Small And Medium Enterprises Development Agency Of Nigeria (SMEDAN)- Expression Of Interest And Invitation To Tender For Execution Of Zonal Intervention Projects (140 Lots)

DEADLINE: 17TH MAY, 2021
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF NIGERIA (SMEDAN)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND INVITATION TO TENDER

INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has earmarked funds for the execution of ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS under the 2021 Appropriation Act. Consequently, the Agency is inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) for Consultancy Services as well as Technical and Financial Proposals from competent Firms/Contractors for the following programmes:

CATEGORY A: SERVICES

SUBMISSION OF EOI FOR SERVICES
CATEGORY A: One (1) copy of spiral bound pre-qualification documents should be sealed in an envelope and clearly marked ‘Expression of Interest’, The name of the company, programme and Lot number should be boldly written on the reverse side of the envelope and should be dropped in a box at the Agency’s Training Room located at the ground floor. The closing date for the submission is 12:00 noon on Monday, 12 April, 2021 and would be virtually opened immediately following the closing on Monday, 12 April, 2021 at 12:00 noon. No Payment is required for EOI.

REQUIREMENTS FOR EOI
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 an CAC7;

(b) Memorandum and Articles of Association

(c) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2021;

(d) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;

(e) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;

(f) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;

(g) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/01/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(h) Evidence of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)/Representative for the procurement of equipment;

(i) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, 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;

(j) Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications;

(k) For ICT projects: Evidence of accreditation by Computer Registration Council of Nigeria and (NITDA);

(l) For Training: Evidence of accreditation by Centre for Management Development (CMD)

(m) All profiles must be binded with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC), Contact Address, Mobile Telephone Number, and e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names, Phone Numbers and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm.

CATEGORY B: SMALL WORKS AND GOODS

COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
CATEGORY A: SERVICES
Pre-qualified firms from Expression of Interest will be invited to make payment and collect Request for Proposals (RfPs), Terms of Reference (ToR) and financial bid documents for the various consultancy services

CATEGORY B; WORKS & GOODS
Interested firms are to collect bid documents from the Secretary, Tenders Board upon presentation of evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000) per lot in favour of SMEDAN by using the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) payment gateway platform that can be accessed from the REMITA website at www.remita.net

(a) Click “Pay Federal Government Agency”

(b) Enter “SMEDAN” as the name of MDA and select the service type (Tender Fee)

(c) Enter amount N10,000

(d) Submit to generate a Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR), a unique payment reference for your transaction

(e) This unique code should be presented at any of this payment Channels:

(1) At any branch of any commercial bank nation wide

(2) With debit/credit cards (MasterCard, Verve, Visa)

(3) Your interment banking site

(4) Digital wallet/Mobile money

(5) Your Remita Profile for registered Remita Users

(f) Select your preferred payment channels to make payment

If you have any inquiry or complaint, kindly contact our helpdesk via telephone or Email.

SUBMISSION OF BIDS
CATEGORY A: SERVICES
The response to the RfPs and ToRs should be attached with One (1) soft copy (flash drive) and One (1) hard copy of the company profile and submitted alongside Two (2) copies of a financial bid, all properly sealed seperately, labeled technical bid and financial bid respectively.

CATEGORY B: WORKS & GOODS
Two (2) hard copies Technical requirements/Company Profile should be packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked ‘Technical Bid’. Soft Copy of the company profile should be included in a Flash Drive. The financial bid should be sealed in a separate envelope and clearly marked ‘Financial Bid’.

The two (2) envelopes should be put into a bigger envelope and clearly marked Invitation To Tender.

The name of the company, programme and Lot number should be boldly written on the reverse side of all the envelopes. (All documents should be in ring binding).

All documents should be addressed to:
The Secretary Tenders Board
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
No. 35, Port Harcourt Crescent,
Garki, Area 11, Abuja.

and should be dropped in a box at the Agency’s Training Room located at the ground floor. The closing date the submission of Category B is 12:00 noon on Monday, 17 May, 2021 and would be virtually opened immediately following the closing on Monday, 17 May, 2021 at 12:00 noon.

REQUIREMENTS FOR CATEGORIES A & B (TECHNICAL BIDS)
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 December, 2021;

(c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2021;

(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2021;

(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2021;

(f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/01/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(g) Evidence of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)/Representative for the procurement of equipment;

(h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2018, 2019, 2020;

(i) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, 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;

(j) Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications (in case of construction: COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.),

(k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) year including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

(l) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease (where applicable);

(m) For ICT projects: Evidence of accreditation by Computer Registration Council of Nigeria and (NITDA)

(n) For Training: Evidence of accreditation by Centre for Management Development (CMD)

(o) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Mobile Telephone Number and e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names, Phone Numbers and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm.

The venue for opening is at:

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) (Training Room)
No. 35, Port Harcourt Crescent,
Garki, Area 11, Abuja.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
(i) Copy of evidence of payment (SMEDAN RECIEPT) should be included in the Technical submission;

(ii) No Company/Firm should bid for more than two (2) Lots;

(iii) Bidders or their representatives and other interested organizations/general public are by this notice informed that the opening of Bids will be done Virtually.

(iv) Category A: Only Shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposal.

(v) Only pre-qualified bidders from Technical Evaluation will be invited at a later date for Financial Bids Opening, while financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened.

(vi) Late submission will be returned un-opened.

(vii) Bidders shall be responsible for all expenses incurred in the preparation of their Bids.

(viii) Failure to satisfactorily fulfill the conditions as requested above will result to the invalidation of sue tender.

(ix) SMEDAN reserves the right to verify the authenticity of claim(s) made by any tendering company.

(x) SMEDAN shall reserve the right to reject any submission based on unverifiable Information.

(xi) Please note that this exercise places no commitment on SMEDAN nor establishes any legal relationship whatsoever.

(xii) The Agency’s website, email address and phone number are as follows:

E-mail address:  info@smedan.gov.ng , alim@smedan.gov.ng
Website: www.smedan.gov.ng
Tel: 08033544630
SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT