Federal Government College Ikom, Cross River State- Invitation To Tender For The Execution Of 2024 Capital Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 9TH JULY, 2024
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE IKOM, CROSS RIVER STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal Government College Ikom, Cross River State in the 2024 Appropriation Act for the execution of policies, programmes and projects towards achieving the mandate of the college.
Accordingly, the college wishes to invite reputable companies with relevant proven competence and experiences to submit tender for the execution of the following projects.

2. SCOPE OF WORK

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under-listed requirements to be eligible:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 02 and CAC07 or CAC1.1;
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 Federal Government College, Ikom, Cross River State 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) and the turnovers as reflected in financial statements must correspond with those in the Tax Clearance Certificate;
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) W1: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
m) G1: Evidence of firm’s registration accreditation with the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria & the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
n) G1: letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs);
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 TENDER DOCUMENTS
The tender documents are to be collected from the Office of the Vice Principal Special Duties Office between the working hours of 08:00am and 4:00pm daily upon presentation evidence of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per Lot to Federal Government College, Ikom, Cross river state through REMITA account in any reputable commercial Bank in Nigeria and present the teller for the College’s receipt. (The Gifmis code for the tender fee should be indicated in the appropriate column while generating the RRR).

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 soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel Format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid for project Title and Lot No” or “Financial Bid for project Title and Lot No” and the reverse of the name of the company should be boldly written. Both envelopes shall then be put in a larger envelope clearly marked at the top right corner stating the title of the project and be left in the appropriate tender box at the Vice Principal Special Duties office to be addressed to:
The Principal,
Federal Government College Ikom,
Cross River State

The submission should be made not later than 10:00am on Tuesday, 9th July 2024. Please make sure you sign the bid submission register at the Vice Principal Special Duties office at the Federal Government College, Ikom, Cross River State will not be held responsible for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids and contact the VPSD on this phone number 08037789685.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 10:00am on Tuesday, 9th July 2024, in the College’s Conference office, in the presence of Bidder or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the office of the Principal, FGC, Ikom, as FGC Ikom will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the principal on email: fgc-ikom@yahoo.com

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidders
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders
d. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) lot;
e. The technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and professional bodies and covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online.
f. 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;
g. The Federal Government College Ikom, Cross River 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:
THE PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, IKOM
CROSS RIVER STATE