Africa Centre Of Excellence (ACE) OAK Park; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife- Invitation To Tender For The Supply Of Goods, Works And Services (6 Lots)

DEADLINE: 31ST OCTOBER, 2022
AFRICA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (ACE) OAK PARK
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE
CREDIT IDA No.: 6510 – NG
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT, PROCUREMENT OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR POSTGRADUATE LABORATORIES, REPAIRS OF HARDWARE, INTERNET CABLES AND POWER AT ICT INTERNET ACCESS LABORATORIES, PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF DIGITAL DISPLAY SCREEN, RENOVATION OF ICT CENTRE AND CONSTRUCTION OF DESIGN STUDIO

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Africa Centre of Excellence OAK Park, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe through the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Centre and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contracts for the Procurement and installation of Office and Laboratory Equipment Renovation of ICT Centre, Repair of Hardware, Internet Cables and Power at ICT Internet Access Laboratories building and Construction of a Design Studio.

1.2. Obafem Awolowo University of participating in the implementation of Africa Centre of Excellence ACE Impact Project is desirous of awarding contracts for the underlisted projects. Now invites bid for pre qualification and Sender for the projects listed below from eligible and qualified bidders tenderers

(2.0)  SCOPE OF WORK/SUPPLIES

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested bidders are to submit the under-listed verifiable 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: with minimum average annual turnover as stated above;

(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 N 50m 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 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(g) Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Africa Centre of Excellence OAK Park, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe 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 i f winding up petition or proceedings;

-That the company does not have existing 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 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 Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(n) ICT jobs: Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);

(o) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the Lead Partner (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);

(p) 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 company are to collect the Standard Bidding Document between the hours of 8.30am and 4.00pm daily from the Office of the Centre Leader, Africa Centre of Excellence, Impact Project, Telepresence Ante-Room, ICT Centre, Adjacent to the Computer Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife on evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into Obafemi Awolowo University Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Centre Leader, Africa Centre of Excellence Project Office, Telepresence Ante-Room, ICT Centre, adjacent to the Computer Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-Ife, and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and Lot Number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box at the project office stated above not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 31 October, 2022.

Note: Bid Security should be packaged in a separate envelope.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 31 October, 2022, in the Postgraduate Hall ACE Auditorium, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-lfe in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened.

Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of Centre Leader, as Africa Centre of Excellence, Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-lfe will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

For further enquiries, please contact the Centre Leader on gaderoun@oauife.edu.ng

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

(ii) Bids submitted after the dead line for submission will be returned un-opened.

(iii) Bidders must not bid for more than two (2) Lots;

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

(v) 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 bid opening online:

(vi) 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;

(vii) The Africa Centre of Excellence, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 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
THE CENTRE LEADER,
AFRICA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE – IMPACT PROJECT
+234 803 517 7940
gaderoun@oauife.ng, gaderoun@yahoo.com