DEADLINE: 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS COLLEGE, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE
INVITATION FOR TENDER/PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2022 APPROPRIATION
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appropriated funds to the Federal Government Girls’ College Gusau, Zamfara State in the 2022 Fiscal year for the procurement of Works for the execution of policies, programmes and projects towards achieving the mandate of the Ministry. In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and other extant guidelines for the award of contracts in the Federal Public Service, the College wishes to invite experienced and competent Contractors/Suppliers to submit bids for the following Projects:
2. SCOPE OF GOODS/WORKS
LOT NO PROJECT TITLE G2 PURCHASE OF MULTIPURPOSE HALL FURNITURE W3 INSTALLATION OF SOLAR STREET LIGHT AND CCTV
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents:
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
ii. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 December, 2022; with minimum average turnover of N30 million;
a. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staffis 15 and above);
b. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2022 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnoveris N5om and above);
c. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2022;
d. 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;
e. Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Government Girls’ College Gusau, Zamfara State 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;
f. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years-2019, 2020 & 2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); okrupto proceed last three &
g. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
h. 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, deploy ARCON, CORBON etc.;
i. 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;
j. Lot W5: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
k. 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)
l. 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 Document (SBD) from the Bursary office on evidence of payment of a nonrefundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the FGGC Gusau’s Remita account: 0380106361018 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 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 Principal
Federal Government Girls College,
Gusau Zamfara State.
and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the Principal office FGGC Gusau not later than 12:00 noon Monday 19 September, 2022
Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Principal’s Office as the FGGC Gusau will not be held liable for any misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday 19 September, 2022 at the Principal’s Conference Hall, FGGC Gusau while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. For further enquiries, please contact the following Numbers: 08065067810 or 08139216960.
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and duly signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned un-opened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
e. 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;
f. 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; &
g. Any bidder who fails to comply with any of the eligibility requirements will be disqualified.
h. The College is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserve 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
PRINCIPAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS COLLEGE,
GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE
