Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA)- Invitation To Tender And Expression Of Interest For 2021 Capital Appropriation (50 Lots)

DEADLINE: 19TH JULY, 2021
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
UPPER BENUE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (UBRBDA)
MBAMBA – FUFORE ROAD, PM.B 2086, YOLA
INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR 2021 APPROPRIATION

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA), a Parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in furtherance tots statutory mandate intends to undertake the Procurement of various Works, Good and Services under the 2021 Capital Appropriation and in accordance with extant Provisions of Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and Section 6B (2) (b) of the Finance Act, 2020.

1.2 The Authority therefore invites all experienced and competent Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants/Service Providers with relevant experience to tender for the Core/Zonal Intervention Projects for execution under approved 2021 capital appropriation.

2.0 SCOPE OF WORK/SUPPLIES/SERVICES
The Scope of Works/Supply/Service for the projects earmarked for execution are as contained in the various Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) and Bills of Quantities (BoQ)/BEME prepared by the Authority. The summary of the projects are as follows

(2.1) CATEGORY A – WORKS

Interested Contractors/Suppliers are invited to submit Technical and financial bids for the following projects:

CATEGORY B-GOODS

Interested Contractors/Suppliers are invited to submit Technical and Financial Bids for the following Projects:

CATEGORY C – CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Interested Contractors/Suppliers are invited to submit Expression of Interest for the following Projects:

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and Competent Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers Consultants wishing to cay out any of the Projects under the above two (2) categories are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Bids or Expression of Interests as applicable:
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 & 7. Business Name is also acceptable for Category C;
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 31st December 2021
iii. Evidence of parent 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 Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSTTF) Clearance Certificate (2021) 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 31st December, 2021 or valid Certificate issued by
BPP;
vii. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant Committees of the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola or the Bureau cl Public Procurement sa farmef or present Director, Shareholder ar
has any pecuniary intærest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
viii. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019, 2020);
ix. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
x. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional Qualifications such as COREN, QSREN, ARCON, CORBON etc;
xi. Verifiable documentary evidence for at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including
xii. Letters of Award, Validation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects;
xiii. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership car Lease Agreement
xiv. For Supply of Equipment Evidence of being Original Equipment Manufacturer or Authorized Representative For Training Programmes: Evidence of Firm’s Registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD);
xv. C3:Evidence of Firm’sument registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies);
xvi. 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);
xvii. All docurrents 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) s issued by the Corporate Affairs
Commission (CAC), contact address, telephone number (preferably GSM No.) and e-mall address. The letter headed papers 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-xv above

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from 7th June, 2021, upon presentation of evidence of payment of tender fee from

The Office of the Head of Procurement,
Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority,
Mbamba-Furore Road
P.M.B, 2086
Yola,
Adamawa State

Interested bidders are advised to contact their respective Banks for the code upon which payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, is to be paid into the Treasury Single Account of the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola (UBRBDA).

5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER/EOI DOCUMENTS
5.1. Invitation to Tender (Works, and Goods)
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 dearly marked as “Technical Bid”or “Financial Bid”and “Expression of Interest EOI for non Consultancy Services. Thereafter put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Managing Director, Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Mbamba- Furore Road, Yola, Adamawa State 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 the address
above, not later than 12:00 noon an Monday, 19th July, 2021

5.2 EOI (Consultancy Services)
The EOl should be packaged and addressed as stated above, and should be submitted not later than 12:00 on Monday, 21st June 2021
 

6.0 OPENING OF EOI/TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOl and the Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 on Monday, 21 June, 2021 and 12.00 noon on Monday, 19 July, 2021 respectively, at the Authority’s Conference Hall, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids Must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder
ii. Bid Submission must be submitted unopened.
iii. Bidders should not bid for more that two (2) Lots,
iv. All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Authority will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation;
v. Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process
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);
viii. 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 unopened
ix. Services: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals (RfPs)
x. The Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority 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 ProcurementAct, 2007.
xi. For further enquiries, please contact The Procurement Department between 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 pm (Mondays-Fridays) at the following address:

Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority,
Mbamba-Furore Road
P.M.B, 2086
Yola,
Adamawa State

Signed:
Engr Abubakar H. Mu’azu FNSE, MIHA, MIAHS
Managing Director
Upper Benue River Development Authority