Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA)- Invitation To Tender And Expression Of Interest For The Execution Of 2024 Capital Appropriation Act (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 2ND & 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
NIGERIA NATURAL MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NNMDA)
9, KOFO ABAYOMI STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2024 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION ACT

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds for the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Innovations, Science & Technology in the 2024 capital appropriation for the procurement of Works, Goods and Services towards achieving its mandates. In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the Agency hereby invites interested eligible and experienced contractors and consultants with proven competence to submit tenders and expression of interest for the execution of the following projects:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLY

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including, form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7; Business name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate( or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partner in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024; with annual turnover of N200,000,000.00 for Works;
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 the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency 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 indicating its activities, 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 (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. Works: List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership of lease agreement;
m. Consultancy services: evidence of firm’s current registration with the relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as Centre for Management Development;
n. For supply of equipment: letter of authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
o. 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 (WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Secretary tender Board, Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency 9, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 only per Lot, paid into the Account Name: Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency, Account No.: 022800400100 GIFMIS CODE: 1000256280 payables in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria by generating RRR on Remita.net

5. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids for each of the Lots 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 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/Chief executive, Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency 9, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos and clearly marked with “INVITATION TO TENDER” and indicate the LOT No”. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender box at DG’s Reception not later than 12:00noon Monday, 16th September 2024

6. SUBMISSION OF EOI (SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound Expression of Interest (EOI) document separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in sealed envelope and addressed as stated above, and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number) Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender box not later than 12:00noon Monday, 2nd September 2024.

7. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The EOIs and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00noon Monday, 2nd September 2024 and 12:00noon Monday, 16th September 2024 respectively in the Conference Room, 9, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign the EOIs/Bid Submission Register in the Director General’s office 9, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. As the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact Mr FO Fashina 08033285209 (Director, procurement) or email info@nnmda.gov.ng.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. EOIs/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 cost will be borne by the bidders;
e. The EOIs/ 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. Category A and B: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at the later date for financial bids documents while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened
h. Category C: Only shortlisted firms will be contacted at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
i. The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency 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:
PROF. MARTINS EMEJE
THE DIRECTOR GENERAL/CHIEF EXECUTIVE
NNMDA