National Commission For Mass Literacy Adult And Non-Formal Education (NMEC) – Invitation For Tender/Expression Of Interest (EOI) For Goods, Works And Services (12 Lots)

DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MASS LITERACY ADULT AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION (NMEC)
PLOT 1641, BADE CLOSE, OFF UBIAJA CRESCENT,
P.M.B 295, GARKI, ABUJA.
INVITATION FOR TENDER/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR GOODS, WORKS AND SERVICES

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) under her appropriated fiscal year 2022 budget and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and other extant guidelines for the award of contracts in the Federal Public Service, the Ministry wishes to invite experienced and competent Contractors/Suppliers/Service Providers/Consultants to submit bids/Expression of Interest documents for the following Projects for execution of her policies, programs and projects towards achieving the mandate of the Commission.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/GOODS/SERVICES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under-listed requirements:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 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 bidder’s annual turnovers N50m and above)
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (ITF) clearance Certificates 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 committee of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education(NMEC)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, SURCON 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. For Supply of Equipment Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
n. Cleaning Service: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with Environmental Health Officers Registration Council (EHORECON);
o. Security: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC);
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 JVpartner), and
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 authorized officer of the firm,

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS &WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD from the Procurement Unit 2 Floor on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education(NMEC) Hqtrs’ Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids(for A&B) with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to:
The Executive Secretary,
National Commission for Mass Literacy,Adult and Non-Formal Education(NMEC)Hqtrs,
Abuja
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 ofthe bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at NMEC DESIGNATED OFFICE at PLOT 1641, BADE CLOSE, OFF UBIAJA CRESCENT, P.M.B 295, GARKI, ABUJA not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022; and for NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES Lot C, only Pre-qualification Documents must be submitted for pre-qualification not later than Monday 25th July, 2022 Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Head of Procurement office 2nd floor, as the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education(NMEC)will not be held liable for any unregistered, misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS AND PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The technical bids for will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022, at the Commission Conference room in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids for Category A&B will be kept un opened. For further enquiries, please contact the Procurement Department.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and duly signed by an official authorized by the bidder,
b. All presented documents shall be referred to issuing authority for authentication;
c. Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened,
d. Bidders should not bid for more than one Lot,
e. All costs will be borne by the bidders,
f. 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 chooses to join the bid opening online;
g. Any Bid not signed, clear and legible will be disqualified;
h. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened, and
i. The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC)is not bound to 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
HEAD OF PROCUREMENT
National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education