DEADLINE: 8TH NOVEMBER, 2021
PENSION TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT DIRECTORATE
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)/ INVITATION TO TENDER (TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL) FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE UNDERLISTED PROJECTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) is desirous of executing projects approved under the 2021 Budget
Accordingly, the Directorate invites qualified, interested and eligible Contractors/ Consultants to tender for the procurement of the following Goods and Consultancy Services.:
CATEGORY A – INVITATION TO TENDER
Lot 1 Procurement of Office Equipment. Lot 2 Procurement of Office Furniture. Lot 3 Procurement of Server Tape Library Back Up Software (Plus Installation & Training Lot 4 Procurement of Tape drive Back up Software and Configuration and Training Lot 5 Procurement of Vcenter Standard License Latest Version Installation and configuration Lot 6 Procurement of VMware vSphere Latest Version, Installation and configuration Lot 7 Procurement of Windows Server 2019 edition, Installation and configuration. Lot 8 Procurement of Panasonic Expansion Shelf PABX & Telephone call Bill, Accounting & Monitoring Software and CRM Integration software (plus application training and IP PBX training) Lot 9 Procurement of Network expansion, wireless LAN maintenance Lot 10 Procurement of EMC 1.2TB 10K 2.5m 6G SAS HDD for VNX DAE, Installation and configuration Lot 11 Procurement of Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Enterprise, Installation and configuration.
CATEGORY B – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
| Lot 12 | Procurement of Pensioner’s Service Satisfaction Polling Survey. |
3.0 BID COLLECTION (CATEGORY A)
Interested Companies (bidders) are to collect bidding documents from the Procurement Unit upon payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira only) per Lot, to Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) Treasury Single Account (TSA) Number 0020531961014 with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through REMITA Payment Platform. A photocopy of the evidence of payment is to be presented for collection of the bidding document for each lot between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm from Monday to Friday.
4.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A)
Completed bidding document should be enclosed in two separately sealed envelopes labeled “Technical” and “Financial” (one original and two Duplicate) (2 envelope system) both put in a bigger envelope clearly marked at the right hand corner indicating appropriate project title and lot number and name of bidder clearly written and addressed to:
Executive Secretary
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate,
22, Katsina Atta Crescent, Off Yedseram StreetMaitama, Abuja.
Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the above address, not later than 11:00 a.m.on Monday, 8th November, 2021
5.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS (CATEGORY A)
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, 8th November 2021 at the same address above, while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission
Register in the Procurement unit office in PTAD, as the PTAD will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
6.0 SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENT- Lot1
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound copies of Expression of interest (EO1) documents separated by dividers and arranged. The document should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Executive secretary 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 drop in the designated Tender box (Monday, 11 October, 2021 at 11:00 am) 2 weeks counting from date of advertisement
7.0 OPENING OF EOI (CATEGORY B)
The EOI document will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 11:00am on Monday, 11th October, 2021, at the Directorate Macquee, Please ensure that you sign the bid submission Register in the Procurement unit office in PTAD. PTAD will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head Procurement at the office.
8.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. EOI must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder
ii. EOI submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened
iii. All costs will be borne by the bidders.
iv. 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;
v. Bid documents can also be collected in soft coples and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);
vi. Category A: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened
vii. Category B: Only shortlisted bidders will be contacted at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
viii. The PTAD 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 Procurement Act 2007.
