Federal Polytechnic Of Oil And Gas, Bonny- Invitation To Tender And Request For Expression Of Interest For Year 2024 TETFUND Zonal Intervention Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 30TH APRIL, 2024
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OF OIL AND GAS, BONNY
RIVERS STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER AND REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR YEAR 2024 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

1. BACKGROUND
Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny, Rivers State wishes to invite reputable contractors with relevant proven competence and experience to submit Bid/EOI for the execution of the following projects.

2. SCOPE OF GOODS AND SERVICES
CATEGORY A: GOODS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7; business name with form BN1 is also acceptable for consultancy services;
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates (or personal income tax certificate where acceptable for 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 Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny, Rivers 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

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) 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) 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 DOCUMENT (GOODS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Chief Procurement Officer, The Federal Polytechnic Oil & Gas, Bonny, within the working hours upon the presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per Lot. The Fee should be paid into the Federal Polytechnic Oil & Gas, Bonny, REMITA’s account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS(GOODS)
Interested and competent bidders are requested to submit two (2) hard copies each of completed technical and financial bids, packaged separately in sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to: The
Rector, Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny, Rivers State and clearly marked with the name of the project and lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of the sealed envelopes should have the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box at the Office of the Registrar, not later than 12:00noon Tuesday, 30th April, 2024.

6. SUBMISSION OF EOI
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 and two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday, 30th April, 2024.

7. OPENING OF EOI & TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the EOI and Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Tuesday, 30th April, 2024, at the Polytechnic’s Board room while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) lot. any bidder that violates this rule shall be disqualified.
d. Technical and financial bids enclosed in one and same single envelope that will expose the technical and financial bids at the same time of opening shall be disqualified.
e. The EOI/technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and Professionals Bodies and covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who choose to join the bid opening online;
f. Goods: 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 Polytechnic 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
REGISTRAR