Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State- Invitation For Pre-Qualification For Year 2024 TETfund Project Maintenance And 2024 Institution Based Skill Development (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 10TH MARCH, 2025
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC NEKEDE, IMO STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR YEAR 2024 TETFUND PROJECT MAINTENANCE AND 2024 INSTITUTION BASED SKILL DEVELOPMENT

BACKGROUND
1.0. Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State is a beneficiary of the year 2024 Project Maintenance, 2024 Lib. Development in the TETFund.
1.2 Accordingly, and in line with the provision of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the Institution hereby invites interested and reputable contractors/suppliers with relevant experiences and good track records to submit technical bid for the projects listed below:

2. SCOPE OF SUPPLY:

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; with minimum average turnover of N250 million;
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 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 Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State 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;
• that no Director has been convicted by any Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
• that the Company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
• that the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months;

h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2022, 2023 & 2024;
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, 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. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/Lease Agreement.
m. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the Lead Partner (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);
n. 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 PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit 3 No technical bids in sealed envelope and addressed to: the Rector Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State and clearly marked year TETFUND PROJECT MAINTENANCE OR 2024 INSTITUTION BASED SKILL DEVELOPMENT; with lot number and lot description. Furthermore, the reverse of the sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box not at the office of the procurement officer, later than 12:00 noon 10th of March, 2025.

5. OPENING OF PREQUALIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS
The technical bid will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon 10th of March, 2025, in the Council Chamber of the College in the presence of bidders or their representatives.

6. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids should be English Language and signed by an authorized official.
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission will be returned un-opened.
iii. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
iv. 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; and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
v. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
vi. The Federal Polytechnic Nekede 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
Registrar