Federal College Of Animal Health And Production, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State- Invitation To Tender And Expression Of Interest For Projects Execution (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION, MOOR PLANTATION, APATA, IBADAN, OYO STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Moor Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State invites competent and experienced Companies to submit both technical and financial bids for the execution of the following projects under the 2022 fiscal year:

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS
CATEGORY A: WORKS

CATEGORY B: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR 2020 CAPITAL PROJECT

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 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 Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Moor Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State or the Bureau of Public Procurement is 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 etc.;

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

(n) 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);

(o) 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 b’ 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.

(4.0) SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound copies of Expression of Interest (EOI) document separated by dividers and arranged as indicated Above. The document should be submitted in sealed envelope and addressed to the Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Apata Ibadan 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 Provost office, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Apata Ibadan not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022.

(5.0) OPENING OF EOI DOCUMENTS
The EOI document will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022 in the Conference Hall of the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Apata Ibadan.

Please ensure that you sign the bid submission Register in the office of the Provost Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Moor Plantation, Apata Ibadan, Oyo state. The College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submission bids. For further information, please contact the head of unit procurement on email, funso4love@yahoo.com

(6.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A)
Interested companies are invited to collect tender documents from the Secretary Procurement Unit of the College of Animal Health, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State within the working hours of 10am – 2pm Mondays to Fridays upon the presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of ten thousand naira only (N10,000) per LOT in favour of Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan through Remita Payment Platform.

(7.0) SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS
Completed technical and financial bids one original and one photocopy each shall be submitted in two separate envelopes with project name and lot number indicated e.g. CAT A LOT 1 and company name and addressed at the other side of the envelope submitted to the office of Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Moor Plantation, P.M.B 5029, Ibadan on or before 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022.

(8.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Opening of Technical bids shall be conducted immediately after the submission deadline at 12:00 noon on Monday, 25 July, 2022, at the College Auditorium in the presence of bidders or their representatives while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

(9.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by the official Authorized by the bidder.

(b) The above listed requirements shall form part of the bids evaluation criteria and non-compliance with any of the stated criteria shall result in automatic disqualification of the bidder.

(c) All the bids must be arranged sequentially.

(d) All the bids must be numbered, paged, signed and paginated.

(e) No bidder must bid for more than two (2) Lots. The College of Animal Health reserves the right to verify the authenticity of any claims made.

(f) EOIs/Bids submitted late shall be returned un-opened.

(g) 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.

(h) Standard Bidding Documents can also be collected in Soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services).

(i) 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.

(j) Service: Only shortlisted Firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.

(k) The College 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:
PROVOST