Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital- Invitation To Tender For Procurement Of Medical Equipment Under 2022 Capital Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 26TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL, KANO
P.M.B. 3452, KANO
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROCUREMENT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital is established with the objective of providing postgraduate training for health personnel, research as well as offering tertiary health services for its catchment area and the country in general. The hospital is desirous of engaging a competent and reputable company with relevant experience, requisite expertise and good track record to submit the tender for procurement of hospital and specialised equipment and constructions under 2022 capital budget appropriation.

2. SCOPE OF SUPPLIES/WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Each bidder must have the following as the minimum qualification that must be met to make him/her eligible. Thus, the interested firm should submit two (2) bound documents duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined here under:

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 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 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(g) Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano 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/Lease Agreement.

(m) Letter of Authorisation from the Original Equipment Manufacturers listed in the Approved Policy for Procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria,

(n) For Joint Ventures/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each Joint Venture Partner)

(o) 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 the authorised officer of the firm.

(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Office of the Asst. Director (Procurement), Admin Annex, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano within working hours; on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira Only (N 10,000.00) per Lot, paid into the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital’s Remita Account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5) 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 soft copy of the 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:

The Chief Medical Director,
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,
P.M.B.3452, Kano.

and clearly marked with the name of the project and lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the office of the Asst. Director of Procurement stated above not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 26 September, 2022.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 26 September, 2022 in the Board Room of the New Admin Block. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Office of the Asst. Director of Procurement at Admin Annex, as the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bid. For further enquiries, please contact the Assistant Director of Procurement on 080-28878084, 081-39197681

(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;

(ii) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.

(iii) All cost will be borne by the bidder

(iv) Bidder should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;

(v) All costs will be borne by the bidders;

(vi) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);

(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 Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital 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

SIGNED:
MUHAMMAD D. ALI
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT
FOR: CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR