Federal College Of Education (Technical) Asaba, Delta State- Invitation For Pre-Qualification For Execution Of The Year 2024 TETFUND Intervention For ICT Support, Year 2024 TETFUND Career Service Centre Intervention And Year 2024 TETFUND For Library Development (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 14TH OCTOBER, 2024
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) ASABA, DELTA STATE
PMB 1044, ASABA, DELTA STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR EXECUTION OF THE YEAR 2024 TETFUND INTERVENTION FOR ICT SUPPORT, YEAR 2024 TETFUND CAREER SERVICE CENTRE INTERVENTION AND YEAR 2024 TETFUND FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT

1. INTRODUCTION
In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, the Federal College of Education (technical), Asaba, Delta State hereby invites experienced and competent contractors/suppliers to submit pre-qualification documents for the following projects;

2. SCOPE OF WORK: GOODS
2024 Tetfund intervention for ICT support

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC1.1)
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 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 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 federal college of education (technical), Asaba, Delta state 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 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. 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;
k. Company’s profile with the Curriculum Vitae of key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/professional certificates such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, etc.;
l. For supply of equipment: letter of authorization as representative of the original equipment manufacturers (OEMS);
m. Evidence of company’s membership registration certificate with Booksellers Association of Nigeria for Lot LIB5
n. LOT ICT 1: evidence of current license issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);

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 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 PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents 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 provost, Federal College of Education (technical), Asaba, Delta state (Administrative building)and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated tender box at the registrar’s office, Federal College of Education (technical), Asaba Delta State, administrative building not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 14th October, 2024.

5. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Monday, 14th October, 2024 in the council chamber, administrative building. Please, ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the office of registrar, Administrative Building as the Federal College of Education (technical), Asaba will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the head, procurement unit on E-mail address carolineodu@gmail.com

6. 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 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; 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 at a technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
f. The Federal College of Education (technical), Asaba, delta 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 Procurement Act, 2007.

Signed:
Odu caroline
For Provost