Federal Government College, Otobi, Benue State- Invitation To Tender For 2024 Capital Projects

DEADLINE: 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, OTOBI, BENUE STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION:
The federal government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the federal government college, Otobi, Benue state in the 2024 appropriation for the execution of policies, programmes and projects toward achieving the mandate of the college. Accordingly, the college wishes to invite reputable companies with relevant proven competence and experiences to submit tenders for the execution of the following projects:

2. SCOPE OF SUPPLIES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC 1.1).
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 N50 million
c. Evidence of pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staffs 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 Nigerian 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 the federal government college, otobi, benue state 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 no Director has been convicted in any country for any criminal offence relating to fraud of financial impropriety or criminal misinterpretation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
• 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;
• That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institutions or 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 (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 awards, valuation certificates, job completion certificates and photographs of the project evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including letters;
k. Only companies included in the national automotive design and development council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles should bid for the vehicle or the authorized dealers with memorandum of understanding;
l. For joint Venture/ Partnership, the following documents must be provided for each JV partner: memorandum of understanding (MoU), CAC, tax clearance certificate, pension compliance certificate, ITF compliance certificate, NSITF clearance certificate, IRR & 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 documents (SBD) from office of the vice principal special duties between working hours upon the payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 to federal government college, otobi, benue state through REMITA platform in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, and present the letter for the college’s receipt (the GIFMIS code for tender’s 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, (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
The principal,
Federal Government College,
Otobi benue state
And clearly marked with the lot bided for. Furthermore, the reverse of the sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the office of the vice principal special duties not later than 12:00noon Thursday , 5th September , 2024.

6. OPENING TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon Thursday, 5thSeptembe, in the college conference hall in the presence of the bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, make sure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the college will not be held Liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the college on email: fgcotobi@yahoo.com Phone no: 08039414244.

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 costs 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 the technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
f. The Federal Government College, otobi is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Procurement Act, 2007.

Signed:
The Principal,
Federal Government College, Otobi, Benue State