Federal Government College, Ilorin Kwara State- Invitation To Tender For The Execution Of Projects In 2021 Appropriation (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 26TH JULY, 2021
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, ILORIN KWARA STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS IN 2021 APPROPRIATION

1.0 INTRODUCTION:
1.1The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated some funds to the Federal Government College, Ilorin Kwara State in the year 2021 for the execution of Policies, Programmes and Projects towards achieving the mandate of the College. Accordingly, the College wishes to invite reputable Contractors/Vendors with relevant proven competence and experience to submit tender for the execution of the following projects in compliance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007.

2 SCOPE OF WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders must possess the under-listed requirements to be eligible in the procurement
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CACi.1 or CAC2&7;
ii. Evidence of Company’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2018, 2019 and 2020) valid till 31st December, 2021 With A Minimum Average annual turnover of 20 Million:
iii. Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
iv. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
v. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance 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 (URR) expiring on 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP
vii. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility when needed;
viii. Sworn Affidavit
(a) Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Government College llorn, Kwara State 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;
(b) That the company is not in receivership, insolvent or bankrupt.
(c) That the company does not have any Director who has ever been convicted in any court in Nigeria or any other country for criminal offence in relation to fraud or financial impropriety;
ix. Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 and 2020)
ix. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project including copies of their Academics/Professional qualifications such as ARCON, COREN, QSRBN, CORBON ete.;
xi. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs successfully executed in the last five (5) years including letters of awards, Valuation Certificates and/orJob Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
xii. List of Plants and Equipment with proof of ownership or lease agreement,xii. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering
/Forwarding Letter under the Company’s Letter Head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) contact Address, Telephone Numbers (preferable GSM No) and valid e-mail address and official company’s address. The Letter Head Paper must bear the Names, Nationalities and telephone number of the Directors of
the company at the bottom of the page.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested and competent bidders are requested to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Principal’s office upon presentation of evidence of non refundable Tender Fee of N10,000:00 per Lot to the Federal Government College, Ilorin’s REMITA account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria,

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) bard copies each of the Technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelope and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”, Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Principal, Federal Government College Ilorin, Kwara State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot Number).

Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the Vice-Principal (Special Duties)’s Office, Administrative Block, Federal Government College, Ilorin not later than 12:00 on Monday, 26th July, 2021.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 26th July, 2021, in the College Conference Room behind Administrative Block, FGC, Ilorin. Bidders/Company representatives and interested members of the public, including relevant professional bodies, Civil Societies and Non- governmental Organisations are hereby invited to witness the opening.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Certificates may be referred to the respective issuing authority for verification and authentication.
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned
unopened,
iii. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) lot.
iv. Bids wrongly packaged will be rejected.
v. All costs of submission of tender documents will be borne by the bidders;
vi. 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 (link will be sent to bidders) with the presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti-
Corruption/Transparency and shall be made available to bidders upon request;
vii. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can
submit through Post (Courier Services);
vii. 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 unopened;
ix. Federal Government College Ilorin, Kwara State is not bound to pre-
qualify 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
x. All submissions must be made only in English language,
xi. Due diligence exercise may be conducted to verify the claims made
by bidders.

Signed
The Principal
Federal Government College, Ilorin