Metallurgical Training Institute- Expression Of Interest And Invitation To Tender For 2023 Constituency And Zonal Intervention Projects (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 21ST MARCH & 18TH APRIL, 2023
MINISTRY OF MINES AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT
METALLURGICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
KM 6/7,ONITSHA/OWERRI ROAD, P.M.B 1555,ONITSHA
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2023 CONSTITUENCY AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

A. INTRODUCTION
The Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha is a Federal Government Owned Institute with the mandate to train Low/Middle Level Technical Manpower in Maintenance and Repair works for the Steel and Allied Industries in Nigeria. In compliance with the public procurement Act 2007, the Institute hereby invites reputable and qualified companies to tender for Construction, Procurement and Consultancy services of the following Projects:

B. SCOPE OF WORKS, GOODS & SERVICES
CONSTITUENCY AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS: INVITATION TO TENDER
CATEGORY A: WORKS

C. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name with Form BN1 also is acceptable for Services;
b. Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2020,2021,2022) valid till 31 December 2023 and whose declared Annual turnovers correspond with those in Audited Accounts;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 31 December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50mand above).
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 31/12/2023 or valid certificate issued by Bureau of Public Procurement
g. Sworn Affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha 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;
j. For Training Programmes: Evidence of Firm’s current Registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD);
k. Company’s profile with the Curriculum Vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project and evidence of technical capability of at list five (5) registered professionals namely Architect, Quantity Surveyor, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Civil Engineers including copies of their Academics/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc. (for category A);
l. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
m. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards, Valuation Certificates and job Completion Certificate and photograph of the projects.
n. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with Proof of Ownership/ Lease Agreement;
o. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
p. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the 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.

D. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORYA & B)
Interested and Competent Bidders should collect the Standard Bidding Document (for Goods & Works) from PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, ROOM 6, Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha on evidence of payment of N10,000.00 per Lot non-refundable deposit from Monday to Friday, between 9am-3:00pm respectively by using Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) payment gateway platform that can be accessed from the REMITA Website. Please note that interested firms in Services will not pay at this stage until after shortlisting.

E. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORYA & B)
Completed tender document should be three (3) hard copies each (Marked Original & Copies) for both Technical & Financial Bids of each lot which should be in two separate sealed envelopes clearly marked at the top right corner of each envelope stating the title of the project i.e. TECHANICAL BIDS FOR LOT 1″ & “FINANCIAL BIDS FOR LOT 1” and at the reserve side the name of the company should be boldly written. Both envelopes shall then be put in a larger envelope clearly marked at the top right corner stating the title of the project and addressed to the Director/ Chief Executive, Metallurgical Training Institute, km 6/7 Onitsha – Owerri Road, Onitsha and deposited in the box provided at the Procurement Department of the Institute, Room 6 not later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 18th April, 2023. Late application will be returned unopened. Please make sure you sign Bid Submission Register at Procurement office

F. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DOCUMENTS (CATEGORYC)
The EOI (1 ORGINAL AND 2 DUPLICATE) neatly packaged in sealed envelope, stating EOI shall be submitted on or before 12:00 noon of Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 at the PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, ROOM 6.

G. OPENING OF EOIS
All Eols documents shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon of Tuesday, 21st March, 2023 at the Institute Board Room, Km 6/7, Onitsha /Owerri Road, Onitsha. Late submission will be returned unopened.

H. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS (CATEGORYA & B)
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday 18th April, 2023 in the Institute’s Board Room.
The EOIs/bid opening shall take place in the presence of Bidders or their Representatives, Members of the Public including relevant Professional Bodies, Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations. The above listed organizations are hereby invited to witness the public opening.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIS/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder
b. Arrangement of technical documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paginated. The technical documents 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.
c. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened
d. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots
e. All cost will be borne by the bidders
f. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and bidders can submit through post (Courier Services).
g. Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha reserved the right to verify claims made in the returned tender documents
h. The EOIs/Bids Opening in the presence of observers will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the opening online;
i. Category A & B: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
j. Category C: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.
k. The Metallurgical Training Institute is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any bidders 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:
Director/Chief Executive
Metallurgical Training Institute