DEADLINE: 24TH JANUARY, 2023
ZAMFARA STATE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSAU GREEN ECONOMIC CITY (GGEC) PROJECT
In a quest to revive the economic activities and bring about sustainable and economic development in the state, the Executive Governor of Zamfara State. His Excellency, Dr. Bello M. Mohammed MON, FSESN (Shattiman Sokoto), has approved the development of the state of the art “Gusau Green Economic City” in Gusau the Zamfara State capital.
The Project is unequivocally going to make Gusau a destination for economic tourism especially on its renowned livestock market and Mining in Nigeria. The Project also aimed to enhance and house various economic activities with the prospect of creating and boosting job opportunities for the teeming youths, wealth creation and as well a center for trade and investment attraction, with both local and foreign investors as target partners in the state. That will not only bring Zamfara State to limelight, but also make it an economic hub to boast about. The relative significant value of this initiative can be easily put as below.
(i) The incorporation of locals by prospective foreign investors will widely curb the menace of unemployment among the youth, hence, resulting to a proper manifestation of their resourcefulness and utilizing and benefiting from their true capacity and potentials and at the same time engaging them to be self-reliant.
(ii) It will help a great deal in augmenting the state’s internally Generated Revenue (IGR) through its popular livestock and mining business.
(iii) It will aid in the rapid economic recovery from the damages and havoc perpetrated by the banditry, thereby making infrastructural development more feasible. Among other associated factors.
(iv) It will he an array of motivated, talented, and ambitious individuals, whereby the government will harness their potentials and foster career, skills, and human development.
It is in this view, that in line with the Zamfara State Guideline for Public Procurement that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry which is the coordinating ministry under the leadership of the Hon Commissioner, Hon. Yazeed Shehu Umar call on all interested contractors to bid project:
Lot Name:
Development of Gusau Green Economic City (GGEC) Project
Project Description:
The project is a construction of comprehensive Gusau Green Economic City featuring Nine (9) Independent Districts with the central ecosystem of economic activities interconnected with all associated infrastructure and amenities including fencing and gate houses, water boreholes and distribution, electricity Supply and network, roads and drainages, parking provisions, green park and recreational facilities, Mosque, Police Station, Filling Station, Fire Station, Dumping site. Central Utility house and Food Court.
The Nine (9) independent districts include the following:
(1) Market District with lock off shops, open stalls, and Outlets.
(2) Gusau Gold Souk District for gold and mining related businesses.
(3) Farmers District comprising of dry food, vegetable shops and farmers’ market.
(4) Livestock District comprising of animal market with Abattoir and Cold House.
(5) Industrial District with warehouses and provision for factory development.
(6) Automotive District with Trailer Park for heavy duty transports Parks and Mechanic Villages.
(7) Central District with Administrative Block and skills acquisition centers.
(8) Medical District with clinic and pharmaceutical stores.
(9) Commercial District with Banking Halls and ATM Points .
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Zamfara State Secretariat, Gusau.
Bidders must satisfy major requirements in addition to those contained in the standard bidding documents as below.
- Evidence of Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) of Nigeria.
- Registration with Zamfara BPP.
- Evidence of VAT Registration and 3-years Tax Clearance Certificate.
- Evidence of current PenCom Certificate.
- Evidence of ITF Compliance Certificate.
- Evidence of NSITF Compliance Certificate.
- Audited Accounts for three (3) years.
- Evidence of SCUML Registration
A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested eligible bidders/vendors upon payment of nonrefundable fees of Fifty Thousand naira Only (N50,000.00). Bids must be delivered to Zamfara State Ministry of Commerce and Industry within two weeks of this publication, (24 January, 2023).
Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives at Zamfara State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Gusau by 12:00 noon on the same day.
Note: The specifications above are general. More detailed specifications will be provided in our bidding documents. This advertisement for tender shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of the client no shall it entitles the bidder vendor to seek any indemnity from the State Government by virtue of hiving responded to this advertisement.
SIGNED
HON YAZEED SHEHU UMAR
HON. COMMISSIONER, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
