Federal Government College Ogbomoso, Oyo State- Invitation To Tender For 2022 Capital Projects (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 16TH MAY, 2022
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated Funds to the Federal Government College, Ogbomoso, Oyo State in the 2022 Appropriation Act for the execution of Policies, Programmes and Projects toward achieving the mandate of the College. Accordingly, the College wishes to invite reputable contractors with relevant proven competence and experiences to submit tenders for the execution of the following projects:

(2) PROFILE OF PROJECTS:
CATEGORY A: (WORKS)

CATEGORY B (GOODS)

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT:
(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; with minimum average annual turnover of N20 million;

(iii) 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);

(iv) 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);

(v) Evidence of 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 (state name of the procuring entity) 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;

(viii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2019, 2020 & 2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);

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

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

(xiv) 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);

(xv) 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) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The tender documents are to be collected from Office of the Principal between the working hours of 08:00am and 04:00pm daily upon the payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, into the Federal Government College Ogbomoso’s REMITA account in any reputable Commercial Bank; on presentation of a copy of College’s receipt.

(5) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS:
Completed tender documents should be in two Hard copies (Marked “Original”) each for both Technical & Financial Bids with Soft copy of Financial bid only, in MS Excel format, packaged in two separated sealed envelopes clearly marked at the top right corner of each envelope stating the title of the project i.e. “TECHNICAL BIDS FOR LOT 1;” & “FINANCIAL BIDS FOR LOT 1:” and at the reverse side the name of the company should be boldly written. Both envelopes shall then be put in a larger envelope clearly marked at the top right corner stating the title of the project and dropped in the appropriate Tender Box at the Principal’s office to be addressed to:

The Director/Principal
Federal Government College,
P.M.B 3584 Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

The submission should be made not later than 12:00noon on Monday 16 May, 2022. Late application will be returned unopened. Please make sure you signed Bid Submission Register at Office of the Principal, Federal Government College, Ogbomoso. The College will not be held responsible for misplaced or wrongly submitted Bids.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Monday 16 May, 2022 in the College’s Conference Room.

(7) PLEASE NOTE THAT
(i) Bid must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;

(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) All costs will be borne by the bidders;

(v) 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;

(vi) Bid documents can also be collected in sol copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);

(vii) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un­successful bidders will be returned un-opened;

(viii) The Federal Government College, Ogbomoso, Oyo State 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 Procurement Act 2007.

(ix) Any bidder who fails to comply with any of the eligibility requirements as stated above will be disqualified.

SIGNED:
THE DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE