DEADLINE: 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2025
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ILAWE-EKITI
EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State in compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007 wishes to engage the services of consultants for its capital projects/programmes under the 2025 Capital Appropriation. Consequent upon the foregoing, interested, competent and reputable firms with cognate experience in construction are hereby invited to submit expression of interest (EOI).
2. SCOPE OF SERVICES
Consultancy Services for the Construction of Modern Library A&B
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested Firms should submit two bound EOI documents paginated, with each page duly signed and arranged in order outlined hereunder:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7, Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable.
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate for Business name) for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023, 2024) valid till 31st of December 2025,
(c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate (PENCOM) valid till 31st of 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 of December 2025. (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or bidder’s annual turnover is ₦50m and above)
(e) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st of December 2025.
(f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31 of December 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
(g) Sworn Affidavit:
- Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of FCE, Ilawe-Ekiti or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, Stakeholder or has any pecuniary interest in the firm and to confirm that all information presented in its EOI are true and correct in all particulars;
- That no Director has been convicted in any Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
- That the Company is not a 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 Firm does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months;
(h) Firm’s profile with the curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project, including their Academic/Professional Qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc
(i) Evidence of Firms current registration with the relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON etc
(j) Company Audited Statement of Account for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023, & 2024) duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service
(k) Reference letter from a reputable Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
(l) Verifiable documentary evidence of last three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five years including Letter of Award and Photographs of Projects where applicable;
(m) List of plants/equipment owned/lease agreement;
(n) For joint venture/partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the Lead Partner (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 Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No), and e-mail address. The letter Head Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Director of the Company at the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
4. SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS
Firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (EOI) documents arranged as indicated above in a sealed envelope clearly marked as “Expression of Interest” (EOI) for Consultancy Services and addressed to the Provost, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the Firm and drop in the designated Box at the Procurement Unit, Office of the Provost, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti latest 12 Noon on Monday, September 29, 2025.
5. OPENING OF EOI DOCUMENTS
The EOI documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission on Monday, September 29, 2025 in the Board Room of the College in the presence of prospective consultants or their representatives. Please ensure that the EOI document Submission Register is signed in Procurement Unit, Office of the Provost, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted documents.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
i. The EOI documents must be in English language, contain table of content, paginated and arranged serially with each page signed by an official authorized by the firm. Failure to do so will lead to automatic disqualification.
ii. EOI documents submitted after the deadline of the submission would be returned un-opened.
iii. Due diligence would be followed as all documents submitted would be verified viz past executed services, offices may be visited for verification. Any discrepancies found would automatically disqualify such Firm.
iv. All costs will be borne by Firms.
v. Only the shortlisted firms will be invited at a later date for collection of requests for proposals.
vi. The College is neither committed nor oblige to shortlist any Firm.
vii. The College will only recognize and correspond with only authorized officers of the Firm and NOT through individuals or agents acting on their behalf.
viii. This advertisement for invitation shall neither be construed as commitment on the part of the College nor shall it entitle any Firm to make any claims whatsoever and/ or seek any indemnity from the College.
ix. Submission of EOI with false documents is an offence, which will lead to disqualification and prosecution.
x. The College is not bound to shortlist any Firm and reserves the right to annul the Procurement Process at anytime without any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of Public Procurement Act of 2007.
SIGNED:
Professor Ajigbade Ikuejube
Provost
