Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)- Invitation To Tender For 2022 Capital Projects (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 7TH NOVEMBER, 2022
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)
PLOT NO. 301-302 CADASTRAL ZONE C-O INSTITUTION AND RESEARCH DISTRICT, ABUJA, NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS IN THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS)

(1) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeks to invite tenders from interested Contractors/ Suppliers with cognate experience to submit Technical and Financial Bids for the under-listed projects:

(2) SCOPE OF WORK/SUPPLIES

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To be qualified, interested firms must supply the following verifiable evidence for assessment/consideration:

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company Income’s 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 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 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;

(g) Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 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;

-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) Lot 4: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

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

(o) 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 authorized officer of the firm

(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS:
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the General Office of the Procurement Department 5th Floor, Right Wing, EFCC Head Quarters, Plot No 301-302 Cadastral Zone C-O Institution and Research District, Abuja, Nigeria between 10:30am – 4:00pm (Monday – Friday) on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. The fee should be paid into the Commission’s TSA Account No 0020089361061.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, three (3) 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 Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Plot No 301-302 Cadastral Zone C-O Institution and Research District, Abuja, Nigeria 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 dropped in the designated Tender Box at the Reception of the EFCC Head Quarters Visitors’ Gate not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 7 November, 2022. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register dropped at the gate.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 7 November, 2022 in the Procurement Department 5th Floor, EFCC Head Quarters, Plot No 301- 302 Cadastral Zone C-O Institution and Research District, Abuja, Nigeria in the presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti- Corruption/Transparency, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Procurement Department” on Tel: 09069085850 ore-mail procurement@efccnigeria.org.

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

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

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

(iv) Bidders should not bid for more than (1) Lot;

(v) 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;

(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) Contractors/Suppliers who have worked for the Commission and have history of poor performance, abandonment or prolonged contract execution/extension need not apply, as they will be disqualified.

(viii) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 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.

(ix) Failure to comply with the above requirements shall automatically result in the disqualification of a bidder;

(x) Documents shall be verified and violators shall be referred to investigating authorities.

SIGNED:
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN,
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION