DEADLINE: 2ND MARCH, 2023
NIGERIAN STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
KM 3, ASA DAM ROAD, PMB 1489, ILORIN, KWARA STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND WORKS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR SERVICE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2023 CAPITAL AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute is a Federal Government Parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with Mandate into Post Harvest Storage Research of farm produce and animal products.
(2.0) SCOPE OF PROJECT
The Institute intends to carry out procurement activities under the 2023 Budget Appropriation Act. The 2023 Capital and Zonal Intervention Budget of the Institute covers operations in Goods, Works and Services respectively, and which requires provision of Equipment; Fabrication; Facilities; rendering Research Services; Training; Empowerment; Value Addition; and also construction activities to be executed in the Headquarters and Zonal offices. These various activities are grouped into lots under Works, Goods and Services. The Scope of the projects includes:
(A) WORKS (CAPITAL PROJECT)
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE 1 AQ1 Completion and Furnishing of Administrative Building at the Headquarters-Ilorin and Zonal Offices 2 AQ2 Rehabilitation of Ibadan Zonal Office 3 AQ3 Provision of Accredited Laboratory for Food Quality Control at Ilorin, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt Offices 4 AQ4 Replacement of Obsolete Equipment in Chemistry, Microbiology, Entomology and Food Science Laboratories 5 A5 Construction and Installation of Solar Street Light in Akko Lga, Gombe Central Senatorial District. 6 A6 Construction and Installation of Solar Street Light in Yamaltu/Deba Lga, Gombe Central Senatorial District. 7 A7 Construction and Installation of Solar Street Light Some Selected Areas of Gombe Central Senatorial District. 8 A8 Provision of Solar Street Light at Ngarkeje, Mubi North Lga 9 A9 Installation of Solar Street Lights and Accessories to Wards in Goza, Chibok of Borno State 10 A10 Ongoing Construction of Road in UMB, SII-Chik, Adamawa State 11 A11 Construction of Solar Powered Boreholes in Badan, Tundun Wada, Shiroro UMB, Niger State 12 A12 Construction of Ultra-Modern Aquatic Market with Solar Street Lights and Landscaping in Briyel Ward in BS Phase 2 13 A13 Construction of Tasha All in One Solar Street Light in Chikila, Adamawa State 14 A14 Construction of Tasha All in One Solar Street Light in Silinkasa, Adamawa State 15 A15 Construction of Tasha All in One Solar Street Light in Lokoro, Adamawa State 16 A16 Supply and Installation of Solar Street Lights Across Cities of Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency, Benue State 17 A17 Construction of a Block of 2 Classrooms at Ife College of Education, Abejukolo, Omala Lga, Kogi State 18 A18 Installation of Solar Street Light to (15) Wards of Maiduguri Metropolitan Fed. Const. Borno State 19 A19 Construction, Provision and Installation of All-in-One Solar Panel Across Selected Lgas in Adamawa State 20 A20 Construction and Installation of All -in-One Solar Panel Across Some Lgas in North East Zone 21 A21 Construction of Solar Street Light in Bodai/Kirri and Bobini 22 A22 Construction of Solar Street Lights in Minna, Niger State. 23 A23 Installation of Solar Street Lights for Floods in Nanz South East Geo-Political Zone
(B) GOODS (CAPITAL PROJECT)
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE 24 BQ1 Purchase of Chemicals and Reagents Ongoing 25 BQ2 Procurement of Books and Journals with ICT Facilities in NSPRI Zonal Offices 26 B3 Supply of Computer Sets in Adamawa South Senatorial District, Adamawa State. 27 B4 Supply of Fertilizer to Farmers in Adamawa State 28 B5 Provision of Empowerment Items (Tricycles and Motorcycles) to Keffi, Nasarawa State 29 B6 Supply of Tricycles to Youths in Adamawa State. All in Lot B6- A, B, C, D & E 30 B7 Supply of Agricultural Inputs and Hand Tilers to Farmers in Damboa, Borno State. All in Lot B7 -A, B & C 31 B8 Supply of Empowerment Materials for the Provision of Deep Freezers, Gen Sets to Zuru, Danko, Wasagu, Sakaba and Fakai, Kebbi State. All in Lot B8 -A, B & C 32 B9 Supply of Agriculture Inputs to Farmers in Gwer -East & Gwer- West Lga’s of Benue State. 33 B10 Supply of Fertilizers to Farmers in Selected Lgas in Borno State 34 B11 Supply of Grains to Farmers in Jfalu Guyuk Adamawa State 35 B12 Supply of Computer Laptops for Women and Youths Empowerment in Maiduguri Metropolitan Fed. Constituency, Borno State 36 B13 Supply of Fertilizer to Selected Communities in Aleiro/ Gwandu/Jega Fed. Constituency, Kebbi State 37 B14 Provision of Pumping Machines to Selected Farmers and Solar Street Light in Various Communities of Shanono/ Bagwai Fed. Const. Kano State 38 B15 Provision of Irrigation Pumping Machines, Manual Sprayers, Lawn Care Equipment, Chemical Gloves and Pesticide Chemical in Niger East Senatorial District. All in Lot B15 -A & B 39 B16 Supply of Assorted Food Items for IDPs Across Maiduguri Metropolitan Federal Constituency all in Lot B16-A, B & C
(C) SERVICES (CAPITAL PROJECT)
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE 40 C1 Skill Acquisition for Corp Members on Value Addition to Agricultural Commodities 41 C2 ICT Training and Empowerment of Youth and Women with 180 Units Laptops in Ilorin East/Ilorin South Federal Constituency, Kwara State 42 C3 Training and Empowerment of Youth with 40 Units Mini Bus and 15 Units Cars in Ilorin East/Ilorin South Federal Constituency, Kwara State. All in Lot C3 -A & B 43 C4 Strategic Empowerment of Grants for Rural Farmers in Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency, Ogun State 44 C5 Training and Empowerment of Youth and Women on Agricultural Production for Self- Reliance in Aliero/ Gwandu/ Jega Federal Constituency, Kebbi State 45 C6 Skill Acquisition Training in the Application of Nano Technologies for Mitigation of Post- Harvest Losses in Grains, Tubers and Vegetables for Farmers in Akpabuyo Lga, CRS .
(D) WORKS (ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECT ZIP)
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE 46 D1 Construction of Emir Guest House Some Building in Fika Lga Yobe State. 47 D2 Supply and Installation of all in One Solar Street Light in Ihe, Achara, Lokpa NTA and Lokpa Ukwu in Abia State 48 D3 Supply and Installation of all in One Solar Street Light in Ahaba, Amaiyi, Ndaato, Lomara, Umuada in Abia State 49 D4 Construction and Installation of all in One Solar Street Light in Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency Kwara State 50 D5 Erosion Control and Construction of Forest Road Catchment Close Ilorin
(E) GOODS (ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECT ZIP)
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE 51 E1 Strategic Empowerment in Agwara/Borgu Federal Constituency, all in Lot E1-A & B
(F) SERVICES (ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECT ZIP)
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE 52 F1 Training and Empowerment of Youths and Women with 150 Units of Deep Freezers, 150 Unit of Sewing, 150 Units of Industrial Sewing Machine, 250 Units of Generator Sets in Ilorin East and Ilorin South Federal Constituency Kwara State all in Lot F1 A & B 53 F2 Training and Empowerment of Women & Youths in Isuikwuato/Ummunneochi all in Lot F2 A & B
NOTE: You are please to Indicate Clearly the Particular lot you are bidding especially in the Area of Multiple Units.
(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents:
(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name is also acceptable in case of Services;
(ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2023; with minimum average annual turnover of N50 million for Works, and N30 million for Goods & Services;
(iii) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
(iv) Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (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);
(v) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;
(vi) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
(vii) Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute 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;
(viii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2019, 2020 & 2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
(ix) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
(x) Company’s profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/ Professional qualifications;
(xi) Consultancy Service: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with the relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as accreditation issued by Centre for Management Development (CMD) for Training Services;
(xii) Electricity jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
(xiii) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
(xiv) Verifiable document evidence of at least three (3) years similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificate and Photographs of the Projects.
(xv) 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 Letter Head Paper must bear Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER
Interested bidders are to collect the Standard Bids Documents (SBD) from the procurement unit of the Institute, KM 3, Asa Dam Road, Ilorin between the working hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm daily on payment of non-refundable Tender fee of N 10,000.00 per Lot. Payable to Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute through Remita platform of Federal Government of Nigeria; 021505000100 with GIFMIS code; 1000256976. And if there is any error in the process of generating Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) number, contact the Account Department of the Institute.
(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER/BIDS DOCUMENTS
(5.1) Prospective bidders shall submit completed Financial and Technical bids in 2 separate envelopes and clearly marked as; “Technical bid” and “Financial bid” respectively with company name and address indicated at the back of each of the envelope. The two envelope bids should be enclosed in one big sealed envelope and marked as “Technical and Financial Bids” clearly stating the project Title and the Lot Number and addressed to The Executive Director, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) Km3, Asa Dam Road, Ilorin Kwara state.
(5.2) And drop the envelope into the designated Tender Box at the Procurement unit of the Institute during working hours and not later than 12:00 noon Thursday, 2 March, 2023.
(6.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Thursday, 2 March, 2023, at Olori Adesida Hall, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, in the presence of Observers, bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in-the Procurement unit, as the Institute will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(7.0) 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 cost will be borne by the bidders;
(iv) Arrangement of Technical Documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical document should have a table of content indicating the pages, which these items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.
(v) 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;
(vi) Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) 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:
HEAD OF PROCUREMENT,
NIGERIAN STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NSPRI)
