DEADLINE: 20TH AUGUST, 2024
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE IBILLO, EDO STATE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal Government College Ibillo, Edo State, in the appropriation act 2024 for the execution of policies, programmes and projects toward achieving the mandate of the college. Accordingly, the college wishes to invite reputable contractors with relevant proven competence and experience to submit tenders for the execution of the following project:
2. SCOPE OF WORK
LOT NO PROJECT TITLE/DESCRIPTION LOCATION LOT W1 COMPLETION AND RENOVATION OF ABANDONED ASSEMBLY/EXAMINATION HALL FGC, IBILLO
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including, form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate ) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of N50million;
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 bidder whose number of staff is 5 and above or bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance 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 31st December 2024; or valid certificate issued by BPP;
g. Sworn affidavit
- Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Federal Government College, Ibillo, Edo State or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former of present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bids are true and correct in all particulars;
- That no director has been convicted in any Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
- That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency of bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition 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. 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, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least (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. List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership of lease agreement;
m. For joint venture/partnership, memorandum of understanding should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension clearance certificate, ITF compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance certificate, IRR and 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 Letterhead 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 companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Vice Principal Special Duties between the working hours of 08:00am and 04:00pm on evidence of payment of a non-refundable Tender fee of N10,000.00 only, per Lot, paid into the Federal Government College (FGC), Ibillo, Edo State’s remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. (The GIFMIS Code for Tenders Fee should be indicated in the appropriate column while generating the RRR).
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids 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 Principal, Federal Government College (FGC), Ibillo, Edo State, 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 dropped in designated Tender box at the Vice Principle Special Duties, Federal Government College (FGC), Ibillo, Edo State not later than 12:00noon Tuesday 20th August 2024.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon Monday 20th August, 2024, in the College’s Conference Hall in the presence of bidders or their representative, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the vice principle special duties office as while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Vice Principle Special Duties Office will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the college on phone no: 08034220178
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. 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
e. 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 return un-opened;
f. The Federal Government College (FGC), Ibillo, Edo State is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annual 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 (FGC), IBILLO, EDO STATE
