Federal Ministry Of Industry, Trade And Investment (FIMITY)- Request For Expression Of Interest (EOI) And Invitation To Tender (ITT) For The Implementation Of The Ministry Capital Projects For 2024 (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 25TH NOVEMBER, 2024
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND INVESTMENT (FIMITY).
AREA 1, FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, ABUJA.
PUBLIC REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AND INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MINISTRY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2024.

The Federal government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the federal ministry of Industry, trade and Investment (FMITI), IN THE 2024 Capital Appropriation Act, for the procurement of consultancy services and Goods, aimed at achieving the core mandate of the ministry. In compliance with the fundamental principles of public procurement, as prescribed by the Public Procurement Act 2007, the Ministry invites interested, eligible and experienced Consulting Firms, Bidders/ suppliers of proven competence, to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) or Tender Documents for the following Consultancy Services Assignments, works and goods:

1. SCOPE:

CATEGORY A (CONSULTANCY SERVICES)

2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
THE Consulting Firms wishing to pick Request for Proposals (REP) for the Consultancy Services from the EOI, as well as Bidders for Goods should possess the under-listed requirements, to be eligible to participate in the bidding process:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC1.1). 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 the Partners in case of Name) for the last three (3)years valid till 31st December, 2024; with minimum average turnover, as will be contained in the REP/Bidding Document;
c. Evidence of pension clearance certificate valid till 31st December 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose no of staff 5 and above )
d. Evidence of industrial training fund (ITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024.(this requirements is only applicable to bidders whose no of staff is 5 and above or the bidders turnover is 50M and above
e. Evidence of Nigeria social insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till December, 2024
f. Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal contractor, consultants and service providers by submission of intern 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 Federal Ministry of industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) or the Bureau of public Procurement is a formal or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information present 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 & 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 qualifications such as ARCON, COREN QSRBN, SURCON etc.
l. A letter, authorizing the Ministry , to verify documented claims of past assignments and Company Documents, with Relevant Agencies, where false claims shall be forwarded to Enforcement Agents, for investigation, given the significance of the Assignments under process.
m. Consultancy Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with the relevant regulatory professional body(ies);
n. Supplies of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as Representative of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
o. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner 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 on the Company/Firm’s Letter Head, 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 must also bear the Names and Phones numbers of the Directors of Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

3. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Procurement Department on the Ground Floor, Block G on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

4. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bids in two (2) 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, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope Addressed to The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of industry Trade and investment, Area Federal Secretariat, Garki – Abuja at the Procurement Department of the Ministry, on Ground Floor, Block G and clearly marked with the Lot bidded for. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 9th December, 2024.

5. SUBMISSION OF EOI (SERVICES)
Interested Firms in Services are to submit the Expression of interest (EOI) for each of the Lot desired, in three (3) hard copies each (one original & two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 25th November, 2024.

6. OPENING OF EOI & TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOIs and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 25th November 2024 and 12:00 noon Monday, 9th December, 2024, respectively, in the Ministry General Conference Room, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the Procurement Department, as the Ministry will not be held liable for any misplaced or wrongly submitted bid documents. For further enquiries, please contact the Director Procurement at 08057980312.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would returned un-opened;
c. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
d. No bidder would be awarded for more than 2 lots (Consultancy Services)
e. The EOIs/Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies;
f. Goods: 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;
g. Consultancy Services: Only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
h. The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment 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:
MANAGEMENT