Federal College Of Horticulture Dadin–Kowa, Gombe- Expression Of Interest/ Invitation For Pre-qualification For The Implementation Of 2024 Capital Projects (270 Lots)

DEADLINE: 4TH, 5TH & 6TH MARCH, 2024
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE DADIN–KOWA, GOMBE
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/ INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

A. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe in keeping with its mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, intends to implement the College’s projects in line with the 2024 financial year. The College hereby invites interested, competent and reputable contractors and consultants with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the procurement of the under listed;

B. SCOPE OF WORK
CATEGORY ‘W’ WORKS

E. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
For purposes of evaluation, interested Contractors/Consultants should supply the under listed information including but not limited to the following:
a) Evidence of certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business name is also acceptable for services;
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates ( or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate for all the partners in case of Business name)the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024;
c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024 (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, 2024 (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, 2024;
f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g) Sworn affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe 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 (2021, 2022 & 2023);
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;
k) Evidence of firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional bodies such as;

• Company’s valid training: license certificate issued by Centre for Management Development (CMD) for training jobs;
• Electricity jobs: Evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)
• Evidence of current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration council of Nigeria and National Information
  Technology Development Agency (NITDA);

l) Works: list of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement.
m) Only companies included in the National Automotive design and development Councils approved list of Local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for vehicle
n) For supply of Equipment: letter of authorization as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
o) Drugs: Evidence of firm’s current practice licence issued by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria or other related regulatory professional body(ies);

p) Payment of Grant: Evidence of CBN’s current payment solution service provider licence;
q) 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;
r) 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.

F. SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS – CONSULTANCY SERVICE
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (EoI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00Noon, Monday 4th March, 2024.

G. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS – GOODS
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Invitation for Prequalification”; and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00Noon, Tuesday 5th March, 2024.

H. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS– WORKS
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Invitation for Prequalification”; and addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00Noon, Wednesday, 6th March, 2024.

I. OPENING OF PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The Eol and technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission in the College Hall of Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State as follows:

Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission register in the office of the Provost, as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

J. GENERAL INFORMATION
a) EOI/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b) EOI/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c) All costs will be borne by bidders;
d) Only pre-qualifed bidders will be contacted at a later date for collection of request for Proposal and Standard Bidding Document;
e) Arrangement of technical Documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical documents should have a table of content indicating the pages, which these items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder;
f) The EOIs/Technical bids will be opened in the presence of bidders or their representatives, CSOs, in the areas 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.
g) Bidders can submit through Post (courier services)
h) The Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe State is not bound to prequalify /shortlist any bidder and 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 Horticulture,
Dadin-Kowa, Gombe State