Adolescent Girls Initiatives (AGI)- Invitation For Expression Of Interest For The Engagement Of Consultants/Technical Partner For Adolescent Girls Initiatives For Learning And Empowerment (AGILE)

DEADLINE: 7TH JULY, 2022
ADOLESCENT GIRLS INITIATIVES (AGI)
OFFICE OF THE PLATEAU STATE PROJECT COORDINATOR PROCUREMENT OFFICE
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES (FIRM SELECTION) FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANTS/TECHNICAL PARTNER FOR THE ADOLESCENT GIRLS INITIATIVES FOR LEARNING AND EMPOWERMENT (AGILE) FUNDED BY WORLD BANK

(1.0) PREAMBLE
The Federal Government has received a credit from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) for the implementation of Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project in selected seven (7) states of the Federation viz: Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Plateau. AGILE Project seeks to improve adolescent girls access to secondary education opportunities through a holistic and multi-sectoral approach to unlock binding demand and supply side constraints to girls’ empowerment in seven states of Nigeria.

In compliance with the World Bank requirements and other government laws on Public Procurement, the Plateau State AGILE office wishes to invite interested qualified and competent firms to submit Expression of Interest qualified and competent firms to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) documents for the engagement of Consultants/Technical Partners.

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS/DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT

The Objectives of the assignment are:
(a) Support the Guidance and Counseling, Reproductive Health and State Ministry of Women Affairs focal persons within the State PIU to implement a life skills program for adolescent girls in selected schools

(b) Build the capacity of the SPIU and specifically the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the SME in each participating state to design implement and monitor a life skills program for adolescent girls in school

(c) Facilitate the development of a robust safe space curriculum, which draws on global rigorous evidence and experience on girls’ education and incorporates input from the community that contains adequate and relevant information to enable the girls to acquire a broad range of critical life skills which will be useful as they transit to adulthood and enhance leadership opportunities for adolescent girls.

(d) Increase the capacity of female teachers/counselors to provide quality mentoring using interactive, student –centered methods in the safe spaces and then apply these skills to their own classrooms.

(e) Build a system within the schools and communities that provide safe place for girls to report incidents of SEA/SH and to receive access protective, legal and economic.

(f) Support a knowledge management and learning agenda of the project to identify best practices including what’s not working to course correct at specific intervals of the project implementation.

NOTE: Details on the scope of the assignment for each lot are contains in the EOI documents/the Terms of Reference which shall be collected in the AGILE State Office by all interest Firms.

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms are to submit their Expression along with the following documents

(i) Evidence of Company registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms C.O.2 and C.O.7

(ii) Evidence of current Tax Clearance Certificate valid till 31^st December 2022.

(iii) Evidence of current Tax Clearance Certificate valid till 31^st December 2022.

(iv)  Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2022.

(v) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2022.

(vi) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) Certificate issue by BPP valid till December, 2022.

(vii) A Sworn Affidavit disclosing/confirming:

(a) Whether or not any Officer of the relevant committees of the AGILE Plateau State or the National AGILE is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder;

(b) Whether or not the company faces insolvency

(c) That no Director of the Company has been convicted of any financial crime

(d) That the company is not in receivership or subject of same;

(e) That all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars; and

(f) That the firm has not been debarred by World Bank

(g) Authorisation to verify the documents

(vii) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three(3) similar jobs in the last five (5) years including Letters of Engagement

(ix) Company Profile with Curriculum Vitae (C.V) of professional staff including copies of their professional qualifications.

(x) Evidence of financial capability to provide the services by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria or statement of your company

(xi) All documents for submission (Expression of Interest) shall be submitted with a Covering/Forwarding Letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper. The Letterhead paper must reflect among other, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Location Contact address. The Letterhead Paper must also 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) SELECTION METHOD
The Consulting Firm for each lot will be selected based on Consultants Qualification (Only the firm with the highest score will be invited to submit Technical and Financial Proposal)

(5.0) COLLECTION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DOCUMENTS/TERM OF REFERENCE
Interested firms are to collect the EOI documents/Terms of reference in the State AGILE office at Lily of the Valley House, Off Gold and Base Road, Shaka, Jos Plateau State as from Friday, 24 June, 2022.

(6.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested firms are to submit two (2) spiral-bound hard copies (Original and Copy) of the Expression of Interest Documents packaged in two separate envelopes and marked “EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE (………insert the lot title and No.)” should be out in a bigger envelope and addressed to the Project Coordinator, Plateau State AGILE Office, Lily of the Valley House off Gold and Base Road, Shaka, Jos Plateau State with the Company’s name written on the reverse side of the SEALED envelope and must be dropped in the designated Tender Box in AGILE Procurement Office, not later than 10:00am on Thursday, 7 July, 2022.

(7.0) OPENING
The Expression of Interest Documents shall be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 10:00am on Thursday, 7 July 2022 in the presence of firm’s representatives who may choose to attend at their Plateau State AGILE Office Conference Room. Lily of the Valley House, Off Gold Base Road, Shaka, Jos Plateau State.

(8.0) PLEASE NOTE
(i) Failure to prepare your submission in line with 5.0 above will result in outright disqualification of the company

(ii) Only pre-qualified companies at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for the next stage of bidding;

(iii) Original documents on any aspect of a company’s submission may be requested for sighting during and/or after the opening session.

(iv) The Plateau State AGILE Office reserves the right to verify any claim by the companies. Companies shall therefore include necessary authority and guarantee for such verification; the absence of which will automatically result in the disqualification of such a company.

(v)  The Plateau State AGILE office reserves the right to reject any or all bidding packages.

SIGNED
SAJE JOSEPH ADEH