DEADLINE: 25TH JUNE, 2025
BENIN-OWENA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
KM 24, BENIN/SAPELE ROAD, OBAYANTOR, BENIN CITY.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR WORKS AND GOODS (TECHNICAL BIDS)/NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES
CANCELLATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS (LOTS B1-B80 & LOTS C1-C10.)

This is to notify the General Public of the cancellation of our earlier advertisement of 28th April, 2025 and its subsequent addendum for extension on 21st May, 2025 in the Vanguard and Nation Newspapers) and Federal Tenders Journal of Monday, 26th May, 2025. This cancellation is in consideration of the provision of Section 28(b) of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007.

We regret any inconveniences this may cause.

Further to this, BORBDA is hereby inviting prospective bidders for the execution of some FY 2025 Capital Projects as enumerated below:

1.0 CATEGORY B&C: INVITATION TO TENDER FOR WORKS&GOODS

LOT NOS.PROJECT NAME
LOT B1Revitalization of RBDA: Power Supply and Maintenance
LOT B2PE-WASH (Water Sanitation & Hygiene)
LOT B3Construction of WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) Facility in Federal Constituencies under the Benin-Owena RBDA Catchment Area
LOT B4Iju/Itaogbolu Irrigation Project
LOT B5Construction of Trailer Park at Obasanjo Motor Park, Isua Akoko, Akoko South East/South West Federal Constituency, Ondo State
LOT B6Iyemero Farmland Development
LOT B7Maintenance of Dams: Owena Earth Dam, Ogwashidam, Ukhum-Erah Dam
LOT B8Construction of Solar Street Lights in Bow and Arrow and Okedogbon Street in Owo Local Government, Ondo State
LOT B9Okpe Integrated Farm: Eco-Tourism
LOT B10Supply and Installation of Five (5Nos) 500KVA Transformers to Oke-Igbede and Selected Communities in Akoko Northeast/Northwest Federal Constituency of Ondo State
LOT B11Rehabilitation and Furnishing of Classrooms and Staff Office at Basic School, New Gbagi, Ibadan, Oyo State
LOT B12Rehabilitation and Furnishing of Classrooms at Elekuro High School, Oyo State
LOT B13Furnishing of Classrooms at Elekuro High School, Oyo State
LOT B14Installation of Solar Powered Streetlights in Useen Polytechnic and college of Agriculture, Iguriorakhi, Edo State
LOT B15Installation of solar Street Lights in Innan-Abbi Delta State
LOT B16Construction and Installation of Irrigation Facilities
LOT B17Construction of Solar Powered Boreholes in Benin/Owena River Basin
LOT B18Provision of Water Supply Schemes in Federal Constituencies under the Benin-Owena RBDA Catchment Area
LOT B19Environmental Protection and Waste Management
LOT B20Construction of Auchi Earth Dam
LOT B21Construction of lyowa-Utekon Road, Edo State
LOT B22Construction of Playground and Equipping of School for Children with Special needs, Imojo-Ekiti, Oye Local Government, Ekiti State
LOT B23Construction of Playground and Equipping of Motherless Babies Home, Itapa Ekiti, Oye Local Government, Ekiti State
LOT B24Construction of Blocks of Classrooms at Apana Mixed Secondary School, Ihievbe Ogba, Owon East Local Government Area, Edo State.
LOT B25Construction of Blocks of Classrooms at Apana Mixed Secondary School, Apana, Etsako West Local Government Area, Edo State.
LOT B26Installation of Solar Street Lights in Selected Locations in Akinyele/Lagelu, Oyo State
LOT B27Rehabilitation of Roads in Awka North/South Federal Constituency
LOT B28Rehabilitation of Roads in Awka North/South Federal Constituency
LOT B29Installation of Solar Street Lights across Aba North/South Federal Constituency, Abia State.
LOT B30Installation of Solar Street Lights in Selected Locations in Oriu/Orsu/Oru Fed Constituency, Imo State
LOT B31Installation of Solar Street Lights across Epe Federal Constituency, Lagos State
LOT B32Installation of Solar Street Lights Across Bassa/Dekina, Askira-Uba/Hawul, Kaga/Gubio/Magumeri, Bade/Jakusko Federal Constituencies
LOT B33Installation of Solar Street Lights at Hausawa and Other Selected Locations in Kano State
LOT B34Off-Grid Solar Power Supply for Area Offices
LOT B35Headquarters development: Maintenance of Infrastructures
LOT B36Headquarter’s development: Maintenance of Internal Roads
LOT B37Rehabilitation of the Office Building and Internal Roads
LOT B38Monitoring and Evaluation of Water Related Project
LOT B39Hydrometeorological Network and Planning
LOT B40Rehabilitation of Ekiti and Ondo Area Offices
LOT B41Renovation of Solar Light in Owo/Ose Federal Constituency
LOT B42Installation of Solar Light in Owo/Ose Federal Constituency

