DEADLINE: 14TH & 29TH JUNE, 2022
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (NESREA)
56 LOME CRESCENT, WUSE ZONE 7, ABUJA
INVITATION TO TENDER/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) is a governmental organization responsible for the protection and development of the environment, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of Nigeria’s natural resources in general and environmental technology including coordination and liaison with relevant stakeholders within and outside Nigeria on matters of enforcement of environmental standards, regulations, rules, laws, policies and guidelines.
1.2 Experience and competent Suppliers/Contractors/Consultants are invited to submit Technical and financial bids under Category A8B and submit Expression of Interest (EOI) under Category C of the various projects of the Agency for the 2022 fiscal year.
2.0 SCOPE OF WORKS/GOODS/SERVICE
CATEGORY A: WORKS
Lot 1: Development of a National Headquarters for the Agency (Installation of Solar Power System)
Lot 2: Rehabilitation of NESREA Zonal and Field Offices
Lot 3: Construction of Anambra East & West Constituency Office /Akaoma Legislative Office /IDP House at Aguleri, Anambra State
CATEGORY B: GOODS
Lot 4: Procurement and Installation of GIS Equipment
Lot 5: Procurement of Office Furniture and Equipment for Headquarters Zonal and Field Offices
Lot 6: Purchase of Operational Vehicles
Lot 7: Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment
Lot 8: Procurement of Laboratory Equipment for National Reference Laboratories in Port Harcourt and Kano
Lot 9: Procurement of Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Equipment
Lot 10: Procurement of Portable Mobile and Stationary Environmental Testing and Control Equipment, Including Personal Protective Equipment (PPES)
Lot 11: Procurement of Environmental Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Equipment in The North West
CATEGORY C: SERVICE
Lot 12: Development and Implementation of Environmental Education and Awareness Programme
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Contractors should submit the following documents duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined hereunder:
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name is also acceptable for Services;
ii. Evidence of Company’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and 2021) valid till 31 December, 2022;
a. 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);
b. 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);
c. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022;
d. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
e. Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency 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 no Director has been convicted in any Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter; that the Company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
-That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, nonperformance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months;
iii. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2019, 2020 & 2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
iv. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
v. Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications;
vi. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/Lease Agreement
vii. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation from the Original Equipment Manufacturers
viii. 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;
ix. For ICT jobs:
Evidence of current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
x. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed or ongoing in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates;
xi. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
xii. 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);
xiii. 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 authorized officer of the firm.
4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER/BID DOCUMENTS CATEGORY-A&B
All Standard Bidding Documents are to be collected from the Procurement Unit, Third Floor, NESREA Headquarters, Abuja upon presentation of evidence of payment of a nonrefundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only per Lot, issued in favour of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Abuja through TSA. The Bidding Documents may be collected between the hours of 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday. Prospective bidders for Category C are NOT expected to pay at this stage except when shortlisted for Request for Proposal (RfP).
5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER/BID DOCUMENTS – CATEGORY A&B
The Technical and Financial bids must be prepared as separate documents. Two (2) copies each of the Technical and Financial bids must be SEPARATELY packaged in sealed envelopes, clearly marked as either “FINANCIAL” or “TECHNICAL” with the Lot number indicated as appropriate. These must then be put together in a single larger envelope which should indicate the name and address of the bidder (i.e. Company Name and address) and be addressed to: The Director General/CEO, NESREA Headquarters, No.56, Lomé Crescent, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja Submissions are to be dropped in the designated Tender Box at the Agency’s Conference Room, Ground Floor, NESREA Headquarters, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 29 June, 2022.
6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS -CATEGORY A&B
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Wednesday, 29 June, 2022 at the Agency’s Conference Room, Ground Floor, NESREA Headquarters, Abuja, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the Procurement Office, Third Floor, NESREA Headquarters, Abuja, as NESREA will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Head of Procurement” NESREA Headquarters, No.56, Lome Crescent, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja or E-mail: dg@nesrea.gov.ng
7.0 SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) DOCUMENTS- CATEGORY
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 to: The Director General/CEO, NESREA Headquarters, No.56, Lomé Crescent, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the Agency’s Conference Room, Ground Floor, NESREA Headquarters, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
8.0 OPENING OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) DOCUMENTS- CATEGORY C
The Eol documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 14th June, 2022 at the Agency’s Conference Room, Ground Floor, NESREA Headquarters, Abuja. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Procurement Unit, Third Floor, NESREA Headquarters, as the Agency will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Head of Procurement” NESREA Headquarters, No.56, Lomé Crescent, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja ar E-mail: dg@nesrea.gov.ng
9.0 IMPORTANT INFORMATION
(a) All Documents must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
(b) Documents submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
(c) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;
(d) All costs will be borne by the bidders;
(e) Standard Bidding Documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit both hard and soft copies;
(f) Goods & Works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
(g) Services: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
(h) Technical and Financial Bids enclosed in one and same single envelope that will expose the Technical and Financial Bids at the same time of opening shall be disqualified. (i) Failure to comply with the above requirements shall automatically result in the disqualification of a bidder;
(j) Attendees at the bids opening shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitiser, wear mask and observe physical distancing. The Bids Opening in the presence of observers will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online; and
(k) NESREA is not bound to prequalify/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
Director General/CEO
