(C19 RM) grant for the procurement of essential commodities for the COVID 19 response in Nigeria: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

2. Scope of Supply
This call is to solicit for reputable manufacturers and local distributors with relevant experience in the manufacturing and delivery of medical consumables and personal protective equipment during the grant implementation period.

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
i. NAFDAC Certificates (for each item)
ii. Current Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) (per manufacturing site)
iii. At least an annual turnover of NGN30OMillion over the last three years
iv. Must have a minimum of 3 years of overall experience in the production or supply of the related goods and services.
v. Must have a minimum of 1 year of specific experience in the supply of similar goods and related services
i. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Agency for the Control of Aids or shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars
ii. Evidence of company registration (certificate of incorporation of the company) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7.
iii. Duly Certified Company Audited Accounts for the last 3 years (2017,2018 and 2019).
iv. Evidence of Company Income Tax Clearance certificate for the last three years (2017, 2018 and
2019).
v. Evidence of PENCOM Compliance Certificate expiring by December 2020.
vi. Evidence of ITF Compliance Certificate expiring by December 2020.
vii. Evidence of NSITF Compliance certificate expiring by December 2020.
vii. The minimum validity period of the Tender should be one hundred and twenty (120) Days.
ix. Submission of a Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.
x. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff.
xi. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last three (3) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects.
xi. Bid security of 29% of total bid sum will be required for total bid prices above N100 million

2. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Bidders are encouraged to study the Standard bidding document (SBD) carefully and use templates provided therein as applicable. The Standard Bidding Document (SBD) is available online at
naca.gov.ng/bidding-document-for-procurement-of-ppe/

3. A Pre- Tender meeting shall be held on Monday 14″ December 2020 in NACA
conference room.

4. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
i. Prospective bidders are to submit documentations for any of the items desired, three (3) hard copies each (one original & two copies) of the requested documents and financial bid.
ii. Prospective bidders can submit their documents as a Joint Venture with relevant documents provided. See Section 1 (24.4) of SBD.
iii. Please note that you are expected to submit a sample or picture of the Item (s) with your Tender submission
iv. Your Bid must clearly indicate the unit cost, total cost, specincation, bid validity and delivery period. All of which may be used as a criteria for evaluation. Your quotation shall remain valid for 120 days from Monday 21st December, 2020.

5. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
The deadline for the submission of Tender should not be later than 12 noon of Monday, December 21, 2020 at the Office of the Head of Procurement Ground Floor, NACA main building. 3 Ziguinchor Street, Wuse zone 4. Abuja
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder or bidder’s representative, who chose to come to the conference room of the National Agency for the Control of Aids at 12:00pm on Monday 21 December 2020.

6. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be rejected;
iii. All costs of submission or return of bid will be borne by the bidders;
iv. The project is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities.
v. Bidders must indicate any discounts or cross-discounts which they will offer for the award of more than one Contract
vi. Bidders must use the template for Price Schedule for Goods (Form G-2A) found in the SBD in submitting their bids

7. NOTES/DISCLAIMER
i. The project shall verify any or all documents and claims made by applicants and will disqualify bidders with falsified documents and claims.
ii. If it is determined that submitted documents and claims have been falsified, the bidder may face prosecution in a court of Law.
iii. The project shall not be held responsible for any disqualified proposal because of any omission or deletion relating to the submission guidelines.
iv. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of the project to award a contract to any Contractor, nor shall it entitle any Contractor submitting documents to claim any indemnity.
v. The project is not bound to shortlist any bidder and reserves the right to annul the bidding process at any time without incurring any liabilities or providing reason.