Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA)- Invitation To Tender For Projects Execution (11 Lots)

DEADLINE: 8TH AUGUST, 2022
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
UPPER BENUE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (UBRBDA)
MBAMBA – FUFORE ROAD,
P.M.B 2086, YOLA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA), a Parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in furtherance to its statutory mandate intends to undertake the Procurement of various Works and Goods under the 2022 Capital Appropriation and in accordance with extant Provisions of Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and Section 68 (2) (b) of the Finance Act, 2020.
1.2 The Authority therefore invites all experienced and competent Contractors and Suppliers with relevant experience to tender for the Core/Zonal Intervention Projects for execution of the following 2022 capital appropriation projects:

2.O SCOPE OF WORK/SUPPLIES
The Scope of Works/Supply for the projects earmarked for execution are as contained in the various Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) and Bills of Quantities (BoQ)/BEME to be issued to prospective bidders. The summary of the projects are as follows:
2.1 CATEGORY A- WORKS
Interested Contractors are invited to submit Technical and Financial Bids for the following Projects:

CATEGORY B (WORKS)

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and Competent Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers/Consultants wishing to carry out any of the Projects under the above two (2) categories are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Bids:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 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 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. Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
-that no Director has been convicted in any Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
-that the Company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
-That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months;
h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2019, 2020 & 2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
i. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of 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 qualifications 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 Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership or Lease Agreement;
m. For Supply of Equipment: Evidence of being Original Equipment Manufacturer or Authorised Representative
n. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
o. 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);
p. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the company/firm’s letter headed 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 letter headed papers must bear the names and nationalities of the Directors of the Companies at the bottoms of the page duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

NOTE that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as listed above.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) upon presentation of evidence of payment of tender fee from: The Office of the Head of Procurement, Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Mbamba -Furore Road P.M.B, 2086, Yola, Adamawa State Interested bidders are advised to contact their respective Banks for the code upon which payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, is to be paid into the Treasury Single Account of the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola (UBRBDA).

5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial bids with softcopy 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
Managing Director,
Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority,
Mbamba – Furore Road,
Yola, Adamawa State
and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address above, not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 8th August, 2022.

6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The Technical Bids will be publicly opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 8th August, 2022, at the Authority’s Conference Hall, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, NGO’s and professionals while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
ii. Bid Submission must be submitted unopened.
iii. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots in the two (2) categories combined
iv. All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Authority will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation;
v. Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.
vi. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services); however bids forwarded through courier service must be received before the deadline stipulated for the submission of bids.
vii. 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
viii. The Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority 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.
ix. For further enquiries, please contact The Procurement Department between 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 pm (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address:
Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority,
Mbamba – Furore Road
P.M.B, 2086
Yola,
Adamawa State

Signed:
Engr. Abubakar H. Mu’azu FNSE, MIHA, MIAHS
Managing Director
Upper Benue River Development Authority, Yola.