DEADLINE: 17TH MARCH, 2025
NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (NISER)
OLD OYO ROAD, OJOO, IBADAN, OYO STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER (TECHNICAL) FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
1. INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) Ibadan, Oyo state in compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007 wishes to execute some projects with funds provided by the federal government of Nigeria in the 2024 capital appropriation. Consequent upon the foregoing, interested competent and reputable companies with expertise in the relevant fields are hereby invited to submit tender (technical) for the following listed projects.
2. SCOPE OF WORKS
S/N LOT NO PROJECT TITLE CATEGORY 1 Lot 3 Rehabilitation of research buildings works 2 Lot 4 Rehabilitation of administrative building works
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested bidders shall submit the following minimum verifiable technical requirements to be eligible for contract consideration:
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 (2021, 2022, 2023) valid till 31st December, 2024 with minimum annual turnover of N100m.
c. Evidence of pension Clearance Certificate (PENCOM) valid till 31st December 2024.
d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate Valid till 31st December, 2024
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 NISER 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 in any country for any criminal offence relating to fraud of financial impropriety or criminal misinterpretation 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 petitions 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 profile with the Curriculum Vitae of key Staff to be deployed for the project, including their Academic/ Professional Qualification such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.
i. Company audited statement of Account for the last three (3) years -2021, 2022, 2023 duly acknowledged by the federal Inland Revenue service.
j. Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indication willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of last three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of award, Valuation Certificates/ Job Completion Certificates and photographs of the projects where applicable;
l. List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement
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 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. SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL BID
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the LOT desired, two (2) hard copies of the technical bidding documents with inscription “technical bid for the project title” and addressed to the director general, Nigerian institute of social and economic research, Ibadan, oyo state, and clearly marked with (the name of the project and Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated tender box at the director general’s office, NISER not later than 12:00 noon on 17th March, 2025
5. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on 17th march, 2025 in the conference room of the institute in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please ensure that the bid submission register is signed in procurement unit, as the institute will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bid
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English language, contain table of content, paginated, partitioned and arranged serially with each page signed by an official authorized by the bidder. Failure to do so will lead to automatic disqualification of bidder
ii. Bids submitted after the deadline of the submission would be returned un-opened
iii. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) lot
iv. All cots will be borne by bidders
v. Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date to participate in financial bids
vi. NISER is neither committed nor oblige to shortlist any contractor
vii. NISER will only recognize and correspond with only authorized officers of the tendering companies and NOT through individuals or agents acting on their behalf
viii. This advertisement for invitation shall neither be construed as a commitment on the part of NISER nor shall it entitle any contractor to make any claims whatsoever and/or seek any indemnity from the institute
ix. Tendering with false documents is an offence, which will lead to disqualification and prosecution
x. NISER is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annual the procurement process at any time without any liabilities in accordance with section 28 of public procurement act of 2007
Signed
Management
NISER
