DEADLINE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2023
CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CROSS RIVER STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2021 TETFUND SPECIAL INTERVENTION PROJECT

1. INTRODUCTION
The Cross River State University, Calabar in pursuance of its mandate and in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act, 2007. The Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the project mentioned below;

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

LOT NOPROJECT TITLE
1Construction of professional office, Calabar Campus

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following under-listed documents;
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates 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 current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance 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 Cross River University of Technology or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) 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 county for any criminal offence relating to fraud impropriety or criminal misrepresentation of falsification of facts relating to any matter.
  • That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form or bankruptcy proceedings of the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceeding

h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 & 2022)
i. Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank 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 CORESN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.
k. 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;
l. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificates, 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 submitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s letter head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the CAC, Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No) fax and email address. The letter head paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Bid documents can be obtained from the office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Cross River University of Technology, Calabar upon presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of Ten thousand Naira (N10, 000.00) into TSA account of the Cross river university of Technology, Calabar, Remita account of any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria and treasury receipt obtained from the University cash office. Evidences of payment must be enclosed in the submitted envelope.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Submission of technical and financial bids is to be made separately in sealed envelopes clearly marked “Technical bids” and “Financial Bids” indicating lot in consideration. The separately sealed technical and financial bid should be packed in third sealed envelope properly addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, the Cross River University of Technology, Calabar Furthermore, the reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name, address and telephone number of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender box at the Registrar’s office not later than 12:00 noon, Tuesday 12th December, 2023.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 noon, Tuesday 12th December, 2023, at the procurement department’s conference room, Cross River University of Technology, Calabar in the presence of bidders or their representatives while the financial bid will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register at the submission centre, as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. The Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, reserves the right to verify any or all the claims made by bidders and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false and other sanctions may apply.
b. This is only an invitation for solicitation to submit and does not bear any financial undertaking on the part of the institution.
c. All enquiries should be made to the office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Cross River University of Technology.
d. Submission must be made only in English language and all quotations made in Naira.
e. 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;
f. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un- successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
g. The Cross River University of Technology is not bound to prequalify and bidder 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

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