Federal Government Girls’ College, Akure, Ondo State- Invitation To Tender For Execution Of 2022 Appropriation (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 14TH JULY, 2022
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS’ COLLEGE, AKURE, ONDO STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR EXECUTION OF 2022 APPROPRIATION

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal Government Girls’ College, Akure, Ondo State under the 2022 Appropriation Act, for the execution of its projects and programs towards achieving its mandate. In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the College wishes to invite reputable contractors with proven track record, competence and experience to submit tenders for the execution of the following projects;

(2) SCOPE WORKS AND GOODS

GOODS

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective Bidders should submit the under-listed requirements:

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022; with minimum average annual turnover of N50 million;

(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 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);

(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 Government Girls College, Akure 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 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) 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 Vehicle;

(n) 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.

Note: Companies/Contractors who have record of abandoning projects, delay or unable to execute projects according to specification and also having issues with the college on previous contracts need not apply for the job as their submission shall be excluded from participation.

(4) COLLECTION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Interested and competent bidders are requested to collect Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Principal, Federal Government Girls’ College. Akure, Ondo State on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot into Federal Government Girls’ College, Akure, Ondo State’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial bids only in MS Excel format bid for desired lot in two (2) separate envelopes, clearly marked “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. The Two envelopes should be enclosed in one larger envelope labelled with the project name at the top right hand corner and the company’s name behind and addressed to:

The Principal
Federal Government Girls’ College,
Akure, Ondo State

The document should be deposited in the Tenders Box in the office of the Principal, FGGC, Akure not later than 12:00 noon Thursday, 14 July, 2022.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Thursday, 14 July, 2022, in the College’s Conference Room, in the presence of bidders or their representative while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Vice-Principal Special Duties (GSM Number 08034717413) or the College email: fggc_akure@yahoo.com

(7) PLEASE NOTE THAT
(i) All submission must be made only in English Language;

(ii) Certificates shall be referred to the respective issuing authorities for verification and authentication.

(iii) 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.

(iv) Submission that does not meet up with the requirements specified above and company that bid for more than one lot shall be disqualified.

(v) This advertisement is published for information purpose only, and should not be construed as a commitment or obligation on the part of FGGC, Akure to award this contract.

(vi) 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.

(vii) 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.

(viii) The Federal Government Girls’ College, Akure, Ondo 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.

SIGNED
DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS’ COLLEGE, AKURE
ONDO STATE