Federal College Of Fisheries And Marine Technology (FCFMT), Lagos- Invitation To Tender For Goods/Works Projects And Expression Of Interest (EOI) For Consultancy Services For 2023 Capital Projects (89 Lots)

DEADLINE: 20TH MARCH & 17TH APRIL, 2023
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FISHERIES AND MARINE TECHNOLOGY (FCFMT), LAGOS
WILMOT POINT ROAD, P.M.B. 80063, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA, COLLEGE
E-MAIL: info@fcfmt.edu.ng
WEBSITE: www.fcfmt.edu.ng
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR GOODS/WORKS PROJECTS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR 2023 CAPITAL PROJECTS

(1.0) INTRODUCTION

(1.1) The Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Victoria Island, Lagos is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(1.2) The College wishes to invite interested, competent, and reputable contractors with relevant experience and good track records of related projects and services to tender for the following 2023 Capital Projects:

(2.0) SCOPE

CATEGORY A: WORKS

CATEGORY B: GOODS

CATEGORY C: CONSULTANCY SERVICES:

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Interested and competent service providers/Consultants wishing to carry out any of the projects listed are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Bids/EOI. Failure to fulfil any of the under-listed requirements will render the bid disqualified.

(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7. Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy services.

(ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance of all the Partners in case of business name) for the last three (3) years (2020, 2021 and 2022) valid till 31st December, 2023.

(iii) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 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.

(v) Evidence of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2023.

(vi) Evidence of Registration with the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and service providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 30/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by Bureau of Public Procurement.

(vii) Sworn affidavit:

-Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology 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 criminal offence or falsification of facts relating to any matter;

-that the company is not in any receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or subject of any form winding up petition or proceedings;

-that the Company does not have existing or financial liability with a bank, or other financial liability with a bank, or other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has outstanding for the last four (4) months;

(viii) Company Audited Statement of Accounts for the last three [3] years (2020, 2021 and 2022) duly acknowledged by 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 profile with the curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project including copies of their academic/professional qualifications (COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.)

(xi) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the Five (5) years including Letters of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects.

(xii) Work: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/Lease.

(xiii) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(xiv) Electricity jobs: Evidence of current License issued by Nigeria Electricity Management Services Agencies (NEMSA);

(xv) For Services: Evidence of firm’s registration with relevant professional body(ies) such as Centre for Management Development for Training;

(xvi) Only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)

(xvii) 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 authorized officer of the firm.

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (Goods& Works)

Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Department on the ground floor of the Administrative building, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Victoria Island, Lagos on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000 (Ten thousand naira only) per Lot, paid into Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (Goods & Works)

Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bids only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid’- or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to The Head of Procurement, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, 2, Wilmot Point Road, Off Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos 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 Procurement Department not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 17 April, 2023

(6.0) SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS

Interested firms are to submit two (2) bond of Expression of Interest (EOI) separately by divers and arranged as indicated above. The Document should be submitted in sealed envelopes and addressed as indicated above and clearly marked (with the name of the project and lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box in the Procurement Department not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 20 March, 2023.

(7.0) OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS

The Expression of Interest (EOI) documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 20 March, 2023 in the College’s Meeting Room.

Only the technical bids will also be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 17 April, 2023, in the College’s Meeting Room in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in Procurement Office as The Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head, Procurement Department on chuksosamor01@yahoo.com.

(8.0) 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 the submission would be returned un-opened.

(iii) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots.

(iv) All costs will be borne by bidders.

(v) The EOI/Bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and Professional bodies and covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the opening online.

(vi) Arrangement of Technical Documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged.

(vii) Goods & Works: 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;

(viii) Services: Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposal.

(ix) The Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos 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 accordant with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.

SIGNED:
PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FISHERIES AND MARINE TECHNOLOGY, LAGOS STATE