Federal College Of Education, Abeokuta- Invitation To Tender For The Construction Of Roads And Buildings On 2022 Capital Projects And 2022 TETFund Sponsored Annual Intervention Projects (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABEOKUTA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BUILDINGS ON 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 2022 TETFUND SPONSORED ANNUAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Abeokuta intends to execute some Federal Government Sponsored Projects. The Management is desirous to acquire some construction projects in the current fiscal year to enhance Teaching & Learning towards the realization of the set goals.

In view of the above, the College is inviting interested, experienced, competent and reputable Contractors to tender for the under listed projects:

(2) SCOPE OF WORKS
The under listed projects in Lots under Capital and Tetfund Sponsorship are open for tender:

(A) 2022 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CAPITAL PROJECTS

(A) 2022 TETFUND SPONSORED ANNUAL INTERVENTION PROJECT

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(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;

(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 Federal College of Education, Abeokuta 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) 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);

(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.

Note: Arrangement of the technical documents in hard & soft copies should follow the order in the list above, appropriately paged and duly signed on every page.

(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of the Director, Procurement Unit between the hours of 10:00am – 3pm daily upon presentation of authenticated payment details of the non-refundable tender fee of N 10,000.00 only per Lot, paid into the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta’s Remita Account and receipt obtained from the College’s Bursar.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS
The completed “TECHNICAL” and “FINANCIAL” bid along with softcopy of Financial Bid only in MS Excel format must be neatly packaged separately in a sealed envelope each and to be clearly marked TECHNICAL” or “FINANCIAL” bid appropriately and the two (2) envelopes should now be put in the third (3rd) envelope with the LOT NUMBER, Description of Project/Project Title, “CONTRACTOR” boldly indicated, and the Company name boldly and clearly written on the back of the third (3rd) envelope and addressed to:

The Provost,
Federal College of Education,
P.M.B. 2096, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The envelope containing the bid documents should be dropped into the tender box at the Directorate of Procurement (Provost’s Office) of the College not later than 12:00 noon of Monday, 12 December, 2022.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission of bids at 12:00 noon Monday, 12 December, 2022. The venue of bid opening is Kunle Filani Academic Theatre, FCE Abeokuta, Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Director, Directorate of Procurement, FCE Abeokuta, as the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta will not be held liable for misplacement or wrongly submitted bids.

(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) Incorrect address or labelling of submitted bids shall be rejected.

(ii) All unsigned bids shall be rejected.

(iii) Documents must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the Company;

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

(v) Bidders should not bid for more than One (1) Lot under 2022 Capital Projects, contravention is automatic disqualification.

(vi) This advertisement of invitation to tender shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of FCE, Abeokuta nor shall it entitle any company to make any claim whatsoever or compensation having responded to this advertisement.

(vii) All expenses associated with this exercise shall be borne solely by the prospective company.

(viii) Only Pre-qualified bidders at the technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for opening of financial bids, while unsuccessful bidders will have their financial bids returned un-opened.

(ix) The documents submitted should have a table of content indicating the pages the items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.

(x) 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 a bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online.

(xi) 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.

(xii) FCE Abeokuta is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement Process at any time without incurring liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.

SIGNED: DR. R.A. SOYELE
PROVOST