National Office For Technology Acquisition And Promotion (NOTAP)- Invitation For Technical Bids For Services And Technical/Financial Bids For Goods (10 Lots)

DEADLINE: 19TH SEPTEMBER & 5TH OCTOBER, 2022
NATIONAL OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION AND PROMOTION (NOTAP)
NO. 4 BLANTYRE STREET, OFF ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA CRESCENT, WUSE II, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL BIDS FOR SERVICES AND TECHNICAL/FINANCIAL BIDS FOR GOODS

(1) INTRODUCTION
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) is a Parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology established by law and charged with the responsibility of Regulating and Monitoring of Technology Transfer into Nigeria and to also Promote Locally Developed Technologies.

In line with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, NOTAP wishes to invite reputable and interested companies to apply for the execution of various jobs in its 2022 Capital Projects as indicated in the Lots below:

(2) SCOPE OF GOODS, WORKS AND SERVICES

CATEGORY A: GOODS

CATEGORY B: CONSULTANCY SERVICES

CATEGORY C: CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Companies should 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. Business Name is also acceptable for Services;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) 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 National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion 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 ICT jobs Evidence of Registration with the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);

(n) For IT Equipment: Letter of Authorisation from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(o) For Training: Evidence of Accreditation by Centre for Management Development;

(p) Lot 4: Only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the Vehicles:

(q) 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 (GOODS& WORKS)
A complete set of bidding document in English language is obtainable from the Procurement Unit at the address stated below with an evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N 10,000.00 per Lot, paid to the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) on Remita Platform at any commercial bank or Online Direct Payment (visit http//www.remita.net.) Please, ensure that you obtain evidence (receipt) of generated Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) of such payment, which must be presented on collection of bid document. Tender documents can be obtained from the Procurement Unit from 9.00am-4.00pm daily from Mondays – Fridays. Please late submission shall be returned un-opened.

The Director General/CEO
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)
4, Blantyre Street, Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja

Kindly note that Firms interested in Services would not pay at this stage until after short-listing.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
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 DG/CEO as stated above and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the above address not later than 12:00noon Wednesday, 5 October, 2022. Late submission will be returned un-opened.

(6) SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS (CONSULTANCY SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the DG/CEO as stated above 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 at the above address not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 19 September, 2022. Late submission will be returned un-opened.

(7) OPENING OF BIDS/EOI
The EOI and the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 19 September, 2022 and 12:00 noon Wednesday, 5 October, 2022, at the address stated above in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register as NOTAP will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(8) GENERAL INFORMATION 
(a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;

(b) EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadlines for submission would be returned un-opened;

(c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;

(d) For EDMS LOT 5: Bidders should note that it is Quality Based and they will be subjected to Due Diligence Expert Review

(e) All costs will be borne by the bidders;

(f) 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;

(g) Goods & Works: 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

(h) Services: Only short-listed firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;

(i) NOTAP is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist 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
MANAGEMENT