Nigerian Army College Of Environmental Science & Technology- Invitation For Tender For The Implementation Of 2024 Tertiary Educational Trust Fund On ICT Support And Maintenance Intervention (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 14TH OCTOBER, 2024
NIGERIAN ARMY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
MARKURDI, BENUE STATE
INVITATION FOR TENDER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND ON ICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE INTERVENTION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State in keeping with its mandate and in compliance with the provisions to implement the College Year 2024 TETFUND ICT support and Maintenance Intervention Projects. The College hereby invites interested, competent and reputable contractors with relevant experience and good records of accomplishment for the execution of the under listed Projects;

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLIES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Interested bidders should submit the following requirements.
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 CAC current Annual returns with Status showing active on CAC portal. Inactive CAC status will result in disqualification of the bidder
c. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024;
d. 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);
e. 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);
f. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2024;
g. 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;
h. Sworn affidavit

• Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State 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.
• That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months;

i. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years 2021, 2022, 2023
j. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
k. 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 CPN & NITDA, NEMSA, etc.:
l. 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;
m. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs);
n. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current License issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
o. List of plant/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
p. 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 (GOODS AND WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Director Physical Planning Unit of the College on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENT
Prospective bidders are to submit bids in 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 REGISTRAR, Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State 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 in the Office of the Director Procurement not later than 12:00noon Monday, 14th October 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00noon Monday, 14th October 2024 at the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State 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 Procurement Unit Office, as the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. Arrangement of Technical Document 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 are items, are to found. Failure to comply with this directive will be resulting dis-qualification of the bidders.
e. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at the later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened
f. The 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;
g. The Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science & Technology, Markurdi, Benue State 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:
REGISTRAR