DEADLINE: 20TH JUNE, 2025
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS (NACA)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AND PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is statutorily responsible for the coordination of the National HIV response. The Agency is anticipating funding from the Federal Government of Nigeria for the execution of her 2025 projects. Towards achieving her mandates, the Agency wishes to apply these funds in the implementation of her 2025 projects through Procurement of Goods and various Consultancy Services. Accordingly, and in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 (PPA), the Agency hereby invites interested and qualified Consultants/Contractors to submit expression of interest and prequalification documents for the implementation of the following Goods and Services:
CATEGORY 1: GOODS (PRE-QUALIFICATION)
PACKAGE A: GOODS
- Lot A1: Supply of Bags of Grains to selected locations in Sokoto East Senatorial District, Sokoto State
CATEGORY 2: CONSULTANCY SERVICES (EXPRESSION OF INTEREST)
PACKAGE B: CONSULTANCY SERVICES
- Lot B1: Consultancy Services for Medical Outreach for the Last Mile Push for HIV Prevention and Epidemic Control in six geo-political zones
- Lot B2: Consultancy Services for Medical Outreach/Awareness Campaign for Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV in Selected Health Centres in some Federal Constituencies in Lagos State
- Lot B3: Consultancy Services for Know Your Rights Campaign on Stigma and Discrimination Against People Living With HIV/AIDS in Selected Locations in some Federal Constituencies in Lagos State
2.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES
The comprehensive scope of services as it relates to each consultancy services as well as specifications and quantifications concerning items of supplies shall be detailed in the Request for Proposal (RfP) and the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) which shall be issued to the prequalified/shortlisted bidders.
3.0 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The general public may wish to be guided that all procurement activities of the Agency shall be fully governed by the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007 and the recent Federal Government Executive Order on Transparency and Support for Local Content in public procurement whereby the following mandatory requirements/eligibility criteria are expected to be met by all prospective bidders:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC 1.1);
b) Evidence of company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) Years 2022, 2023 & 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 current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025;
f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers (NDCCSPs) by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) or Certificate issued by BPP valid till 31st December 2025;
g) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023, 2024);
h) 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 if awarded within the period of the advertisement;
i) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of NACA or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bids are true and correct in all particulars and; that the company is not in receivership of any form of insolvency/bankruptcy nor in debarment and that the company nor any of the Director(s) of the company has been convicted of any financial crime;
j) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) jobs of similar nature executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award of contracts, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of activities as it applies. For Lots B1, B2, B3 similar jobs must be medical in nature and especially in HIV;
k) Firms submitting as Joint Ventures (JVs) should include Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating the responsibility and duties of the individual firms constituting the JV as well as Names and Skills of Key Staff under each Company in the JV such that an informed judgment on the Firm’s Capacity in terms of Permanent or Borrowed Personnel can be determined (All mandatory responsive requirements are compulsory for each JV partner);
l) 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 (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (Preferable 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 SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION/EOI DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit prequalification/Expression of Interest documents for the projects of their choice, two (2) hard copies (Original & Copy) packaged in a sealed envelope and clearly marked as ‘Prequalification’ or ‘Expression of Interest’ addressed to The Director General, NACA, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abujaand clearly marked with (the name of the project and Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse side of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box at the Office of the Head Procurement, Ground Floor, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office Abuja not later than 12:00 Noon, Friday, 20th June, 2025.
5.0 OPENING OF PREQUALIFICATION/EOI DOCUMENTS
The Public Opening of the bids will commence immediately after the deadline for the bids submission by 12:00 Noon, Friday, 20th June, 2025 at the NACA Conference Room, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office, Abuja, in the presence of bidders or their representatives and CSOs/NGOs. Only the pre-qualified/Shortlisted bidders will be invited for the collection of SBD/RFP at a later date.
6.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be rejected and returned un-opened;
c. All costs for bidding will be borne by the bidders;
d. The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is not bound to prequalify/shortlist 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.
7.0 NOTES/DISCLAIMER
i. NACA shall verify any or all documents and claims made by applicants and will disqualify bidders with falsified documents and claims. If it is determined that submitted documents and claims have been falsified, the bidder may face prosecution in a court of Law.
ii. NACA shall not be held responsible for any disqualified proposal because of any omission or deletion relating to the submission guidelines.
iii. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NACA to award a contract to any Contractor, nor shall it entitle any Contractor submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NACA.
iv. NACA is not bound to shortlist any bidder, and reserves the right to annul the bidding process at any time without incurring any liabilities or providing reason.
v. For further clarification, please contact the Office of the Head Procurement, Ground Floor, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office Abuja before close of business, Friday, 13th June, 2025.
SIGNED
MANAGEMENT
