Federal University Of Health Sciences, Azare (FUHSA)- Invitation For Pre-qualification And Tenders For The Execution Of 2024 Capital Projects (7 Lots)

DEADLINE: 15TH APRIL, 2024
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, AZARE (FUHSA)
KM3, AZARE-POTISKUM ROAD, PMB 45, AZARE BAUCHI STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDERS FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare (FUHSA), wishes to invite interested and reputable contractors/suppliers with relevant experience to submit bids for the execution of the following 2024 under-listed capital projects at its headquarters.

2. SCOPE OF PROJECTS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders 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;
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and 2021) 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 University of Health Sciences, Azare 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) 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 the vehicles;
i) Medical & Health 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
j) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2021, 2022 & 2023);
k) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
l) 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 etc;
m) 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;
n) 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.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies/firms are to collect Tender Documents from the Procurement Planning Committee (PPC) Secretariat, Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare, Bauchi State on payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira0 only per lot, paid into the Federal to Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare’s TSA account in any reputable commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of the financial bid in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Health Sciences,
Azare, Bauchi State 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 not later than 12:00 noon of Monday 15th April, 2024.

All sections of the financial bids document must be filled in ink, every page of the bid document must be duly signed by an authorized person for your bid to be deemed completed.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon of Monday 15th April, 2024 at the University Conference hall in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidders
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lot;
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
e. The technical bids opening in the presence of observers will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidders who choose to join the bid opening online;
f. 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;
g. The Federal University of Health Science Azare 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.

SIGNED
VICE CHANCELLOR
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, AZARE