University Of Uyo- Invitation For Pre-Qualification, Expression Of Interest And Tender For Year 2025 Works, Goods And Services (9 Lots)

DEADLINE: 2ND & 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2025
UNIVERSITY OF UYO
NWANIBA ROAD,
P.M.B 1017, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE
www.uniuyo.edu.ng
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION, EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2025 WORKS, GOODS AND SERVICES.

1. INTRODUCTION
University of Uyo intends to execute the Procurement of Works, Goods and Services Projects. Consequently, interested Companies are hereby invited to submit Pre-Qualification documents, Expression of Interest (EOI) and Bids for the under listed projects:

2. SCOPE OF WORKS, GOODS AND SERVICES

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective Bidders should submit the following pre-qualification documents:

i. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC or CAC, and CAC,; Business Name with Form BNI is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;

ii. 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;

iii. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);

iv. 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);

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

vi. 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.

vii. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the University of Uyo 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;

viii. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years-2022, 2023 & 2024;

ix. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

x. 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, SURCON, etc.;

xi. For Motor Vehicle’s procurement: Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the Vehicles;

xii. Services: Evidence of Firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON, etc;

xiii. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;

xiv. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;

xv. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance 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 authorised officer of the firm. All pages of documents submitted must be serially arranged based on the above requirement failure will lead to disqualification.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER REQUIREMENTS (CATEGORY A & B)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Director of Procurement, Directorate of Procurement, University of Uyo, Main Campus along Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State between the hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm daily on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the University of Uyo’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORYA & B-WORKS/GOODS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy 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 Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Uyo 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 Directorate of Procurement, University of Uyo, Main Campus along Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State not later than 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 9th September, 2025.

6. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENT
Interested firms are to submit three bound copies of pre-qualification documents and two (2) bound copies of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents tagged as “EOI with Lot No.” or “Pre-Q with Lot No.” as applicable. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Uyo 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 Directorate of Procurement, University of Uyo, Main Campus along Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State not later than 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025.

7. OPENING OF EOI AND PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMEENTS
The EOI and Pre-Qualification Documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 and Technical Bids will be opened at 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 9″ September, 2025, respectively, at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Main Campus, University of Uyo, along Nwaniba Road, Uyo, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the University of Uyo, as the University of Uyo will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. All enquiries should be directed to: The Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Uyo.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION

• EOIs, Pre-Qualification/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
• EOIs, Pre-Qualification/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
• All costs will be borne by the bidders;
• The EOIs, Pre-Qualification and 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;
• Invitation for Pre-Qualification: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Tender Documents;
• Expression of Interest (Services): Only the shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals (RFP);
• The University of Uyo is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any Applicant 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.

DR. IME EKΡΟ
DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF PROCUREMENT
FOR: VICE-CHANCELLOR