DEADLINE: 11TH JUNE, 2025
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (FEDCAM)
OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF SERVICE COMPLEX, BLOCK C ROOMS C818 & C819
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, PHASE II, SHEHU SHAGARI WAY, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, FCT-ABUJA, NIGERIA.
www.health.gov.ng
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF FY2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The FEDERAL COLLEGE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (FEDCAM) in furtherance of its statutory mandate intends to undertake the Procurement of various Goods under the 2024 Capital Appropriation and in accordance with Extant Provision of Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
1.2 The College therefore invites all experienced and competent Contractors and Suppliers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects tabulated in 2.0.
2.0 SCOPE OF WORK
The Scope of work for the projects earmarked for execution are as follows:
S/N LOT NO PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 LOT A1 Purchase of Operational Utility Vehicles for Research and Botanical Garden 2 LOT A2 Provision of Medical Equipment
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
i. Verifiable Evidence of Certificate of Registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and Form CAC7;
ii. Evidence of current Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2022, 2023 & 2024); valid till 31st December 2025;
iii. Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025;
iv. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025;
v. Evidence of current National Social Insurance Trust fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025;
vi. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers; by submission of the Interim Registration Report (IRR) Expiring by 31st December 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
vii. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FEDCAM) 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;
viii. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2022, 2023 & 2024);
ix. Evidence of financial capability to execute the project 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;
x. Company Profile with verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award, Valuation Certificates and Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
xi. Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) must be attached;
xii. For Medical Equipment: Letter of Authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) listed in the approved Policy for Procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria, for bidders of affected Lot;
xiii. For joint ventures/partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (all the eligibility requirements are compulsory for each JV Partner);
xiv. All document 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 headed papers must bear the names and nationalities of the directors of the companies at the bottom of the page duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
NOTE that all documents/information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as listed in i – xiv above.
4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS:
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Office of the Head of Procurement, Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FEDCAM) Administrative Headquarters, Office of the Head of Service, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase II, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, FCT-Abuja, Nigeria between 10am – 3pm, Mondays to Fridays, upon showing evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into the Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine’s Remita Account in any Commercial Bank. (The TSA Account Number is to be obtained from the Colleges Central Pay Office or Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare Headquarters).
5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS:
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid” with the Company’s name written on each envelope. Thereafter put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Provost, Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FEDCAM) Administrative Headquarters, Office of the Head of Service, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase II, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, FCT-Abuja, Nigeria, 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 should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address in 4.0 above, not later than 12.00 noon on Monday 9th June, 2025.
6.0 OPENING OF BIDS DOCUMENTS:
Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission by 12.00 noon on Monday 9th June, 2025 at the College’s Administrative Headquarters in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Centre will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder.
ii. Bid submitted after the deadline of submission would be returned unopened.
iii. Pre-qualified Bidders will be contacted at a later date for Financial Bid Opening while Financial Bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened;
iv. All costs will be borne by the bidders as the College will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party (ies) in connection with any response to this invitation;
v. Non-Compliance with all the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.
vi. The College is not bound to Pre-qualify 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 Public Procurement Act, 2007.
vii. For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Unit between 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 pm (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address: The College’s Administrative Headquarters, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase II, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, FCT- Abuja, Nigeria
Signed:
Sole Administrator
Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FEDCAM)
