Niger State Ministry Of Environment- Request For Bids For Procurement Of Low Hanging Fruit Seedlings To Be Planted On 600ha Of Degraded Farm Land (Agroforestry) And Drought Resistance Crop Verities (4 Lots)

DEADLINE: 11TH MAY, 2023
NIGER STATE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
REQUEST FOR BIDS GOODS (WITHOUT PREQUALIFICATION)
EMPLOYER: NIGER STATE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
PROJECT: NIGERIA AGRO-CLIMATIC RESILIENCE IN SEMI-ARID LANDSCAPES
CONTRACT TITLE: PROCUREMENT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT SEEDLINGS TO BE PLANTED ON 600HA OF DEGRADED FARM LAND (AGROFORESTRY) AND DROUGHT RESISTANCE CROP VERITIES COUNTRY: NIGERIA
CREDIT NO.: IDA-70150
RFB NO.: NG/ACRESAL/309378GO/RFB)

(1) The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association toward the cost of Niger State Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi- Arid Landscapes Project (ACRESAL), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the Contract for the Procurement of Low Hanging Fruit Seedlings to be Planted on 600ha of Degraded Farm Land (Agroforestry) and Drought Resistance Crop Verities, by the Niger State Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project (ACRESAL) FY23.

(2) The Niger State Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project (NG- ACRESAL) now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Procurement of the following:

(3) Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” procurement in investment project financing revised August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Further information may be obtained from the:

State Project Management Unit (SPMU) (NG-ACReSAL)
Attention: Usman Garba Ibeto (Project Coordinator),
Email: nigeracresal@gmail.com,
Telephone: +234-8035704346 or +234-8065381450

and inspect the bidding documents during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours at the address given below.

(4) The Bidding document in English Language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Thirty thousand naira (N30,000.00). The payment will be done in the Account Unit of the project office at Niger State – Nigeria Agro -Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes.

(5) Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 Noon On Thursday 11 May 2023. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below.

(6) All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security for

lot 1 – N 1,500,000

lot 2 – N 2 000 000

lot 3 – N 2,000,000 and

lot 4 – N 2,000,000.

(7) Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

(8) A pre-bid meeting would be held at the address below on Thursday 1 June, 2023 which is one week before the bid opening date by 12:00noon to allow potential bidders seek clarifications on the bidding document.

(9) The address referred to above is:

Address:

The State Project Coordinator,
Niger State Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project (ACReSAL)
No. 7 Habibu Shuaibu Road, Opposite Federal Secretariate, Minna- Niger, Nigeria.
Telephone: +234-8035704346 or 08065381450E-mail: nigeracresal@gmail.com

SIGNED
PROJECT COORDINATOR
USMAN GARBA IBETO