Federal Government College Enugu- Invitation To Tender For The Execution Of 2023 Appropriation (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 29TH JUNE, 2023
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE ENUGU, ENUGU STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2023 APPROPRIATION

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated Funds for the Federal Ministry of Education (FME). Federal Government College, Enugu, Enugu State in the 2023 appropriation for the execution of policies, programmes and projects towards achieving the mandate of the College Accordingly, the College wishes to invite reputable contractors with relevant proven competence and experience to submit renders for the execution of the following projects:

(2) PROFILE OF PROJECT

(2.1) CATEGORY A (WORKS)

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders must possess the under listed requirement to be eligible for the Procurement

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate 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 Federal Government College, Enugu, Enugu State 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) 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);

(n) 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) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Principal, FGC Enugu with evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 paid into the Federal Government College, Enugu’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for desired lot 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 addressed to the Principal, Federal Government College, Enugu, Enugu 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 at the Principal Office, FGC Enugu not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday 29 June 2023.

(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bid will be opened immediately after the deadline of submission at 12:00 noon on Thursday 29 June 2023, in the College Multi-Purpose Hall in the presence of bidders or their representative while the financial bid will be kept un-opened

Please, ensure that you sign the bid register submission in the office of the Vice Principal (Special Duty FGC Enugu as the College will not be held liable for wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries please contact the Vice Principal Special Duty), on Phone number 07060839442. E-mail enugufgc@yahoo.com.

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

(b) Bid submitted after the deadline for submission will be returned un-opened.

(c) Bidder should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;

(d) All cost will be bore by the bidders

(e) 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;

(f) 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;

(g) The Federal Government College. Enugu, Enugu State 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:
PRINCIPAL
FGC ENUGU