Chad Basin Development Authority- Invitation For Technical And Financial Bids From Contractors For The Execution Of 2021 Mainline Capital Development And Zonal Intervention Projects (6 Lots)

DEADLINE: 22ND NOVEMBER, 2021
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
CHAD BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
KM 6 DIKWA ROAD MAIDUGURI
INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS FROM CONTRACTORS FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2021 MAINLINE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Chad Basin River Development Authority in furtherance to achieving iťs statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of various works /goods under the 2021 mainline capital Appropriation and Zonal Intervention Projects domiciled to be implemented through the Authority in accordance with the provision of part VI section 25-2(i) of the Public Procurement Act,2007.
1.2 The Chad Basin Development Authority therefore wishes to invite competent, interested contractors with relevant experience and technical expertise, financial capabilities and good track record to submit Technical and Financial proposals in response to the bid documents to be issued to them for the execution of various projects categorized as follows:

2.0 SCOPE OF WORKS
The scope of works and the specifications is contained in the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) to be issued to bidders in respect of each project.
CATEGORY 1. CBDA MANDATE CORE PROJECTS
(A) WORKS
 

(B) GOODS

CATEGORY 2. ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS
(A) GOODS

3.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Bidders are to provide the following documents as minimum requirement for consideration;
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.l or CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 December, 2021:
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2021 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2021 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
e. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
 g. Sworn Affidavit
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Chad Basin River
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 hid are true and correct in all particulars
-The Director(s) of the fins has/have never been convicted in any court of law within or outside Nigeria.
-None of the company’s directors or the company itself is bankrupt.
-The Company is not in receivership
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
j. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.
k. Goods: Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects
l. Works: Possession of experience as a Prime Contractor in at least Three (3) projects of similar nature and complexity with verifiable letters of contract award and certificates of job completion within the last 3 years (to comply with this requirement, works quoted should be at least 70% physically completed);
m. List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership Lease Agreement of relevant construction equipment
n. Evidence of satisfactory Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual
o. For Procurement of Motor Vehicles:
-only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of Local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the procurements, 
-and evidence of Service Agreement with OEM;
p. For Joint Venture Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate,IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner)q. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Lctter Head Puper 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 Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm

NOTE that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence Order as listed in a-p above. Non-compliance will lead to disqualification.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the (Head of Procurement Office, East Wing Ground Flour Na. 48, Chad Basin Development Authority, MohametLawan Building, Km 6, Dikwu Road Maiduguri, Borno State) on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Chad Basin Development Authority’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
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 scaled envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to (The Managing Director, Chad Basin Development Authority, MohametLawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State.) 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 drop in the designated Tender Box at Open Registry of Chad Basin Development Authority not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 22nd November, 2021.

6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BID
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for 12:00noon on Monday, 22 November, 2021 in the Conference Room of Chad Basin Development Authority, MohametLawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of Head of Procurement Office, West Wing Ground Flour, Chad Basin Development Authority, MohametLawan Building, Km 6, Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State), as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “08034443461 (Procurement)” on e-mail chadbasinmaiduguri@gmail.com

7.0 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. Bidders should not bid for more than two(2) Lots
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
e. 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 and shall be made available to bidders upon request;
f. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit
through Post (Courier Services);
g. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date
for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will
be returned unopened,
h. The Chad 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 ProcurementAct 2007.
i. This announcement is published for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer by the Authority to transact with any party for the project, nor does it constitute a commitment or obligation on the part of the Authority to procure services.
j. Chad Basin Development Authority reserved the right to verify the authenticity of any claims on the documents submitted by companies
k. Chad Basin Development Authority reserved the right to verify the company address/location indicated in the expression of interest
l. Failure to comply strictly with instructions above and to provide any required documents may result in the disqualification of the company.
m.Original documents under item 3.0 above must be produced for sighting

SIGNED
ENGR. ABBA GARBA; MNSE, MNIAE
MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO