DEADLINE: 31ST MARCH, 2025
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
HEADQUARTERS, SAUKA ABUJA
NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE (NIS)
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
INTRODUCTION:
1.1 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 hereby solicits for Technical and Financial bids from qualified and interested contractors for the under-listed projects to be funded from the 2025 Appropriation.
1.2 DESCRIPTION OF WORKS
The Projects description and location are listed hereunder;
LOT NO PROJECT DESCRIPTION LOCATIONS GOODS & SERVICES LOT 01 PROVISION OF SURVEILLANCE AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AT STRATEGIC BORDER AREAS SHQ-ABUJA LOT 02 SUPPLY OF OPERATIONAL AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES FOR LAND BORDER PATROL FOR NIS SHQ-ABUJA LOT 03 SUPPLY OF MOTORCYCLES FOR BORDER PATROL OF THE NIS SHQ-ABUJA LOT 04 SUPPLY OF MARINE PATROL BOATS FOR ONNE MARINE COMMAND RIVERS STATE LOT 05 PROVISION OF LOGISTICS TO COMMANDS UNDER ZONE ‘A’ LAGOS STATE LOT 06 PROVISION OF LOGISTICS TO COMMANDS UNDER ZONES ‘B’ AND ‘C’ KADUNA & BAUCHI STATES LOT 07 PROVISION OF LOGISTICS TO COMMANDS UNDER ZONES ‘D’ AND ‘E’ MINNA, NIGER & OWERRI, IMO STATES LOT 08 PROVISION OF LOGISTICS TO COMMANDS UNDER ZONES ‘F’, ‘G’ AND ‘H’ IBADAN, OΥΟ; BENIN, EDO & MARKUDI, BENUE STATES LOT 09 PROVISION OF LOGISTICS TO SHQ, SHQ-ABUJA LOT 10 PROVISION OF LOGISTICS TO FOUR (4) DIVISIONAL OFFICES UNDER ZONE ‘F’ SHQ-ABUJA LOT 11 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYBER SECURIUTY CURRICULUM AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER SECURITY LABORATORY FOR NIS TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR e-IMMIGRATION PROJECT ITSK-KAΝΟ; NITSOL-IMO; NITSA-RIVERS & ICSC-SOKOTO STATES WORKS LOT 12 PROVISION OF 50KVA SOLAR POWER SYSTEM AT NIGERIA IMMIGRATION TRAINING SCHOOL AHOADA RIVERS STATE LOT 13 PROVISION OF 50KVA SOLAR POWER SYSTEM AT NIGERIA IMMIGRATION TRAINING SCHOOL ORLU, IMO STATE IMO STATE LOT 14 CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF FORWARD OPERATING BASE AT DAMATURU, YOBE STATE YOBE STATE LOT 15 CONSTRUCTION OF CIS FLAG HOUSE AT JOS, PLATEAU STATE PLATEAU STATE LOT 16 RECONSTRUCTION OF ACG AND CIS ZONE ‘E’ RESIDENCE AT OWERRI, IMO STATE IMO STATE LOT 17 CONSTRUCTION OF 1NO 5ROOM BLOCK AT KAMBA CONTROL POST, KEBBI STATE KEBBI STATE LOT 18 CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPE ZONAL COMMAND OFFICE COMPLEX AT ZONE ‘H’ MAKURDI, BENUE STATE BENUE STATE LOT 19 REMODELLING OF ROOF AT SHEHU SHAGARI COMPLEX AT SHQ, ABUJA SHQ, ABUJA LOT 20 CONSTRUCTION OF DIVISIONAL OFFICE AT OKE AGBE, AKOKO NORTH-WEST LGA, ONDO STATE ONDO STATE LOT 21 CONSTRUCTION OF DIVISIONAL OFFICE AT ABEOKUTA NORTH LGA, OGUN STATE OGUN STATE LOT 22 REHABILITATION OF HOSTEL D AT IMMIGRATION TRAINING SCHOOL KANO (ITSK) KANO STATE KANO STATE LOT 23 REHABILITATION OF 3NOS 5 ROOMS HOSTEL BLOCK AT ICSC SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE SOKOTO STATE LOT 24 REHABILITATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK AT NITSA, AHOADA, RIVERS STATE RIVERS STATE LOT 25 FENCING OF LAND (MEASURING 1,298.59SQM) FOR TRANSIT CAMP AT BADAGRY MARINE PATROL UNIT, LAGOS STATE LAGOS STATE LOT 26 FENCING OF JEKE BORDER CONTROL POST (MEASURING 60MX75M) AND NIS LAND AT GUMEL (MEASURING 45MX75M), JIGAWA STATE JIGAWA STATE LOT 27 CONSTRUCTION OF PARADE GROUND AT IMMIGRATION TRAINING SCHOOL ORLU IMO STATE LOT 28 FENCING AND RENOVATION AT OLD COMMAND OFFICE COMPLEX AT YENAGOA BAYELSA STATE
ELIGIBILITY
As part of their submission, bidders are expected to show evidence of the following documents:
- Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC); including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7
- Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (i.e 2022, 2023,2024) valid till 31st December, 2025;
- Current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
- Current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025; with minimum average turnover of Ten Million naira (N10,000,000.00) for LOTS 1-11, while Twenty Million Naira (N20,000,000.00) for LOTS 12-28.
