DEADLINE: 26TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
BODY OF BENCHERS, NIGERIA
PLOT 688, INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH DISTRICT,
FCC, PHASE III, ABUJA.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF MOTOR VEHICLE
1. INTRODUCTION
The Body of Benchers, under the Federal Judiciary, is statutorily charged with the responsibility of the formal Call to Bar of persons desirous of becoming Legal Practitioners in Nigeria. It also has the mandate of disciplining erring Lawyers amongst other vital functions. In pursuant to the execution of its 2022 Capital budget.
The Body hereby invites interested and reputable companies to participate in this year’s Capital Budget implementation.
2. SCOPE OF SUPPLY
Supply-BOB/CP/2022/001
LOT P1- Supply of Motor Vehicle.
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent companies who wish to participate are required to submit the following under-listed documents:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1or CAC2 and CAC7:
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 December, 2022;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 N5Om and above);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31December, 2022:
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (RR) expiring on31 December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
g. Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Body of Benchers 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 af 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 aa 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. Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the Vehicles;
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/Firms 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 addre5s. 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/suppliers are to collect Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Secretary, Body of Benchers, Nigeria on evidence of payment of Non-refundable Tender Fees of N10.000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only to the Body of Benchers, Nigeria via the REMITA PLATFORM
5. SUBMISSIONOF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The Tender documents should be submitted on or before Monday 26th September, 2022 at 11:00 am in a sealed envelope labeled Technical or “Financial” with the name of the Supply and Lot number CLEARLY marked at the top left side of the envelope and thereafter put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to:
The Secretary,
Body of Benchers, Nigeria.
Plot 688, Institute and Research District,
FCC, Phase lll, Abuja.
6. OPENING OF BIDS.
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission of bid at 11:00a.m. Monday 26 September, 2022 at the National Centre for Women Development Abuja Committee Room, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. All Contractors/Suppliers and their representatives that submitted tender documents, Civil Society Organizations and the general public are hereby invited to attend the bids opening
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. The Body of Benchers will not be responsible for any cost expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation and or the preparation or Submission in response to an inquiry
ii. Please note that this advertisement shall not be construed a commitment on the part of the Body to award any or above listed projects.
iii. Attendees at the bids opening shall be required to use hand sanitiser, wear mask and observe phys distancing. The Bids Opening in the presence of observers will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online
iv. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned unopened;
v. The Body of Benchers, Nigeria 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:
Management
