DEADLINE: 18TH JULY, 2022
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS’ COLLEGE, BIDA, NIGER STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS IN 2022 APPROPRIATION
(1.0) INTRODUCTION:
(1.1) The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated some funds to the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bida Niger State in the year 2022 for the execution of Projects towards achieving the mandate of the College. Accordingly, the College wishes to invites reputable Contractors/Vendors with relevant proven competence and experience to submit tender for the execution of the following projects in compliance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007.
(2) SCOPE OF WORKS
LOT NO PROJECT TITLE/DESCRIPTION LOCATION W1 Renovation and Rehabilitation of Social Science Laboratory FGGC, Bida W2 Renovation of Staff Quarters FGGC, Bida W3 Renovation of 3 Blocks of Classrooms FGGC, Bida W4 Renovation of 2 Number of Hostel Blocks FGGC, Bida
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under-listed requirements to be eligible in the procurement:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022; with minimum average annual turnover of N30 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 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 31/12/2022 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, Bida Niger State 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) month
(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) 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.
(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested and competent bidders are requested to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Principal’s office upon presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable Tender Fee of N10, 000:00 per Lot to the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bida’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 with softcopy of Financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelope and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”, Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Principal, Federal Government Girls’ College Bida, Niger State 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 Vice-Principal (Special Duties)’s Office, Administrative Block, Federal Government Girls’ College, Bid a not later than 12:00 on Monday, 18 July, 2022.
(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 on Monday, 18 July, 2022 in the Administrative Block, Federal Government Girls’ College, Bids in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids will be kept unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Vice-Principal (Special Duties)’s Office as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) All submissions must be made only in English language;
(ii) Certificates may be referred to the respective issuing authority for verification and authentication.
(iii) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened.
(iv) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) lot.
(v) Bids wrongly packaged will be disqualified.
(vi) All costs of submission of tender documents will be borne by the bidders;
(vii) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services).
(viii) Attendees at the bid openings 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 bidders who choose to join the bid opening online.
(ix) Only pre-qualified bidders at Technical Evaluation will be invited at a later date for Financial Bids Opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened.
(x) Federal Government Girls’ College Bida, Niger State is not bound to prequalify 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
THE PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS COLLEGE, BIDA
