Customary Court Of Appeal- Expression Of Interest And Invitation For Pre-Qualification For Year 2024 Procurements (3 Lots)

DEADLINE: 24TH JUNE, 2024
CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL
NO. 36, P.O.W MAFEMI CRESCENT, UTAKO ABUJA
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR YEAR 2024 PROCUREMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Capital Territory Customary of Appeal, Abuja, in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 hereby, invites reputable consulting firms/building and Auto companies with proven track records to the Expression of Interest for Consultancy services/Pre-qualification exercise for its 2024 procurements.

2. SCOPE

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective consultants/contractors shall possess the following documents and without any of the under-listed requirements, the company will be automatically disqualified.
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 Federal Capital Customary Court of Appeal 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. 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. Works List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
m. Lot 1: evidence of firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body (ies) such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON CORBON etc.
n. Lot 3: only companies included in the National Automatic Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the vehicles
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. SUBMISSION OF EOI/PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to:
The Secretary,
Court Tenders Board,
Customary Court of Appeal,
No. 36. POW Mafemi Crescent, Utako District, Abuja and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the lot number). Furthermore, the reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box not later than 12:00 noon Monday 24th June, 2024.

5. OPENING OF EOI AND PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The EOIs and Pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 24th June, 2024, in the open Court Hall II, Customary Court of Appeal, Headquarters, Utako-District, Abuja.

6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an authorized official;
b. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. The EOIs/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;
e. Invitation for Prequalification: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
f. EOI: Consultancy Services; only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
g. The Customary Court of Appeal, Abuja 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
Chief Registrar,
Customary Court of Appeal
No. 36. P.O.W Mafemi Crescent, Utako District, Abuja