Federal Radio Corporation Of Nigeria (FRCN)- Invitation To Tender For Projects Under Special Intervention For Coverage Of 2023 General Elections (6 Lots)

DEADLINE: 5TH OCTOBER, 2022
FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA, FRCN (RADIO HOUSE)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS UNDER SPECIAL INTERVENTION FOR COVERAGE OF 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, invites interested reputable companies, with relevant experience to tender for the procurement of the following, under special intervention for coverage of the 2023 general elections:

2.0 SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF BROADCAST EQUIPMENT

3.0 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;
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 31/12/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
g. Sworn Affidavit:
disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria 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,
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 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. 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.

4.0 COLLECTION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect bid documents from office of the Secretary, Parastatal Tenders’ Board Room 19, 2nd Floor, Radio House) upon payment of non-refundable fee of N10, 000 = (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, payable to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (Headquarters) through REMITA platform at any Commercial Bank in Nigeria. Evidence of such payment is to be presented at the point of collection of the bid documents, between 9.00am and 4.00 pm Mondays to Fridays.

5.0 SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, 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”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Director-General, FRCN, Radio House and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the Secretary, FRCN Tender’s Board, Radio House, Garki – Abuja not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 5th October, 2022

6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical Bids will be publicly opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Wednesday, 5th October, 2022, in the presence of bidders or their representatives at the Corporation’s Conference Room. This advertisement also serves as an invitation to all stakeholders and the general public to the bids’ opening.

7.0 PLEASE NOTE
i. All expenses incurred in the preparation and submission of any response to this invitation shall be borne solely by the interested participating company.
ii. FRCN reserves the right to verify claims made by any bidder.
iii. FRCN is not obliged to accept the lowest cost bid. iv. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of FRCN to contract any company, nor shall it entitle any company submitting documents to claim any indemnity.
v. All submissions must be made in English language.
vi. 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;
vii. Only pre-qualified bidders at Technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened, and
viii. FRCN 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:
Director General, FRCN