Federal College Of Education (Technical) Akoka, Lagos State- Invitation To Tender For 2022 Capital Projects (7 Lots)

DEADLINE: 3RD OCTOBER, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), AKOKA
P.O.BOX 269, YABA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS

(1) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) The Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka established since 1967 with the main objective to educate and produce Technical Teachers is desirous of embarking on the execution of the Capital and IGR projects in pursuance of its functions and in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 (as amended).

(1.2) The College hereby invites experience and competent contractors and suppliers with relevant experience for the under listed projects.

(2) SCOPE OF WORKS and the specifications are as contained in the STANDARD BIDDING DOCUMENTS (SBD) to be issued to bidders in respect of each project.

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Companies/Firms are required to submit the following documents:

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs    Commission (CAC), including form CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years 2019, 2020 & 2021) with minimum average Turn Over as specified above;

(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 current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance 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.

Please note: The photocopy of the original certificates issued (from a-f) on the above claims are essential.

(g) Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the Vehicles;

(h) Evidence of membership with Natural Oil and Gas Supplier Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) for Lot 7.

(i) Sworn affidavit disclosing the following:

-That the company is not in receivership, insolvent or bankruptcy.

-That the company does not have any Director who has been convicted in any court in Nigeria or any other country for criminal offences in relation to fraudulent financial impropriety.

-That none of the officer of the relevant committees of Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka or the Bureau of Public Procurement a former or present Director, Shareholder, or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.

-That all the information presented in the documents is true and correct in all particulars.

(j) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2019, 2020 & 2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);

(k) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(l) Company Profile with the CVs of key Staff to be employed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professionals qualifications such as COREN, ARCON, QSRBN, CORBON, etc.;

(m) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (3) years including letters of awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificate and Photographs of the Projects,

(n) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;

(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 Letterhead 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 Bidders are to obtain Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Procurement Unit, Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka – Lagos, after payment of non-refundable fee of N10,000 into Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka – Lagos via REMITA (www.remita.net) and thereafter obtain receipt from the cash office.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and financial bid with soft copy 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 envelope addressed to the Head of procurement. Federal College of Education (Technical). Akoka – Lagos 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 Company and should be deposited by hand in the Tender Box at the Procurement Unit not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 3 October, 2022.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical Bids will be open immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 noon Monday, 3 October, 2022., in the COLLEGE ACADEMIC BOARD HALL, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, observers and interested public members. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid collection and Submission Register respectively in the Procurement Unit, as the Federal College of Education (Technical). Akoka – Lagos will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids

(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) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;

(iv) All cost will be borne by the bidders;

(v) All Tenderers, Civil Society Organizations and interested Stakeholders are invited to the Bid opening.

(vi) Attendees at the bid openings shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitiser, wear mask and observe physical distancing The Bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and Professional bodies and covered by video recording: invitation link will be sent to bidders who chooses to join the bid opening online;

(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) All documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as listed in a-n above;

(ix) This advertisement shall not be constructed as a commitment on the part of the establishment nor shall it entitle a bidder to make any claim and/or seek any indemnity from the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka by virtue of such bidder having responded to the advertisement;

(x) All inquiries should be directed to any of this email. Fcetprocurement@gmail.com ;

(xi) The FCE(T) Akoka 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