Standard Organisation Of Nigeria (SON)- Expression Of Interest For Consultancy Services (30 Lots)

DEADLINE: 19TH AUGUST, 2024
STANDARD ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA (SON)
52 LOME CRESCENT, WUSE ZONE 7, ABUJA
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The standard organisation of Nigeria (SON) is charged with the responsibility of developing standards for commodities, products and services for industries, including metrology. It also implements the federal government’s policies & programmes on standardization of locally made and imported products throughout the country. In furtherance of the above, the organization wishes to embark on the provision of a number of services listed hereunder during the 2024 fiscal year.
1.2 Experienced ad competent consultants are hereby invitee to submit expression of interest for the provision of consultancy services for the organization’s ICT, publicity, sensitization, and auditing consulting.

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES
2.1 details of the scope of services to be provided are as stated hereunder:

CATEGORY A: ICT CONSULTANCY

CATEGORY B: PUBLICITY AND SENSITIZATION

CATEGORY C: AUDITING CONSULTING

 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms should submit two (2) bound Eoi documents duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined hereunder:
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms cac1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7 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 partners in case of business name) for the Last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of N100million;
c. Evidence of pension Clearance Certificate for the Last three (3) years (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 ₦50Million 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 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g. Sworn Affidavit:

• Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the standard organization of Nigeria 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 institution or third party that is classified 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. 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, NITDA, CPN, ICAN, ANAN 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, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and photographs of the project;
l. Evidence of firm’s registration with relevant regulatory professional body such as:

• Auditing: evidence of firm’s current registration issued by the office of the auditor general for the federation and ICAN/ANAN;
• Auditing: evidence of firm’s current registration with the financial reporting council of Nigeria;
• ICT jobs: evidence of firm’s current registration/accreditation with computer professionals registration council of Nigeria and national information technology development agency (NITDA);

m. 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 head 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 EOI DOCUMENTS
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of expression of interest (EOI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the director general/CEO, standards organization of Nigeria, 52, lome crescent, wuse zone 7, Abuja 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 drop in the designated tender box at the ground floor, standards organization of Nigeria, 52, lome crescent, wuse zone 7, Abuja, not later than 1:00pm on Monday, 19th August, 2024.

5. OPENING OF EOI DOCUMENTS
The EOI documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 1:00pm on Monday, 19th august, 2024. At the SON conference room, 2nd floor, standards organization of Nigeria, 52, lome crescent, wuse zone 7, Abuja. For further enquires, please contact the HOD (procurement) on e-mail hod.proc@son.gov.ng

6. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. EOIs must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
ii. EOIs submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
iii. Applicants should not bid for more than one (1) lot; violation is automatic disqualification;
iv. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
v. The EOIs 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;
vi. Firms can submit through post (courier services)
vii. Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of request for proposals;
viii. The standards organization of Nigeria is not bound to shortlist any applicants 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:
DIRECTOR GENERAL/ CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON)