DEADLINE: 19TH JULY, 2022
NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC) 2022 BUDGET (CONSULTANCIES & NON-CONSULTANCIES)
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the Regulatory Authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. Pursuant to its statutory mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the NCC under its 2022 budget hereby invites qualified, competent, and reputable contractors, consultants, and service providers to submit Expression of Interest (EoI) for the following Services:
| CATEGORY C SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR CONSULTANCIES/NON-CONSULTANCIES | ||
| LOT | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| AD-25a | Outsourced Drivers Head Office and Annex | Abuja |
| AD-25b | Outsourced Drivers Northern Zone | Various |
| AD-25c | Outsourced Drivers Southern Zone | Various |
| AD-27 | Environmental and Safety Audit (NCC Head Office and Annex Office) | Various |
| DHC-3 | Motor Vehicle Insurance | Various |
| DHC-6 | Consultancy for Actuarial Valuation | Various |
| HC-1 | Consultancy for e-Appraisal Review | Abuja |
| HC-2 | Review, Editing and Printing of Staff Handbook | Abuja |
| SA-10a | Nationwide Technical Audit of Microwave Frequency Links Deployed by MNO in North East | North East |
| SA-10b | Technical Audit of Microwave Frequency Links Deployed by MNO in North West | North West |
| SA-10c | Technical Audit of Microwave Frequency Links Deployed by MNO in North Central | North Central |
| SA-10d | Technical Audit of Microwave Frequency Links Deployed by MNO in South East | South East |
| SA-10e | Technical Audit of Microwave Frequency Links Deployed by MNO in South South | South South |
| SA-10f | Technical Audit of Microwave Frequency Links Deployed by MNO in South West | South West |
| PJ-2a | Engagement of Consultants for Technical Audit of Special Intervention Projects North West | North West |
| PJ-2b | Engagement of Consultants for Technical Audit of Special Intervention Projects North East | North East |
| PJ-2c | Engagement of Consultants for Technical Audit of Special Intervention Projects North Central | NorthCentral |
| PJ-2d | Engagement of Consultants for Technical Audit of Special Intervention Projects South West | South West |
| PJ-2e | Engagement of Consultants for Technical Audit of Special Intervention Projects South East | South East |
| PJ-2f | Engagement of Consultants for Technical Audit of Special Intervention Projects South South | SouthSouth |
| NM-1 | Preventive Maintenance and Upgrade of Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) | Abuja |
| NM-2 | Preventive Maintenance and Upgrade of E-Forensic Tools Hardware and Software Tools, Hardware and Software | Abuja |
| NM-3 | Consultancy for Internet Measurement/Infrastructure Survey and Mapping | Abuja |
| NM-4 | Consultancy for the Development of Standard Operating Procedure for Child Online Protection | Abuja |
| NM-5 | Consultancy for the Development of IP LOGIN Architectural Framework | Abuja |
| NM-6 | Consultancy for the Implementation of ISO 27001 | Abuja |
| RD-1 | Digitization of NCC Library- Subscription to Institutional Databases /e-Resources | Abuja |
| RD-4 | Consultancy Study on Exploratory study on the Application of Computer Vision Technology for E- Commerce Sector Growth in Nigeria | Abuja |
| RD-5 | Consultancy Study on Sectoral Adoptions and Investments in ICT Innovations within the Nigerian Economy | Abuja |
| RD-6 | Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Mobile Communications Network Planning | Abuja |
| RD-7 | Consultancy Study on Adoption of Co-Working Space Strategy Start- Ups and Incubation Centers Acceleration in Nigeria | Abuja |
| RD-8 | Consultancy Study on Developing Sustainable Digital Entrepreneurship Business Model in a Digital Nigeria | Abuja |
| RD-9 | Commercialisation of Research Prototypes | Abuja |
| ECM-1 | Consultancy to work out modalities for adopting the regulatory Impact assessment process into the Nigerian Communications Commission | Abuja |
| ECM-4 | Consultancy on Mobile Agriculture | Abuja |
| ECM-5 | Consultancy on Investment Promotion | Abuja |
| ECM-6 | Consultancy on connected Healthcare | Abuja |
| ECM-10 | SME Licensee Engagement | Abuja |
| ECM-11 | ECSM Regional Stakeholders Engagement Workshop on benefits of telecom and Critical National Infrastructure | Abuja |
| ECM-12 | International call refilling: Industry Impact and remedies | Abuja |
| ECM-13 | Stakeholders Satisfaction Survey | Abuja |
| ECM-14 | Industry Interconnect Debt Survey | Abuja |
| ECM-15 | Development of National Security Alert and Tracking System: Consultancy for the Establishment of Nigeria Wireless Emergency Alert (N-WEA) – A Public Warning Alert System – Phase II | Abuja |
| PC-1 | Consultancy study for the determination of Mobile Voice Termination Rate in Nigeria | Abuja |
| PC-3 | Consultancy study on Cost Determination for Fixed Wireless Market Segment and Fiber to the X(FTTX) and Price Determination of Wholesale Broadband | Abuja |
