Federal College Of Education Okene, Kogi State- Invitation To Tender/Expression Of Interest For Projects Execution (8 Lots)

DEADLINE: 16TH & 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OKENE, KOGI STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Okene wishes to invite competent/qualified and experienced contractors who may wish to pre-qualify and tender for its years 2021-2024 (Merged) TETFUND Annual and Maintenance Intervention Projects below:

(2) SCOPE OF WORK
CATEGORY A: WORKS

CATEGORY B: GOODS

CATEGORY C: CONSULTANCY SERVICES

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs
Commission (CAC) including Form 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 (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 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 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
(g) Sworn Affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Education, Okene 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 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 or 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 three (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) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
(m) Consultancy Services: Operational Licence issued by NAICOM, Valid and
adequate re-insurance Treaty arrangement & Certified True Copy of Audited Accounts approved by NAICOM
(n) 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 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 authorised officer of the Firm.

(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Head of Procurement (Procurement Department) of the College on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Federal College of Education, Okene’s TSA in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENT (GOODS AND WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot 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 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 Provost, Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State 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 drop in the designated Tender Box at the Procurement Department of the College not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 30 September, 2024.

(6) SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTANCY SERVICES)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (Eol)
documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 16 September, 2024.

(7) OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and Technical Bids will be immediately opened after the deadline for
submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 16 September, 2024 and 12:00 Monday, 30
September, 2024 respectively, at the Council Chamber, New Administrative Building in the presence of Observers, Bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened.
Please ensure that you sign the EOI Bid Submission Register at the Procurement
Department of the College, as the Federal College of Education, Okene will not be
held liable for wrongly submitted Bids.
For further enquiries, please contact the “Head of the Procurement Department” on e-mail gokemmanuel@yahoo.com.

(8) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) EOI and Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
(b) EOI and Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned
un-opened;
(c) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;
(d) All cost will be borne by the bidders;
(e) The EOI and technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their
representatives, CSOs in the arcus 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) Goods and Works: 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:
(g) Consultancy Services: Only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be
invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
(h) The College reserves the right to verify the authenticity of claims made on
documents submitted and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false in addition, other sanctions that may be deemed necessary.
(i) The Federal College of Education, Okene is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any applicant and reserved 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:
Head (Procurement)
For Provost