Federal Ministry Of Education- Request For Pre-Qualification And Invitation To Tender (ITT) For Procurement Of Goods And Works For Execution Of 2025 Capital Appropriation (12 Lots)

DEADLINE: 8TH JULY, 2025
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, PHASE III, AHMADU BELLO WAY, ABUJA
REQUEST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) FOR PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND WORKS FOR EXECUTION OF 2025 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appropriated funds to the Federal Ministry of Education, Headquarters in the 2025 Fiscal year for the Procurement of Goods and Works for the execution of policies and programmes towards achieving the mandate of the Ministry. In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and other extant guidelines for the award of contracts in the Federal Public Service, the Ministry wishes to invite experienced and competent Contractors/Suppliers/Service Providers to submit Bid(s) documents for the following Projects:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/GOODS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders must possess the under-listed requirements to be eligible in this procurement process:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2025; with a minimum average annual turnover of ₦200 Million for Works and ₦50 Million for Goods;
c. Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
d. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
e. Evidence of current 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 Services Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
g. Sworn affidavit:

• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Ministry of Education 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.
• no Partner/Director has been convicted in any Country for criminal offences related to fraudulent or corrupt practices or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter; and
• the Company is not under receivership, the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings, insolvency or Bankruptcy.

h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2022, 2023 & 2024);
i. Reference Letter from a Reputable 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, etc;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates and Job Completion Certificates of the projects, and Photograph of the projects.
l. ICT jobs: Evidence of current License/accreditation issued by the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
m. Works: List of Plants and Equipments with proof of ownership and Lease Agreement.
n. For supply of Medical/Laboratory Equipment: Letter of Authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturer listed in the Approved Policy for Procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria.
o. For Supply of Other Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
p. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current License issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
q. CNG Vehicle: Evidence of current license issued by National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure
r. 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).

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 (GOODS AND WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the standard Bidding Documents (SBD) From the office of the Assistant Director (Procurement) Room xxx Podium L, 3rd Floor, Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters Building on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of ₦10,000.00 per Lot. paid into the Federal Ministry of Education Hqrts Remitta Account in any Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENT (GOODS AND WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bids in two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial bids with soft copy of financial 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 Director Procurement,
Federal Ministry of Education Hqrts,
Federal Secretariat, Phase III, Abuja.
and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number).
Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the Assistant Director’s office (Procurement) Room 3.06 Podium L, 3rd Floor not later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 8th July 2025

Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Assistant Director’s office (Procurement), Room 3.17 Podium L, 3rd Floor as the Federal Ministry of Education will not be held liable for any misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

6. OPENING OF EOIs
The Bid(s) will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 8th July 2025, at the Ministry’s Conference Hall 2nd floor. For further enquiries, please contact the Procurement Department on 08033148868

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and duly signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
b. Bids submitted after the deadline would be returned un-opened.
c. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot.
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders.
e. Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.
f. The Federal Ministry of Education is not bound to shortlist/pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liability in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007

Signed
THE PERMANENT SECRETARY
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION