Public Compliant Commission (PCC)- Request For Expression Of Interest (EOI) For Consultancy Services (11 Lots)

DEADLINE: 12TH JANUARY, 2024
PUBLIC COMPLIANT COMMISSION (PCC)
25, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES

1. INTRODUCTION
The Public Complaints Commission intends to carry out the under-listed Services in its financial year 2024 Appropriation Act. In compliance with Public Procurement Act, 2007, all interested reputable consultants and services providers with good track record of performance and experience are hereby invited to bid/submit EOI for the following projects:

SCOPE OF WORK

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent service providers/consultants wishing to carry out any of the projects listed are required to submit the following documents in their EOI. Failure to fulfill any of the under listed requirements will render the EOI disqualified.
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including recent acknowledgement of Annual Returns, Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7 or business name with Form BN1 is also acceptable;
ii. 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
iii. 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).
iv. 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);
v. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;
vi. 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;
vii. Sworn affidavit

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Public Complaints Commission 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.

viii. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 & 2022);
ix. Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
x. Company’s profile with the curriculum Vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic/professional qualifications;
xi. 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;
xii. Evidence of current registration of Individual/company with relevant regulatory professional Body(ies) such as NITDA & CPN for ICT
job, CMD etc.
xiii. 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);
xiv. 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.
Note that the documents/information must be arranged and submitted in the sequence listed i-xiii above.

4. SUBMISSION OF EOI
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of EOI documents in a sealed envelope and address to the Honorable Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, 25, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja 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 at the address of the Bidder and should be deposited in the tender box at the address in 4.0 above, not later than 12:00 on Friday 12th January, 2024.

Please ensure that you sign the EOI submission register. Note that late submission will be returned un-opened.

5. OPENING OF EOI
The EOI will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 on Friday 12th January, 2024 at the premises of the Public Complaints Commission’s Premises at No. 25, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja.

6. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. All EOI must be in English language and signed by authorized persons.
ii. A letter of authorization must be written and signed by one of the company’s Directors. The forwarding letter must include name and signature of the authorized person.
iii. No company service provider/consultant is allowed to bid for more than two (2) lots.
iv. Unsigned bid by the authorized Officer of the company would be disqualified. All bids should be paginated and signed
v. Submission of EOI is not a guarantee for the award of contract;
vi. Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
vii. The commission will verify any or all claims made by the bidders and shall disqualify any company whose claim(s) is/are found to be false
viii. The Commission shall report any bidder that is found to have submitted fake documents to the relevant agencies for prosecution.
ix. Nothing in this advertisement shall be construed to be a commitment on the part of the commission to undertake the project or entitled any company to make claim(s) whatsoever in respect of any expenses incurred in preparing the EOI.
x. The EOIs 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;
xi. All cost will be borne by the bidders
xii. The Public Complaints Commission is not bound 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
MANAGEMENT