Federal Ministry Of Water Resources- Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority- Invitation To Tender/ Expression Of Interest For Projects Execution (50 Lots)

DEADLINE: 11TH AUGUST, 2021
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
SOKOTO RIMA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
DAMALE KAITA HOUSE, GUSAU ROAD, PMB 2223, SOKOTO
INVITATION TO TENDER/ EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

(1.0)  INTRODUCTION
(1.1) Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority (S.R.R.B.DA) in furtherance of its statutory mandate intends to undertake the Procurement of various Works, Goods and Services under the 2021 Capital Appropriation and in accordance with Extant Provision of Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

(1.2) The Authority therefore invites all experienced and competent Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants/Service Providers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects.

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORK

The Scope of Works/Supply/Service for the projects earmarked for execution is categorized as follows:

(2.1) CATEGORY A-INVITATION TO TENDER (WORKS AND GOODS)

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

(2.2)  CATEGORY C – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTANCY/NON­-CONSULTANCY SERVICES)

Interested Firms are to submit Expression of Interest (EoI) documents to provide the following Services.

(3.0)  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Interested and Competent Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers/Consultants wishing to carry out any of the Projects under the above three (3) categories are required to submit the following documents In their Technical Proposals;

(i) 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 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/company.

(ii) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including FormsCAC2 and Form CAC7;

(iii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2018, 2019 & 2020); valid till 31^st December, 2021 with a minimum average turnover of (#50,000,000) (breach project, as specified in the Bidding Documents;

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

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

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

(vii) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers; by submission of the Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 1^st January, 2022 or Valid Certificate issued by BPP;

(viii) Current Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant Committees of the Sokoto Rima River Basin 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. Must be Dated 2021;

(ix) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 & 2020).

(x) Evidence of Financial Capability to Execute the Project including Reference Letter from a reputable commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project where the Average Turnover in the bidders Tax Clearance Certificate for the project of choice does not meet the specified average turnover indicated above.

(xi) Company 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: company’s or individual staff COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, and CORBON suffices etc.) For Lot A 10 to Lot A 123.

(xii) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects. For Lot A10 to Lot A123;

(xiii) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease {where applicable). Irrevocable lease letter & any lease letter above three (3) years are not accepted. For Lot A10 to Lot A123;

(xiv) For joint Ventures/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (all the eligibility requirements are compulsory for each JV Partner);

(xv) Verifiable Evidence of Certificate of the Firm’s Registration with relevant professional body e.g. NAICOM/Insurance, EHORECON/Cleaning Services, NITDA/CPN/Information Technology, ICAN/ANAN/Financial Reporting Service, COREN/QSRBN/ ARCON/CORBON/ SURCON/ Construction, NSCDC/Security, ESVARBON/Estate Surveying etc.

(xvi) For Procurement of Motor Vehicles and other machines or Equipment, only Original Equipment Manufacturers or their Authorized Representatives should bid for those projects by presenting evidence of being so otherwise they would be excluded from the procurement process.

NOTE: That all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as listed in i -xvi above.

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS.
Category A:
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of Head of Procurement, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Damale Kaita House, Ground Floor, on evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authorities’ Remits Account in any Commercial Bank.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
(5.1) Category A- 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 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, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, KM. 10 Gusau Road Sokoto 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 in 4.0 above, not later than 12:00noon on Wednesday 11 August, 2021.

(5.2)  Category C – Expression of Interest (EoI) Consultancy Services
Interested Firms are to submit two (2) bound copies of Expression of interest (EoI) documents, separated by dividers. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Managing Director, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, KM. 10 Gusau Road Sokoto, Sokoto State, and dearly 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 in 4.0 above, not later than 12:00noon on Monday 30 August, 2021.

(6.0)  OPENING OF BIDS DOCUMENTS
(6.1)  Category A -Invitation to Tender (Works and Goods)
Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission by 12:00 noon on Wednesday 11 August, 2021. At the Authorities Board Room, in Sokoto in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, 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.

(6.0)  Category C-Expression of Interest (EoI)
Expression of Interest (EoI) documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission. By 12:00 noon on Monday 30 August, 2021 at the Authorities Board Room, in Sokoto in the presence of Bidders or their representatives. 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
(a) All bids must be must be in English Language and duly signed by an official authorize by the bidder.

(b) All bids Submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.

(c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots In All the Categories (i.e. A – Invitation to Tender, B- Pre-qualification and C-Consultancy).

(d) Pre-qualified Bidders for Category A will be contacted at a later date for Financial Bid Opening while Bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.

(e) Shortlisted/Pre-qualified firms for Categories B & C respectively, will be contacted at a later date for collection of Tender Documents and Request for proposal documents (RfPs) to proceed to the next stage of the procurement process.

(f) 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 (i.e) in connection with any response to this Invitation.

(g) Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.

(h) The Sokoto Rima River 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) Contractors are advice to comply with instruction as contained In (S.R.R.B.DA Bidding Document) failure to comply will lead to disqualification.

(j) Bids with values of #300Million and above for Works and Bids with value of #100Million and above for Goods must be accompanied with 2% Bid Security.

(k) Bid security should be provided alongside with financial Bid in a separate envelope dearly labeled ‘Bid security submitted by name of the bidder”.

(l) Due diligence would be observed as all the documented claims by the contractors are subject to    verification.

(m) Representative of any company should be accompanied with authorization letter and must be included in the bidding documents, failure to comply will lead to disqualification.

(n) For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 pm (Mondays-Fridays) at the following address. Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Damale Kaita House Km 10, Gusau Road Shuni, Sokoto State

SIGNED:
ENGR. BUHARI BATURE MUHAMMED
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SOKOTO RIMA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY