DEADLINE: 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2021
INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSION REGULATORY COMMISSION
PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: SUNDRY CONSULTANCY SERVICES
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) was established by an Act of the National Assembly in 2005 to regulate Public-Private Partnership endeavours of the Federal Government aimed at addressing Nigeria’s physical infrastructure deficit.
The ICRC Act provides for the participation of the private sector in financing, construction, development, operation and maintenance of Federal Government infrastructure or development projects through concessions or contractual arrangements.
To achieve this initiative, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) appropriated funds in the 2021 budget for the procurement of sundry Consultancy Services as listed below and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this budget to payments for the provision of these services.
Consequently, the Commission wishes to invite reputable national consulting firms with relevant proven competence and experience to submit Expressions of Interest for any of the below listed services.
(2) SCOPE
| S/N | Consultancy Service | Summary of the Scope of Assignment | Delivery Period |
| 1 | Review, Development and Standardization of PPP Contract Agreements, Bid Documents and Procurement Manuals | • Develop, standardize and/or review where necessary, PPP Contract Agreements, Bid Documents and Procurement Manuals. | 2 months |
| 2 | Development of Contract Compliance Framework for PPP Contracts | • Develop a framework on Contract Compliance for PPP projects | 2 months |
| 3 | Development of PPP Investment Catalogue and Development of Sector Focused Roadmaps | • Develop PPP sector focused roadmaps and an investment catalogue | 1 month |
| 4 | Development of Special Concession Account Management Framework and System including Integration with GIFMIS and Remita | • Develop framework and system for the management of the PPP Special Concession Account and integrate it with both GIFMIS and Remita | 3 months |
| 5 | Review of Concession Agreements | • Review each agreement’s compliance with existing and standard contractual terms and provisions of concession agreements as provided for under the ICRC Act and prescribed ICRC Contract Guidelines.
• Review of the collective terms and provisions of the agreements to ensure they are in accordance with the general law and policy requirements for concession agreements. • Provide legal and professional opinion on the extent of conformity or otherwise of standard and boilerplate clauses in line with legal and statutory requirements for concession agreements as well as international best practices . • Recommend where necessary, the removal, amendment or adjustment of specific clauses in the agreements to reflect current requirements of the ICRC Act and model concession agreements |
3 weeks |
| 6 | PPP Investment Summit: Private Finance Contracts as an Alternative Means of Financing Capital Projects (Africa PPP Network Assignment – President: Chief Host) | • Develop a plan for and execute a PPP Investment Summit in Abuja where sourcing of funds and organization of the summit activity would be carried out in liaison with a Local Summit Organizing Committee. | October – November 2021 |
(3) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Prospective bidders must possess the under-listed requirements to be eligible to participate in this procurement: –
(I) Verifiable Certificate of Company Registration/Incorporation from CAC.
(ii) Verifiable Company Tax Clearance Certificate (for 2018, 2019 and 2020) expiring December 2021 with Tax Identification Number.
(iii) Verifiable PENCOM Compliance Certificate expiring December 2021.
(iv) Verifiable ITF Compliance Certificate expiring Dec 2021.
(v) Verifiable and current BPP IRR Certificate.
(vi) Accompanying Sworn Affidavit of disclosure of interest, clearly stating if any of the officers or board members of the ICRC or the BPP is a former or present Director, Shareholder of the Company or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and that the Company does not have any Director who has been convicted in any Court in Nigeria or any other country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety.
(vii) A sworn affidavit that the Company is not in receivership or financially/legally encumbered.
(viii) A sworn affidavit that all documents to be submitted for the EoI are true and correct in all particulars.
(ix) A complete Company Profile
(x) List of key technical personnel indicating their roles, designation, qualification (endorsed copies) and years of experience with the guarantee that a minimum of two (2) relevant registered professionals shall be deployed on the project at all times. Copies of professional and educational certificates should be provided.
(4) SUBMISSION OF EoI
(a) All submissions are to be covered with a forwarding letter on the company’s letterhead, duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the firm.
(b) Interested applicants shall submit 4 (four) spirally bound hard copies i.e. three (3) duplicate copies and one original copy in A4 size papers, together with one soft copy in a CD or Flash Drive, all of which should be enclosed in a sealed large envelope.
(c) The envelope shall be marked at the top left corner with: “Expression of Interest for “Name of Consultancy Service on which Interest is being expressed on”. The outer envelope should be addressed to:
The Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Plot 1270 Ayangba Street, Area 11, Garki , Abuja
(d) The reverse side of all envelopes must indicate the applicant’s company name and address and authorized contact person’s name and phone number (all written in Capital Letters).
(iii) Submission deadline for Expression of Interest documents is 10.00am Thursday 16 September 2021. Documents received after the above deadline shall be rejected.
(iv) Application documents should be arranged and numbered or paged in the order they are listed in paragraph 3.0 and the authorized representative of the Firm should sign every of the submissions.
(5) IMPORTANT NOTICE
(a) Failure to provide any of the documents listed in 3 above may lead to disqualification.
(b) Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in the next stage of the procurement process.
(c) Submission of fake documents may lead to prosecution as all documents submitted shall be referred to the issuing authorities for verification; or in case of suspicion, to the appropriate security agencies for investigations and possible prosecution.
(6) DISCLAIMER
(a) This advertisement is published for information purposes only and does not constitute a commitment or obligation by ICRC to transact with any party, nor entitle any applicant to make any claims whatsoever/or seek any indemnity from the ICRC.
(b) ICRC shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by any interested party in connection with the preparation of documents or submissions made in response to this invitation or in response to any inquiry or clarification arising from this exercise.
(c) ICRC pledges fair and equal treatment of all applicants but is not bound to shortlist any applicant and may reserve the right to annul this process at any time without incurring liabilities to itself or under obligation to explain to any applicant or reasons for the cancellation.
(d) Applicable punitive measures against fraud, collusion and insertion of fake documents and alteration of figures and other unethical behaviours by public officers, legal persons and directors are clearly presented in Part VII Section 58 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
(7) ENQUIRIES
All enquiries are to be directed to: procurement@icrc.gov.ng or Tel: 09 4604900 ext 183 or 168
J. A. M. Ohiani
Ag. Director General/CEO
Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission
