National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)-  Invitation To Tender For The 2022 Capital And Zonal Intervention Constituency (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 17TH OCTOBER, 2022
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (NWRI)
MANDO ROAD, P. M. B. 2309, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE 2022 CAPITAL AND ZONAL INTERVENTION CONSTITUENCY

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The National Water Resource Institute in furtherance to its statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of Works/Goods under its Y2022 Capital Appropriation in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007

1.2 The Institute therefore invites all experienced and competent contractors, suppliers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects:

2.0 SCOPE OF GOODS/WORKS
2.1 The scope of Works/Goods/Services for the projects earmarked for execution is tabulated as follows:

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents in their Technical Bids:
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
ii. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022; with minimum average annual turnover of N30 million;
iii. 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):
iv. 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 tumover is N50m 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 31/12/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
vii. Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Water Resource Institute 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:
viii. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2019, 2020 & 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 COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;
xi. 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;
xii. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement:
xiii. For Supply of Equipment Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
xiv. 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 & Swom Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner)
xv. 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.
Note: that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the sequence order as listed in i – xv above.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
4.1 Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of the Head of Procurement, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna on evidence of payment of a nonrefundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot paid into the National Water Resource Institute’s Remita Account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
5.1 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 Executive Director, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna 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 should be deposited in the Tender Box at NWRI, Mando Kaduna, not later than 12.00 noon on Monday, 17th October, 2022

6.0 OPENING OF BIDS DOCUMENTS
6.1 The technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 17th October, 2022 at the NWRI Board Room in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the submission register as the Institute will be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submission of bids. For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 10.00a.m to 3.00p.m (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address: National Water Resource Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
ii. Bidder should not bid for more than two (2) Lots.
iii. Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened.
iv. 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;
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
vi. All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Institute will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to their invitation;
vii. Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.
viii. The NWRI 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.

PROF. E. A. ADANU
Director General