DEADLINE: 23RD JANUARY, 2024
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) ISU, EBONYI STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR THE YEAR 2023 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECT

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education Technical, Isu, Ebonyi State in pursuant of its mandate and in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, wishes to invite interested, competent/qualified and experienced contractors/firms with relevant experience and good track records of prompt delivery to be pre-qualified for the under mentioned project.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

LOT NOPROJECT DESCRIPTION
Lot 1 Supply, Installation, Testing of Science Laboratory
Lot 2 Supply, Installation and testing of equipment for technical workshop and Electrical/Electronic department

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 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 Technical, Isu, Ebonyi 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) For supply of equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEMs);
i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021, 2022);
j) 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;
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) 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
Interested firms are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) documents from the office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Federal College of Education, Isu, with an evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot, through remita platform in any commercial bank of choice in favour of Federal College of Education, Isu, evidence of such payments is to be presented
at the cash office.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit technical and financial bids with softcopy of the financial bids packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Provosts, Federal college of Education Technical, Isu, and clearly marked with the name of the project and 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 in the office of the Secretary, Federal College of Education Technical, Isu tenders board not later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 23rd January, 2023.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 23rd January, 2023 at the Provost’s Conference Room, Federal College of Education (Technical) Isu, in the presence of all bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c) All cost incurred as a result of the bid invitation shall be borne by the bidder.
d) The University is not obliged to award the contract to the lowest cost bidder;
e) 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;
f) Only prequalified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened
g) The College 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
PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, (TECHNICAL) ISU

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