DEADLINE: 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2023
DAVID UMAHI FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
PMB 112 UBURU, EBONYI STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY CLASS ROOMS AND LABORATORIES BLOCK
(1) INTRODUCTION
The David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, pursuant to its mandate and in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and other extant government regulations wishes to invite interested, competent/qualified and experienced Contractors/ Firms with relevant experiences and good track records of prompt delivery of similar projects to be pre-qualified for the Procurement of Works under the 2023 APPROPRIATION FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY 40NR CLASSROOMS AND LABORATORIES BLOCK BELOW:
(2) SCOPE OF WORKS
Lot 1: Construction of Classrooms and Laboratories (2 Suspended Floor) Building comprising: 6Nr Classrooms and 6Nr Laboratories including External Associated Works.
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (C AC) including Form CAC1.1 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 David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences 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 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);
Note: 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 TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Firms are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Director of Physical Planning, Works and Maintenance, David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences with an evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 through remita platform in any Commercial Bank of their Choice in favour of David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences. Evidence of such Payments is to be presented at the cash Office. Bursary Department for official receipt.
(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the Lot, two (2) hard copies Technical and Financial Bids packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope and addressed to The Vice Chancellor, David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu Ebonyi State and clearly marked with (the name of the project boldly written at the back of the envelope).
Furthermore, the reverse side of the envelope should be Clearly marked with the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box at the Vice Chancellor’s Office David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences not later than 12:00noon on Tuesday, 19 September, 2023.
The working hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm on weekdays, excluding weekends. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission Register in the Office of the Director of Physical Planning Works and Maintenance of the University as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Tuesday, 19 September, 2023 at Excellence Hall David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences in the presence of bidders or their representatives.
(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the firm;
(b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be rejected and returned unopened;
(c) Delivery by courier will not be accepted;
(d) All cost incurred as a result of the bid invitation shall be borne by the bidders;
(e) The University is not obliged to award the contract to the lowest cost bidder;
(f) 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;
(g) 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;
(h) David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences 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:
REGISTRAR
DAVID UNIAHI FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES UBURU, EBONYI STATE
