DEADLINE: 11TH NOVEMBER, 2024
NIGERIAN CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING BOARD (NCDMB)
NCDMB CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: NIGERIAN CONTENT TOWER, OX-BOW LAKE, SWALI, YENAGOA BAYELSA STATE
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
1. INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) with headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State is mandated by law to supervise, coordinate, administer, monitor, and manage the development of Nigerian Content in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry. The Board hereby invites interested reputable Companies/Consultants with good track record of performance and experience to bid for the following projects:
2. SCOPE OF SERVICES
CATEGORY A: INVITATION TO PREQUALIFICATION
LOT NO DESCRIPTION C-1. Construction of Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Federal College of Education, Okene, Kwara State C-2 Construction of Automotive Mechatronics and Cottage Automotive Workshop in Technical College, Okehi, Kwara State C-3 Deployment of Digital Learning Devices and Capacity Development in Selected Public School C-4 Rehabilitation of Secondary School in Asari-Toru/Akuku-Toru Federal Constituency, Rivers State C-5 Construction of Marine Engineering Office Building, Annexing the NCDMB/AGIP Building at the Rivers State University (RSU) Campus, Rivers State C-6 Construction and Furnishing of ICT Training Centre at Ojo Federal Constituency, Ojo, Lagos State C-7 Equipping of Digital Library and Resource Centre at Eleyo High School, Iro, Ikere, Ekiti State
Further details of the scope are contained in the Standard Bid Document (SBD)
CATEGORY B: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
LOT NO DESCRIPTION D-1 Provision of Consultancy Services for Training on Entrepreneurship and Business Development for Local Communities D-2 Provision of Consultancy Services for Digitization Training in Lagos State
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms should submit the following as a minimum:
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including, form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7. Business name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate or (personal income tax clearance certificates of all partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2021, 2022, 2023) 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 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 Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board 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;
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. Evidence of relevant DPR/NUPRC/NMDPR Permit valid till 31st December 2024;
m. ICT jobs: Evidence of current License/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
n. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
o. 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 EOI & PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit EOIs/Pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired, in two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packed in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “TECHNICAL BID” OR “EOI” and addressed to the “Manager, Procurement Department, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board Nigerian Content Tower,
Ox-Bow Lake, Swali, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria 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 should be dropped in the designated Tender box on the 12th Floor Nigerian Content Tower, Ox-Bow Lake, Swali, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria not later than 12:00noon Monday 11th November 2024.
5. OPENING OF EOI & PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The EOI and Prequalification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Monday 11th November 2024, at Nigerian Content Tower. Please ensure that you sign the EOI/Bid Submission Register in the office on the 12th Floor, NCDMB Tower Office,
Ox-Bow Lake, Swali, Yenagoa, as NCDMB will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted EOIs/Bids.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. BEOIs/IDs submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All costs will be borne by the bidder;
d. The EOIs/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 the bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
e. Invitation for Pre-qualification: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents
f. Consultancy Services: Only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposal;
g. The NCDMB 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:
Manager, Procurement department,
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)
