Rural Electrification Agency (REA)- Invitation To Tender And Pre-Qualification For Projects Execution (171 Lots)

DEADLINE: 10TH JUNE, 2024
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AGENCY (REA)
INVITATION TO TENDER AND PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) under the 2024 Appropriation Act to carry out Electrification Projects. In compliance with the provision of the public procurement Act 2007, the Agency hereby invites competent and experienced Nigerian Contractors to submit tenders for the electrification Projects listed below;

2. SCOPE OF WORK

CATEGORY B (SOLAR MINI GRID/SOLAR HOME SYSTEM)

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Prospective bidders are required to submit genuine copies of the following documents as their proof of technical eligibility:
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;
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 Rural Electrification Agency 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) 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;
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) List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreements;
l) Electricity jobs: evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
m) 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;
n) Bidders in category B (SOLAR MINI GRID/SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS) must provide evidence that there are Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or accredited agents of the OEM;
o) 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 PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Interested Bidders are to collect the Standard Bid Documents from the Procurement Directorate, REA Corporate Headquarters, 22 Freetown Street, Wuse 2, Abuja upon production of evidence of payment of the non-refundable tender fee of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira) only per lot. All payments are to be made through Remita in favor of National Rural Electrification Agency (NREA) AND NOT Nigeria Electricity Project (NEP) using GIFMIS code 1000024043 after which bidders should proceed to REA Fund Management Directorate with their RRR to obtain Receipt of payment.
Original and photocopies of the Certified Receipt of Payment and Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) shall then be presented to the REA Procurement Directorate for collection of Standard Bid Documents. Collection of Documents shall be between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
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 Managing Director/CEO Rural Electrification Agency Corporate Headquarters, Freetown Street Wuse 2. 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 designated points within the Agency’s Corporate Headquarters, 22 Freetown Street, Wuse 2 Abuja not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday 27th June, 2024 for categories (A, B and C) and 12:00 noon Monday, 10th June, 2024 for category D.

6. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The Technical bids for categories (A, B and C) shall be opened immediately after close of submissions at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, 27th June, 2024. The public opening shall take place at REA Corporate Headquarters, 22 Freetown Street, Wuse 2, Abuja in the presence of bidders, or their representatives and observers from invited professional Bodies and civil Society Organizations while that of Category D would take place at 12:00 Noon on Monday 10th June, 2024 Bidders should ensure that they sign the Bid Submission Register and obtain Bid Acknowledgment Receipt before dropping their bids in the Tender Boxes as REA will not be held responsible for lost, misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder,
ii. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
iii. Bidders should not bid for more than Two (2) Lots;
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 bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
v. Category A, B & C: 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
vi. Category D: Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
vii. This advertisement is published only for information purposes and does not constitute an offer, commitment or obligation by REA to transact with any party nor entitle any contractor to make any claims, whatsoever or seek any indemnity from the Agency.
viii. The Rural Electrification Agency 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
The Managing Director/CEO REA