DEADLINE: 11TH OCTOBER, 2025
CONFEDERATION OF TRADITIONAL STOCK BREEDERS’ ORGANISATION (CORET)
NCNE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, BLOCK A, EASTERN WING GROUND FLOOR, KM 4, KADUNA-ZARIA EXPRESS WAY RIGACHIKUN, KADUNA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLES

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Confederation Of Traditional Stock Breeders’ Organization (CORET) is a regional pastoralist organisation based in Nigeria with a regional outreach. CORET is dedicated to the promotion of traditional livestock breeding in Nigeria and West Africa. CORET has been successfully selected by project partnership between the Economic Community Of West African States (Ecowas) – Rural Agency Regional Agency For Agriculture And Food (RAAF) for technical execution of regional programmes and investments plans that contribute to the operationalization of Ecowas Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP) – Spanish Cooperation (Sc) For The Regional Support Programme For National Social Safety Nets In West Africa (PRAFNSS) aims to help reduce the food and nutritional vulnerability of people in the ECOWAS region to implement project to promote integrated school feeding models in West Africa (PMAI-AO).

The project is titled: project to support the promotion of integrated school feeding programme for nomadic pastoralists’ schools in Kachia (Ladduga) grazing reserve, Kaduna state and Maigatari trans-border pastoralists’ communities in Jigawa state, Nigeria. In compliance with the requirements of the ECOWAS procurement code and the public procurement act, 2007 and extant regulations on the procurement of works and goods, CORET hereby invites reputable contractors with relevant experience and good track records of performance, to submit bids technical and financial for the under-listed project:

LOT NOCATEGORY A: WORKS
1Construction Of Four (4) No. Solar Powered Boreholes Two (2) In Kachia, Kaduna State And Two (2) In Maigatari, Jigawa State

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders must possess the underlisted requirements to be eligible to participate in this procurement:

(i) Evidence of certificate of incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC 1.1, CAC2 and CAC7;

(ii) Evidence of company income tax clearance certificate for the last three (3) years, valid till 31st December, 2025;

(iii) 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)

(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) Sworn affidavit:

  • disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of CORET 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
  • that no director has been convicted in any country for any criminal mispresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter
  • that the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
  • that the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other institution, or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad, or whose repayment period has seen outstanding for the last four (4) months;

(vii) Company’s audited accounts for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023, 2024)

(viii) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(ix) Company’s profile with the curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic/ professional qualifications (in case of construction, COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc);

(x) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years, including letters of awards, valuation/job completion certificates, and photographs of the projects;

(xi) List of plants/equipment and locations with proof of ownership/ lease agreement

(xii) For joint venture partnership, memorandum of understanding (MOU) 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. (whatsapp)), and e-mail address.

(3.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the standard bidding document (SBD) from the Office Of The Head Of Procurement, Coret, Kaduna upon payment of non-refundable tender fee of ten thousand naira (N10,000.00) only per lot, paid into the Confederation Of Traditional Stock Breeders’ Organization (CORET) – C.O.T.S.B.O Araa/Ecowas-Aecid/ Pmai-Ao (counterpart) zenith bank account 1310244133 in Nigeria.

(4.0) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS AND WORKS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the lot desired, two (2) hard copies of the technical bid and two (2) hard copies each of the financial bids. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes and clearly marked ‘technical bid” or “financial bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the project coordinator, CORET, Km 4 Kaduna Zaria Express Way Rigachikun, Kaduna and clearly marked with the name of the project and the lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the tender box at the Office Of The Head Of Procurement Coret Km 4 Kaduna-Zaria Express Way Rigachikun, Kaduna) not later than 12:00 noon on Saturday, 11 October, 2025.

(5.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Saturday, 11 October 2025, at the CORETs board room in the presence of bidders or their representative, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the submission register, as coret will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(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 would be returned unopened-

(c) All costs will be borne by the bidders as coret will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to their invitation

(d) Non-compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process

(e) All bidding documents submitted will be subject to due diligence checks in accordance with ECOWAS code and public procurement act (PPA), 2007;

(f) The technical bids will be opened in the presence of bidder& representatives, csos in the areas of anti-corruption/transparency and professional bodies: and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;

(g) Bids shall be submitted in person and not through post. Any bid submitted through post shall not be accepted

(h) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned unopened;

(i) CORET is not bound to pre-qualify any applicant and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at anytime without incurring any liabilities in accordance with section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT

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