Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)- Invitation To Tender (ITT) For The Execution Of Commission (NCC) 2024 (Budget)

DEADLINE: 24TH JUNE, 2025
NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ECONOMY
THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS
INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) FOR THE EXECUTION OF COMMISSION (NCC) 2024 (BUDGET)

1. INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the Independent Regulatory Authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. Pursuant to its statutory mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, the NCC under its 2024 budget hereby invites qualified, competent, and reputable contractors and service providers to bid for the following goods:

2. SCOPE OF GOODS

CATEGORY B (INVITATION TO TENDER)

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All tenders must comply with the requirements of Public Procurement Act, 2007 and interested bidders must submit the following documents:

a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission including form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7, or Status Report.

b) CTC of Articles and Memorandum of Association of the Company. It must show that the company has ICT related activities as part of its objectives.

c) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2022, 2023, and 2024) valid till 31 of December 2025.

d) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till December 31, 2025 (applicable where number of staff is at least 15).

e) Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till December 31, 2025 (applicable where number of staff is at least 5 or at least N50Miilion turnover).

f) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till December 31, 2025.

g) Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service providers by submission of an Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring by 31ª December 2025 or valid certificate issued by BPP.

h) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigerian Communications Commission or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and has to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars. (Bidders are required to enclose receipt of fees paid for the sworn affidavit).

i) Company’s audited accounts for the last three years (2022, 2023, and 2024).

j) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.

k) ICT Jobs Evidence of Company’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as NITDA/CPN/Information Communication Technology.

l) Company’s Profile with Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as CPN.

m) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least (3) similar projects carried out in the past five (5) years accompanied by Letters of Award, Valuation/Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects.

n) For Joint Venture/Partnership, the following documents must be provided for each JV partner: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Affidavit. NOTE: NOT MORE THAN TWO COMPANIES SHOULD FORM A JOINT VENTURE.

o) 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 authorized officer of the firm.

4. SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
Where applicable, prospective bidders must procure hardware devices such as laptops and desktops only from National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Certified Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMS).

5. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect Standard Bidding Documents from Room 217, 2nd Floor, Procurement Department, NCC upon evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (10,000.00) only per lot.

The above sum must be payable to Nigerian Communications Commission through the CBN payment gateway (REMITA) platform. Evidence of payment MUST be submitted to the Financial Services Department, NCC for the Tender Fee Receipt, which must be presented to the Procurement Department for the issuance of bid Document.

6. SUBMISSION OF BIDS
i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.

ii. Prospective bidders are to submit bids for each of the lots desired, two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial Bids, with soft copy of Financial Bid should be submitted in MS Excel format. The copies should be packaged separately in scaled 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 Head, Procurement Department, 2nd Floor, Room 219, Nigerian Communications Commission Head Office, Plot 423 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja. The reverse side of the envelopes must clearly bear the name of the firm.

COMBINING TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS IN THE SAME ENVELOPE WITHOUT FIRST SEALING THEM IN SEPARATE ENVELOPES AS INSTRUCTED IN 7(ii) ABOVE WILL LEAD TO AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION.

iv. Each Bid Package shall be clearly marked with the following information on both sides of the envelope: Technical Bid marked ‘NCC/SBD/LOT XXX/TECHNICAL/2024 at the top right-hand corner. Financial Bid ‘NCC/SBD/LOTX/FINANCIAL/2024 at the top right-hand corner.

(Please note that XXX denotes the Lot Name)

v. Name of Firm on cach of the enclosed document.

vi. Contact Name, Phone Number and E-Mail Address.

vii. Interested Parties shall not bid for more than two (2) Lots of the advertised 2024 NCC projects.

viii. NCC will assume no responsibility for the content of tamper evident bids or for non-compliance with this instruction. Bids that do not comply with this section may be rejected.

Kindly note that submissions may be subjected to verification from relevant authoritics. Fake documents and false declaration may be forwarded to the relevant authorities for prosecution.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION is 10.00 am on Tuesday, 24th June 2025 which should reach the office of the undersigned:

Head, Procurement Department
Nigerian Communications Commission Head Office
Room 219 2nd Floor, 423, Aguivi Ironsi Street Maitama District, Abuja.

xi. Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services); however, all Bids must be received on or before 12:00noon on Tuesday, 24th June, 2025

7. BID BOND
All bids at the sum of 300 million and above shall be accompanied by a bid security in the amount not more than 2% of the bid price by way of bank guarantee issued by a reputable bank acceptable to NCC in line with Section 26 (1) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

8. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
KINDLY NOTE THAT ONLY TECHNICAL BIDS WILL BE OPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION AT 10.00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, 24TH JUNE 2025.

i. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the Nigerian Communications Commission will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

ii. The Bids Opening will be hybrid physical and covered by video recording (link will be sent to bidders), in the presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti-Corruption/Transparency Failure to comply with the tendering instructions shall lead to disqualification.

9. DISCLAIMER
a) Submissions after the date and time specified above shall be returned un-opened.

b) All costs incurred by bidders in response to this advert or enquiries shall be borne by such bidders and not the NCC

c) The NCC 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.

d) Only prequalified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bid opening, while financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.

c) This advertisement is published for information purposes and should not be construed as a commitment or obligation on the part of the NCC to award contract.

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