Federal Character Commission (FCC)- Invitation For Tender And Expression Of Interest For 2024 Capital Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 4TH & 15TH APRIL, 2024
FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION (FCC)
NO.3 MAPUTO STREET WUSE ZONE 3 P.M.B 5008, WUSE ABUJA
INVITATION FOR TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Character Commission is one of the 14 Federal Executive Bodies established under section 153(1) of the 1999 constitution (as amended) to promote and ensure national cohesion and unity in the country. The Com- mission in its continuous effort towards achieving its mandate invite experienced and competent Contractors/ Service providers to submit bids/expression of interest for the under listed year 2024 projects.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS
PROJECT A: RENOVATION OF FCC HEADQUARTERS (WORKS)

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC, or CAC, and CAC,. Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31 December, 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of 50 million for Works;
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 #50m and above);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 December, 2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.

g. Sworn Affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Character Commission or the Bureau of Public Procurement 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 Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
• that the Company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
• that the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or 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 (3) years – 2021, 2022 & 2023;i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, 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 Certificates such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;l. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;m. Consultancy Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies); n. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the Lead Partner (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compli- ance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner); Note: All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), and e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Procure- ment Unit, Room A007, Ground Floor, Block ‘A’ Federal Character Commission Headquar- ters, No. 3 Maputo Street Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Federal Character Commission’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission Headquarters, No. 3 Maputo Street Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, 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 (Ministerial Tender Board Secretariat, Room A007, ground floor, Block ‘A’ Federal Character Commission Headquarters, No. 3 Maputo Street Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 15th April, 2024.

6. SUBMISSION OF EOI (SERVICE)
Interested Firms in Services are to submit the Expression of Interest (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 on Thursday, 4th April, 2024.

7. OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon on Thursday, 4th April, 2024 and 12:00 noon Monday, 15th April 2024 in the Commission’s Boardroom 4th Floor, Block ‘A’ Federal Character Commission Headquarters, No. 3 Maputo Street, Wuse Zone 3, Abuja. Please ensure that you sign the EOI/Bid Submission Register in the Procurement Unit, as the FCC will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Director, General Services on email directorcs@federalcharacter.gov.ng.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
b. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
b. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;
c.All costs will be borne by the bidders;
d. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);
e. 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 EOI’s/bid opening online;
f. 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;
g. Services: Only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
h. The Federal Character Commission is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any applicant 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
Executive Chairman
Federal Character Commission