DEADLINE: 14TH JULY, 2022
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, OHAFIA, ABIA STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appropriated funds to the Federal Government College, Ohafia, Abia State in the 2022 Fiscal year for the Procurement of Goods and Works towards achieving the mandate of the College. In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the College invites interested and eligible Vendors and Contractors with relevant proven competence and experience to participate in the bidding process of the following Projects:
2. SCOPE OF WORKS/GOODS
CATEGORY A: WORKS
| S/N | PROJECT TITLE | LOCATION |
| LOT W1 | Construction of College Clinic | FGC, Ohafia |
CATEGORY B: GOODS
S/N PROJECT TITLE DELIVERY LOCATION LOT G1 Procurement of School Bus FGC, Ohafia
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under-listed requirements to be eligible in this procurement process:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CÁC2 and CAC7
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 December, 2022; with minimum average turnover of: Works N50 million, Goods N30 million;
c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 December, 2022 this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N5om and above);
e) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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:
i disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees ofthe Federal Government College, Ohafia 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;
ii. 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,
iii. 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;
iv. 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 (in case of construction: COREN, OSRBN, 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 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 authorized representatives should bid for the Lot G1;
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) and
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 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. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The tender documents are to be collected from the Office of the Vice Principal Special Duties, FGC, Ohafia 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 to Federal Government College, Ohafia, Abia State through REMITA platform in any reputable Commercial Bank, and present the teller for the College receipt.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two Hard copies (Marked ‘Original & Copy”) each for both Technical & Financial Bids with soft copy of Financial bid only in MS excel format, packaged in two separated wax sealed envelopes clearly marked at the top right corner of each envelope stating the title of the project i.e. TECHNICAL BIDS FOR project Title and LOT No. & FINANCIAL BIDS FOR Project Title and LOT No.” 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 into the appropriate Tender Box at the Vice-Principal Special Duties’ Office to be addressed to:
The Principal,
Federal Government College,
Ohafia,
Abia State
The submission should be made not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday 14 July, 2022.
Please make sure you sign Bid Submission Register at Vice Principal Special Duties office as Federal Government College, Ohafia will not be held responsible for misplaced or wrongly submitted Bids.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon on Thursday 14th July, 2022 at the principal conference hall in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened. For further enquiries, please contact the Vice Principal Special Duties on 08064200444
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and duly signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline 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. Attendees at the bids opening shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitizer, 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;
vi. 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; and
vii. The Federal Government College, Ohafia is not bound to shortlist/pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liability in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007
Signed
The Director/Principal
Federal Government College, Ohafia Abia State
