National Productivity Centre (NPC)- Invitation To Tender For 2024 Works Projects (203 Lots)

DEADLINE: 30TH APRIL, 2024
NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE (NPC)
PLOT 2173, CAPE TOWN STREET, WUSE ZONE 4, ABUJA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2024 WORKS PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Productivity Centre (NPC) is a Federal Government parastatal under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. In line with the centre’s mandate of enhancing individual and organizational productivity, it seeks to engage the services of competent contractors for the execution of its works capital project under the 2024 budget as follows:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

 GOODS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms should submit the following documents:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates (or personal Income Tax Clearance of all partners in case of Business name) for the last three (3) years) valid till 31st December, 2024;
c) Evidence of current 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 current 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 Productivity Centre 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 the company is not in receivership, the subject of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding us petition or proceedings and
• that the company is not having any director who has been convicted in any country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or crime misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter

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) List of plant/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease;
m) Electricity jobs: Evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
n) 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
o) For supply of equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)
p) For ICT: evidence of firm’s registration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and computer professionals Registration Council of Nigeria
q) Health and Medical 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;
r) 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.
Please note that the Centre will carry out due diligence/verification of all the original documents mentioned above.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the standard bidding documents (SBD) from the office of the Director of Procurements of National Productivity Centre, plot 2173, Cape Town Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot, paid into the National Productivity Centre’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF BID FOR (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 soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to The Director of Procurement of National Productivity Centre, plot 2173, Cape Town Street, Wuse zone 4, Abuja and clearly marked with the (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 Director of Procurement’s office not later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 30th April, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The Technical for (Works) will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 30th April, 2024 at Centre’ Board Room. Relevant private sector professional bodies and civil society organizations are hereby invited to witness the opening of the Technical.

7. PLEASE NOTE THAT
i. Standard Bidding Documents can also be collected in soft copies and bidders can submit through Post (courier services).
ii. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
iii. Certificate shall be referred to the respective issuing authority for authentication;
iv. The evaluation shall be strictly based on the requirement specified above and as contained in the standard bidding documents.
v. The advertisement is published for information purpose and will be construed as a commitment or obligation on the part of the National Productivity Centre. The Centre is not bound to consider any bids and reserves the right to reject bids at any or cancel the procurement proceedings in the public interest.
vi. Due diligence exercise shall be conducted to verify the claim made by bidder; and
vii. All submission must be made in English language.
viii. Representatives of relevant professional bodies, Civil Society and Non-governmental Organization Organizations along with the public are invited to witness the openings.
ix. The NPC is not bound to shortlist 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
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE