DEADLINE: 5TH AUGUST, 2024
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria In compliance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007 invites competent and experienced contractors to apply for the under listed project appropriated in the 2024 Capital Appropriation:
2. SCOPE OF WORK
LOT 1: REPAIRS OF JUDGE’S QUARTERS
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective companies shall submit the following documents and without any of the under listed requirement, the company will automatically be disqualified:
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 National Industrial Court Of Nigeria 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/ 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. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids for each of the lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” addressed to The Chief Registrar, National Industrial Court Of Nigeria, First Floor Room 122. No 11 New Bassa Close Area 3, Garki 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 dropped in designated Tender box at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, not later than 12:00noon Monday 5th August 2024.
5. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon Monday 5th August 2024 at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria 2nd Floor Court Room 2 in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, as the National Industrial Court of Nigeria will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Pre-qualification must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Pre-qualification submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. The pre-qualification document 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. If any information provided is found to be false at any stage of the exercise, it will lead to outright disqualification of the Firm/Company
f. This advertisement shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, nor shall it entitle the submitting company to make any claims whatsoever or seek any indemnity from the National Industrial Court of Nigeria by virtue of such company having responded to this advertisement.
g. Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
h. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria 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:
CHIEF REGISTRAR
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA
