DEADLINE: 14TH JANUARY, 2025
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI (FUTO)
P.M.B. 1526, OWERRI
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2024 INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE PROJECT
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal University of Technology, Owerri in compliance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007 invites selected, qualified and competent Contractors with proven experience and good track record of performance top submit bids for the Procurement of Tractor, under Year 2024.
2. SCOPE OF PROJECT
LOT 1: PROCUREMENT OF TRACTOR
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible, potential bidders, should submit all the under listed verifiable documents and must be arranged in the following order and numbered.
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 or 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 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 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) 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 Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidd4er 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. 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 SURCON, COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, etc.
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. ONLY Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representative should bid for the vehicles;
m. 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 Compliance 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 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 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 Assistant Chief Procurement Officer, Room 203, First floor, Senate Building, on evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Federal University of Technology Owerri’s Remita account in 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 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 Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo 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 at the Office of the Procurement Unit, Room 203, First floor, Senate Building not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Tuesday, January 14, 2025, in the University Council Chambers Second floor, Senate Building, 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 provided in the Procurement Unit Room 203 first floor of the Senate Building FUTO as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. All enquiries should be directed to the Ag. Director, Procurement Unit/Secretary to Tenders Board, Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be 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. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier services) but the Commission would not be liable if delivered late or at the wrong address;
e. 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;
f. Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.
g. The Federal University of Technology, Owerri 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 Public Procurement Act, 2007.
Signed:
Management
Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
