DEADLINE: 26TH JUNE, 2025
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IWO
P.M.B. 420 ELERE, IWO, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2025 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Iwo, Osun State pursuant to its mandate and in compliance with the requirements of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and other extant government regulations wishes to invite interested, competent/qualified and experienced Contractors/Suppliers with relevant experiences and good track records of prompt delivery of similar projects to be pre-qualified for the Procurement of Goods and Services under the Year 2025 TETFund Zonal Intervention below.
2. SCOPE OF WORKS
- Lot 1: Procurement and Installation of 60kw Inverter, 40.96kwh Battery Bank.
- Lot 2: Procurement and Installation for Office Equipment/Classroom Equipment for Departments
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and reputable firms are required to submit three bids’ documents duly signed, paginated and arranged in the order outlined;
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 and CAC7
b. Evidence of Current Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023, and 2024) valid till 31st December, 2025.
c. Evidence of current pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025
d. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025.
e. Evidence of Compliance with National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) 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 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP
g. A sworn affidavit by a Director of the company certifying that:
i. The document submitted for the pre-qualification exercises are genuine and correct:
ii. None of the Director(s) of the company had ever been convicted by a Court of Law:
iii. None of the officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Education, Iwo or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.
iv. The company is not in receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition.
h. Company Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 & 2024), certified by a Chartered Accountant/Auditor.
i. Comprehensive Company Profile indicating technical and administrative staff strength, curriculum Vitae (CVs) stating phone numbers, academic and professional qualifications including photocopies of certificates and years of experiences of key personnel available for the Project. The technical staff should be registered with relevant Professional Bodies such as: COREN, CORBON; QSRBN,ARCON, CORBON,
j. Evidence of financial capability to execute the project including Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
k. Letter of authorization as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
l. Evidence of Registration with National Information Technology and Development Agency (NITDA).
m. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and photographs of the projects.
n. For Joint Venture/Partnership. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) should be provided (all the eligibility requirements are compulsory for each JV partner)
o. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/ Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head paper bearing among 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 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
Bidders are to obtain tender documents from the Office of the Head of Procurement, at a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira Only (N10,000) only payable to Federal College of Education, Iwo. A copy of payment receipt must also be attached to financial documents
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with soft-copy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to The Provost, Federal College of Education, Iwo, P.M.B. 420 Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria and clearly marked with (the name of the project and lot number boldly written at the back).
Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, 26th June, 2025.
6. OPENING OF BIDS DOCUMENTS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Thursday, 26th June, 2025 in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register as Federal College of Education, Iwo will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the firm;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots
a. The College is not obliged to award the contract to the lowest bidder;
b. All cost incurred as a result of the bid invitation shall be borne by the bidders
c. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened
d. 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.
Prof. R.J Adebayo
Provost
Federal College of Education
