Federal Ministry Of Finance, Budget And National Planning, Headquarters, Abuja- Invitation To Tender For Technical And Financial Bids For Procurement Of Goods And Works And Expression Of Interest (EoI) For Services Under The FY2022 Appropriation For YouWin! Connect (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 4TH APRIL, 2022
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING, HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND WORKS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR SERVICES UNDER THE FY2022 APPROPRIATION FOR YOUWIN! CONNECT

(1) INTRODUCTION
YouWIN! Connect is a Multimedia Enterprise Education initiative of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning (FMFBNP) Headquarters, Abuja which alms to support young entrepreneurs as they Plan. Start and/or grow their business. The Initiative seeks to encourage and promote entrepreneurship as a viable career option for young Nigerians, which in turn will create jobs and wealth.

In this regards, YouWIN! Connect which is domiciled in the FMFBNP wishes to develop franchise Infrastructure, by engaging experienced, competent and relevant Vendors with the aim of increasing entrepreneurial capacity especially among youths. Accordingly, and in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, PPA 2007, the Ministry hereby invites interested, reputable and qualified Consultants/Contractors/Vendors to express interest, submit tender documents for the procurement of the following categorized Works, Goods and Services:-

CATEGORY A 
GOODS

(2) SCOPE OF SERVICES
The comprehensive scope of services as it relates to works, goods, consultancy and non-consultancy services as well as specification and quantifications concerning works and items of supplies for goods shall be provided in the Request for Proposal (RfP) and Tender document respectively.

(3) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The general public may wish to be guided that all procurement activities of the Ministry shall be fully governed by the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007 and the recent Federal Government Executive Order on Transparency and Support for Local Content in public procurement whereby prospective bidders should submit the following minimum eligibility criteria:

(i) Company signed forwarding letter stating the Corporate Affairs registration number at the top and names of all Directors at the bottom clearly specifying area of competence and interested category and Lot.

(ii) Certificate of registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms 02 and 07.

(iii) Tax Clearance Certificate for the last (3) years (2019, 2020 2021) expiring 31 December 2022;

(iv) Valid Certificate; of compliance issued by National Pension Commission;

(v) Valid Certificate of compliance Issued by Industrial Training Fund in line with the provisions of the ITF Act, 2011;

(vi)   Valid clearance certificate Issued by Nigeria Social Insurance Trust fund (NSITF);

(vii) Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Vendors and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report on the 1^st January, 2022 or valid certificate Issued by BPP;

(viii) Unabridged company Audited Annual Report for the Immediate past (3) years (2019, 2020, and 2021). Turnover in Audited Annual Report must be the same In Tax Clearance Certificate otherwise the Company shall be disqualified. Three Years average minimum Turnover of fifty Million Naira (N50,000,000) for works and Ton (N10,000,000) for Goods;

(ix) A Sworn affidavit that no Partner/Director has been convicted in any country for criminal offences related to fraudulent or corrupt practices, or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relaxing to any matter and that all the required documents are both GENUINE AND UP TO DATE;

(x) A sworn affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of FMFBNP or BPP is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and confirm that oil Information presented In Its bid are true and correct in all materials particular;

(xi) Evidence of experience in previous three (3) Jobs of similar nature and complexities Including award letters and

(xii) Completion certificates in the area of the particular assignment in the immediate past two (2) years;

(xiii) Evidence of access to or availability of credit facilities, confirmed by a reputable bank;

(xiv) Company profiles Indicating previous Jobs in the last 5 years and CVs of key professionals Including photocopies of relevant academic and professional qualifications with attestation of availability and contact phone numbers (evidence of firm and personnel registrations with relevant regulatory/professional bodies);

(xv) Firms submitting as Joint Ventures (JVs) should include Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating the responsibility and duties of the individual firms constituting the JV as well as Names and Skills of Key Staff under each Company in the JV such that an informed judgement on the Firm’s Capacity in terms of Permanent or Borrowed Personnel can be determined.

(4) TENDER FEES
A non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) is payable by all bidders into the Federal Government Single Treasury Account (TSA) (Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning) for Works and Goods projects only. No fee for Consultancy services projects.

(5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SPECIFIC CRITERIA:
(i) A bidder must not submit bid for more than one (1) Lot;

(ii) The Ministry may verify any or all the claims made by applicants and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false in addition to other sanctions that may be deemed necessary;

(iii) All costs incurred in responding to this advert shall be borne solely by the Bidders;

(iv) Two (2) hard copies of Technical and Financial bids and one (1) soft copy Financial bid shall be submitted for each lot;

(v) Noncompliance to the instructions and late submission will lead to automatic disqualification (for all projects/disposal);

(vi) Bid document(s) submitted late shall be rejected

(vii) The advertisement shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning nor shall it entail the applicant to make any claim(s) whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from Federal Ministry of Finance. Budget & National Planning by virtue of such applicant having responded to this advertisement.

(6) GUIDELINE FOR COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENT
(a) Interested bidders shall obtain tender documents for works and goods projects from Room 040 Ground Floor, Procurement Department, FMFBNP, Headquarters, Phase II, CBD, Abuja upon presentation of evidence of payment of the tender fee.

(b) All submissions must be in English Language. Completed Technical and Financial bids (2) hard copies and 1 soft copy) shall be submitted in two different sealed tamper proof envelopes and labeled “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid” and both placed in a third envelope. All the three (3) envelopes should bear the Company name at the reverse side while the “Project Name” and Lot No. at the Top Right-Hand corner of the envelope and addressed to:

The Permanent Secretary,
Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning (FMFBNP), Phase II, CBD, Abuja

(c) The documents should be deposited in the Tender Box at the Procurement Department, Ground Floor, FMFBNP, Hqtrs., CBD, Abuja. The closing time for all submissions is on or before 12 noon April 04, 2022, while the bid opening will take place same day immediately after close of bid submission by 12:30 pm at the FMFBNP headquarters, Main Auditorium Abuja.

(d) Companies or their representatives, Invited Civil Societies, NGOs, Professional Bodies and members of the general public are invited to witness the bids opening exercise.

SIGNED
PERMANENT SECRETARY,
FINANCE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING