Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV) Badagary, Lagos- Invitation To Tender For Projects Under 2022 Capital Projects (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
NIGERIA FRENCH LANGUAGE VILLAGE (NFLV) BADAGRY, LAGOS STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS UNDER 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry, Lagos State invites competent and experienced Companies to submit both technical and financial bids for the execution of the following projects under 2022 fiscal year.

(2) SCOPE OF WORKS

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022; with minimum average annual turnover as stated 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 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 Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry, Lagos 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;

-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 atleast 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) 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/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 invited to collect tender documents from the Procurement Unit of the Nigeria French Language Village Badagry, Lagos State upon presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fees of N10,000.00 per Lot in favour of the Nigeria French Language Village Badagry, Lagos State through Remita collection platform.

(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, 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 Director/CEO, The Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry, Lagos 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, address of the bidder, and submit to the office of the Procurement officer not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 19 September, 2022.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the submission deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 19 September, 2022 at the Council Chamber in the presence of bidders or their representatives while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

(7) NOTES
(i) No bidder should bid for more than one (1) Lot.

(ii) The above listed requirement shall form part of bids evaluation criteria and non-compliance with any of the stated criteria shall result in automatic disqualification of the bidder.

(iii) Late submission of bids will be returned un-opened

(iv) The Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV) reserves the right to verify the authenticity of any claims made on the tender document submitted by companies.

(v) All the documents must be arranged sequentially as listed above;

(vi) The Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV) will not be responsible for any cost of expenses incurred by any interested party as a result of response to this invitation and /or the preparation or submission in response to inquiry.

(vii) 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;

(viii) 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 Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV) BADAGRY, Lagos State is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and also has the right to annul the bidding process at any time without incurring any liabilities in line with Section 28 of the PPA, 2007.

SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT
THE NIGERIA FRENCH LANGUAGE VILLAGE (NFLV) BADAGRY, LAGOS