Federal Ministry Of Water Resources; Chad Basin Development Authority- Invitation For Technical And Financial Bids From Contractors For The Execution Of 2021 Mainline Capital Development And Zonal Intervention Projects (84 Lots)

DEADLINE: 5TH JULY, 2021
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES; CHAD BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
KM 6 DIKWA ROAD MAIDUGURI
INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS FROM CONTRACTORS FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2021 MAINLINE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) The Chad Basin River Development Authority in furtherance to achieving its statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of various works /goods under the 2021 mainline capital Appropriation and Zonal Intervention Projects domiciled to be implemented through the Authority in accordance with the provision of part VI section 25-2(ii) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

(1.2) The Chad Basin Development Authority, therefore, wishes to invite competent,interested contractors with relevant experience and technical expertise, financial capabilities, and good track record to submit Technical and Financial proposals in response to the bid documents to be issued to them for the execution of various projects categorized as follows:

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS
The scope of works and the specifications as contained in the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) to be issued to bidders in respect of each project. 

CATEGORY 1. CBDA MANDATE CORE PROJECTS

(A) WORKS

(B) GOODS

CATEGORY (2) ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

(A) WORKS

(B) GOODS

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Bidders are to provide the following documents as minimum requirement for consideration:

(3.1) FOR WORKS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Last 3years (2018, 2019 & 2020) Tax Clearance Certificates valid till 31st December, 2021.

(c) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants, and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(d) Evidence of current compliance with Pension Reform Act 2004 by inclusion of PENCOM Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2021.

(e) Detailed company profile and organizational structure including Names and Telephone numbers of key Personnel (Technical / Managerial).

(f) Possession of experience as a Prime Contractor in at least three (3) projects of similar nature and complexity with verifiable letters of contract award and certificates of job completed within the last 3 years (to comply with this requirement, works quoted should be at least 70% physically completed).

(g) Having annual Auditors report for the last three(3) years (2018, 2019 & 2020) / Statement of affairs for pioneer company.

(h) 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).

(i) Evidence of Registration of Individual/company with relevant Professional bodies such as ARCON, COMEG, COREN or ICCON and IPAN, etc.

(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) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(l) Bidders are to provide evidence of ownership/lease of relevant construction equipment;

(m) Possession of satisfactory Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual

(n) Evidence of Current Compliance with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Amendment Act 2011 by inclusion of Certificate of Compliance from Industrial Training Fund valid till 31st December 2021.

(o) Accompany bid document with Sworn Affidavit:-

(i) Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Chad Basin River Development Authority 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.

(ii) That the Director(s) of the firms has/have never been convicted in any court of law within or outside Nigeria.

(iii) That none of the company’s directors or the company itself is bankrupt.

(iv) That none of the officers of Chad Basin Development Authority or Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present staff of the company.

(v) That the Company is not in receivership.

(p) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2021.

(q) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a signed 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, 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

NOTE that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as listed in a – p above. Non-compliance will lead to disqualification.

(3.2) FOR GOODS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 orCAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Last 3years (2018,2019 & 2020) Tax Clearance Certificates valid till 31st December, 2021.

(c) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants, and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(d) Evidence of current compliance with Pension Reform Act 2004 by inclusion of PENCOM Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2021.

(e) Detailed company profile and organizational structure including Names and Telephone numbers of key Personnel (Technical / Managerial).

(g) Having annual Auditors report for the last 3 years (2018, 2019 & 2020) / Statement of affairs for pioneer company.

(h) 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);

(i) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(j) For Procurement of Motor Vehicles, only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of Local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the procurements

(k) Possession of satisfactory Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual

(l) Evidence of current compliance with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Amendment Act 2011 by inclusion of Certificate of Compliance from Industrial Training Fund valid till 31st December 2021.

(m) Accompany bid document with Sworn Affidavit:-

(i) Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Chad Basin River Development Authority 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.

(ii) That the Director(s) of the firms has/have never been convicted in any court of law within or outside Nigeria.

(iii) That none of the company’s directors or the company itself is bankrupt.

(iv) That none of the officers of Chad Basin Development Authority or Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present staff of the company.

(v) The Company is not in receivership.

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

(o) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a signed 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, 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 authorised officer of the firm.

NOTE that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as listed in a – n above. Non-compliance will lead to disqualification.

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the (Head of Procurement Office, East Wing Ground Flour No. 48, Chad Basin Development Authority, Mohammed Lawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State) on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the (Chad Basin Development Authority)’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
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 Managing Director, Chad Basin Development Authority, Mohammed Lawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno 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 Open Registry of Chad Basin Development Authority not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 5 July 2021.

(6.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 noon on Monday, 5 July 2021 in the Conference Room, (Chad Basin Development Authority, Mohammed Lawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State), while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of (Head of Procurement Office, West Wing Ground Flour, Chad Basin Development Authority, Mohammed Lawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State), as the (Chad Basin Development Authority) will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further inquiries, please contact the “08034443461 (Procurement)” on e-mail chadbasinmaiduguri@gmail.com

(7.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;

(b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;

(c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots

(d) All costs will be borne by the bidders;

(e) Presence of bidders/representatives and members of the public shall not be required during the bid opening ceremony in compliance with COMD-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-Co rruption/Transparency and shall be made available to bidders upon request;

(f) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);

(g) 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;

(h) The Chad Basin Development Authority 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.

(i) This announcement is published for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer by the Authority to transact with any party for the project, nor does it constitute a commitment or obligation on the part of the Authority to procure services.

(j) Chad Basin Development Authority reserved the right to verify the authenticity of any claims on the documents submitted by companies.

(k) Chad Basin Development Authority reserved the right to verify the company address/location indicated in the expression of interest.

(l) Failure to comply strictly with instructions above and to provide any required documents may result in the disqualification of the company.

(m) Original documents shall be requested for sighting.

SIGNED
ABBA. GARBA; MNSE, MNIAE
MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO