DEADLINE: 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
FEDERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE AMUZU, EBONYI STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF 2024 APPROPRIATION

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The federal government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal Science and Technical College Amuzu Ebonyi state in the 2024 appropriation act for the execution of projects towards achieving the mandate of the college.
In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the college invites interested and eligible contractors with relevant proven competence and experience to participate in the bidding process of the following projects:

2.0 SCOPE OF WORKS

CATEGORY A: WORKS

LOT NOPROJECT TITLE/DESCRIPTION
W1Construction of three Classrooms block in eight communities in Ikwo/Ezza South federal

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the under-listed requirements to be eligible in this procurement:
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7.
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 N500 million
c. Evidence of pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024 (this requirements 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 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 federal science and technical college Amuzu 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 an existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that s 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 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. Works: list of plants/equipment’s with proof of ownership/lease agreement;
m. Lot G1: letter of authorization as representative of the original equipment manufacturers (OEMS);
n. For joint venture/partnership, memorandum of understanding (MoU) 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.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
interested companies are to collect he standard bidding documents (SBD) from the office of the PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE FSTC amuzu between the working hours of 08:00am and 04:00pm daily upon the payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot to federal science and technical college AMUZU EBONYI state REMITA account in any commercial bank and presented copy of college’s receipt.

5.0 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 with soft copy of financial bid only in MS excel format, packaged seperately 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 principal, federal science and technical college Amuzu ebonyi, 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 VICE PRINCIPAL OFFICE, FSTC Amuzu Ebonyi state not later than 12:00 noon, 30th September, 2024.

6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 30th September, 2024 in the college office in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened, please, ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the office of the principal, FSTC Amuzu, as FSTC Amuzu will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the vice principal on 08036925684 or e-mail fstcollegeamuzu@gmail.com

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. bids must be in English language and signed by an officer 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. 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; and
e. The federal science and technical college Amuzu ebonyi state 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 public procurement act 2007.

Signed
THE PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
AMUZU EBONYI STATE

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