Federal Ministry Of Health (FMoH)- Invitation For Tenders And Expression Of Interest (EOI) For Works And Services (8 Lots)

DEADLINE: 7TH & 21ST AUGUST, 2023
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH (FMOH)
INVITATION FOR TENDERS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR WORKS AND SERVICES
TENDER PACKAGE NO.: FMOH/PROC/2023/001

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has provided funds in the 2023 Appropriation Act for the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH). The Ministry, in pursuance of the Federal Government’s policies on strengthening the National Health System for effective, accessible, and affordable health service delivery, desires to utilise these funds to procure Goods, Works and Services in various parts of the country.

In light of the above, experienced, and reputable Suppliers, Contractors and Consultants/Service Providers are hereby invited to submit Expression of Interest/tender for the under-listed projects:

2. SCOPE OF SUPPLIES/WORKS/SERVICES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent Contractors, Suppliers, Consultants and Service Providers wishing to carry out any of the projects listed above are required to submit the following documents. Failure to fulfil any of the under-listed requirements will render a bid, disqualified:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC, or CAC, and CAC,. Business Name with Form BNI is also acceptable for Services;
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 as stated above;
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 Federal Ministry of Health 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;
m. For Consultancy Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies);
n. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
o. Lot G1: Evidence of current Licence/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
p. Lot G2: Evidence of Firm’s current practice Licence issued by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria or other related regulatory professional bod(ies);
q. 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)
r. 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 BIDS DOCUMENTS
Categories A & B (Goods and Works):
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Tender unit of the procurement Department Room 306, 3rd floor Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III Ahmadu Bello Way Abuja upon presentation of evidence of payment of a non-refundable Tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into the Remita Account/TSA of the Federal Ministry of Health in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. (The TSA Account Number is to be obtained from the Ministry’s Central Pay Office) HQ Federal Secretariat, Phase 3 Abuja.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
5.1Categories A & B-Goods and Works:
Prospective Bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired in two (2) hard copies of the Technical Bid and two (2) hard copies of Financial Bid (including soft copy of Financial Bid in MS Excel format), packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger envelope addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal ministry of Health, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III Abuja and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and Lot Number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the Bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address in 4 above, not later than 12.00 noon on Monday, 21st August, 2023.

5.2 Category C- Expression of Interest:
Interested Firms are to submit two (2) bound copies of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents, separated by dividers. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal ministry of Health, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III Abuja, and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and Lot Number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the Bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address in 4 above, not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 7th August, 2023.

6 OPENING OF BIDS/EOI DOCUMENTS
6.1 Categories A & B-Goods and Works:
Only the Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 21″ August, 2023 at the Conference Room, 6th Floor Federal ministry of Health, Federal Secretariat Complex, phase III, Ahmadu Bello Way FCT 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 at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Ministry will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

6.2 Category C-Expression of Interest:
Expression of Interest (Eol) documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 7th August, 2023 at the Conference Room, Federal ministry of Health, Federal Secretariat Complex, phase III, 6th Floor, Ahmadu Bello Way FCT Abuja in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please, ensure that you sign the EOI Submission Register at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Ministry will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids and Expressions of Interest must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
ii. Further details are as specified in the Bid Documents and each shall be evaluated and awarded as a separate Lot/Project;
iii. Bids and Expressions of Interest submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
iv. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;
v. The Technical Bids 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 bid opening online;
vi. 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;
vii. Services: Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
viii. All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Ministry will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation;
ix. Non-compliance with the Conditions stated therein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process;
x. The Ministry is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist 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;
xi. Further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 9.00 am to 3.30 pm (Mondays -Fridays) at this address:
Federal Ministry of Health,
Ministerial Tender Board Secretariat Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, 3rd. Floor Room 306 Ahmadu Bello Way, Abuja
E-mail-fmoh_procurement@yahoo.com

Signed
Permanent Secretary
Federal Ministry of Health

Note that documents/information must be arranged and submitted in the sequence/order as listed above