2.0 CATEGORY D: INVITATION TO TENDER FOR NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES

LOT NOS.PROJECT NAME
LOT D1Procurement of Security Services

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7. Business Name with Form BN 1 is also acceptable for Services;

b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 & 2024) valid till 31st December, 2025;

c. 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);

d. 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);

e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate 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 Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority 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;

i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of 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, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON, etc.;

k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation/Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

l. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;

m. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

n. Lot D1: Evidence of Firm’s current License issued by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC);

o. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);

p. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);

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.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORIES B, C&D)
Prospective bidders are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Head of Procurement between the working hours of 08:00am and 04:00pm daily upon the payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot to the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority REMITA account in any Commercial Bank and presented copy of College’s receipt.

Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of Head of Procurement Unit, Room 067, Ground Floor, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor on presentation of evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, and bidders are to generate IGR Account Number 025203800100 and the GIFMIS code for the Tender fees is 1000020623.

The GIFMIS code for the Tender fees is 1000020623.

Note: Bidders who have previously paid are EXEMPTED from paying again. However, they are required to show proof of payment before collection of tender documents.

4.1 Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each for technical and financial bids with softcopy of the financial bid only in MS-Excel format; packaged separately in sealed envelopes and marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger envelope, clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number at the top right corner. Furthermore, the reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 25th June, 2025.

4.2 Each sealed envelope of bidders should be addressed to:
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
BENIN-OWENA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
KM. 24, BENIN/SAPELE ROAD, OBAYANTOR,
P. M. B. 1381, BENIN CITY.

This should be delivered and receipted for at the Procurement Unit and dropped in the designated Tender Box in the New Conference Room, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor.

5.5 Inclusion of a bid security of 2% of the bid price for Works of Three Hundred Million Naira (N300m) and above; and for Goods and Services of One Hundred Million Naira (N100m) and above.

6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS

6.1 Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission in the New Conference Room, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor as follows:

S/NDESCRIPTIONDATE AND TIME OF OPENING
1.INVITATION TO TENDER FOR WORKS AND GOODS (TECHNICAL BIDS)/NON-CONSULTANCY SERVICES12:00 noon Wednesday, 25th June, 2025

while the financial bids will be kept unopened.

6.2 Bidders should please ensure that they sign the Bid Submission Register in the Office of the Head, Procurement Unit, Ground Floor, Room 067, BORBDA Headquarters Complex, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor, as the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Head Procurement Unit” on e-mail oeriamiantoe@gmail.com, info@beninowena.gov.ng or call any of these mobile telephone numbers: 08167534272, 08059625635.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. The authorized official shall be introduced to the Authority by a Letter of Authority duly signed by the Director or Secretary of the Company;
c. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
d. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots, violators shall be disqualified from all the Lots;
e. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
f. Invitation to Tender: Only pre-qualified bidders at the technical evaluation stage will be contacted for their financial bids opening. The financial bids of non-prequalified bidders will be returned unopened.
g. Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies; and will be covered by video recording; invitation links will be sent to bidders who choose to join the bid opening online;
h. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through post (Courier Services). Bids submitted through post must be received before the deadline for submission of bids, otherwise the bid will be returned unopened;

DISCLAIMER:
The Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any applicant 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
Managing Director/CEO
Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority

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