DEADLINE: 11TH JUNE, 2024
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), OMOKU, RIVERS STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR THE YEAR 2024 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECT
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education (Technical) Omuku Rivers state in pursuant of its mandate and in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, wishes to invite interested, competent/qualified and experienced contractors/firms with relevant experiences and good track records of prompt delivery to be pre-qualified for the under mentioned projects.
2. SCOPE OF WORK/SUPPLY
Lot 1: Supply, installation, Testing and commissioning of office furniture and Office Equipment
Lot 2: supply, Installation Testing and commissioning of Technical Equipment
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of company’s income Tax clearance certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of 100million
c. Evidence of pension clearance certificate valid till 31st December, (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 50million and above);
e. Evidence of Nigeria social insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance 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 college of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers state or the Bureau of public procurement 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 country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
- That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
h. For supply of Equipment: Letter of authorization as representative of the original equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
i. Company’s Audited accounts for the last three (3) years-2021,2022,2023;
j. Reference letter from a reputable Commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
k. Company’s profile with the curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic / professional Qualification such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, etc;
l. Veriefiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity ) executed in the last (5) years including letters of awards Job completion Certificates and photographs of the projects;
m. For joint venture/ partnership, Memorandum of understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax, Clearance Certificate 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 transmitted with a covering/ Forwarding letter under the company/firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the registration number (RC) as issued by the corporate affairs commission (CAC), Contact address, Telephone number (preferably GSM No.), and e-mail address. The letter head paper must bear the names 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 are to collect the standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the director of procurement, Federal college of education (Technical ) Omoku, Rivers state on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per lot, paid into the federal College of education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers State Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or Financial Bid”. Thereafter put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the the provost, Federal college of education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers 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 drop in the designated tender Box at the office of the secretary, Federal college of education (Technical) Omoku not later than 12:00noon on Tuesday, 11th June, 2024.
6. OPENING OF THE TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Tuesday, 11th June, 2024 at the provost’s conference room, Federal college of education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers state, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened, Please, ensure that you sign the bid submission Register in the office of the secretary, Federal College of Education (Technical ) Omoku, as the federal college of Education (Technical) Omoku, RIVERS State will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the firm;
b. Bids must be submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All costs will be borne by bidders;
d. The Technical bids will be opened in the presence of the 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;
e. Only pre-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;
f. The federal college of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers state is not bound to pre-qualify 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:
Provost
Federal college of Education (Technical) omoku, Rivers state
