DEADLINE: 29TH NOVEMBER, 2023
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI (FUTO)
P.M.B. 1526 OWERRI, IMO STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR 2023 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, in pursuance of its mandate and in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007. The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the following projects.
Lot 1: Supply, Installation, and Testing of Medical Science laboratory and Engineering for various departments
Lot 2: Supply, Installation, and Testing of Forensic Science, Environment Health, Radiology, and Clinical Engineering Laboratories.
2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidder 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; with minimum average annual turnover of N400 million;
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 Federal University of Technology, Owerri 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 COREN, 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) Letter of Authorization as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM);
m) 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.
3. COLLECTION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Bid documents can be obtained from the office of the Chief Procurement Officer, FUT, Owerri, Imo State Upon presentation of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten thousand Naira) per lot, paid into Federal University of Technology Owerri’s remita account in 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.
4. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Submission of Technical and Financial bids is to made separately in sealed envelopes clearly marked “Technical Bid and “Financial Bid, respectively and must be placed in a bigger envelope marked on the top left-hand corner, the project name and lot no. and addressed to The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State. The reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in a tamper proof box provided at the Office of the Procurement office on or before 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 29th November, 2023.
5. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bid shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 29th November, 2023, in the Department Conference room, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State in the presence of bidders or their representatives while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. The Federal University of Technology, Owerri reserves the right verify any or all the claims made by the bidders and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false and other sanctions may be apply.
b. This is only an invitation for soliciting 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, Federal University of Technology, owerri, Imo State.
d. Submission must be made only in English language and all quotations made in naira.
e. The Technical bids will 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;
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 Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State is not bound to prequalify 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
Acting Director, Procurement
Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
