National Institute Of Construction Technology And Management (NICTM)- Invitation For Pre-Qualification For The Implementation Of 2022 Capital And Zonal Intervention (Constituency) Projects (116 Lots)

DEADLINE: 14TH MARCH, 2022
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (NICTM)
UROMI, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2022 CAPITAL AND ZONAL INTERVENTION (CONSTITUENCY) PROJECTS

(1.0 PREAMBLE:
The National institute of Construction Technology and Management (NICTM), Uromi, Edo State, a Federal Polytechnic was appropriated funds in the 2022 Appropriation Act. The budget covers provision for goods, training and empowerment, and construction activities to be executed in various parts of Nigeria under Capital and Zonal Intervention (Constituency) Projects. The various activities are grouped into LOTS under Works, Goods and Services. Accordingly, the Institute hereby invites interested and qualified Contractors/Suppliers/Service Providers to submit pre-qualification documents for the execution of projects as listed below:

(2.0) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS

(2.1) A: WORKS

(B) GOODS

(C) SERVICES

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Contractors/Suppliers/Service Providers are required to submit the following documents for evaluation:

(a) Evidence of Certificate Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name is also acceptable in case of Services;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three years valid till 31^st December, 2022;

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

(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2022.

(f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31^st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(g) Sworn Affidavit:

• Disclosing whether or not any Officer of the relevant committees of the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management 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 to all particulars;
• the company is not under receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy that none of its Directors was ever convicted by any court of law

(h) Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years – 2019, 2020 and 2021;

(i) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for execution of the project when needed;

(j) Company’s profile with Curriculum Vitae of the Key Staff to be deployed to the project including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;

(k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs successfully executed in the last five (5) years, with Award letters, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificate and Photographs of the projects;

(l) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease;

(m) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(n) Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies);

(o) Training: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with Centre for Management Development (CMD);

(p) Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current License issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);

(q) 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 vehicles;

(r) Evidence of current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);

(s) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letterhead Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferable GSM Number.) and email 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.

(4.0)  SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
All Tenderers are to submit Pre-qualification documents/EOIs for each of the Lots desired in two hard copies, each packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “Invitation to Pre-qualification” or “EOI” and addressed to the: The Registrar, The National Institute of Construction Technology & Management (NICTM), Uromi, Edo State.

The top left-hand corner of the envelopes shall bear the name of the Project/Lots for which you are applying and the reverse of each sealed envelope shall bear the name and the address of the bidder. The documents shall be dropped in Tender Box Marked “TENDER 2022” in the Procurement Unit not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 14 of March, 2022.

(5.0) OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
The EOI and the Pre-Qualification documents shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 14 of March, 2022, at the Institute’s Board Room.

(6.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) All submitted documents shall be referred to relevant agencies for verification

(b) This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of the Institute to award contract to any contractor, nor shall it entail any contractor/supplier submitting documents to claim any Indemnity from the Institute

(c) Arrangement of Technical documents, the hard copy should follow in the order of the list indicated above and should have a table of contents indicating the pages where the Items could be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in the disqualification of the bidder.

(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 (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 Organisation in the areas of Anti-Corruption/Transparency;

(f) Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);

(g) Goods & Works: 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;

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

(i) The Institute 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.

SIGNED:
HEAD OF PROCUREMENT
FOR RECTOR,
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, UROMI, EDO STATE