National Teachers’ Institute Kaduna- Invitation For Pre-Qualification For The Implementation Of 2025 Zonal Intervention And Capital Procurement Activities (111 Lots)

DEADLINE: 12TH MAY, 2025
NATIONAL TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE KADUNA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2025 ZONAL INTERVENTION AND CAPITAL PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna is a single mode distance education institution dedicated to teacher training. It was established in 1976 by the Federal Government primarily because of the pressing needs in the country for trained and qualified teaching staff at all levels of the educational system. Act No. 7 of 10th April 1978 establishing the Institute charged it among others with the responsibility of: providing courses of instruction leading to the development, upgrading and certification of teachers as specified in the relevant syllabus using distance education techniques. The Institute in line with her mandates wishes to invite interested, competent and reputable Contractors with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the procurement of the under listed:

2.0 SCOPE
A. CONSULTANCY

GOODS

WORKS

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
For purposes of evaluation, interested Contractors/Consultants should supply the under-listed information including but not limited to the following:
i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name with Form BM1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
ii. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2025, with a minimum average annual turnover of N50 for Works and N30 million for Goods & Services.
iii. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
iv. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025 (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);
v. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025.
vi. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
vii. Sworn Affidavit
i. an affidavit certifying that the company is not in receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy.
ii. an affidavit that no officer of National Teachers’ Institute or Bureau of Public Procurement is a Director or Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.
iii. An affidavit that none of the Directors of the Company has been convicted of a criminal offense in relation to fraud or financial impropriety in any court in Nigeria or elsewhere.
iv. That all information presented in the bid is true and correct in all particulars.
viii. Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 and 2024).
ix. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
x. Company’s profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications;
xi. Consultancy Service: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with the relevant regulatory professional body(ies);
xii. Training: Company’s valid training license issued by Centre for Management Development (CMD);
xiii. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
xiv. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
xv. Verifiable document evidence of at least three (3) years similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including letter of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificate and Photographs of the Projects.
xvi. 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 Letter Head Paper must bear Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

4.0 SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENT (CONSULTANCY SERVICE)
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (EOI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to Director General/CEO, National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the 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 Procurement Unit, Office No: DR 10, Directorate Department, National Teachers’ Institute, (NTI) Headquarters KM 5 Kaduna-Zaria Road, Kaduna, not later than 12:00 Noon, Monday 12th May, 2025.

5.0 SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Invitation to Pre-Qualification”; and addressed to Director General/CEO, National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the 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 Procurement Unit, Office No: DR 10, Directorate Department, National Teachers’ Institute, (NTI) Headquarters KM 5 Kaduna-Zaria Road, Kaduna not later than 12:00 Noon, Monday 12th May, 2025.

6.0 OPENING OF EOI/PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The EOI/Prequalification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00 Noon, Monday 12th May, 2025 at the SMASE Complex Building, of National Teachers’ Institute, (NTI) Headquarters Kaduna; in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Procurement Unit, as the Institute will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids/EOIs must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids/EOIs submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) lots;
d. The EOIs/Bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and professional bodies and covered by video recording, Invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the EOIs opening online;
e. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
f. Consultancy Services: Only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals upon payment of none refundable tender fee of N10,000.00
g. Goods & works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening upon payment of none refundable tender fee of N10,000.00
h. Arrangement of Technical Documents in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical document should have a table of content indicating the pages, which these items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.
i. National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna is not bound to pre-quality 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 2007 Public Procurement ACT.

SIGNED
Director General/CEO,
National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna