DEADLINE: 14TH NOVEMBER, 2022
NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL CENTRE, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTRE’S 2022 CAPITAL PROJECT
(1) INTRODUCTION
The National Mathematical Centre hereby invite interested, competent and reputable Contractors with relevant/related experience and good record of accomplishment to submit pre-qualification documents.
(2) SCOPE OF WORKS
Proposed Construction of Perimeter Fence
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All prospective bidders should submit the following documents
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 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 N500 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 National Mathematical Centre 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) 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) SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION
Interested firms are to submit (2) bound (one original and one photocopy) Pre- Qualification documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to
THE DIRECTOR/CE,
National Mathematical, Centre,
Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway,
Sheda-Kwali, Abuja
and clearly marked with (the name of the project). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the Bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box in the Reception of the Administrative Block, National Mathematical Centre, Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway, Sheda-Kwali, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon of Monday, 14 November, 2022.
Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register and collect the bid submission receipt at the point of submission indicated above as the National Mathematical Centre, Abuja will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
For further enquiries, please contact the Deputy Controller Procurement on (08033155373).
(5) OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The submitted documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission of bids at 12:00 noon of Monday, 14 November, 2022.
(6) 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 cost will be borne by the Bidder
(d) 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;
(e) 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.
(f) Arrangement of Technical Documents in hard copies should follow strictly the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The Technical document should have a table of content indicating the pages where their items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the Bidder.
(g) Failure to provide any of the above listed documents will lead to disqualification of the bidder.
(h) The National Mathematical Centre, Abuja is not bound to pre-qualify any Bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time/stage without incurring any liability in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
SIGNED
THE DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE
NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL CENTRE, ABUJA
