Sharia Court Of Appeal, Abuja- Invitation For Pre-Qualification And Expression Of Interest For Judiciary Special Intervention Projects For Year 2023 (2 Lots)

DEADLINE; 10TH & 15TH JANUARY, 2024
SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR JUDICIARY SPECIAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS FOR YEAR 2023

1. INTRODUCTION
The Sharia Court of Appeal Federal Capital Territory Abuja in compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007, wishes to inform eligible contractors/consultants and public that the SCA FCT is to undertake the procurement of works and hereby invites contractors/consultants of good repute and relevant experience by this notice to tender for under listed projects in the fiscal year 2023.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS AND SERVICES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective companies shall be required to submit the following documents and without any of which of the company will automatically be disqualified.
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7. Business name with form BN1 is also acceptable for services;
b) Evidence of current Annual Returns to Corporate Affairs Commission.
c) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates (or personal income tax clearance certificate for all partners case of business name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2023.
d) 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).
e) 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);
f) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;
g) 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;
h) Sworn affidavit

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Sharia Court of Appeal 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

i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 and 2022); duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
j) Bank Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
k) 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 Architect, Quantity Surveyor, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical and Civil Engineer etc;
l) 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;
m) Category B: Evidence of firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as ARCON, QSRBN, COREN etc,
n) Category A: list of plants and Equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreements;
o) 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);
p) 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. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound copies of Expression of Interest (EOI) separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Chief Registrar, Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu District, Abuja and clearly marked with the project name & lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box at the office of the Head of Procurement not later than 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 10th January, 2024.

5. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIIFCATION DOCUMENTS
Interested bidders are to submit two (2) bound copies of prequalification documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The document should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Chief Registrar, Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu District, Abuja and clearly marked with the project name and lot No. furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box not later than 12:00am Monday, 15th January, 2024.

6. OPENING OR PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The EOI and Pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 10th January, 2024 and 12:00am Monday, 15th January, 2024, respectively, at the Court room of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory. Please ensure that you sign EOI/BID submission register in the office of the Head of Procurement, Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as the Court will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7. DISCLAIMER AND CONCLUSION
i. EOIs/Bids documents must be English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
ii. Late submission shall be returned unopened;
iii. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
iv. If any information provided is found to false at any stage of the exercise, it will be lead to outright disqualification of the firm/company.
v. The advertisement shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of Sharia Court of Appeal of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja nor shall it entitle any person to make any claim whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from Court of Appeal by virtue of such person having responded to the advert.
vi. The EOIs/Technical bids will be opened in the presence of bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professionals Bodies and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
vii. Category A: only prequalified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
viii. Category B: Only shortlisted consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for proposals;
ix. The Sharia Court of Appeal Federal Capital Territory Abuja 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
Chief Registrar,
Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja