National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna- Invitation For Pre-Qualification For The Implementation Of 2024 Procurement Activities (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2024
NATIONAL TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE (NTI), KADUNA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna is a single mode distance education institution dedicated to teacher training. It was established in 1976 by the federal government primarily because of the pressing needs in the country for training and qualified teaching staff at all levels of the educational system. Act No. 7 of 10th April 1978 establishing the institute charged it among others with the responsibility of providing courses of instruction leading to the development, upgrading and certification of teachers as specified in the relevant syllabus using distance techniques. The institute in line with her mandates wishes to invite interested, competent and reputable contractors with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the procurement of the under listed:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS
CATEGORY A: GOODS

WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents:
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including, form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7;
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 N100M for N50M for Goods;
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 National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna 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 executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. List of plant/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
m. For supply of equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs);
n. 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. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENT
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualifications for each of the lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and addressed to the Director General/CEO, National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna and clearly marked with the name of the project and 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 at the Procurement Department National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna not later than 12:00noon Monday, 16th September 2024.

5. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The prequalification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00noon Monday, 16th September 2024, in the conference room, National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna 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 at the office in the Procurement department, as the Institute will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. The prequalification documents must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. The prequalification documents submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. The Technical Bids and EOI 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;
e. Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at the later date for collection of Tender documents;
f. Arrangement of prequalification documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical document should have a table of content indicating the pages, which these items are to be found. Failure to comply with the directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.
g. The National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna 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:
DIRECTOR GENERAL/CEO
NATIONAL TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE, KADUNA