National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)- Invitation To Tender For The 2024 Capital And Zonal And Constituency Projects (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (NWRI)
MANDO ROAD, P. M. B. 2309, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE 2024 CAPITAL AND ZONAL AND CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Water Resource Institute (NWRI) in furtherance to its statutory mandate intends to undertake the procurement of Works/Goods under its Y2024 Capital Appropriation in accordance with extant Provisional Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act 2007. The Institute therefore invites all experienced and competent contractors, suppliers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects:

2. SCOPE OF GOODS/WORKS
The scope of Works/Good for the projects earmarked for execution is tabulated as follows

3. ELEGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent contractors, suppliers wishing to carry any of the Projects under the above are required to submit the following documents in their Technical bids:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with 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 till31 December, 2024:
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 31 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 Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31 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 December, 2024; or valid Certificate issued by BPP
g. Sworn Affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Water Resource Institute or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correctinall 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 relatingto any matter. that the Company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings:
• that the company does not have existing loan of financial liability with a bank or other financial institution 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 and 2023)
i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of Project when needed;
j. Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the key staff to be deployed for the Project including copies of their Academic/Professional Qualifications (In case of construction COREN, QSRBN.ARCON, CORBON etc.):
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size. nature and complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards. Certificate of Valuations. Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects:
l. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement
m. Only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of Vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the Vehicles;
n. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as a representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)
o. For Supply of Medical Equipment: Letter of Authorisation from the Original Equipment Manufacturers listed in the Approved Policy for Procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria:
p. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner should be provided (CAC. Tax Clearance Certificate, 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 transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the company/firm’s letter headed 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 headed papers must bear the names and nationalities of the Directors of the companies at the bottoms of the page duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
All documents must be paginated, submitted in the sequence/order as listed above.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of the Head of Procurement, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna on evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10, 000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot in the National Water Resources Institute’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, 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 Director General, National Water Resources Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at NWRI Mando Kaduna, not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 16 September, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission by 12:00 noon Monday, 16 September, 2024at the NWRI Board Room in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the submission register as the Institute will be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submission of bids. For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 10.00am to 3.00pm (Mondays-Fridays) at the following address: National Water Resource Institute, Mando Road, Kaduna or 08033220384

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder,
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un- opened,
c. Bidders should not bid for more than Two (2) Lots:
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders:
e. 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;
f. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services)
g. 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 be returned un-opened:
h. The National Water Resource Institute is not bound to pre-quality 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 Public Procurement Act, 2007

Signed:
PROF. E. A. ADANU
Director General