DEADLINE: 24TH OCTOBER, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL)
P.M.B 11, OMOKU RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers State hereby invites interested and competent companies with history of timely delivery of Projects to tender for 2020/2021 merged TETFund library Intervention Projects:
(2) SCOPE OF WORKS
LOT NO. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Lot 1 Procurement of Library Books and Journals Lot 2 Procurement of Library Furniture Lot 3 Procurement of Library Equipment
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested contractors are required to submit the following documents:
(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:
(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 at 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 Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers 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 misting 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) Lots 2, 4, 3: Letter of Authorisation as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
(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.
(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
All interested bidders are to:
(i) Pay a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000 into the FCE (T) Omoku’s Remits Account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria;
(ii) Collect tender document from the Procurement Unit of the College on presentation of the payment receipt for non-refundable tender fee
(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Completed Technical and Financial Bids should be submitted in two different seated envelopes and labelled Technical Bid and “Financial Bid” respectively with the company name indicated at the back of the envelope. The two envelopes should be enclosed in a larger envelope and marked (Technical and Financial) and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Education (Technical), P.MB 11, Omoku. The envelope should be duly marked with the relevant lot Number on the top right hand corner. The bids should be dropped in the Tender Box at the front of the Procurement Office not later than 12:00noon, Monday, 24 October, 2022. Bidders are to ensure that they also sign all pages of the Bidding document.
(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00Noon. Monday 24 October, 2022, in the College Theatre Lecture Hall, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kepi un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(7) NOTES:
(i) All submitted documents shall be referred to relevant agencies for verification
(ii) FCE(T) Omoku reserves the right to disqualify any or all the submissions if it does not meet with all the requirements specified.
(iii) This advertisement shall not be constructed as a commitment on the part of the establishment nor shall if entitle a bidder to make any claim and/or seek any indemnity from the Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku by virtue of such bidder having responded to the advertisement.
(iv) 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;
(v) 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; and
(vi) The FCE (T) Omoku 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
PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL)
OMOKU, RIVERS STATE.
