University Of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo (UUTH)- Invitation To Tender/Pre-Qualification For Projects Under The 2024 Budget (12 Lots)

DEADLINE: 13TH & 27TH MAY, 2024
UNIVERSITY OF UYO TEACHING HOSPITAL, UYO (UUTH)
PMB 1136, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE
www.uuthuyo.net
INVITATION TO TENDER/PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PROJECTS UNDER THE 2024 BUDGET

1. INTRODUCTION
The University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom state is desirous of utilizing its 2024 Capital budget and pursuant to section 25(2) (ii), Public Procurement Act 2007, hereby invites sealed tenders and experienced and competent contractors and suppliers for the under listed project:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLY

CATEGORY A: PREQUALIFICATION

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Suitable qualified companies are invited to submit three (3) bound copies of the following documents duly signed, paginated , separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined hereunder;
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 valid till 31st December 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of N200M for prequalification and N50M for Invitation to tender;
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 University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom 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 (to include certified product specialist/Bio-Medical Engineers) 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) Health/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;
m) Evidence of verifiable OEMs service Centre in Nigeria to ensure after sales maintenance in line with the approved SGF circulars enforcing aftersales maintenance services for Medical equipment and duly certified by NNRA & SONCAP for category A.
n) For ICT: evidence of firm’s registration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and computer professionals Registration Council of Nigeria
o) Electricity jobs: Evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)
p) Works: List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement
q) 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
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Unit, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital on evidence of payment of a no-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot, paid into the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital’s Remita account in any reputable commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A)
Prospective Bidders are to submit two (2) bound copies of Pre-qualification documents, separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Chief Medical Director. The envelopes should be clearly marked (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 should be dropped in the designated Tender Box in the Conference Room, 2 floor. Administration Block, UUTH not later than 10:00 am. Monday, May 13, 2024. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register as the Hospital will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head of Procurement.

6. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A)
The Pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission by 10:00 am. Monday, May 13, 2024 at in the conference room, 2″ floor, Administration Block, UUTH.

7. SUBMISSION AND OPENING OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY B)
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) bound copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format. The documents should be packaged separately in scaled envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bal” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two scaled envelopes together in a bigger scaled envelope addressed to The Chief Medical Director and clearly marked with (the name of the Project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be dropped in the designated Tender Box in the Conference Room 2nd Floor, Administration Block, UUTH not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, May 27, 2024.

8. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS (CATEGORY B)
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, May 27, 2024 in the Conference Room 2nd Floor, Administration Block, UUTH, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened

9. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. All submitted documents shall be referred to relevant government Agencies,
b. All documents must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder:
c. All documents submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
d. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;
e. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
f. The 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 bid opening online;
g. Invitation to tender: Only pre-qualification bidders at technical evaluation will be invited a later date for collection of tender documents (category A).
h. Invitation for prequalification: Only 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 (category B);
i. The University of Uyo Teaching 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:
Prof. Emem Bassey
Chief Medical Director