Federal Ministry Of Marine And Blue Economy- Invitation For Tenders And Request For Proposals For The Supply Of Goods And Services (9 Lots)

DEADLINE: 10TH JUNE, 2024
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY
INVITATION FOR TENDERS AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES
TENDER PACKAGE NO.: MBE/PROC/2024/001

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigerian has provided funds in the 2004 appropriation act to the Federal Ministry of Marine & Blue Economy for the for the execution of policies, programmes and projects aimed at achieving its mandate. To this end, experienced and reputable suppliers, contractors and consultant/service providers are hereby invited to tender for the under-listed Goods and Services.

2. SCOPE OF SUPPLIES & SERVICES
CATEGORY A: GOODS (INVITATION TO TENDER)
Interested Suppliers and Contractors are invited to submit Technical and financial bids for the following projects;

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent contractors, suppliers and consultants/service providers wishing to carry out any project listed above are required to submit the following documents in their EOI/technical profile. Failure to fulfill any of the under-listed requirements will render the bid disqualified.
a. Evidence of Certificate of incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CA22 and CAC7. Business name with form BN1s is also acceptable for consultancy services;
b. Evidence of Tax Clearance Certificate(or personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates for all partners) for the last three (3) years expiring 31st December 31st, 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 Ministry of Transportation 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. Company’s profile with 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;
l. Lot C1-C4: evidence of firm’s current registration with the Surveyors Council of Nigeria;
m. For supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)
n. 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 DOCUMENTS (GOODS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) for category A and Request for Proposal (RFP) for category B in a single stage two cover system from the office of the Director, Procurement, 6th Floor, Federal Ministry of Transportation/Marine & Blue Economy, Bukar Dipcharima building, Central Business District, Abuja on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only per lot, paid into Remita E-Collection account/TSA of the Federal Ministry of Transportation/Marine & Blue Economy – Hqtrs – 022900100100 in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS)
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of the financial bid in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation/Marine & Blue Economy, Bukar Dipcharima building, Central Business District, Abuja 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 dropped in the designated tender Box at the address stated in paragraph 4 above, not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 10th June, 2024. Late bids shall be returned un-opened.

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 & two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 27th May, 2024.

7. OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 27th May, 2024 and 12:00 noon Monday, 10th June, 2024 respectively, at the Training Hall, Ground Floor, Federal Ministry of Transportation/Marine & Blue Economy, Bukar Dipcharima building, Central Business District, Abuja, in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the EOI/Bid submission Register at the address stated in 4.0 above. As the Ministry will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted EOIs/Bids.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
ii. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
iii. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) lots;
iv. All cost will be borne by the bidders as the Ministry will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation;
v. Non-compliance with all conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process;
vi. The EOIs/Technical bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies; and will be covered by video recording.
vii. Goods: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening while the financial bid of un-successful bidders shall be returned unopened;
viii. Services: Only Shortlisted consultant will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
ix. The Ministry of Transportation 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.
x. For further enquiries, please contact procurement department between 9:00am to 3:30pm (Monday – Fridays) at the following address;

Federal Ministry of Transportation/Marine & Blue Economy,
6th Floor, Bukar Dipcharima building, Central Business District, Abuja

Signed
Permanent Secretary
Federal Ministry of Transportation/Marine And Blue Economy