National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)- Invitation To Tender For The 2021 Capital, Expression Of Interest And Zonal Intervention/Constituency Projects (32 Lots)

DEADLINE: 17TH MAY, 2021
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (NWRI)
MANDO ROAD, P. M. B. 2309, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE 2021 CAPITAL, EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND ZONAL INTERVENTION/CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The National Water Resource Institute in furtherance to its statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of works/goods/Services under its Y2021 Capital Appropriation in accordance with extant Provisional Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act 2007. The Institute therefore invites all experienced and competent contractors, suppliers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects.

2.0 SCOPE OF GOODS/WORKS
The scope of Works/Goods for the projects earmarked for execution is tabulated as follows:

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent contractors, suppliers wishing to carry any of the Projects under the above are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Proposals.
i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC1.1 or CAC2 & 7. Business Name is acceptable for Services.
ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three years (2018, 2019, 2020) valid till 31 December 2021 with
minimum average annual turnover of N20 million.
iii) Evidence 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 Nigerian Social Insurance Fund Scheme (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 the Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31 December, 2021 or Valid Certificate issued by BPP.
vii. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna or the Bureau of Public Procurement 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.
viii. Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the vehicles;
ix. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
x. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 and 2020).
xi. Evidence of financial capability to execute the Project including Bank Reference letter from Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the Project when needed.
xii. Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the key staff to be deployed for the Project including copies of their Academic/Professional Qualifications (In case of construction COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc).
xiii. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Certificate of Valuations, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects.
xiv. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease.
 xv) Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(les);xvi) For Training: Evidence of accreditation by Centre for Management Development (CMD)
xvii) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR &
Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner).
xviii) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the company/firm’s letter headed paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), contact address, telephone number (preferably GSM
No.) and e-mail address. The letter headed papersS must bear the names and nationalities of the Directors of the companies at the bottoms of the page duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

Note: that all documents/ information required must be paginated, submitted in the sequence/order as listed in i-xvii above.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENT (GOODS AND WORKS)
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of the Head of Procurement, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 only, per Lot paid into the Institute’s Remita Account in any
reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. Note that bidders for consultancy Services are not expected to pay at this stage until after short-listing.

5.0 SUBMISSION OF EOI (SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (EO) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed as indicated in paragraph 6.0 below; 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 at NWRI, Mando Kaduna, not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 17th May, 2021.

5.1 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (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 Executive
Director, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna 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 should be deposited in the Tender Box at NWRI, Mando Kaduna, not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 14th June, 2021.

6.0 OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 17th May, 2021 at the following address: National Water Resource Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384.
The technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 14 June, 2021 at the NWRI Board Room, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the submission register as the Institute will be held liable for misplaced or wrongly
submission of bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Procurement Department between 10.00a.m to 3.00p.m (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address: National Water ResourceInstitute, Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
ii) Bidder should not bid for more than two (2) Lots, violators will be disqualified.
iii) Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened.
iv) Presence of bidders/representatives and members of the public shall not be required during the bid opening ceremony in compliance with COVID-19 Guidelines. The Bids Opening will be covered by video recording with the
presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti-Corruption/Transparency;
v) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services); Goods & Works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
vi) Services: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals (RfPs);
vii) All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Institute will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to their invitation;
ix) Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.
x. The NWRI 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.

PROF. E. A. ADANU
Director General