DEADLINE: 23RD JUNE, 2025
AFRICAN UNION DEVELOPMENT AGENCY-NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT (AUDA-NEPAD)
FARANAH CLOSE, WUSE ZONE 2, ABUJA.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated Funds to the African Union Development Agency New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD) in the 2025 Appropriation Act for the execution of policies, programs and projects towards achieving the mandate of the Agency. Accordingly, AUDA-NEPAD wishes to invite reputable Companies with relevant proven competence and experience to submit tenders for the following projects:
2. SCOPE OF WORKS
S/NO. PROJECT TITLE LOCATION LOT G1 Supply of Motor Cycles at Kaduna South, Federal Constituency Kaduna State LOT G2 Supply of Sewing Machines at Kaduna South, Federal Constituency Kaduna State LOT G3 Supply of Grinding Machine at Kaduna South, Federal Constituency Kaduna State LOT G4 Supply of Tractors with Implements in Kaduna South Federal Constituency Kaduna State
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC 1 as applicable);
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 & 2024) valid till 31st December, 2025;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificates valid till 31st December, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificates 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);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificates valid till 31st December, 2025;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
g. Sworn Affidavit
- disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for African Development 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 or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation 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 petition 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 Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2022, 2023 & 2024, duly signed and sealed by relevant firm and the turnovers as reflected in financial statements must correspond with those in the Tax Clearance Certificate;
i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the project when needed;
j. 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 COREN, QSBRN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Job Completion Certificates, and Photographs of the projects;
l. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner); and
Note: 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 Letterhead 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. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The tender documents are to be collected from the Office of the Head of Procurement Unit between the working hours of 08:00am and 04:00pm daily upon the payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000 per Lot to the African Union Development Agency New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD) through REMITA platforms in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, and presented the WABEIXX269NEPAD reference (The BIFMIS Code for Tenderers Fee should be indicated in the appropriate column while generating the RRR).
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the lot desired, two Hard copies (Marked Original & Copy) each for both Technical & Financial Bids with soft copy of Financial Bid only in MS excel format packaged in two separate sealed envelopes clearly marked at the top right corner of each envelope stating the title of the project i.e., “TECHNICAL BIDS For project Title and LOT No.” & “FINANCIAL BIDS For Project Title and LOT No.” and at the reverse side the name of the company should be boldly written. Both envelopes shall then be put in a larger envelope clearly marked at the top right corner stating the name of the project and drop in the designated Tender Box at 2nd Floor Office of the Head of Procurement Unit, office to be addressed to:
The National Coordinator/CEO
African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for African Development
(AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria
The submission should be made not later than 12:00 noon on Monday 23rd June, 2025. Please make sure you sign the Bid Submission Register at the Head of Procurement Unit will not be held responsible for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 23rd June, 2025, in the AUDA-NEPAD Conference Hall in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the Agency will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the NEPAD email auda-nepad@gmail.com, Phone No: 07039845649 or 08087676679.
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bid 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 unopened.
iii. All costs will be borne by the bidders.
iv. Bidders can only bid for one lot.
v. The Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives. NGOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies. Bidders are invited for the Technical Bid opening while
vi.Only pre-qualified bidders at Technical Evaluation will be invited for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened on request.
vii. The African Union Development Agency New Partnership for African Development Agency 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.
Signed:
The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer
African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for African Development
