DEADLINE: 14TH JUNE & 3RD JULY, 2023
TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (TRCN)
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
NO 12, ODA CRESCENT, OFF AMINU KANO CRESCENT, WUSE 2, ABUJA.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2023 PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL APPROPRIATION AND INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), established to regulate and control the teaching profession in all ramification, with Headquarters at Abuja, FCT, Nigeria in pursuit of implementing its mandate wishes to procure the following under-listed projects for Goods, Works and Consultancy Services under its 2023 Financial Year Capital Budget and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
Consequently, the Council wishes to invite competent and reputable interested companies/contractors/consultants to submit documents for any of the projects/services listed hereunder.
2.0 SCOPE AND CATEGORIES
2.1 Category A: GOODS
Lot 001/G/23: Procurement of office equipment
Lot 002/G/23: Procurement of Furniture Items
Lot 003/G/23: Procurement of Office Stationery
Lot 004/G/23: Procurement of Generator Set
Lot 005/G/23: Supply of educational materials to secondary schools in Ilaro, Ijako and Imeko
Lot 006/G/23: Supply of educational materials to secondary schools in Idogo, Ebute, Itele and Ipokia communities
Lot 007/G/23: Supply of educational materials to secondary schools in Ajegunle, Ado-Odo, Itele and Igbesa communities
Lot 008/G/23: Procurement of Accounting Software and Salary Software
2.2 Category B: WORKS
Lot 001/W/23: Renovation of TRCN State Office, Abia State
Lot 002/W/23: Construction of selected school building in Yewa South community
Lot 003/W/23: Construction of selected school building in Yewa North community
Lot 004/W/23:Construction of selected school building in Imeko Afon community
Lot 005/W/23 Construction of comprehensive PHCs in farming Yewa South community
Lot 006/W/23 Construction of comprehensive PHCs in farming Ado Odo Ota community
2.3 Category C: CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Lot 001/C/23: Consultancy Services for Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD).
Lot 002/C/23: Digital Archiving of Tender Submission and Accounts Documents/Accounts Repository
Lot 003/C/23: Digital Literacy Skills for Teachers in the South-East Geopolitical Zone.
Lot 004/C/23: Digital Literacy Skills for Teachers in the North-East Geopolitical Zone.
Lot 005/C/23: Digital Literacy Skills for Teachers in the North-West Geopolitical Zone.
Lot 006/C/23: ICT training programme for young school leavers in Ikeja and Opodo
Lot 007/C/23: Provision of E-learning programme for teachers and student in Onigbogbo and Oregun communities
Lot 008/C/23: Training of teachers in Gubio and Magumeri federal constituency, Borno state
Lot 009/C/23: Training of Mathematics teachers in Orire LGA, Oyo state
Lot 010/C/23: Training of Science teachers in Ogbomosho South LGA, Oyo state
Lot 011/C/23: E-learning/capacity training programme for teachers in the use of ICT in educational pedagogies (covid- 19 aftermath) and professional training for ICT staff/administrators at Yewa South and Yewa North communities
Lot 012/C/23: Grant and Empowerment for youths and women from different cooperatives in Ado-Odo, Ilaro and ljako
Lot 013/C/23: Mindshift programme for student and teachers and provision of starter kits in Yewa north, Ado Odo Ota and Imeko Afon, Ogun state
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To qualify for consideration, interested companies with experience in similar jobs are required to submit the documents listed hereunder. Failure to submit any of the under-listed documents will lead to disqualification of the Contractor/Consultant:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Memorandum & Article of association, Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate 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 Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria 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. Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as TRCN, CMD etc.;
n. Lot 08/G/23: Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
o. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
p. 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);
q. 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 the Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) from the office of:
The Secretary,
Management Tenders Committee/Principal Procurement Officer,
Registrar’s block,
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria,
12 Oda Crescent, Off Aminu Kano Crescent,
Wuse 2, Abuja.
on evidence of payment of a non-refundable Tender Fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only per Lot, paid into the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.
Bidding documents are to be collected between the hours 9:00am to 3:00pm of work days (Monday to Friday) except public holidays.
5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
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 Registrar,
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria,
12 Oda Crescent, Off Aminu Kano Crescent,
Wuse 2, Abuja.
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 dropped in the designated Tender Box located in the Office of the Secretary, Procurement Planning Committee, Registrar’s Block, not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 3rd July, 2023.
6.0 SUBMISSION OF EOI
Interested Firms in Services 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, Wednesday, 14th June, 2023.
7.0 OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 14th June, 2023 and 12:00 noon, Monday, 3rd July, 2023, in the Conference Room of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, 12 Oda Crescent, Off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened.
Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of The Secretary, Management Tenders Committee/Principal Procurement Officer, Registrar’s block, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, 12 Oda Crescent, Off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja), as the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head, Procurement and Physical Planning on 09154702228/08023092884.
8.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. EOls/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
ii. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
iii. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;
iv. EOIs/Bids should be paginated;
v. TRCN reserves the right to verify from relevant body, the authenticity of any claim made on the Documents submitted by all Companies.
vi. The EOIs and the 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. Services: Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.
9.0 DISCLAIMER
A. This advertisement is published for information purposes only and shall neither be construed to be a commitment on the part of TRCN, nor shall it entitle the applicant to any claim(s) whatsoever and or seek any indemnity from TRCN by virtue of such applicant having responded to this publication.
B. Notwithstanding the submission by any Firm, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) is neither committed nor obligated to offer any company an award or any form of contract to any Company or Agent.
C. TRCN will not be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested parties in connection with any response to this invitation and or the preparation or submission in response to enquiry.
D. The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) is not bound to prequalify/shortlist any bidder and reserved 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
Registrar/Chief Executive
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria
