Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos State- Invitation To Tender/Expression Of Interest For Year 2023 Capital Projects

DEADLINE: 3RD & 15TH MAY, 2023
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, EBUTE-METTA, LAGOS
INVITATION TO TENDER/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR YEAR 2023 CAPITAL PROJECTS

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos in implementing her year 2023 Capital Projects hereby invites all interested qualified and reputable Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers with relevant experience to tender and submit bids and Expression of Interest (EOI) for the following under-listed projects:

(2.0) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS
CATEGORY A: GOODS

CATEGORY B: WORKS

CATEGORY C: CONSULTANCY SERVICES

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Contractors/Companies are required to submit the following documents in sequential order as listed below.

(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 BN 1 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;

(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 Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos 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 of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

(l) Services: Evidence of current Practice Licence issued by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and accreditation by the Centre for Management Development (CMD)

(m) 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.

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Interested Companies are to collect Bidding Documents at the Procurement Department of the Hospital on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000:00 per Lot, paid into the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos’ Remita Account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
(i) Prospective Bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of Technical and Financial Bids which are to be Separately & Individually Sealed with wax envelopes and clearly marked “Original” & “Copy” and thereafter put together in a bigger sealed envelope indicating lot/project number, title, name and address of the Bidder at the top left comer of the envelope with bidders GSM (reachable) Number(s) and email address(es);

(ii) Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register as the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute -Metta will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids;

(iii) The envelopes should be addressed to THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, EBUTE-METTA, LAGOS and dropped in the Tender Box located in the office of the HEAD OF PROCUREMENT, not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 15 May, 2023.

(6.0) SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DOCUMENT (CATEGORY C)
(i) Prospective Bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the EOI which are to be packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “Original” & “Copy” and thereafter put together in a bigger sealed envelope indicating lot/project number, title, name and address of the Bidder at the top left corner of the envelope with bidders GSM (reachable) Number(s) and email address(es);

(ii) Please, ensure that you sign the EOI Submission Register as the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute -Metta will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids;

(iii) The envelopes should be addressed to THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, EBUTE-METTA, LAGOS and dropped in the Tender Box located in the office of the HEAD OF PROCUREMENT, not later than 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

(7.0) OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
(i) The EOI/Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 3 May, 2023 and 12:00 noon, Monday, 15 May, 2023, respectively, in the Seminar Room, Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

(ii) All Tenderers, Civil Society Organisation and interested stakeholders are invited to the EOI/bid opening.

(8.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) EOI/Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.

(ii) Late submission will be returned un-opened;

(iii) All costs incurred in responding to this advertisement shall be borne solely by bidders;

(iv) The EOI/Technical Bids Opening will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;

(v) 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 unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened

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

(vii) This advertisement for invitation shall neither be construed as a commitment on the part of Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos nor shall it entitle any contractor to make any claim whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from FMC, EB. Lagos;

(viii) The Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any bidder 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
HEAD OF PROCUREMENT
FOR: MEDICAL DIRECTOR