DEADLINE: 6TH FEBRUARY, 2023
BAYELSA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ALEIBIRI
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2021-2022 (MERGED) TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND (TETFUND) ANNUAL INTERVENTION
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleiblri Ekeremor, Bayelsa State hereby Invites interested and competent Companies with history of timely delivery of Projects to apply for the 2021-2022 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Merged Annual Intervention.
(2.0) SCOPE OF WORK
Lot Y1: Construction and Furnishing of Academic Building
(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Interested contractors should submit the following 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 of N100 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 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
(g) Sworn Affidavit:
- disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Alebiri Ekeremor, Bayelsa State 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) 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.
(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Unit, Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on evidence of payment of a non- refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (bank draft) in favour of Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Two (2) hard each of both technical and financial Bid documents must be in two different sealed envelopes tagged “Technical Bid” and ’”Financial Bid,” respectively and must be placed in a bigger envelope marked on the top left-hand comer, the project name and Lot No. and addressed to The Rector, Bayelsa State Polytechnic, P.M.B 168, Aleibiri Ekeremor, Bayelsa State. The reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the tamper proof box provided at the Procurement Unit not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 6 February, 2023.
(6.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical Bids shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 6 February, 2023 at the Rector’s Conference Room, Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, in the presence of observers, bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign Bid Submission Register provided in the Procurement Unit as the Polytechnic will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(7.0) NOTE:
(i) All submitted documents shall be referred to relevant agencies for verification
(ii) Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleibiri Ekeremor, reserves the right to reject any or all the submissions if it does not or do not meet with all their requirements specified.
(iii) This advertisement shall not be constructed as a commitment on the part of the establishment nor shall it entitle a bidder to make any claim and/or seek any indemnity from the Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleibiri Ekeremor, Bayelsa State by virtue of such bidder having responded to the advertisement.
(iv) 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-
(v) The Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleibiri Ekeremor, Bayelsa State 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
RECTOR
BAYELSA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ALEIBIRI EKEREMOR, BAYELSA STATE
