DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022
NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC) 2022 BUDGET
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the Regulator 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 and service providers to bid for the following works:
SCOPE OF WORKS/GOODS
CATEGORY A: WORKS
| INVITATION TO TENDER | ||
| LOT | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| AD-1 | Installation of Security Access Control Doors at the Corridors in the NCC Head Office, Maitama | Abuja |
| AD-2 | Remodelling of the Fourth floor of the NCC Annex Office, Mbora | Abuja |
| AD-3 | Renovation of Conference and Meeting Rooms at the NCC Head Office Maitama | Abuja |
| AD-4 | Replacement of Windows along Corridors and other Associated Works at the NCC Head Office Maitama | Abuja |
| AD- 12 | Construction of Port Harcourt Zonal Office | Port Harcourt |
| AD-17 | Supply and Installation of Office Furniture for Head Office and Zonal Offices | Various |
| AD-18 | Supply and Installation of Meeting Room Conference Tables and Chairs for NCC Head Office and Annex office Mbora. | Abuja |
| AD-19 | Supply and Installation of furniture at the Digital Economy Complex. Mbora | Abuja |
| AD-31 | Supply and Installation of Office Furniture for Directors, Broadband Project Management Office, and Gombe Zonal Office | Various |
| SA-5 | Landscaping and Cable Trenching at the Space Radio Site, Mbora | Abuja |
| SA-6 | Renovation of the Space radio Building (Civil Works and Furniture) | Abuja |
| PA-16 | Deployment of a Digital Studio equipped with Modern devices for audio and video recording, editing etc. | Abuja |
| IT-1 | Provision of 30Mbps Internet Connectivity Bandwidth to Satellite Farm Mbora | Abuja |
| IT 3 | Supply and installation of Active Network Devices for Satellite Farm | Abuja |
| IT-5 | Installation of Network Switches | Abuja |
| IT-6 | Supply and installation of Data Storage Solution | Lagos |
| IT-7 | ICT Solutions and System for CSIRT | Abuja |
| IT-8 | Supply and Installation of Additional Servers for Exchange Server 2019 | Abuja |
| IT-12 | Supply and Installation of New ICT Tools and Accessories | Abuja |
| IT-18 | Server Hardware Consumables (Hard Drives and Memory Modules) | Abuja |
| IT-28 | Maintenance of NOC Inverter system and Battery Bank Replacement- for Head/Annex/Zonal Offices | Various |
| IT-33 | Expansion of Network Access Control License in the Commission | Abuja |
| IT-34 | Expansion of Sophos Central Intercept-X with EDR and Device Encryption License in the Commission | Abuja |
| IT-35 | Expansion of Mbora Data Centre | Abuja |
| SD-45 | Establishment of Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Data Centre (DC) in the North East Reqion | North East |
| ND-1 | Indigenous Content Incentive Initiative | Abuja |
CATEGORY B: GOODS
RD-3 Supply of Library Books Abuja
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All tenders 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 including form CAC2 and CAC7 or CAC 1.1
(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 Projects and Goods)
(c) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the preceding three years (2019, 2020, and 2021) valid till 31st of 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 N50million 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 an Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring by 31st December 2022 or valid certificate issued by BPP.
(h) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether 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 ail information presented in its bid are true and correct in ail particulars. (Bidders are required to enclose receipt of fees paid for the sworn affidavit).
(i) Company’s audited accounts for the last three years (2019, 2020, and 2021), duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (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 least (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) 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, CPN, etc.;
(m) Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
(n) ICT jobs: Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
(o) Possession of appropriate NCC Licence for all Telecommunications specific projects.
(p) For Joint Venture/Partnership, the following documents must be provided for each JV partner: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Affidavit. NOTE: NOT MORE THAN TWO COMPANIES SHOULD FORM A JOINT VENTURE
(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 authorized officer of the firm.
(4) SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
Where applicable, prospective bidders must procure hardware devices such as laptops and desktops only from National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Certified Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
(5) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Tender Documents are obtainable from the Procurement Department, NCC upon payment of a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only per lot.
The above sum must be payable to Nigerian Communications Commission through the CBN payment gateway (REMITA) platform. Evidence of payment MUST be submitted to the Financial Services Department, NCC for the Tender Fee Receipt, which must be presented to the Procurement Department for the issuance of bid document.
(6) SUBMISSION OF BIDS
(i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
(ii) Prospective bidders are to submit bids for each of the lots desired, two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial Bids with soft copy 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 Head, Procurement Department, 2nd Floor, Room 219, Nigerian Communications Commission Head Office, Plot 423 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja. The reverse side of the envelopes must clearly bear the name of the firm.
(iii) Combining Technical and Financial Bids in The Same Envelope without First Sealing Them in Separate Envelopes as Instructed in 7(ii) above will lead to Automatic Disqualification.
(iv) Each Bid Package shall be clearly marked with the following information on both sides of the envelope:
Technical Bid marked ‘NCC/SBD/LOT XXX/TECHNICAL/2022 at the top right-hand corner.
Financial Bid ‘NCC/SBD/LOTX/FINANCIAL/2022 at the top right-hand corner.
(Please note that XXX denotes the Lot Name)
(v) Name of Firm on each of the enclosed document.
(vi) Contact Name, Phone Number and E-Mail Address.
(vii) All copies of the bids shall be duly signed by an authorized representative of the Bidder. In the event of any discrepancy between copies, the original shall govern.
(viii) Interested Parties shall not bid for more than two (2) Lots of all 2022 NCC projects and consultancies.
(ix) 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 may be rejected.
(x) 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.
(xi) THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION is 10.00 am on Monday, July 25, 2022 which should reach the office of the undersigned:
Head, Procurement Department Nigerian
Communications Commission Head Office 2nd Floor,
423, Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama District, Abuja
(xii) Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services), however, all Bids must be received on or before the deadline for submission.
(7) BID BOND
All bids at the sum of N300 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.
(8) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
KINDLY NOTE THAT ONLY TECHNICAL BIDS WILL BE OPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION AT 10:00 A.M. ON MONDAY, 25 JULY, 2022.
(i) Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the undersigned, as the Nigerian Communications Commission will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(ii) Failure to comply with the tendering instructions shall lead to disqualification.
(9) 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) 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;
(d) 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;
(e) The NCC 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.
(f) 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.
For further clarification on the advertisement, please email: nccprocurement@ncc.gov.ng
Signed:
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta (FNSE, FRAES, FAEng, FNIEEE)
Executive Vice-Chairman/CEO NIGERIAN 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
