National Water Resources Institute (NWRI), Kaduna- Invitation To Tender For The 2023 Capital, Zonal And Constituency Projects (7 Lots)

DEADLINE: 31ST MAY & 14TH JUNE, 2023
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCE INSTITUTE
MANDO ROAD, P.M.B. 2309, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE 2023 CAPITAL, ZONAL AND CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) The National Water Resource Institute in furtherance to its statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of Works/Goods/Service under its Y2023 Capital Appropriation in accordance with extant provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

(1.2) The Institute therefore invites all experienced and competent contractors, suppliers with relevant experience to submit bids for the following projects:

(2.0) SCOPE OF GOODS/WORKS/SERVICE

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent contractors, suppliers wishing to carry any of the Projects under the above are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Bids.

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1, or CAC2, and CAC7. Business Name 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 Nigcria 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 National Water Resource Institute 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 (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) 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) 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 the Vehicles;

(o) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(p) For Training Programmes: Evidence of Firm’s current Registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD);

(q) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the Lead Partner (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);

(r) 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.

Note: that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the sequence/order as listed above.

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENT (GOODS AND WORKS)
(4.1) Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of the Head of Procurement, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into the National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna’s TSA in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. Interested Firms in Service will not pay at this stage until after shortlisting.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)

(5.1) 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 the Executive Director, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna 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 should be deposited in the Tender Box at NWRI, Mando Kaduna, not later than 12.00 noon on Wednesday, 14 June, 2023.

(6.0) SUBMISSION OF EOI (SERVICE)
Interested Firms in Service are to submit the Expression of Interest (EOI) for each of the Lot desired, in three (3) hard copies each (one original & two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 31 May, 2023.

(6.0) OPENING OF EOI & TECHNICAL BIDS

(6.1)  The EOI and the technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for the submission at 12:00noon on Wednesday, 31 May, 2023 and 12:00noon on Wednesday, 14 June, 2023, respectively, at the NWRI Board Room in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the submission register as the Institute will be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submission of bids. For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 10.00a.rn to 3.00p.m (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address: National Water Resource Institute. Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384.

(7.0) GENERAL INFORMATION
(i) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.

(ii) Bidder should not bid for more than two (2) Lots.

(iii) Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened.

(iv) All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Institute will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party( ies) in connection with any response to their invitation;

(v) Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.

(vi) The EOIs/Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies; and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;

(vii) 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 un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened

(viii) Service: Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;

(ix) The NWRI 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:
PROF. E. A. ADANU
DIRECTOR-GENERAL