Federal College Of Education (Technical) Bichi- Invitation For Technical Bids For Execution Of 2021 Tetfund Zonal Intervention Projects (3 Lots)

DEADLINE: 7TH MARCH, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) BICHI
P.M.B, 3473, KANO
INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL BIDS FOR EXECUTION OF 2021 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

(1.0)  INTRODUCTION
Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi is a Tertiary Institution Established by Degree No. 4 of 14th March 1986 and reviewed by Decree No. 3 of January 1993 by Federal Government of Nigeria with the sole aim of producing specialist Teachers in Technical, Vocational, Business and Science Education.

In compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, as regards Procurement of Goods, Works and Services Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi Invites Interested and competent Contractors and Suppliers for the Construction and procurement of the following under listed Projects:

(2) SCOPE OF SUPPLIES
TETFUND 2021 ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidder must possess the under listed requirements to be eligible for the projects:

(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;

(ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31^st December. 2022;

(iii) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022 (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 31st December, 2022 (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, 2022;

(vi) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.;

(vii) Sworn Affidavit:

• Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Education, Bichi 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 bid are true and correct in all particulars;
• that the Director(s) of the firm has never been convicted by any court of law within and outside Nigeria;
• None of me Company’s Director or the Company itself is bankrupt or in receivership

(viii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2019, 2020 & 2021;

(ix) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(x) 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.:

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

(xii) Lots R1 & R2: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(xiii) Lot R3: Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved 1ist of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the vehicles;

(xiv) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper 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.

(4) SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The pre-qualification documents must be submitted in a seal envelope marked at the top left hand corner “Pre-Qualification document” stating the job the company applying for and forwarding to the Provost Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi, P.M.B. 3473, Kano, not later than 12:00 noon on Monday 7 March, 2022.

(5) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The Pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:noon on Monday, 7 March, 2022 in the College Council Chamber.

(6) NOTES
(i) Only Companies whose Technical bids meet the stipulated minimum requirement would be contacted for collection of bid documents.

(ii) All enquires (Not submission) should be directed to Director Procurement, late submission will be returned un-opened.

(iii)  Presence of bidders/representative 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) representative of private sector professional bodies end Civil Society Organization in the areas of Anti-Corruption/Transparency

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

(v) 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.

(vi) The College is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any firm without incurring any liabilities in accordance with section 28 the Public Procurement Act 2007.

SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT