Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority (AIRBDA)- Request For Expression Of Interest/Invitation To Tender For Projects Under The 2022 Appropriation (100 Lots)

DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022
ANAMBRA IMO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (AIRBDA)
KM 10 OWERRI-ABA ROAD, OWERRI
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS UNDER THE 2022 APPROPRIATION

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority, a Parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources wishes to notify the General Public of her intended procurement under its 2022 Appropriation Act, To achieve this, the Authority hereby invites Technical and Financial bids from interested, qualified and competent Companies/Firms, including Joint Ventures (JVs) for the execution of the projects listed below:

(2) SCOPE OF WORK
The projects earmarked for execution /supervision are categorised as follows:

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
(a) 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;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022;

(c) 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);

(d) 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);

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

(f) 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.;

(g) Sworn Affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority 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, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months;

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

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

(j) 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, ESVARBON, ANAN, ICAN etc.); For Works: Project Manager with at least 8 years’ experience including not less than 4 years as a manager in the construction of works of similar nature and complexity

(k) 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;

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

(m) 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”;

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

(o) Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as COREN, CORBON, QSRBN, ARCON, NITDA, CPN, CMD, ANAN, ICAN, ESVARBON etc.;

(p) 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);

(q) 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.

Please note that all BIDS/EOIs must be paginated and items required above to be arranged in the order of sequence as listed above.

(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (WORKS & GOODS)
(4.1) Interested companies shall collect Standard Bidding Documents for lots of interest) at the;

Procurement Unit,
AIRBDA Head Quarters (Room B12),
KM 10, Owerri-Aba Road Owerri.

Upon the presentation of evidence of payment of a non – refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only per Lot paid into the Federation Account (Single Treasury Account) in favour of the Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority, (A.I.R.B.D.A), Owerri in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(4.2) All terms and conditions in the Collected Technical/Financial Documents MUST strictly be adhered to, please.

(4.3) Consultancy services is at no cost at this stage.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS(WORKS & GOODS)
(5.1) Completed Technical and Financial Bids (two sets of hardcopies and one (1) Electronic copy (non – rewritable compact disk/DVD)) shall be submitted in two different sealed envelopes and labelled “Technical bid” and “Financial bid” respectively and both sealed in a third envelope marked “Project Name and Lot Number” at the Top Right Corner with Company’s name written behind the three envelopes addressed to:-

The Managing Director
Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority
KM 10, Owerri-Aba Road
PMB 1301, Owerri

to be submitted into a secured tamper proof bid-box at room B12in the Authority’s km 10, Owerri- Aba Office Headquarters not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 27 July, 2022

(5.2) All bidding documents submitted shall be subjected to Due Diligence in accordance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007.

(6) SUBMISSION OF EOI (SERVICES)
As per 5 above, except that two sets of the EOI will be packaged in one (1) envelope and submitted not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 29 June, 2022.

(7) OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and the Technical Bids will be opened publicly in the presence of bidders representatives, private sector professional organizations and Non-Governmental Organisations working in the transparency, accountability and anti-corruption immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon Wednesday, 29 June, 2022 and 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 27 July, 2022, respectively, at the Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority’s Staff Club, Km 10, Owerri-Aba Road office Headquarters.

(8) DISCLAIMER AND CONCLUSION
(a) This announcement is published for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer by the Authority to transact with any party for the project, nor does it constitute a commitment or obligation on the part of the Authority to procure/concession services.

(b) The Authority will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by any interested party (parties) in connection with any response to this invitation and/ or the preparation or submission in response to any inquiry.

(c) The Authority is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any bidder and reserves the right to annul the selection process at any time in line with Section 28 of the PPA, 2007, without incurring any liabilities and assigning any reasons thereof.

(9) IMPORTANT INFORMATION
(i) Failure to comply with ALL the above requirements shall automatically result in disqualification

(ii) Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority, reserves the right to verify claims made in the Technical Bid Document submitted by interested bidders.

(iii)Technical Bid /EOI should be arranged and compiled as listed in listed eligibility criteria and duly paged.

(iv) 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;

(v) 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;

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

(10) ENQUIRIES
All inquiries should be directed to the address below:

HEAD PROCUREMENT,
ANAMBRA IMO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
KM 10, OWERRI-ABA ROAD
PMB 1301, OWERRI.
PHONE: 07056636664

SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT