National Institute For Freshwater Fisheries Research (NIFFR)- Invitation To Tender And Expression Of Interest For The 2024 Capital Projects (59 Lots)

DEADLINE: 15TH & 29TH APRIL, 2024
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH (NIFFR)
PMB 6006, NEW BUSSA, NIGER STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, New Bussa, Niger State, a parastatal under the supervision of Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, charged with the mandate of Research into conservation, productivity and Enhancement of Aquatic Resources in Inland Water Bodies and Empowerment of the fisher folks in Nigeria hereby invites interested reputable and competent contractors to submit bids and Expression of interest (EOI) for the execution of the under-listed projects.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLY

CATEGORY A: WORKS/SUPPLY

CATEGORY B: SPECIALISED TRAINING (CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS)

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a) Evidence of Certificate of Registration issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC1.1, CAC2 & 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 National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, New Bussa, Niger 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 (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 such as COREN, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc;
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) Works: List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement;
m) Electricity jobs: Evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)
n) For supply of equipment: letter of authorization as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
o) Evidence of firm’s current accreditation issued by the Centre for Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
p) 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);
q) 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 OG TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A)
Tender documents are obtainable at the Institute’ Procurement office after online payment of non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only per lot, paid to the Institute’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) CRF3000002095.

5. SUBMISSION OF EOI/BIDS
Category A: Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids packaged separately in sealed and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid” and both sealed in the third envelope indicating the category and lot applied, name of the company at the back and addressed and submitted to:
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH
PMB 6006, NEW BUSSA
NIGER STATE.
Contractors/companies interested in more than (1) one lot should apply for each separately. The dateline for submission of Technical and Financial documents is 12:00 noon on Monday, 29th April, 2024.
Category B: Expression of interest should be packaged in a single envelope and addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 15th April, 2024.

6. OPENING OF EOI DOCUMENTS AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and the technical bids will be opened in the presence of observers after the deadline for submission of all bids at 12:00 noon on Monday, 15th April, 2024 and 12:00 noon on Monday, 29th April, 2024 respectively, at the Institute Auditorium, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. All enquiries concerning this advertisement should be directed to office of the Executive Director/CEO.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidders
b. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.
c. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) lot;
d. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
e. The EOIs/technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and professional bodies and covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
f. Category A: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
g. Category B: only shortlisted applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposal; and
h. National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, New Bussa, Niger State is not bound to prequalify 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
Dr. A. M. Sule
Executive Director/CEO
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research,
New Bussa, Niger State