Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)- Invitation To Tender/Prequalification For Procurement Of Goods & Works And Expression Of Interest For Consultancy Services For Execution Of 2023 Appropriation (92 Lots)

DEADLINE: 22ND JANUARY, 2024
NIGERIA SOCIAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND (NSITF)
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA
INVITATION TO TENDER/PREQUALIFICATION FOR PROCUREMENT OF GOODS & WORKS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR EXECUTION OF 2023 APPROPRIATION.

1. INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Funds (NSITF) has appropriated funds in its 2023 Budget for the procurement of goods, works and services (Consultancy and Non-Consultancy) for the execution of polices, programmes and projects towards achieving the mandate of the FUND and in compliance with the provision of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, and other extant guidelines for the award of contracts in the Federal Public Service. The FUND hereby invites interested contractors, suppliers, consultants and service providers with requisite expertise and experience to submit bids/Expression of interest documents for the following projects.

LIST OF PROJECTS
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES (REGIONS AND BRANCHES)

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR GOODS – EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY PROJECTS

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR WORKS – CONSTRUCTION & RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under-listed requirements to be eligible in this procurement process and arrange in the same sequential order for ease of reference:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7 or business name is also acceptable for consultancy services;
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates (or personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates for all partners in case of Business name) 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 Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund 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) 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;
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) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
l) Consultancy services: all bidders interested in consultancy services must submit verifiable evidence of firm’s current registration issued by the appropriate regulatory body, such as COREN, ARCON, QSRBN, CORBON, SURCON, CPN & NITDA ETC
m) 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 ESVARBON, COREN, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON, CPN & NITDA etc;
n) For supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)
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) Local content: bidders are required to provide a verifiable statement on the local content of the Goods, Works or Services to be provided.
q) Evidence as certified Orthopaedic practitioners for the purchase and repairs of prostheses for people who suffer permanent disability.
r) Security services: Bidders MUST have private security license from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) and at least a Director who MUST be retired security personnel.
s) Bidders for LOTs CS-35 AND CS-36 must be
i. Registered practitioner in advertisement (APR) MUST
ii. Have corporate license of advertising practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) window B.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Interested bidders are to collect the standard bidding document (SBD) from the Procurement Department, Ground Floor, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Central Business District, Abuja with evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot on Goods and works payable into the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) remita account in any commercial bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit a bid for each lot of Goods and Works, two (2) hard copies (original and copy each) of the technical and financial bids with a soft copy of the financial bid only in MS Excel format packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical bid” and Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two (2) separately sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope and addressed to:
The Managing Director/CEO
Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)
Plot 749, Muhammadu Buhari Way,
Central Business District, Abuja.
And marked with (the name of the project and the 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 procurement department, Ground Floor, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Central Business District, Abuja

iii. Provide evidence of up to date payment of practice fee by staff.

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 10:00am to 4:00pm (working days) not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, 8th February, 2024.
All bidders must sign the bid submission register at the point of submission as the FUND will not be held liable for any misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

5. SUBMISSION OF EOI
Interested firms in services are to submit EOI for each of the lot desired, in three (3) hard copies each (one original & two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 22nd January, 2024.

6. OPENING OF EOIs AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOIs and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submissions at 12:00 noon Monday, 22nd January, 2024 and 12:00 noon on Thursday, 8th February, 2024, respectively, at the board room 4th Floor, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Central Business District, Abuja in the presence of bidders or their representatives. For further inquiries. Please get in touch with the Procurement Department on 08033108937.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidders
b. Bids/EOI submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than three (3) Lot
d. All cost will be borne by the bidders
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. Services: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals
g. Goods & Works: 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;
h. The NSITF shall verify any or all the claims made by bidders and shall disqualify any Bidder whose claims are found to be false, in addition to other sanctions that may be deemed necessary;
i. Bidders who have worked for the NSITF and have a history of poor performance, abandonment or prolonged contract execution period need not apply;
j. Non-compliance to the instruction(s) stated above and as contained in the Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) will lead to disqualification;
k. The FUND 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.

NOTE: This advertisement does not constitute an award of contract or a commitment by the Ministry to award a contract for which a tender was submitted. It shall also not entitle any bidder to make any claims whatsoever

SIGNED
MANAGING DIRECTOR/CE