DEADLINE: 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS (NACA)
INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFICATION AND REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2022 PROJECTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is statutarily responsible for the coordination of the National HIV response. The Agency is anticipating funds from the Federal Government of Nigeria and other National and International donors/partners for the execution of her 2022 projects Towards achieving these objectives, the Agency wishes to apply these funds in the implementation of her 2022 projects through procurement of various Goods/Works and Consultancy/Non Consultancy Services. Accordingly, and in compliance with the Public Procurement Act PPA 2007, the Agency hereby invites interested and qualified Consultants/Contractors to express interest submit of pre-qualification documents for the procurement of the following Goods/Works and Services
CATEGORY I- GOODS PROCUREMENT
Lot 1: Supply of ICT working tools (equipment and software)
Lot 2: Supply of Welfare Materials
Lot 3: Supply of HIV Opportunistic infections (OI) Medicines,
CATEGORY II CONSULTANCY AND NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES (EXPRESSION OF INTEREST)
PACKAGE A: CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Lot 4: Community Case detection and Medical Outreach in the last mile push for HIV Epidemic control.
PACKAGE B: NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Lot 5: Production, Publication and Airing of Mass Media Activities
2.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES
The comprehensive scope of services as it relates to Consultancy and Non-Consultancy Services as well as specification and quantifications concerning items of supplies shall be provided in the Request for Proposal (RIP)and Tender document respectively,
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The general public may wish to be guided that all procurement activities of the Agency shall be fully governed by the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007 and the recent Federal Government Executive Order on Transparency and Support for Local Content in public procurement whereby the following mandatory requirement/ eligibility criteria are expected to be met by all prospective bidders:
a. Evidence of Certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 11 or CAC2 and CAC7, Business Name is also acceptable in case of Service;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st 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 NSOm 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 National Agency for the Control of AIDS 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, nonperformance, 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
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. Lot 1: Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),
m. Lot 3: Evidence of Firm’s current Licence issued by Pharmacists Council of Nigeria: n. Lot 4: Evidence of Firm’s current Licence issued by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria;
o. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the lead Partner (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Swom Affidavit are compulsory for each partner),
p. 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
4.0 MODE OF SUBMISSION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND EOI DOCUMENTS- GOODS, CONSULTANCY AND NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES PROJECTS
Prospective bidders are to submit two copies of their Pre-qualification and El documents for the projects of their choice; One Original and one duplicate in same envelope addressed to
The Director General
National Agency for the Control of AIDS,
No.3 Ziquinchor Street wuse zone 4,
Beside AEDC office, Abuja.
Furthermore, each envelope should bear the name, Lot number and address of the bidder, Registered and dropped in the designated Tender Box at the Procurement Unit, Ground Floor, No.3 Ziquinchor Street Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC office, Abuja. E-mail Address: info@naca.gov.ng, Tel: +234-9-4613726-9 Fax: +234-94613700 not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
For further enquiries, please contact the Head of Procurement, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)
5.0 OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) DOCUMENTS
The Pre-qualification documents and Eols will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission, at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 6 September, 2022, in the Conference Room of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, No. 3 Ziquinchor Street Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office, Abuja in the presence of bidders or their representatives Please Note:Only the pre-qualified and shortlisted bidders will be invited at a later date to purchase Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) and Request for Proposals (RIP).
6.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots.
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders Attendees at the bids opening shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitiser, wear mask and observe physical 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.
7.0 NOTES/DISCLAIMER
i. NACA shall verify any or all documents and claims made by applicants and will disqualify bidders with falsified documents and claims it
ii. If it is determined that submitted documents and claims have been falsified, the bidder may face prosecution in a court of Law.
iii. NACA shall not be held responsible for any disqualified bid/Eol because of any omission or deletion relating to the submission guidelines
iv. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NACA to award a contract to any Contractor, nor shall it entitle any Contractor submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NACA.
v. The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist 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
