University College Hospital Ibadan (UCH)- Invitation To Pre-qualify And Tender For 2022 Capital Projects (7 Lots)

DEADLINE: 5TH OCTOBER, 2022
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, IBADAN, NIGERIA
INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFY AND TENDER FOR 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS

(1) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) The University College Hospital, Ibadan is to provide Achievable, Realistic and Sustainable projects that will be beneficial to both patients and members of staff in providing excellent service delivery.

(1.2) The University College Hospital, Ibadan hereby invites interested, competent and reputable contractors with relevant experience and good track records to make submissions for pre-qualification and tender for the under-listed projects:

(2) SCOPE OF WORKS

Projects listed above will be subjected to Due Process mechanism, which would be transparent to all interested and eligible bidders who wish to participate.

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested companies are requested to submit the following documents/information with verifiable evidences for assessment/consideration:

(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; with minimum average annual turnover of N150 million;

(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 University College Hospital, Ibadan 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) Works: 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) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the office of the Assistant Director (Procurement) 2nd Floor, Mortuary Building on evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten thousand naira only) per Lot, paid into the UCH TSA REMITA ACCOUNT in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. The teller for this payment should be converted to the Hospital’s receipt at the Finance & Accounts Department of the Hospital. Photocopy of the receipt should be attached to the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD).

(5) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the LOT, two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial Bid with soft copy of the Financial Bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in a sealed envelope and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”.

Thereafter, put the two (2) sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelopes and should be addressed to; The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria and clearly marked with (the name of project and the Lot number) e.g. LOT 1 Construction and Equipping of Fire Station.

Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelopes would bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the office of the Assistant Director, Procurement (University College Hospital, Ibadan) not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 5 October, 2022.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Wednesday, 5 October, 2022, in the Omolade Alade Hall of the School of Nursing, UCH, Ibadan in the presence of bidders or their representative, while the Financial Bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the bid Submission; Register in the office of Assistant Director, Procurement Department, University College Hospital, Ibadan as the University College Hospital, Ibadan will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Assistant Director, Procurement Department” on e-mail oyekunle.oyedele@uch-ibadan.org.ng

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

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

(c) All costs will be borne by the bidder;

(d) This advertisement for invitation shall neither be constructed as a commitment on the part of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, nor shall it entitle any contractor to make any claim whatsoever and /or seek any indemnity form the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

(e) 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 choose to join the bid opening online;

(f) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later j date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;

(g) The University College Hospital, Ibadan 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:
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PROCUREMENT)
FOR: CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR