DEADLINE: 28TH APRIL, 2025
NIGERIA DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (NDIC)
PLOT 447/448 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA
EMAIL: info@ndic.gov.ng WEBSITE: www.ndic.gov.ng
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE ACQUISITION AND LICENSE RENEWAL OF FOUR (4NOS) UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT APPLIANCES FOR ABUJA AND LAGOS OFFICES
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) wishes to invite reputable and competent Companies with good track record of performance and experience to tender for the Acquisition and License renewal of four (04 NOS) Unified Threat Management Appliances for Abuja and Lagos Offices.
2.0 SCOPE OF WORKS
1. Assist the Corporation in acquisition, implementation and license renewal of four (4 Nos) Unified Threat Management appliances.
2. Provide Technical support if requested to assist for the optimal management of the application which will aid maintenance to manage traffic coming through the Corporation’s gateway using the deployed Solution to monitor and deter malicious content like malware virus etc.
3. Advice on general capacity building and offer advices for effective management of the Unified Threat Management appliances in the Corporation.
4. Training of the Corporation’s staff on the Administration and Management of the deployed Solution both on-the-job training and application class room training programs.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Network Intrusion Prevention.
2. Integrated Internet Security.
3. Secured VPN Module.
4. Gateway Anti-Virus and Anti-spam protection.
5. Edge-base content filtering (Web Filter and Application Firewall).
6. Anti-Malware, Anti-ransomware.
7. Other relevant supplements/deliverables.
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Interested bidder(s) for the above project are to submit their bids along with the following requirements:
1. Evidence of Certification of Compliance with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including CAC1.1 and CAC2 and CAC7.
2. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2024, with minimum average annual turnover of N300,000,000.00.
3. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025.
4. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025.
5. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025
6. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers (BPP) established by BPP including valid Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
7. Sworn Affidavit that the Directors and members of the board are not related to officers of the NDIC and have not been declared insolvent or bankrupt by any authority or court of law.
8. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 & 2024).
9. Evidence of Financial capacity to execute the project by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable deposit money bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project where necessary.
10. Evidence of registration with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
11. Evidence of Three similar jobs conducted in the last five (5) years with verifiable Letter of completion of the assignments.
12. Evidence of Three (3) partners with satisfactory personal income tax payment for the last Three years 2022,2023 & 2024
13. Evidence of enrollment certificate with National Health Insurance Scheme or Private Health Insurance Scheme certificate.
14. Evidence of payment of annual registration of practice license in the last three years 2022, 2023, & 2024 with IT Professional bodies in Nigeria like Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria; Nigeria Computer Society; Information Technology Association of Nigeria; The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, & The Institute of Management Information System (IMIS).Membership shall be of at least two (2) Professional bodies.
15. 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 CVs, NITDA etc.
16. Failure to satisfactorily fulfill any of the conditions as stated above Would result in invalidation of the application.
17. The Corporation shall reserve the right to verify/reject any submission based on unverifiable information.
18. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company 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-Heading 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.
4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement and Management Services Department, 2nd Floor, NDIC
Headquarters, Plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue, Central Business District, Abuja on evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10, 000.00 in any commercial bank paid to the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Abuja using Remita platform www.remita.net.
5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid, three (3) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy contained in a CD in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to:
The Director,
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC),
Plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue,
Central Business District,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box on the Ground floor, reception area at the Head Office Building not later Monday, 28th April, 2025 by 11am.
6.0 OPENING OF BID
The Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission Monday, 28th April, 2025 by 11am, at the Ground Floor, Visitors waiting room of the Head Office Building in the presence of the bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the Procurement and Management Services Department, 2nd floor, as NDIC will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. Further required information required can be obtained from the following e-mail address please contact the info@ndic.gov.ng.
7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i) Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder.
ii) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.
iii) All costs will be borne by the bidder.
iv) All shortlisted bidders will be contacted at a later date for financial bid opening, while bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
v) NDIC is not bound to shortlist 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 Procurement Act 2007.
SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT
