Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha- Expression Of Interest And Invitation To Tender For 2023 Constituency And Zonal Intervention Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 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 the following Projects:

B. SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLY

C. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7.
b. Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate 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 N50m and 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

a. 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;

g. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2020, 2021 & 2022;
h. Reference letter from a reputable Commercial bank in Nigeria indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project;
i. Company’s profile with the Curriculum Vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project including copies of their Academic/Professional qualification such as COREN, CORBON, ARCON etc.
j. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
k. 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.
l. Works: List of Plants /Equipment with Proof of Ownership/ Lease Agreement;
m. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
n. 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
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 using Metallurgical Training Institute Gifmis Code:0233006001.

E. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
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. Please make sure you sign Bid Submission Register at Procurement office

F. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
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 bid opening shall take place in the presence of Bidders or their Representatives, Members of the Public including relevant Private Professional Bodies, Civil Society Organizations in the arears of Anti- Corruption and Transparency. The above listed organizations are hereby invited to witness the public opening.

G. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. 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, where these items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.
c. 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 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. 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. The Metallurgical Training Institute is not bound to pre-qualify 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, Onitsha