DEADLINE: 15TH JULY, 2025
AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY
INVITATION FOR TENDER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YEAR 2024/2025 TETFUND CAREER SERVICE CENTER INTERVENTION PROJECT
1. INTRODUCTION
The University in keeping with its mandate and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, intends to implement the University Year 2024/2025 TETFund Career Service Center Intervention Project. The University hereby invites interested, competent and reputable contractors with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment for the Execution of the under listed Project:
| LOT NO. | PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
| LOT 1 | REHABILITATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF CAREER CENTRE |
| LOT 2 | PROVISION OF CAREER CENTRE RESOURCES, TRAINING AND PROGRAMS |
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Bids shall be evaluated based on criteria including but not limited to:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years 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 the University Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Unit of the University on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, obtain bank draft in the name of The Akwa Ibom State University’s in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria and submit at the Bursary to obtain receipt.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, One (1) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids, 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 envelope addressed to THE VICE CHANCELLOR, AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY 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 in the office of the Director Procurement not later than 12:00pm on Tuesday, 15th July, 2025.
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Both technical and financial bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at Akwa Ibom State University in the presence of bidders or their representatives, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Procurement Unit, as the Akwa Ibom State University 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 authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
d. The 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;
e. 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 un-opened;
f. Arrangement of Technical Document in hard copies should follow the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical document should have a table containing the pages, which these items are to be found
g. AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY 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.
Signed:
Registrar
