National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)- Invitation To Submit Expression Of Interest (EOI) For The 2022 Zonal Intervention Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 10TH JULY, 2023
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (NWRI)
MANDO ROAD, P. M. B. 2309, KADUNA
INVITATION TO SUBMIT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE 2022 ZONAL INTERVENTION 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 under its Y2022 Capital Appropriation in accordance with extant Provisional Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.

1.2 The Institute therefore invites all experienced and competent contractors with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects.

2.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES
2.1 The scope of Services for the projects earmarked for execution is tabulated as follows:

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 Proposals.

a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC, or CAC, and CAC,. Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable;

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 31 December, 2023; with minimum average annual turnover of N30 million;

c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 31 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 31 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 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;

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. Evidence of Firm’s current accreditation issued by the Centre for Management Development (CMD);

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.

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

4.0 SUBMISSION OF EOI
4.1 Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the lot desired, three (3) hard copies each (one original and two photocopies). The EOI should be addressed the Director-General with the above address and submitted not less than 12:00 noon, Monday, 10th July, 2023.

5.0 OPENING OF BIDS DOCUMENTS

5.1 The EOI will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 10th July, 2023, at the NWRI Board Room in the presence of Bidders or their representatives. 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.m to 3.00p.m (Mondays-Fridays) at the following address: National Water Resource Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384.

6.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i) EOIs 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) EOIs submitted after the deadline would be returned unopened.

iv) The EOIs will be opened in the presence of CSOs and Professional

bodies and covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the EOI’s opening online

v) Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for

collection of Request for Proposals;

vi) 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;

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

viii) The National Water Resource Institute is not bound to shortlist any Consultants 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.