DEADLINE: 9TH MAY, 2025
KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT
ADOLESCENT GIRLS INITIATIVE FOR LEARNING AND EMPOWERMENT (AGILE) PROJECT
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
REQUEST FOR BIDS (RFB)-GOODS
(ONE-ENVELOPE BIDDING PROCESS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
NAME OF PROJECT: AGILE – ADOLESCENT GIRLS’ INITIATIVE FOR LEARNING & EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
CONTRACT TITLE: PROVISION OF DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING DEVICES FOR THE 70 SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS (SSS) IN KWARA STATE.
CREDIT NO.: P170664
RFB REFERENCE NO.: NG-KWARA AGILE ADF-441280-GO-RFB
1. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project (AGILE) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Provision and Installation of Digital Literacy Training Devices for the 70 Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), in Kwara State. “For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.”
2. The Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for one of the following lots:
- Lot 1: A total of 650 all-in-one desktop computers will be supplied to 26 secondary schools in the Kwara Central Senatorial District. Additionally, specialized desktop computers will be provided to the School of Special Needs, including: 15 units for the hearing impaired, 5 units for the visually impaired, 5 units for individuals with motor impairments. Furthermore, 54 printers, 27 interactive boards and 351 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), as per list included in section VII of the bidding document
- Lot 2: A total of 455 all-in-one desktop computers, 36 printers, 18 interactive boards and 234 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) will be supplied to 18 secondary schools in the Kwara North Senatorial District, as per list included in section VII of the bidding document
- Lot 3: A total of 625 all-in-one desktop computers, 50 printers, 25 interactive boards and 325 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) will be supplied to 25 secondary schools in the Kwara South Senatorial District, as per list included in section VII of the bidding document.
3. Contractors can only bid for one (1) lot on this package. Multiple Bidding will be disqualified
4. Work period for each lot is 6 months. The margin of Preference shall not be allowed
5. Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” September, 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) available on www.worldbank.org/procure and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
6. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project, The Project Coordinator, Adeshina Azeez Salami kwarastateagile@gmail.com CC: nihinlolaboiarin@gmail.com, and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below: No 17, Agba Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State.
7. The bidding document in English may be purchased from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Seventy Thousand Naira (N70,000.00) only in a Bank Draft in Favour of “Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project”. The document could be collected at the address below on presentation of proof of payment. At the request of the bidder, the documents could also be sent by courier after payment of an additional fee to cover the cost of delivery.
8. Bids must be delivered to the address in paragraph 13 below on or before Friday, May 9, 2025. 12:00 pm (local time) Electronic Bidding will not be permitted Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at AGILE Project Office, No 17, Agba Road, G.R.A, Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. 12:00 pm.
9. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration duly signed by the bidder representative.
10. All Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration.
11. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
12. The address referred to above is:
The State Project Coordinator,
AGILE Project Office,
No 17, Agba Road, G.R.A,
Ilorin, Kwara State,
Nigeria. +234-8124700145, +234-8078095567
Email: kwarastateagile@gmail.com CC: nihinlolaboiarin@gmail.com.
