DEADLINE: 23RD AUGUST, 2022
INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSION REGULATORY COMMISSION (ICRC)
INVITATION TO BID / REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
NO.ICRC/OP/S.281
SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN) FOR THE SUPPLY OF ICT EQUIPMENT AND ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FURNITURE, SMALL WORKS AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES
(1) INTRODUCTION
Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) was established by an Act of the National Assembly In 2005 to regulate Public-Private Partnership endeavours of the Federal Government aimed at addressing Nigeria’s physical Infrastructure deficit which hampers economic development.
The ICRC Act provides for the participation of the private sector in financing, construction, development operation and maintenance of Federal Government Infrastructure or development projects through concessions or contractual agreements.
To achieve this initiative, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) appropriated funds in the 2022 budget for the rehabilitation of the head office, procurement of ICT equipment and enterprise management system, purchase of furniture and consultancy services.
Consequently, the Commission wishes to invite reputable national contractors and consulting firms with relevant proven competence and experience to submit bids and Expressions of Interest for the supply of the under-listed Items and services.
(2) SCOPE
S/N CONTRACT/LOT SPECIFICATIONS DELIVERY PERIOD 1 Lot 1a: Procurement of ICT Equipment and As per the specification in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and 2 Weeks Lot 1b: Enterprise Management System Terms of Reference (TOR) 1 month 2 Lot 2: Furniture As per the specification in the RFP 2 Weeks 3 Lot 3: Small Works As per Bill of quantities ( BOQ) and specifications to be provided 1 month 4 Lot 4: Consultancy services for Review of Concession Agreement As per the RFP and TORs 2 month
(3) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Prospective bidders must possess the under-listed requirements to be eligible to participate this procurement:
(i) Verifiable Certificate of Company Registration/Incorporation from Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
(ii) Verifiable Company Tax Clearance Certificate (for 2019, 2020, and 2021) expiring December 2022 with Tax Identification Number.
(iii) Verifiable PENCOM Compliance Certificate expiring December 2022.
(iv) Verifiable ITF Compliance Certificate expiring December 2022.
(v) Verifiable and current BPP IRR Certificate
(vi) Accompanying sworn affidavit of disclosure of Interest, clearly stating if any of the officers or board members of the ICRC or the BPP is a former or present Director or shareholder of the Company or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and that the Company does not have any Director who has been convicted in any Court in Nigeria or any other country for any criminal offences relating to fraud or financial impropriety.
(vii) A sworn affidavit that the Company is not in receivership or financially/legally encumbered.
(viii) A sworn affidavit that all documents to be submitted for the EOI are true and correct in all particulars.
(ix) A complete Company profile.
(4) SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
(i) All submissions are to be tendered with a forwarding latter on the company’s letterhead and duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the firm.
(ii) Interested applicants should submit 4 (four) spirally bound hard copies i.e. one original and three (3) duplicate copies in A4 size, together with one soft copy in a flash drive, all of which should be enclosed in a sealed large envelope.
(iii) The envelope shall be marked at the top left comer with: “Expression of Interest” for “Name of Consultancy Service on which Interests being expressed on”. The outer envelope should be addressed to:
The Director General,
Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission,
Plot 1270, Ayangba Street, Garki Area 11, Abuja
(iv) The reverse side of all envelopes must Indicate the applicant’s company name and address and authorized contact person’s name and phone number (all written in capital letters).
(v) Submission deadline for the Expression of Interest documents is 10am Tuesday, 23 August, 2022. Documents sent after the above deadline will be rejected.
(vi) Application documents should be arranged and numbered or paged in the order they are listed in paragraph 3.0 and the authorized representative of the company should sign each of the submissions.
(5) PROCESSING FEES/COLLECTION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Bid documents can be collected during work days between the hours of 9am-4pm from Thursday, 4 August to Friday, 12 August 2022, at the Procurement Unit of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission. A non-refundable bid fee of N10,000.00 MUST be paid into the ICRC Revenue Remittance Account with the Remita TSA (GIFMIS Code 1000261039), and evidence of payment presented before collection of bid documents.
(6) BID SUBMISSION/OPENING
(i) Bid documents in response to this advert must be HAND-DELIVERED OR sent through REGISTERED COURIER to ICRC office In a sealed envelope -one (1) original and four (4) photocopies of Technical and one (1) original and four (4) photocopies of Financial proposals separately sealed and marked for ICT: Procurement of ICT Equipment and for Furniture: Procurement of Furniture indicating the lot number and bearing the name, address and contact phone number of the Company.
(ii) Companies can only bid for one lot at a time.
(iii) Deadline for the submission of bids shall be Wednesday, 7 September, 2022 by 10:00 am. Irrespective of the cause of delay, any bid submitted A MINUTE after the time specified by hand or through Courier and or not in the formal specified would be rejected and returned unopened.
(iv) Bids shall be publicly opened at 10:30 am, after the close of submission on Wednesday, 7 September, 2022 at the ICRC Office.
(7) ENQUIRIES
For all enquiries, please send an email to procurment@icrc.gov.ng or call 09-4604900/168 or 222.
(8) DISCLAIMER
(i) The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) reserves the right to verify claims made by any contractor.
(ii) Submission of bid documents does not commit ICRC to award contracts.
(iii) Submitting false documents and or information is an offence that can lead to disqualification and prosecution.
(iv) All costs incurred as a result of this Invitation to Bid and any subsequent request for Information shall be borne by the bidder.
(v) Applicable punitive measures against fraud, collusion and insertion of fake documents and alteration of figures and other unethical behaviours by public officers, legal persona and Directors are clearly presented in Part VII Section 58 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
J.A.M. OHIANI
DIRECTOR GENERAL/CEO
INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSION REGULATORY COMMISSION, ABUJA
