National Commission For Nomadic Education, Kaduna- Invitation To Tender For Year 2023 Capital And Constituency Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 24TH JULY, 2023
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR NOMADIC EDUCATION
KM 4, KADUNA-ZARIA EXPRESS WAY, RIGACHIKUM, PMB 2343, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2023 CAPITAL AND CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

In pursuance of the extant guidelines of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the National Commission for Nomadic Education, Kaduna wishes to invite competent, experienced and reputable contractors to tender for the following projects under its 2023 Capital and Constituency Projects.

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under listed requirements to be eligible to participate in this procurement:

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1  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 31/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.;

(g) Sworn Affidavit:

-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Commission for Nomadic Education 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, Manufacturing workshops and Showrooms including addresses/location;

(m) 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);

(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. 

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS

(4.1) Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Unit NCNE Kaduna upon Payment of non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only for each lot paid to National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) Remita Account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. Evidence of such payment is to be presented at the Cash Office for Official receipt which is to be presented at the Point of Collection of the bid document between 10:00am and 4:00pm Mondays to Fridays.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS

(5.1) Prospective bidders should submit their documents for each of the desired lot, two (2) hard copies of the technical and financial bids documents each packaged separately in sealed temper proof envelope marked as Technical Bid document or Financial Bid document clearly written at the back of each envelope. Thereafter, put the two-sealed envelope together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Nomadic Education KM 4 Kaduna-Zaria Express Way Rigachikun, Kaduna and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number.

(5.2) Furthermore, the reverse of each envelope (i.e. the Technical. Financial and the bigger envelopes) should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box (Office of the Head of Procurement, National Commission for Nomadic Education KM 4 Kaduna-Zaria Express Way Rigachikun, Kaduna) not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 24 July, 2023.

(6.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 24 July, 2023 at the Commission’s Board Room. The Bidders are to ensure that they sign the Bid Submission Register in the Office of the Head of Procurement NCNE Kaduna, as the National Commission for Nomadic Education will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head of Procurement on this e-mail bashbalarabe@ncne.gov.ng

(7.0) 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 one (1) Lot;

(d) Allcosts will be borne by the bidders;

(e) All Bidding documents submitted will be subjected to Due Diligence checks in accordance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA),2007;

(f) The technical Bids will be opened in the Presence of bidders representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption Transparency and Professional bodies; and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;

(g) Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);

(h) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;

(i) The National Commission for Nomadic Education Kaduna 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:
Management