| PC-6 | Consultancy Study for the Development of a Pricing Mechanism and Cost-Based Structure for Sharing Duct Build Under the “Dig Once Policy” | Abuja |
| PC-7 | Trend of e-Government application and ICT usage survey | Abuja |
| PC-9 | Consultancy for the Printing of Annual Statistics report | Abuja |
| PC-10 | Impact of the Economic and Security Issues on the Telecommunications Sector | Abuja |
| LR-2 | Consultancy on Developing Subsidiary Regulatory Instruments for Implementing the Nigeria Mobile Big Data Policy | Abuja |
| PA-1 | Consultancy on perception of NCC’s Corporate Image and Brand | Abuja |
| PA-9 | Production of 1-Hour Two-Volume Documentaries on NCC’S Intervention Projects and CSR Over the years | Abuja |
| PA-10 | Development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy | Abuja |
| PA-11 | Development of Media and Corporate Communication (MCC) Policy | Abuja |
| PA-13 | Management Consultancy to strengthen the resources of the Public Affairs Department in achieving stated objectives | Abuja |
| PA-18 | Production and Printing of the Commission’s SERVICOM charters and banners and Sensitization materials | Abuja |
| EVC-4 | Compilation of Media Articles on the Commission’s Activities and EVC’s Achievements | Abuja |
| DE-1 | Campus Innovation & Entrepreneurship Enlightenment Program | Abuja |
| DE-2 | Digital Skills Workshop for Youth Empowerment | Abuja |
| DE-3 | Development of State & LGA Partnership Framework for Digital Skills | Abuja |
| DE-4 | MSME Digital Integration Programmes (DIP) | Abuja |
| DE-5 | Digital Learning Initiative | Abuja |
| DE-6 | Consultancy Study on Regulatory Administration of Microwave Frequency in Line with Global Best Practices | Abuja |
| DE-7 | Consultancy Study on Pricing: Benchmarking Global Best Practices | Abuja |
| DE-8 | Study on Nigeria’s Digital Infrastructure | Abuja |
| IT-10 | Upgrade of e-Services Portal- Security Upgrade of Services Portal for direct payment for non-invoiced transactions and Upgrade of Associated Software Components | Abuja |
| IT-11 | Upgrade of CME Database | Abuja |
| IT-15 | Engagement of Security Services vendor/consultant to conduct external threat assessment | Abuja |
| IT-16 | Establishing NDPR Framework for the Commission | Abuja |
| SD-34 | Quarterly Maintenance of all Security Equipment | Abuja |
| CP-1 | Consultancy 2022 Board and Management Retreat (PM and above) | Abuja |
| CP-2 | Operational Staff Retreat (Level 13 & below) | Abuja |
| CP-3 | Communication and Re-enforcement of SMP | Abuja |
| CP-4 | Consultancy for Production of 2021 Annual Report and Accounts | Abuja |
| CP-5 | Consultancy on Telecoms Industry Risk Management Conference | Abuja |
| ND-2 | Feasibility Study for Establishment of Telecoms Equipment Assembly/Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria. | Abuja |
| ND-3 | Consultancy for study for Establishment of STEM Centre of Excellence in Tertiary Institutions across the Country | Abuja |
| ECT-1 | Regulatory Compliance and Impact Assessment of the implementation of Sectoral CSIRT | Abuja |
| ECT-3 | Consultancy on the Development and Deployment of a BISC Dashboard indicating the status of each NNBP (2020-2025) Initiative over the plan period | Abuja |
| CAB-1 | Lead Consultant for the Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey | Abuja |
| CAB-2a | Consultancy for Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey in North East | North East |
| CAB-2b | Consultancy for Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey in North West | North West |
| CAB-2c | Consultancy for Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey in North Central | NorthCentral |
| CAB-2d | Consultancy for Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey in South East | South East |
| CAB-2e | Consultancy for Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey in South West | South West |
| CAB-2f | Consultancy for Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey in South South | SouthSouth |
| CAB-3 | Development and Deployment of USSD Content Service for Consumer Information & Education | Abuja |
| CAB-4 | Development and Deployment of Consumer Experience Rating Application | Abuja |
(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All submissions must comply with the requirements of Public Procurement Act, 2007 and interested bidders must submit the following documents:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission, Companies must enclose Certified True Copy (CTC) of the certificate of incorporation and form CAC 7 and CAC 2 or CAC 1.1, Business Name is also acceptable;
(b) CTC of Articles and Memorandum of Association of the Company. It must show that the company has ICT related activities as part of its objectives (ICT Objectives not a requirement for Non- ICT Services and Goods)
(c) Evidence of Firm’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and 2021) valid till 31st December, 2022.
(d) 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).
(e) 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 N50 Million and above).
(f) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022.
(g) 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.
(h) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigerian Communications Commission or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and has to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
(i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2019, 2020, and 2021) duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS);
(j) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
(k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at Three (3) similar projects carried out in the past Five (5) years accompanied by Letters of Award, Valuation/Job Completion Certificates, and photographs of the projects.
(l) Evidence of Company’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as NITDA/CPN/Information Communication Technology, ICAN/ANAN/Financial Reporting, EHORECON/Cleaning Services COREN/QSRBN/ARCON/CORBAN/SURCON/Construction, NSCDC/Security, NAICOM/Insurance etc.
(m) Possession of appropriate NCC Licence for all Telecommunications specific projects;
(n) Company’s Profile with Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, ICAN, ANAN etc.
(o) For Joint Venture/Partnership, the following documents must be provided for each JV partner: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit.
NOTE: NOT MORE THAN TWO COMPANIES SHOULD FORM A JOINT VENTURE
(p) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letterhead 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 authorized officer of the firm.
(3) BID BOND
All bids at the sum of N100 million and above shall be accompanied by a bid security in the amount not more than 2% of the bid price by way of bank guarantee issued by a reputable bank acceptable to NCC in line with Section 26 (1) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
(4) SUBMISSION OF BIDS
(a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
(b) Interested Firms are to submit two (2) bound documents separately in a sealed envelope.
(c) All Documents should be addressed to:
Head, Procurement Department,
Room 219, 2nd Floor,
Nigerian Communications Commission Head Office,
Plot 423 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja.
(d) Each Package shall be dearly marked with the following information on both sides of the envelope:
- Expression of Interest marked NCC/LOTX/EOI/2022 Please note that X denotes the Lot Name
- Name of Bidder on each of the enclosed document.
- Contact Name, Phone Number and E-Mail Address.
(e) All copies of the documents shall be duly signed by an authorized representative of the Bidder. In the event of any discrepancy between copies, the original shall govern.
(f) Interested Parties shall not bid for more than TWO (2) Lots of all 2022 NCC Projects and Consultancies,
(g) NCC will assume no responsibility for the content of tamper evident bids or for non-compliance with this instruction. Bids that do not comply with this section shall be disqualified.
(h) All documents must reach the office of the undersigned on or before 10:00a.m. on Tuesday, 19 July, 2022.
Head, Procurement Department
Nigerian Communications Commission Head Office
Room 219 2nd Floor, 423, Aguiyi Ironsi Street
Maitama District, Abuja
(i) Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services), however, Bids must be received on or before deadline for submission.
KINDLY NOTE THAT BIDS WILL BE OPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION AT 10:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, 19 JULY, 2022
(j) 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;
(k) Kindly note that submissions may be subjected to verification from relevant authorities. Fake documents and false declaration may be forwarded to the relevant authorities for prosecution. Failure to comply with the tendering instructions shall lead to disqualification.
(l) Only substantially responsive firms will be contacted at a later date for issuance of Bidding Document and Request for Proposal
(5) DISCLAIMER
(a) Submissions after the date and time specified above shall be returned un-opened.
(b) All costs Incurred by bidders in response to this advert or enquiries shall be borne by such bidders and not the NCC.
(c) The NCC is not bound to 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.
(d) This advertisement is published for information purposes and should not be construed as a commitment or obligation on the part of the NCC to award contract.
(q) For further clarification on the advertisement, please email: nccprocurement@ncc.gov.ng
Signed:
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta(FNSE, FRAES, FAEng, FNIEEE)
Executive Vice-Chairman/CEONIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
PLOT 423 AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA,
Tel: +234-9-461-7000-29
Fax: +234-9-461-7514 Toll Free No: 622.
E-mail: ncc@ncc.gov.ng http: www.ncc.gov.ng
