DEADLINE: 6TH FEBRUARY, 2024
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY, SULEJA, NIGER STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2023 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal Academy, Suleja, Niger State in the 2023 appropriation act for the execution of the projects towards achieving the mandate of the college.

Accordingly, the College invites reputable contractors/vendors with relevant proven competence and experience to submit tenders for the execution of the following projects:

2. SCOPE OF WORK

LOT NOPROJECT TITLE/DESCRIPTIONLOCATION
W1Construction of Multipurpose Hall FGA, SULEJA,
NIGER STATE
W2 Construction of Administrative blockFGA, SULEJA,
NIGER STATE

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 as applicable;
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 N50 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 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 Government Academy Suleja, Niger 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
  • That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institutions of third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months.

h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 & 2022) duly signed and sealed by relevant firm and the turnovers as reflected in financial statements must correspond with those in the tax clearance certificate;
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, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc;
k) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
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
The tender documents are to be collected from the office of the Vice Principal Special Duties between the working hours of 08:00am and 4:00pm daily upon the payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per Lot to Federal Government Academy, Suleja through Remita platform in any reputable commercial Bank in Nigeria and present the teller for the college’s receipt. The GIFMIS Code for tenders fee should be indicated in the appropriate column while generating the RRR).

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel Format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid for project title and lot No” or “Financial Bid for project title and lot No”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes addressed to:

The Principal, Federal Government Academy,
Suleja, Niger state.

The submission should be made not later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 6th February, 2024. Please make sure you signs the bid submission register at vice Principal Special Duties as the Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger State will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 6th February, 2024, in the College’s conference Hall 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 college will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquires, please contact the Principal on email: fedacademysuleja@yahoo.com

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an authorized official;
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
iii. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
iv. 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;
v. 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;
vi. The Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger 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.

SIGNED:
THE PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY, SULEJA, NIGER STATE

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