Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, Delta State- Invitation To Tender For Year 2022 TETFUND Annual Intervention (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 13TH OCTOBER, 2022
DENNIS OSADEBE UNIVERSITYANWAI, ASABA, DELTA STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2022 TETFUND ANNUAL INTERVENTION

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, Delta State, is a beneficiary of the Year 2022 TETFUND ANNUAL INTERVENTION from Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Accordingly, experienced and competent contractors/suppliers are hereby invited to submit technical and financial bids for the project listed below:

(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022;

(c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022;

(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022

(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 31/1/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(g) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, 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;

(h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2019, 2020, 2021;

(i) Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of 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 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;

(i) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease (where applicable);

(m) 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.

(3) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS:
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD)/Bill of Quantities from the office of the Registrar, commencing from the date of publication (Monday, 5th September, 2022) of this advert.

(4) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS:
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the above Lots in 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”. A bank draft of N10, 000 (Ten Thousand Naira), drawn in the name of Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, should be enclosed in the Financial Bid document. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger sealed envelope, addressed to office of the Registrar, Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, and clearly marked with YEAR 2022 TETFUND ANNUAL INTERVENTION, ACCORDINGLY.

Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and submitted at the office of the Registrar not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, 13 October, 2022.

(5) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened at 12:00 noon on Thursday, 13 October, 2022, in the conference room of the University, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Thereafter, the financial bids documents of only successfully pre-qualified bidders will be opened while the sealed financial bids documents of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to their owners immediately. All bidders or their representatives, relevant professionals, TETFUND and NGOs are invited to witness the public bid opening exercise accordingly. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Registrar, as the Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(6) GENERAL INFORMATION
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;

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 will be returned un-opened;

The Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba, Delta State 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
REGISTRAR