FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE TECHNOLOGY
(FORMERLY FEDERAL COLLEGE OF PRODUCE INSPECTION AND STORED PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY, KANO)
PMB. 3013, KANO.
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AND PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER DOCUMENT
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Agricultural Produce Technology, Kano is established with a mandate to train middle-level manpower in Agricultural Produce Technology using Dynamic Training Curriculum, Modern Infrastructural Facilities based on best-in-class practices. The College hereby invites interested, competent, and reputable Contractors, Suppliers, and Service Providers with relevant experience and a good track record to make a submission for the execution of the following Projects under the College’s 2021 Capital Appropriation Funds.
(2) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS WORKS
| Lot | Project Description |
| Lot 1 | Completion of a block of 8- Classrooms with Offices at Barkum Permanent Site |
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 and CAC7 or Business Name;
(b) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners where applicable) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2021
(c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2020;
(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2021;
(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st 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 30th June 2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP
(g) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Agricultural Produce Technology 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;
(h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2018, 2019, 2020;
(i) Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed,
(l) Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/ Professional qualifications.
(k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
(l) 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 (IRC) 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 I Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm.
(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS S WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Head of Procurement, FCAPT Kano, on evidence for payment of a non-refundable fee of N10, 000.00 per Lot, paid into the FCAPT. Kano’s Remita account in any commercial bank. Interested firms in Consultancy Services will not pay at this stage until after short-listing.
(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit a bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies of 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 Registrar, Federal College of Agricultural Produce Technology, and Kano 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 dropped in the designated Tender Box in the Registrar’s Office not later than…
(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS (GOODS & WORKS)
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at the College Students Centre in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation would be invited at a later date for financial bid opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders would be returned unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Registrar as the FCAPT, Kano will not be held liable for misplaced wrongly submitted bids. All enquiries should be directed to the Provost FCAPT, Kano Attention: Head of Procurement.
(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
(b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
( c) All costs will be borne by the bidders
(d) The FCAPT, Kano is not bound to pre-qualify or shortlist list any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities to accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007
SIGNED: PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCE TECHNOLOGY, KANO
