DEADLINE: 22ND JANUARY, 2023
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OBUDU
PMB 1038, OBUDU, CROSS RIVER STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross River State is a Federal Government owned Teacher-Educational Institution. The College wishes to invite competent/qualified contractors to tender for the following TETFund Project.
TETFUND PROJECT: WORKS
LOT TP1: Construction and furnishing of Academic Staff Hall at the Main Campus of the college.
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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 (or personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates for all partners) 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 Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross River State 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) 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 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 containing full specifications etc. to be collected from the office of the Secretary, tenders board (Deputy Director, Procurement Directorate) between 9am and 4pm daily upon the payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, paid into the Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross river State’s remita and collect receipt from the Bursary.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The documents should be arranged in the order listed above and two sets (Technical and Financial bids) should be submitted in A4 size paper; spiral bound, numbered serially with table of content and duly signed by the company’s authorized signatories; original may require for sighting when necessary). The documents are to be separately sealed in different envelopes indicating the project name and obtain the technical and financial bids are to be enclosed in one sealed envelope indicating the name of the project bided for. The company’s name and address should be boldly written on the reverse side of the envelope. The sealed envelope should be addressed to the Provost. Federal College of Education, Obudu PMB 1038, Cross River State. The sealed documents are to be dropped in the tender box stationed in the office of the Deputy Director, Procurement Directorate not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 22nd January, 2024.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 22nd January, 2024, in the
College’s Academic Board Room at main campus, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.
7. PLEASE NOTE
i. Bids must be in English Language, prices expressed in Naira and signed by an official authorized by the bidder.
ii. The participation in the bid does not guarantee any company the right to be selected or given any job.
iii. That by the submission of tender documents, the college is neither committed nor obliged to award any contracts to any contractor/supplier, firm or Agency.
iv. That this advertisement for invitation to tender shall not misconstrued as a commitment on the part of the College, nor shall it entitle any contractor/firm to make any claims whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from the college/.
v. The technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs in the area 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;
vi. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
vii. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
viii. The Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross state 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.
7. ENQUIRIES
All enquiries should be directed to the secretary to tenders board, Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross River State.
Signed
Secretary to Tenders Board
