DEADLINE: 11TH JUNE, 2024
IMO STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
IHITTE-UBOMA, IMO STATE
INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2024 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo 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 contractors/firms with relevant experiences and good track records of prompt delivery to be pre-qualified for the under mentioned project.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

LOTDESCRIPTION
LOT 1Supply, Installation, testing and commissioning of technical education equipment for various departments

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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 N100 Million;
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 Imo State College of Education, Ihitte-Uboma 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) For supply of equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2021 , 2022 & 2023);
j) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank 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 qualifications such as COREN, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc;
l) 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;
m) 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
Interested firms are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma with an evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot, through remita platform in any commercial bank of choice in favour of Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Evidence of such payment is to be presented at the cash office.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit (2) Technical and financial bids packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelope together in a bigger sealed envelope and addressed to: The Provost, Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo state and clearly marked the name of the project boldly written at the back of the envelope). Furthermore, the reverse of the sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender box at the office of the procurement officer, not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday, 11th June, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bid will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon Tuesday, 11th June 2024 at the Provost’s conference Room Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
iii. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
iv. 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 bidders who choose to join the bid opening online;
v. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
vi. The Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo State 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
REGISTRAR

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