Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)- Invitation to Bid For The Construction Of Quality Bus Corridor

DEADLINE: 21ST DECEMBER, 2023
LAGOS METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (LAMATA)
PROJECT TITLE: CNG 1053 – LAGOS STRATEGIC TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN PROJECT (LSTMPP) 1
CONTRACT TITLE: CONSTRUCTION OF QUALITY BUS CORRIDOR
CONTRACT NOS: LASG/LAMATA/AFD/ IPC/LC/RI/04-20

1. The Lagos State Government through the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from Agence Française de Développement (AFD”) towards the cost of Lagos Strategic Transport Master Plan Project (LSTMPP) 1, it is intended that part of the proceeds of these funds will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for construction of Quality Bus Corridors Packages 1, 2 & 3.

2. The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), the implementing agency of LSTMPP for Lagos State Government now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction of quality Bus Corridors Package 1, 2 & 3 (“the works”). The packaging and work details are as follows;

Domestic margin preference will not apply.

3. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the office of procurement unit, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Km 15, Ikorodu Road, Ketu-Ojota Cloverleaf interchange, Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria, Email: bids@lamata-ng.com
4. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders upon submission of a written application to the above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000) in bank draft/manager’s cheque payable to LAMATA.
5. The provisions in the instructions to bidders and in the General Conditions of contract are the provisions of AFD’s standard bidding documents; procurement of works, available online on AFD’s website: http://www.afd.fr
6. The bids (Technical and Financial separately and distinctly packaged) must be physically delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 noon local times on 21 December, 2023, and must be accompanied with the bid security of the value indicated against each package in the table under item 2 above.
7. Bids (technical only) will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 12.10PM, 21 December, 2023 at Conference room, first floor, LAMATA place, Km 15, Ikorodu road, Ketu-Ojota Cloverleaf interchange, Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria.
8. Interested bidders must provide information evidencing that they are qualified, experienced and have adequate resources to perform the works. The following shall be evaluated to establish.
A. Technical suitability of the technical proposal.
i. Preliminary Examination: (verification of bid, eligibility, bid security, completeness.)
ii. Evaluation General Construction experiences, specific experiences, personnel, equipment, technical (methodology, traffic management plan, work schedule, ESHS), Financial (minimum average annual turnover, cash flow etc)
B. Financial: Evaluated least cost of technically evaluated responsive bids
9. The three (3) packages (contracts) are independent of one another and bidder can express interest in more than one package. Where bidder expressed interest in more than one package, a letter indicating order of preference (ref to ITB 21 and Annex 3 ) must be submitted alongside the bid.

This Invitation for Bids is open to Construction firms and the works shall be procured through International Procurement Competition, least cost method using two stages and two envelopes approach (Technical and Financial bid price) separately and distinctly packaged. The works is anticipated to start by Q1, 2024 and run over a period of 15 months.

Eligibility criteria to AFD financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the “Procurement Guidelines for AFD-Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries”. Available online on AFD’s website: http://www.afd.fr.

Interested bidders may form an association or joint venture (JV) and relevant documents (agreement) duly signed by the participating firms must be included in the bid submission.

An AFD’s standard form of statement of integrity, eligibility and social and Environmental responsibility, duly signed by the firm/JVs, must be provided with the application. A copy is attached or could be downloaded from the AFD website (https://www.afd.fr ) or through this link; https://bit.ly/347wmhJ. The consultant may request a hard or soft copy from LAMATA.

One original and two copies (hard copy and soft copy in CD format) of the bid must be delivered to the address below in a sealed envelope not later than Thursday, 21 December, 2023 by 12:00 noon local time.

Head of Procurement
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA),
LAMATA Place, Km 15, Ikorodu Road, Ketu-Ojota Cloverleaf Interchange,
Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria.
Telephone: 01-2702778-82
E-mail: bids@lamata-ng.com
Interested Applicants may obtain further information at the address above by a written procedure.