DEADLINE: 11TH NOVEMBER, 2024
NIGERIA DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (NDIC)
PLOT 447/448 CONSTRUCTION AVENUE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA
E-MAIL: info@ndic.gov.ng
WEBSITE: www.ndic.gov.ng
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF HYPER CONVERGENCE INFRASTRUCTURE (HCI) FOR THE CORPORATION’S DISASTER RECOVERY SITE PHASE II
1. INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is desirous of engaging of eligible professional company with good track records of performance for the supply and installation of hyper-convergence infrastructure (HCI) for the corporation (NDIC) disaster recovery site for the second phase of this initial project.
The HCI is designed to provide a simplified deployment of IT infrastructure while ensuring smart management of IT applications enterprise-wide. Hence, we aim to achieve seamless upgrades without disruption to the end users. The HCI will ensure ease of seal ability and flexibility to all authorized users in order to aid performance-driven culture in the corporation.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The NDIC is requesting for one (1) unit of hyper-converged infrastructure for its production and DR sites to support a maximum of 3 nodes failure out of 6 nodes in a cluster with NVMe SSD model ES3000 V6 and server model 2288H V5 that supports both x86 and arm processors. Data migration from the existing infrastructure to the HCI is also included
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested bidders(S) for the above project are required to provide the following bidding requirements for the project. Al bids must be accompanied with the following:
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC1.1 and CAC2 and CAC7.
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the Last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2023; with minimum average annual turnover of N400,000,000.00
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 requirements 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 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 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g. Sworn Affidavit: Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigeria deposit insurance corporation 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. Company’s profile with curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic/professional qualifications such as NITDA & CPN etc.
k. Evidence of authorization of the original equipment/software manufacturer;
l. Evidence of current license/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
m. For joint venture/partnership, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the lead partner (CAC, tax clearance certificates, pension clearance certificate, ITF compliance certificate, NSITF clearance certificate, IRR & sworn affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);
Note: 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.
Note: technical bid should have a table of content and be paginated.
4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the standard biding document (SBD) from the procurement and management services department, 2nd floor, NDIC headquarters, plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue, central business district, Abuja on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per lot, paid into the Nigeria deposit insurance corporation’s Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit three (3) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with a soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “technical bid” and “financial bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to:
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 11:00 am on Monday, 11th November, 2024, on the ground floor, visitor’s waiting room, NDIC head office building in the presence of the bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.
Please, ensure that you sign the bid submission register on the 2nd floor, with the procurement and management services department, as NDIC will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. Further requisite information required can be obtained from the NDIC website or e-mail address infor@ndic.gov.ng
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an 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 Nigeria deposit insurance corporation 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
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