DEADLINE: 9TH NOVEMBER, 2021
ACHIEVING HEALTH NIGERIA INITIATIVE (AHNI)/ FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL (FHI360)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
TENDER REFERENCE: GF-ITT-AHNI-05-2021

(A) BACKGROUND:
With funding from the Global Fund, Family Health International (FHI360) is collaborating with Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) to support the government of Nigeria to enhance sustained cross-sectional integration of HIV/AIDS services by building Nigeria’s capacity to deliver sustainable high quality, comprehensive, prevention, treatment, care, and related services in Nigeria.

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNI) is inviting interested and authorized Pharmaceutical Suppliers to submit sealed quotations for the following essential medicines:

(b)TENDER REQUEST:

S/NoItems DescriptionUnit of MeasurementQuantity
1Multivitamin’s tab(B12)Pack of 1,000719
2Podophyllin 10mlbottle8,957
3Acyclovir 400mg tabsPack of 25300

( C) MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT

NoTender Requirement
1Company Profile; registered address(s), official/functional emails, telephone numbers and point of contact for the company
2Evidence of legal registration document of the company (CAC, FORM C07 and FORM C02)
3Latest Tax Clearance Certificate
4Evidence of Financial Capability (most recent audited account)
5Bank Reference Letter duly signed and addressed to AHNi Procurement Committee
6Evidence of Registration from Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN)
7Evidence of experience in award(s) of Essential Medicines of similar scope and complexity within the last 3 years: Bidders must provide copy(ies) of Job Orders or Contract of Supply and proof of delivery(ies)
8Submission of Physical Sample(s) of quoted product(s) of interest is a MUST- All products to be supplied must have a valid NAFDAC Authorization
9Financial Quotation and required Commercial Terms

(d) EVALUATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA
Bidders must ensure that all requested information in (c) are included in the submission documentation. Proposals will be evaluated as follows:

STAGES OFBIDEVALUATION DESCRIPTIONAPPLICATION
1st STAGEComplete Conformity to Tender Submission RequirementPASS OR FAIL
2nd StageConformity to Minimum Eligibility Requirement listed 1-7PASS OR FAIL
3rd StageProduct(s) Due Diligence Assessment for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) consistent with Regulatory Approvals (8)PASS OR FAIL
4th StageConformity to Financial Quotation listed (9) (i.e % Clear Specification, Delivery Leadtime, Price and Warranty)PASS OR FAIL
5th StageConsideration for AwardPrice Reasonableness, Acceptable Quality, Acceptable Shelf-Life, Acceptable Delivery Timeline and Quality Warranty

(e) SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND INSTRUCTIONS                                                 
Technical Documentation (Criteria 1-7), Physical Sample of Product(s) quoted (Criteria 8) and Financial Quotation including commercial terms (Criteria 9) MUST be submitted in 3 separate envelopes, signed by authorized representative for those that require same, properly labeled with your company name and address on one side of the envelop as well as its content on the other side of the envelope(E.g., Envelop 1-Technical Document, Envelop 2-Physical Sample, Envelop 3-Financial Quotation). You are expected to submit these three (3) envelopes at the same time to:

The Procurement Committee,
Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi), #8, Yedseram Street,
Off Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard, Maitama, Abuja.

(f) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BIDDERS:

  • For clarification on any aspect of this tender, please send an email reflecting tender reference to Procurement@Ahnigeria.org
  • AHNi is Value Added Tax (VAT) exempted but deducts withholding tax (WHT) in compliance; with relevant Nigerian Tax Laws;
  • Deliveries- delivery location (Lagos or Abuja, NIGERIA);
  • All proposal document submitted including prices must be valid for a period of six (6) month from the tender due date. This include but not limited to cost, terms, conditions, and service level agreement;
  • Sample submission for this tender is a MUST.

(g) CLOSING DATE:
Tender document must be hand delivered or couriered to the above address on or before Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 5:00pm GMT.

DISCLAIMER
AHNi reserves the right to select and negotiate with those company it deems in its sole discretion to be quashed for competitive bid and to terminate negotiation without incurring any liability. Issuance of bid document does not constitute a commitment by AHNi to award a contract.