Ebonyi State College Of Education, Ikwo, Ebonyi State- Invitation For Technical And Financial Bids For Execution Of The Year 2024 Tetfund ICT Intervention

DEADLINE: 23RD DECEMBER, 2024
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, IKWO, EBONYI STATE
INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS FOR EXECUTION OF THE YEAR 2024 TETFUND ICT INTERVENTION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo hereby wishes to invite contractors with proven capability, relevant experience, and good track record to be considered for technical and financial bid exercise for the following:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC2 and CAC7(or CAC 1.1)
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 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 ₦50Million 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 ebonyi state college of education, ikwo universal service provision fund or 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. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature and complexity), executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and photographs of the project;
k. Company’s profile with the Curriculum Vitae of key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/ Professional qualifications
l. ICT jobs: evidence of firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
m. List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
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.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the standard bidding documents (SBD) from the bursary department, ebonyi state college of education on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 per lot, payable at the college bursary department

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids in two (20 hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bid only in MS excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “technical bid’ or “financial bid”. Thereafter, ut the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the provost, Ebonyi state college of education, ikwo, Ebonyi state and clearly marked with the lot bided for. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box at the provost’s office not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 23rd December, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 noon Monday, 23rd December, 2024 in the college conference room ebonyi state college of education, Ikwo 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 office of the provost as the ebonyi state college of education, ikwo 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 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 the 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 ebonyi state college of education, Ikwo, ebonyi 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:
Ayama C.R. (mrs)
Registrar