DEADLINE: 23RD AUGUST, 2022
NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LIMITED (NIGCOMSAT)
OBASANJO SPACE CENTRE, LUGBE, ABUJA, FCT.
(FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL ECONOMY)
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) The Nigerian Communications Satellite, in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, intends to undertake the execution of the under listed project under the 2022 Capital Budget of the Agency. To this end. Interested. Experienced and Competent Contractors/Service Providers are invited to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) documents for the execution of the project:
(2.0) SCOPE OF SERVICES
(2.1) CATEGORY D
LOT 1D: TRAINING AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME FOR YOUTHS IN OBIO-AKPOR FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY OF RIVERS STATE
(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All bids must be accompanied with the following:
(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), including form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name is acceptable for Services;
(ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till December 31st 2022;
(iii) Evidence of current Pension Clearance valid till December 31st 2022;(this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above;
(iv) Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till December 31st 2022; (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above;
(v) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022;
(vi) 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 Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP);
(vii) Sworn Affidavit:
- disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigerian Communications Satellite 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;
(viii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years, 2019, 2020 and 2021 duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
(ix) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria; indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
(x) 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 registration with COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON etc.;
(xi) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last Five (5) years, with verifiable letter of award/appointment, Valuation Certificates and Completion Certificates and photographs of the projects;
(xii) Evidence of Firm’s current registration with the Centre for Management Development;
(xiii) For Joint Ventures/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (Tax Clearance Certificate. Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner)
(xiv) 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;
(xv) The letterhead paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
Note: Arrangement of documents should follow the order in the list of tender requirements, appropriately paged and signed. It should have a table of Contents indicating the pages or folios on which these items are to be found.
(4.0) SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DOCUMENTS
Interested Firms are to submit two (2) hard copies each (one original & One copy) of the Expression of Interest (EOI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to: The Managing Director, Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd, Obasanjo Space Centre. Umaru Musa Yar’adua Way, Abuja, clearly marked with the project name and Lot number.
Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name of the bidder and dropped at the designated box in the procurement department 3rd floor on or before 11:00 am on Tuesday 23 August 2022.
(5.0) OPENING OF Expression of Interest (EOI)
The EOI will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission as follows:
Documents Time & Date of Opening EOI 11:00am on Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
at NIGCOMSAT Ltd Auditorium.
Please ensure that you sign EOI Submission Register at the Procurement Department, as NIGCOMSAT Ltd. will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(6.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) Expression of Interest documents must be in English language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder
(ii) Bid submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened.
(iii) All cost will be borne by the bidders.
(iv) All documents submitted will be subjected to verification from the relevant agencies.
(v) Attendees at the bid openings shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitiser, wear mask and observe physical distancing.
(vi) Bids Opening in the presence of observers will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidders who chooses to join the bid opening online.
(vi) Bid documents can also be submitted through post (Courier Services);
(vii) Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
(viii) This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NIGCOMSAT Limited to enter into any form of contract with any company nor shall it entitle responding bidders to seek any indemnity from NIGCOMSAT Limited by virtue of such bidder having responded to the advertisement.
(ix) The Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd is not bound to shortlist any bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time without incurring any liability in accordance with Section 28 of the public Procurement Act 2007.
SIGNED
MANAGEMENT
