Federal Ministry Of Marine And Blue Economy- Invitation For Tenders For Projects Execution (27 Lots)

DEADLINE: 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2025
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY
BUKAR DIPCHARIMA HOUSE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ABUJA
INVITATION FOR TENDERS FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
TENDER PACKAGE NO.: FMMBE/PROC/2025/001

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has provided funds in the 2025 Appropriation Act to the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy for the implementation of various Capital projects in furtherance of its mandate.

The Ministry therefore, invites interested Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers with requisite expertise to tender for under listed Goods, Works and Services

2. SCOPE OF SUPPLIES:

2.1 CATEGORY A: GOODS
Interested Suppliers are invited to submit Technical and Financial bids for the following projects:

2.2 CATEGORY B: WORKS
Interested Contractors are invited to submit Technical and Financial bids for the following project

2.3 CATEGORY C: CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Interested Service Providers are invited to submit Technical and Financial proposals for the following projects:

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent Suppliers wishing to carry out any project listed above are required to submit the following documents. Failure to fulfil any of the under-listed requirements will render the bid, disqualified:

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 Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;

g. Sworn Affidavit: disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy 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;

i. 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;

ii. 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;

iii. That the company 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) month

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

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

j. Company’s Profile with documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs/Supplies executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Job Completion Certificates etc.;

k. Lot G1, G2 and G10: (i) Company should be in the National Automotive Design And Development Council (NADDC) “Updated List Of Accredited Locally Manufactured Brand In Nigeria” approved by Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP);

l. 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);

m. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding Letter under the Company’s/Firm’s Letter Headed Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM Number), and E-mail Address. The Letter Headed Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the Company; and

• Note that documents/information must be arranged and submitted in the sequence/order as listed above

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) and in a single stage two cover system from the Office of the Deputy Director, Procurement, 5th Floor, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Bukar Dipcharima Building, Central Business District, Abuja, on evidence of payment of a non-refundable Tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into Remita E-Collection Account/TSA of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
5.1 Categories A Goods:
Prospective Bidders are to submit bids for each of the Lots in One Original & Two (2) copies of completed Technical and Financial Bids for categories A (including soft copy of Financial Bid in MS Excel format), packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked ‘Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. The two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger envelope, addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Bukar Dipcharima Building, Central Business District, Abuja, and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and Lot Number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the company’s name and address; and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address at paragraph 4 above, not later than 12:00 noon, 29th September, 2025. Late bids shall be returned un-opened.

6.0 OPENING OF BIDS

6.1. The Technical bids for all Categories shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12.00 noon at the Ministry’s Training Hall, while Technically qualified bidders will be invited for the Financial Bids opening on a later

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;

ii. All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Ministry will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation;

Non-compliance with the Conditions stated therein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process;

iv. Goods: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;

v. The Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist 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; and

vi. For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 9.00am to 3.30 pm (Mondays – Fridays) at the following address:

Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, 5th Floor, Bukar Dipcharima House, Central Business District, Abuja

Signed
Permanent Secretary
Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy