DEADLINE: 10TH MAY, 2021
NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE
PLOT 2173, CAPETOWN STREET, WUSE ZONE 4, ABUJA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2021 CAPITAL AND CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS
- INTRODUCTION
The National Productivity Centre (NPC) s a Federal Government Parastatal of under enhancing Ministry individual of and organizational Employment. productivity, the Centre’s to engage the services of competent Contractors/Consultants for the execution of its capital projects under the 2021 budget as follows:
2. SCOPE OF SERVICES/GOODS/WORKS
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms should submit the following documents
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7. Business Name is acceptable for Consultancy Services
ii. Evidence of Company’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate for all Partners in case of Business Name) for the least thread (3) years (2018, 2019 & 2020) valid till 31 December, 2021;
iii. Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
iv. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
v. Evidence of current National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
vi. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on the 31st December, 2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP
vii. A Sworn Affidavit:
-Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Productivity Centre or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidding and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;-Declaring that the company is not in receivership and/or the subject of any receivership or the subject of any form of winding up proceedings:
-Declaration that none of the company’s Directors has been convicted in any country for any criminal offences relating to fraud;
viii. Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years -2018,2019& 2020:
ix. Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of
Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, Indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
x. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Kay staff to be deployed
for the project, including copies of their academic/professional qualification
xi. Veritable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar job executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
xii. Companies bidding for the supply of IT equipment: evidence of accreditation by Nigerian Information Technology Development Authority [NITDA] and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria;
xiii. For Training/Empowerment Programmes: Evidence of Firm’s Registration with the Centre for Management Development
xiv. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM):
xv. Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies);
xvi. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a
Covering Forwarding letter under the Company’s Firm’s Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number [RC]8s issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contract Address, Telephone Number [preferably GSM No), and e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the names and nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm
Please note that the Centre will carry out due diligence verification of all the original documents mentioned above.
4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document SBD tram the office of the Director of Procurement of National Productivity Centre, plot 2173, Cape Town Straet, Wuse Zona 4, Abuja, on evidence of payment of a non refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per Lot, paid into the National Productivity
Centre’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria. Firms bidding for Consultancy Services will not pay at this stage until after short-listing
5. SUBMISSION OF BIDS (GOODS& WORKS)
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 Director of Procurement of National Productivity Centre, plat 2173, Cape Town Street, Wuse, Zone 4, Abuja, 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 drop in the designated Tender Box in the
of Procurement’s Office not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 7 June, 2021.
6. SUBMISSION OF EOI (CONSULTANCY SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two [2] bound of Expression of Interest [EOI| documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Director of Procurement of National Productivity Centre, plot 2173, Cape Town
Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, 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 drop in the designated Tender Box in the Director of Procurement’s Office not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 10th May, 2021.
7. OPENING OF BIDS/EOI
The submitted bids for categories ‘A’ (Goods) and B (Works) will bo opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 7 June, 2021 while category ‘C’ (Consultancy Services) will be opened at 12:00 noon on Monday, 10 May, 2021 at Centre’ Hoard Room. Relevant private
sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisations are hereby invited to witness the opening of the EOl and Technical Bids.
8. PLEASE NOTE THAT
i. Standard Bidding Documents can also be collected in Soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services)
ii. GoodsWorks: Onily pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date
for financial bid opening, while financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopenediii. Services: Only short-iisted Consultants for Services will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.iv. Certificates shall be referred to the respective issuing authority for authentication;
v. The evaluation shall be strictly based on the requirement specified above and as contained in the Standard Bidding Documents;
vi. The advertisement is published for information purpose and will not be
construed as a commitment or obligation on the part of the National Productivity Centre. The Centre is not bound to consider any bid and reserves the right to reject bids at any time or cancel the procurement proceedings in the public interest
vii. Due diligence exercise shall be conducted to verify the claim made by bidders; and
viii. All submissions must be made in English Language.
ix. Due to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control’s guideline restricting
public gatherings, bidders will not attend the opening. Opening of Expression of Interest, Technical and Financial bids would be streamed live, and a video recording of the proceedings made. However, representatives of relevant professional bodies, Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations would be invited to witness the openings.
Details of how to log on to the live streaming can be found on the Centre’s website or requested via emall: npcproc@productivity.gov.ng
x. The NPC is not bound to pre-qualify shortlist 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
Signed:
Director-General
National Productivity Centre
