DEADLINE: 8TH JULY, 2024
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OKENE, KOGI STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Okene wishes to invite competent/qualified and experienced contractors who may wish to tender for its 2024 capital projects below:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS
The scope of work is as follows:

LOT NO.PROJECT DESCRIPTION
LOT 1RENOVATION OF MALE HOSTEL
LOT 2CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR (4) CLASSROOMS IN ONE (1) BLOCK INCLUDING FURNISHING AND EXTERNAL WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of company’s income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2021,2022 & 2023) Valid till 31st December 2024;
c. Evidence of Current Pension Compliance Certificate Valid till 31st December, 2024; (this requirement is only applicable to bidder’s whose number of staff is 15 and above)
d. Evidence of current 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 N100m 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 College of Education, okene 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 the company is not bankrupt, in receivership or under liquidation or involved in any litigation which can potentially affect the company’s ability to effectively discharge their responsibility if engaged;
  • 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 petitions or proceedings;

h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – (2021, 2022, 2023);
i. Reference letter from a reputable commercial Bank In Nigeria, Indicating willingness to Provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
j. Verifiable documentary evidence of atleast three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuations Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
k. Company’s program with the curriculum Vitae of key staffs to be deployed for the projects, Including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;
l. List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease Agreement;
m. For joint Venture/Partnership, memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance 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 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
The interested bidders are to collect the standard bidding documents from the office of the Head of procurement (Procurement Department) of the college at a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) payable to Federal College of Education, Okene’s TSA 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 Provost, Federal college of Education, Okene, Kogi state and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designed Tender Box at the Council Chamber, New Administrative Building not later 12:00 noon, Monday, 8th July, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bid shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 8th July, 2024 at the Council chamber, New Administrative Building in the presence of observers, Bidders or their representatives, while the financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register as the college will not be held liable for wrongly submitted Bids. For further enquires, please contact the “Head of the Procurement Department” on e-mail gokemmanuel@yahoo.com

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a) Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder.
b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c) All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids of an un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
e) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lots.
f) The college reserves the right to verify the authenticity of claims made on documents submitted and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false in addition, other sanctions that may be deemed necessary.
g) 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;
h) The Federal College of Education, Okene is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserved the right to annul the procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with section of the public Procurement Act, 2007.

Signed:
Head (procurement)
For: Provost

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