DEADLINE: 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2023
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OJU, BENUE STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION 2023 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION REVITALIZATION FUND
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The College of Education Oju, Benue State in keeping with its mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, intends to implement the College’s 2023 FGN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION REVITALISATION FUND PROJECT. The College hereby Invites interested, competent and reputable contractors and consultants with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the Procurement of the under-listed:
(2.0) THE PROJECT
SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF OFF-GRID SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Bidders must meet the following requirements
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 CAC7 and active CAC Annual Returns;
(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 College of Education Oju, Benue 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, nonperformance, 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 -2022, 2021 & 2022;
(i) Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit for the execution of the project when needed;
(j) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
(k) TZ1: Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Development Agency (NITDA)
(l) For Supplies of Equipment Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
(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.
(4.0) SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and dearly marked as “Invitation for Prequalification” and addressed to College of Education Oju, Benue 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 in the Council Affairs office not later than 10:00am Friday, 22 September, 2023.
(4) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
(a) The Prequalification Documents will be opened Immediately after the deadline submission of bids as follows: 10am 22 September, 2023
(b) All bids shall be opened in the Office of the College of Education Oju, Benue State. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission in the Council Affairs Office as the College will NOT be held for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(5) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bid 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) All cost will be borne by the bidders.
(d) Bidder(s) shall not bid for more than two (2), violation is automatic disqualification;
(e) Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
(f) Good and 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;
(g) Arrangement of Technical Document in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical document should have a table content indicating the pages, which these items are be found. Failure to comply with this directive shall lead to disqualification of the bidder.
(h) The College of Education Oju, Benue State is not pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to process at any time without Incurring with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
SIGNED
PROVOST,
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OJU, BENUE
