DEADLINE: 25TH NOVEMBER, 2024
AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING INSTITUTE (ARMTI)
KM 18, ILORIN-AJASE-IPO ROAD, P.M.B 1343 ILORIN, KWARA STATE
WEBSITE: http://www.armti.gov.ng
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2024 AMENDED CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin was established in 1980 by the federal government with a loan from the World Bank to build and strengthen human resources management capacity in the agricultural and rural sector of the Nigerian economy. The institute became a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the promulgation of decree no. 37 of December 31, 1984, now Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) act cap 11 vol. 1 law of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
CATEGORY A: WORKS
Lot 1: Construction of integrated solar street lights in various locations in Nasarawa West Senatorial District, Nasarawa state
Lot 2: provision and installation of solar street lights in Jalingo local government area of Taraba North Senatorial District
Lot 3: provision of solar light in Karim Lamido and LAU LGAs, Taraba North Senatorial District, Taraba state
Category b: goods
Lot 4: supply of empowerment items to selected women and youths of Orihionmwon/Uhunmode federal constituency, Edo state
Lot 5: supply of hybrid seeds to farmers in Nasarawa West Senatorial District, Nasarawa State
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent contractors and consulting firms/individual consultant wishing to carry out the projects listed under the three (3) categories above are required to submit the following documents:
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form 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;
c. Evidence of pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024 (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 N50m 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 agricultural and rural management training institute 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;
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 Qualification 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. Electricity jobs: evidence of current license issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)
n. For supply of equipment: letter of authorization as representatives of the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs);
o. For joint Venture/ Partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating the 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.
N.B: the above listed requirements shall form part of the bids evaluation criteria and non-compliance with any of the stated criteria shall result in automatic disqualification of the bidder. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive bidding (NCB) procedure as specified in Public Procurement Act, 2007.
4. collection of tender documents interested companies are to collect the standard bidding document (SBD) from the office of the agricultural and rural management training institute, headquarters, Ilorin on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000,00 per lot, paid into the agricultural and rural management training institute’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria
5. 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 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 executive director, agricultural and rural training institute (ARMTI)., km 18, illorin ajase-ipo, P.M.B 1343 illorin, kwara 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 agricultural and rural management training institute, illorin not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 25th November, 2024.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12;00 noon on Monday, 25th November, 2024 in the institute’s conference hall; agricultural and rural management training institute (ARMTI), km, 18, , ilorin ajase-ipo, P.M.B 1343 ilorin, kwara 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 at the agricultural management training institute, Ilorin, as the agricultural and rural management training institute, Ilorin will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquires: kindly obtain further information at the procurement unit between 9:00 am-4:00 pm (Mondays-Fridays) except on public holidays at the following address agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute 9ARMTI) km 18, Ilorin-ajase-ipo Road, Ilorin, Kwara state
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bid submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All costs will be borne by the bidders
d. 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;
e. 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;
f. The agricultural and rural management training institute, ilorin is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any applicant 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:
Executive director/CEO
ARMTI, ILORIN
