Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNNAB)- Invitation To Tender For Projects Execution (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 14TH JUNE, 2023
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA
ALABATA ROAD, P. M. B. 2240, ABEOKUTA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, (FUNAAB) is desirous of undertaking Bids exercise (Technical and Financial) for the under-listed projects as provided for in 2023 Capital Appropriation. Consequently, the University wishes to invite reputable contractors to bid for the following projects:

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested bidders are required to submit two (2) bound tender documents duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined hereunder:

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2023. The minimum average turnover required is N125 million for Lots (1, 2, 3) and N180 million for Lot 4;

(c) Evidence of Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);

(d) Evidence of Current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 or bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);

(e) Evidence of Current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance 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 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 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 and 2022);

(i) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(j) Company 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 in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Interim Payment/Valuation Certificates and Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

(l) Lot 1: Letter of Authorisation from the Original Equipment manufacturers (OEM);

(m) Lots 2, 3, & 4: List of Plants/Equipment with Proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;

(n) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided;

(o) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the Company’s/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) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of Head, Procurement Unit on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) per Lot, paid into the FUNAAB e-collection Account Number 0220217161018 on Remita platform by generating Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) and making the payment through any Commercial Bank. In generating the RRR, always ensure that you select the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta as the Name of MDA and Tender Fees as the Name of Service/Purpose. The evidence of payment shall be submitted with the bidding documents.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid 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 Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun 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 Head, Procurement Unit, not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 14 June, 2023

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 noon Wednesday, 14 June, 2023, at Room A119, Unity Building ‘A’ Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Head, Procurement Unit, Room B 203, Unity Building ‘B’ Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head, Procurement Unit on e-mail procurement@funaab.edu.ng.

(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bid must be in English Language and must be signed by an official authorised by the bidder.

(b) Bid submitted after the deadline for submission will be return un-opened;

(c) Bidder should not bid for more than two (2) Lots, contravention is automatic dis-qualification;

(d) All costs will be borne by the bidders;

(e) Only the 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;

(f) The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul Procurement Process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

Signed
Bola Adekola, Ph.D. FCID, FCIA
Registrar