Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)- Invitation To Tender For The Supply Of Laptop Computers For The Corporation’s Lagos, Head Office And Zonal Offices (4 Items)

DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2023
NIGERIA DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (NDIC)
PLOT 447/448 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA
E-MAIL: info@ndic.gov.ng
WEBSITE: www.ndic.gov.ng
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR THE CORPORATION’S LAGOS, HEAD OFFICE AND ZONAL OFFICES

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) hereby request reputable and competent Companies with good track records of performance and experience to tender for the Supply of Laptop Computers for the Corporation’s Lagos, Head Office and Zonal Offices.

I) SCOPE OF WORKS

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested bidder(s) for the above project are to submit their bids along with the following documents:
i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7.
ii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31″ December, 2023, with minimum average annual turnover of N412 million.
iii) 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);
iv) 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);
v) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023.
vi) Evidence of Registration with the National Database of Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2023 or valid certificate issued by BPP.
vii) Sworn Affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the (state name of the procuring entity) 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.

viii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2020, 2021 & 2022).
ix) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit for the execution of the project when needed.
x) Certification from Original Equipment Manufacturer as authorised Dealer with over 5 years’ experience.
xi) Warranty conditions and limitations on liability must be declared by the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)xii) Evidence of execution of similar jobs in not less than three (3) corporate bodies in the last three (3) years.
xiii) No vendor is allowed to bid for more than one Lot or used related companies to bid in the four (4) Lots.
xiv) 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.
Upon payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 in any commercial bank paid to the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Abuja using Remita platform www.remita.net.

4.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the project in Three (3) bound hard copies of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bids only in MS Excel format, packaged differently in sealed envelopes and clearly marked ‘Technical Bid’ and ‘Financial Bid’. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to:
Director,
Procurement and Management Services Department, (PMSD)
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC),
Plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue,
Central Business District,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Clearly marked ‘TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL TENDER’

Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box on the ground floor, reception area at the Head Office Building after signing of the submission register not later than 11:00a.m. Tuesday, 25th July, 2023.

5.0 CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION
The closing date for submission is 11:00a.m. Tuesday, 25th July, 2023. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Procurement and Management Services Department, 2 floor, as NDIC will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted documents. Further requisite information required can be obtained from the following e-mail address info@ndic.gov.ng.

6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 11:00a.m. on Tuesday, 25th July, 2023, on the Ground Floor, Visitors Waiting Room at the NDIC Head Office Building in the presence of the bidders or their representatives.

7.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
i) Bid must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder.
ii) Any submission received after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.
iii) All bids/documents must be paginated and items required under eligibility criteria are to be arranged in the order of sequence and legible.
iv) Due diligence exercise shall be conducted to verify all the claims made by bidders
v) Failure to comply with the instructions will lead to disqualification.
vi) 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) 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) NDIC is not bound to prequalify 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

The advertisement is approved on the condition that the procurements in this advertisements are contained in the Entity’s Approved Procurement Plan.