Federal Medical Centre, Owo- Invitation To Tender For Projects Execution (13 Lots)

DEADLINE: 9TH DECEMBER, 2024
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, OWO
MICHAEL ADEKUNLE AJASIN ROAD, P.M.B 1053, OWO, ONDO STATE
E-MAIL: INFOR@FMCOWO,ORG.NG
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Medical Centre, Owo is established to provide qualitative, affordable, accessible healthcare services to our patients at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels with the ultimate goal of reducing morbidity and mortality among Nigerians. Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has allocated funds for the provision of clinical trial complex. Reputable and competent companies with relevant experience and good track records are hereby invited to indicate interest for the following:

2. SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of certificate of Incorporation issued by 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 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 ₦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 federal medical Centre, owo 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 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, SURCON, etc.
k. For motor vehicles procurement: only companies included in the national automotive design and development council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the vehicles;
l. Medical & health: letter of authorization from the original equipment manufacturers listed in the approved policy for procurement of health and medical equipment for tertiary hospitals in Nigeria;
m. For supply of other equipment: letter of authorization as representative of the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs);
n. 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.
o. ICT jobs; evidence of firm’s current registration/accreditation with computer professionals registration council of Nigeria and national information technology development agency (NITDA);
p. Works; list of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement;
q. For joint venture/partnership, memorandum of understanding (MoU) 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.

4. Collection of tender documents
Interested companies are to collect the standard bidding document (SBD) from the office of the head of procurement department on evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per lot, paid to the FMC owo’s remita account at 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 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 medical director, federal medical Centre owo, ondo 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 of the medical director, new administrative building of federal medical Centre, owo not later than 12:00pm, on Monday, 9th December, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00pmn Monday, 9th December, 2024 at the new boardroom, new administrative building, of federal medical Centre, owo ondo state, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids shall be kept unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the medical director’s office, as the federal medical Centre, owo, ondo state will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For enquiries, please contact the “head of procurement” on 08033731601.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids received after the deadline for submission shall be returned un-opened;
c. All costs will be borne by the bidders.
d. Bid document can be collected in soft copies and bidders can submit through post (courier service) but the hospital would not be liable to delivery at wrong address;
e. Note that due diligence will be carried out on all the claims made;
f. 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;
g. 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;
h. The federal medical Centre, owo, ondo state 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:
Management