Federal College Of Horticulture, Dadin- Kowa, Gombe State- Expression Of Interest For Pre-Qualification For The Implementation Of 2023 Capital Projects (216 Lots)

DEADLINE: 10TH MARCH, 2023
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE, DADIN- KOWA, GOMBE STATE
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2023 CAPITAL PROJECTS

INTRODUCTION
Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe in keeping with its mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, intends to implement the College’s projects in line with the 2023 financial year. The College hereby invites, competent and reputable Contractors and Consultants with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the procurement of the under listed:

CATEGORY ‘W’ WORKS

CATEGORY “C” TRAINING

(1) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2, and CAC7, Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Services;

(b) 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: Works N50 million, Goods & Services N30million;

(c) 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);

(d) 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);

(e) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;

(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, 2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.;

(g) Sworn Affidavit:

-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe 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 -2020, 2021 & 2022:

(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 at Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

(l) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;

(m) Only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the Vehicles;

(n) For Supply of Equipment Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)

(o) Services: Evidence at Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as:

-For Trailing Programmes: Evidence of Firm’s current Registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD).

-ICT Jobs; Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);

-For Construction Management: COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;

(p) Electricity Jobs Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);

(q) 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);

(r) 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.

(2) SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENT-CONSULTANCY SERVICE

Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (EOI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 8 March, 2023.

(3) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS- GOODS

Prospective bidders are to submit prequalification documents for each of the Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Invitation for Prequalification”, and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00noon, Thursday, 9 March, 2023.

(4) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS- WORKS

Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Invitation is Prequalification”, and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00noon, Friday, 10 March, 2023.

(5) OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
To ensure strict compliance with Covid-19 Protocols, the EOI/Prequalification Documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission in the College Hall of Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State in the presence of bidders or their representatives as follows:

Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Provost, as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(6) 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 in-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/EOI 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) In compliance with Covid-19 Protocol and to Avoid Over Crowding, Prospective Bidders Should Send Only One (1) Representative to witness the Bid Opening

(vi) Services Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.

(vii) Good & Works: Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents.

(viii) The Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State is not bond to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Sector 28 of the 2007 Public Procurement ACT.

SIGNED
PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE, DADIN KOWA, GOMBE STATE