Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board- Invitation To Tender Projects Execution (3 Lots)

DEADLINE: 7TH & 21ST FEBRUARY, 2022
LAGOS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR COMPLEX MANAGEMENT BOARD
TRADE FAIR COMPLEX
P.M. B. 0199 FESTAC POST OFFICE, LAGOS BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY, LAGOS NIGERIA
TEL: 08099093440: 09034254536
E-MAIL: litfcmb@yahoo.com
WEBSITE: www.litfc.org
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECT EXECUTION

(1) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board, a Parastatal under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment(FMIT&I) having secured some funds in the 2022 Appropriation Act, intends to implement some projects through the procurement of Goods, Works and Consultancy Services.

(1.2) In compliance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007, interested competent and reputable suppliers, contractors and service providers are hereby invited to bid for the following projects:

(2) SCOPE OF SUPPLY/WORKS/SERVICES

CATEGORY B:     WORKS

CATEGORY C:     SERVICES

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders must possess the under-listed requirements to be eligible in the procurement:

(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 and CAC7;

(ii) Evidence of Company’s current Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2019,2020 and 2021) valid till 31^st December, 2022 with a minimum average annual turnover of N10Million (for Category B and C);

(iii) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2021 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);

(iv) Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st 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);

(v) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) clearance certificate valid till 31^st  December, 2021;

(vi) Evidence of Registration on the National Data Base 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;

(vii) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria indicating willingness to provide credit facility when needed;

(viii) Sworn Affidavit

(a) Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;

(b) That the company is not in receivership, insolvent or bankrupt.

(c) That the company does not have any Director who has ever been convicted in any court in Nigeria or any other country for criminal offence in relation to fraud or financial impropriety;

(ix) Company’s Profile with the Curriculum vitae of key Staff to be deployed for the project including copies of their Academics/Professional qualifications;

(x) Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 and 2020) duly signed by a reputable Auditing Firm;

(xi) Verifiable documentary evidence of atleast three (3) similar jobs successfully executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates and/or Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

(xii) Works:  List of plants and Equipment with proof of ownership or lease agreement

(xiii) Lot 3A: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC);

(xiv) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding Letter under the company’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst other, the Registration Number (RC), as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Numbers (preferable GSM No) and valid e-mail address and official company’s address. The Letter Head paper must bear the Names, Nationalities and telephone number of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the pages.

(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Interested and competent bidders are requested to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Procurement Unit, Room 204, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Management Board upon presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable Tender Fee of N10,000.00 per Lot paid into the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Management Board Remita’s account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit 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 envelope and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Executive Director, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board, Lagos State 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 at the Procurement Unit, Room 204, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 21 February, 2022.

(6) SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS (CONSULTANCY SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed as in 5 above, 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 at the Procurement Unit, Room 204, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 7 February, 2022.

(7)  OPENING OF EOI/BID DOCUMENTS
The EOI and technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 7 February, 2022 and 12:00 noon on Monday, 21 February, 2022 respectively, in the Executive Director’s Conference Room.

GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) Certificates maybe referred to the respective issuing authority for verification and authentication.

(ii) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.

(iii) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot.

(iv) Bids wrongly packaged will be rejected.

(v) All costs of submission of tender document will be borne by the bidders;

(vi) 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 (invitation link will be sent to bidders to join the bid opening online) with the physical presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisations in the areas of Anti-Corruption/Transparency;

(vii) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services)

(viii) Only the pre-qualified bidders (Goods & Works) will be contacted at a later date for virtual financial bid opening, while financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened;

(ix) Only shortlisted firms (Services) will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;

(x) The Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board 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 All submissions must be made only in English language.

SIGNED
MANAGEMENT
LAGOS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR COMPLEX MANAGEMENT BOARD