- Current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
- Evidence of financial capability to handle the job by submission of reference letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
- Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of BPP’s Interim Registration Report (IRR) valid till 31 December, 2025; Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Service a former or present Director, shareholder or any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
- Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications. Deployed Staff are expected to have COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, with evidence of current professional practice license 2025.
- Company’s Audited Account for the last (3) years-2022, 2023, 2024.
- Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years with Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies including Letter of Awards, Valuation Certificate, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the project.
- List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease.
- For joint ventures/partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (all the eligibility requirements are compulsory for each JV partner).
- Prospective bidders for Lots 1-4 and other Lots where there are equipment to be supplied the Bidders shall provide evidence of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)/Representatives.
NOTE: All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letterhead 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 of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The Tender Documents are to be collected from the Procurement Unit between the working hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm daily upon payment of a non-refundable tender fee of Twenty thousand naira only (N20,000.00) paid into the NIS’ REMITA Account: Tender Fee. The photocopy of the receipt should be attached to the Tender Documents.
SUBMISSION OF TENDERS DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the project, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and Financial bids, packaged separately in a sealed envelope and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the sealed envelope into the separate bid boxes marked Technical’ and ‘Financial’ and should be addressed to:
The Secretary,
Immigration Service Tenders Board,
Room A67, Ground Floor,
Shehu Shagari Complex,
Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters,
Sauka – Abuja.
And clearly marked (with the name of the projects and the Lot number) The bid should be registered in the Procurement Secretariat, Room A67/68 before submission into the Tenders Box. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the only quotations received from eligible/registered contractors, submitted into the Tenders Box as stated above, shall be entertained.
OPENING OF BID
The deadline of bid submission is1200hrs on Monday 31 March, 2025 while the technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission, at Muhammed Banbadede Hall, SHQ-Abuja in presence of the bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be opened in a later date to be communicated to the responsive bidders after technical evaluation.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. All submissions must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidders.
2. The evaluation of the received documents shall be strictly based on the requirements specified in this invitation to tender.
3. The submitted bids should be orderly.
4. The bidders must bear all the costs.
5. Only pre-qualified bidders at the technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bid opening.
6. The Service is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring liabilities in accordance with section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
7. NOTE THAT ALL bids not so marked and appropriately dropped in the respective tender boxes would be rejected.
8. Improper, and/or late submission of bid documents will be rejected or returned unopened to the bidders;
9. Prospective Bidders shall not bid for more than two (2) Lots, if discovered; such bidder will be out-rightly disqualified in all the Lots;
10. Contractors that had cases or record of contract abandonment, non-completion and poor projects execution with the Nigeria Immigration Service need not tender for any of these projects;
11. All Certificates submitted may be referred for verification from the relevant issuing Agencies/ Authorities.
DISCLAIMER
- This Invitation to Tender shall neither be construed as a commitment on the part of the Ministry of Interior/Nigeria Immigration Service nor shall it entitle potential bidders to make any claim(s) whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from the Ministry/Nigeria Immigration Service and/or any of their partners by virtue of such bidders having responded to this advertisement.
- For further clarification /enquiries, please contact the Procurement Unit by Email: cispcmneeds@immigration.gov.ng
SIGNED:
SECRETARY,
IMMIGRATION SERVICE TENDERS BOARD
FOR: COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
