Industrial Training Fund (ITF)- Invitation For Pre-Qualification For Contracts Of Works, Goods And Services For 2023 Budget Implementation (14 Lots)

DEADLINE: 16TH MAY, 2023
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF)
MIANGO ROAD, JOS, PLATEAU STATE
www.itf.gov.ng
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR CONTRACTS OF WORKS, GOODS AND SERVICES FOR 2023 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) is a Parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment with the mandate of manpower training and development in the public and private sector of the economy with a view to providing a pool of indigenous trained manpower to meet the needs of the Nigerian economy and regulating training standards.

The ITF wishes to solicit for applications from experienced and competent Suppliers/Contractors/Service Providers with cognate experience in Lots listed under 2.0 below wishing to do business with the Fund to pre-qualify their company to enable them participate in Financial bid for contracts of Works, Goods and Services for 2023 Budget implementation.

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS /SUPPLY
Interested Suppliers, Contractors and Service Providers should submit application separately in not more than two (2) Lots as follows:

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(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 Training Services;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Training Services) 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 31/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

(g) Sworn Affidavit:

-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Industrial Training Fund 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;

(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 (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

(l) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;

(m) Only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for Lot 6;

(n) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturers;

(o) For Training Programmes: Evidence of Firm’s current accreditation issued by the Centre for Management Development (CMD);

(p) Evidence of Firm’s current registration with Environmental Health Officers Registration Council (EHORECON)

(q) Lot 14: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC);

(r) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner)

(s) 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) SUBMISSION OF PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND EOI
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents/Expression of Interest for each of the Lot desired; hard copy of the technical bid or EOI packaged in sealed envelope and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “EOI”; and addressed to The Director-General/Chief Executive, Industrial Training Fund and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of the sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the Headquarters Complex Building Reception not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday, 16 May, 2023.

Note: EOI should be submitted for Lot 9, while all other Lot is Technical bid.

(5.0) OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS/EOI
The technical bids/EOI will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon Tuesday, 16 May, 2023 in the ITF Headquarters, Yakubu Gowon Auditorium Building, Jos, Plateau State. For further enquiries, please contact the Director, Procurement Department on e-mail: procurement@itf.gov.ng

(6.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;

(b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;

(c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots Companies that violates this will be automatically disqualified;

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

(e) All Lots except Lot 9: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;

(f) Lot 9: Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;

(g) The ITF 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 accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

SIGNED:
DIRECTOR-GENERAL/CHIEF EXECUTIVE
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND