Federal Cooperative College Oji River, Enugu State- Invitation For Pre-Qualification/Expression Of Interest For The Implementation Of 2024 Procurement Activities (404 Lots)

DEADLINE: 19TH FEBRUARY, 2024
FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, OJI RIVER, ENUGU STATE
INDUSTRIAL LAYOUT OFF OLD ENUGU-ONITSHA ROAD
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, Oji-River in keeping with its mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, intends to implement the College’s 2024 Capital and Zonal Intervention Projects. The College hereby invite interested, competent and reputable contractors and consultants with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the procurement of the under listed;

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES, GOODS AND WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
For purpose of evaluation, interested contractors/consultants should submit the following documents;
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 with form BN1 is also acceptable for consultancy services;
b) 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 with minimum average annual turnover of N50 for works, N30 million for goods and services;
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 Co-operative college, Oji River, Enugu 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)
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;
k) 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;
l) Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the vehicles
m) For supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)
n) Medical and Laboratory Equipment: Letter of Authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturers listed in the Approved Policy for procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria ;
o) For training programmes: evidence of registration with Centre for Management Development (CMD)
p) For ICT: evidence of firm’s registration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and computer professionals Registration Council of Nigeria
q) Electricity jobs: Evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)r) Medical services: Evidence of firm’s current registration with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN);
s) Works: List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement;
t) 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.

Note: arrangement of EOI/Technical documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The EOI/technical document 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.

4. SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS – CONSULTANCY SERVICE
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Provost, FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, OJI RIVER, ENUGU STATE, and clearly 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 drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00Noon, Monday 19th February, 2024.

5. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS– GOODS & 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 to Pre- Qualification”; and addressed to The Provost, Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, Oji-River and clearly 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 drop in the designated Tender Box in the Office of the Provost not later than 12:00Noon, Monday 19th February, 2024.

6. OPENING OF EOI/PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The Eol/Prequalification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00Noon, Monday 19th February, 2024, in the College Hall, Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, in the presence of bidders or their representatives.
Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Provost, as the Institute will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

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 un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. 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 EOIs/bid opening online;
e. Goods & Works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened
f. Services: Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals,
g. Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, Oji-River is not bound to pre-qualify 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 2007 Public Procurement ACT.

SIGNED
THE PROVOST,
FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, OJI RIVERS STATE, ENUGU STATE