DEADLINE: 3RD AUGUST, 2022
UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR (UNICAL)
P.M.B. 1115 CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR CAPITAL APPROPRIATION PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR 2022
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) As part of its year 2022, Physical programme upgrade and Physical Infrastructure project, the University of Calabar, Calabar, is desirous of Construction and Furnishing of various works and supplies as scheduled in the scope of works/supply hereunder.
(1.2) The University hereby invites experienced and competent contractors/suppliers with good track records to submit bids for the projects as described here under:
(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLY
TABLE 1:
| LOT NO | DESCRIPTION |
| GOO 1 | Supply of Science Laboratory Equipment to Chemistry Department |
| GOO 2 | Supply of Laboratory Consumables to Faculties |
TABLE 2:
LOT NO DESCRIPTION WOR 1 Completion Of 500 Twins-Seaters Lecture Theatre WOR 2 Completion Of 500 Twins-Seaters Lecture Theatre For Faculty Of Engineering WOR 3 Construction And Furnishing Of Micro Teaching Laboratory With Modern Digital Equipment WOR 4 Construction Of Workshop Building For Faculty Of Engineering
(3.0) ELIGIBILITY/MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
Prospective Bidders are required to submit the following documents:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms (CAC2) and (CAC7).
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020, 2021) valid till December 31, 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 the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
(e) Evidence of current 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) Company’s audited account for the last three years (2019, 2020 and 2021) approved by NAICOM.
(h) Sworn Affidavit
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the University of Calabar, Calabar or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidding and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars, certifying that the company is not in receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy.
-That none of the Directors of the company has been convicted for criminal offence in relation to fraud or financial impropriety in any Court in Nigeria or elsewhere.
(i) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for 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 qualification 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 Certificate, Job Completion Certificate and Photographs of the Projects;
(l) Works: Lists of plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease;
(m) 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 JV partner);
(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 Affaire 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.
(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect Tender Documents from the office of the Director of Physical Panning, Administrative Building, University of Calabar on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the University TSA account.
(5.0) SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit for each of the Lot desired, five (5) copies each of the technical aid financial bids both with hard and soft copies of financial bid in Ms Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes addressed to The Director of Procurement Senate Building, University of Calabar 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 dropped in the designated Tender Box at the office of the Director of Procurement’ Senate Building, University of Calabar not later than 12:00noon on 3 August, 2022.
(6.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on 3 August, 2022 in the Office of Director of Procurement Senate Building, University of Calabar while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the bid Submission Register at the Office of Director of Procurement Senate Building, University of Calabar. The University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries. Please contact the Office of Director of Procurement Senate Bulling, University of Calabar.
(7.0) GENERAL FORMATION
(i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
(ii) Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened.
(iii) Presence of bidders/representatives and members of the public shall be required during the bid opening ceremony. The Bids Opening will be with the physical presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti-Corruption/Transparency.
(iv) 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;
(v) The arrangement of the EOI/Pre-qualification documents in hard copies should follow the order to the list above and appropriately paged. The EOI/Pre-qualification documents should have a table of contents indicating the pages, which these items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.
(vi) The University of Calabar 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
MR GABRIEL EGBE FCAI
REGISTRAR
