Budget Office Of The Federation- Invitation To Tender And Expression Of Interest For The Implementation Of 2025 Capital Projects (18 Lots)

DEADLINE: 27TH OCTOBER & 3RD NOVEMBER, 2025
BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF BUDGET AND ECONOMIC PLANNING, ABUJA
251 AHMADU BELLO WAY, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE HEADQUARTERS, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA.
INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Budget Office of the Federation (BOF), Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning has been appropriated funds in the 2025 Budget for the execution of its capital projects and programmes.
1.2 Accordingly, and in compliance with relevant provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 (PPA2007), and the Revised Standard Bidding Documents for Goods, Works & Services, the BOF hereby invites qualified, experienced and reputable contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers to submit Tender Document/Bids for projects under Category A (Goods) & Category B (Works) and Category C (Consultancy Services) for the execution of the under listed projects:

2. Scope

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
Prospective bidders must acquire, complete, and submit copies of forms as stipulated in the revised standard bidding documents. As part of the technical bid requirements, the following mandatory documents must be attached. Failure to provide these documents will result in disqualification from further consideration in the bidding process:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CACA1.1 or CACA2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years 2022, 2023 & 2024 valid till 31st December, 2025;
c. Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
d. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
e. Evidence of current 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 31st December, 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP
g. Sworn Affidavit:
i. disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Budget Office of the Federation 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;
ii. 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;
iii. 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;
iv. 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) months;
v. that all provided information is accurate and authentic.
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 the signed Curriculum Vitae of key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications, evidence of Professional Registration (COREN-Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) where applicable; evidence of registration with Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria, National Information Technology Development Agency (CPN)/NITDA;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and photographs of the projects;
l. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM);
m. Works: List of plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
n. ICT/Consultancy Services jobs: Evidence of current License/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
o. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavits are compulsory for each JV partner).

Note: All documents for submission must be in line with the approved Revised Standard Bidding Documents and appropriate Form OF Tenders (Instructions to Tenderers).

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested bidders are to collect the bidding documents from the office of the Deputy Director, Room 049, Ground Floor, Phase I Building, Budget Office of the Federation, Ministry of Finance Headquarters, Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area, Abuja. Collection is available between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Mondays to Fridays, upon presentation of evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of ₦10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Budget Office of the Federation’s Remita account at any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS:
Prospective bidders are required to submit bids for each Lot they wish to participate in. Each bid must include: Two (2) hard copies of both the Technical and Financial bids along with Soft copies of financial bid in Microsoft Excel format and Technical bid in PDF format. The Technical and Financial bids shall be packaged separately in sealed envelopes, each clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid.” These two envelopes must then be enclosed together in a larger sealed envelope, properly addressed to: (The Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area, Abuja) and clearly marked with (the name of the project and 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 Rm 049) not later than 12:00 noon of Monday 3rd November, 2025.

6. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI):
Interested firms are to submit two (2) copies (one of which must be marked original copy) in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Expression of Interest” and should be addresses and delivered to same address as above not later than 12:00 noon of Monday 27th October, 2025.

7. OPENING OF EOI & TECHNICAL BIDS:
The Expression of Interest (EOI) will be opened immediately after the submission deadline at 12:00 noon of Monday 27th October, 2025. Similarly, the Technical Bids will be opened at 12 noon on Monday 3rd November, 2025, in the 2nd Floor Conference Room, Phase I Building, Budget Office of the Federation. The Financial Bids, however, will remain unopened.

Bidders must sign the Bid Submission Register in the Office of the Deputy Director, Room 049, Ground Floor, Budget Office of the Federation.

The Budget Office of the Federation will not be responsible for misplaced or incorrectly submitted bids.

For further inquiries, please contact the Deputy Director (Procurement) via email at odawnalikeju@gmail.com.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. EOI/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. EOI/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. Bidders shall not submit bids for more than two (2) Lots in total;
d. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
e. The EOIs/Technical Bids Opening will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti -Corruption and transparency and Private Professional bodies; and will be covered by video recording, invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the EOIs bid opening online.
f. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and bidders can submit through post (Courier Services);
g. Goods & Works: 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 retuned un-opened;
h Consultancy Services: Only applicants who are shortlisted following the EOI evaluation will be invited at a later date to collect the Request for Proposals;
i. Consultancy Services for Lots BDCS – 008 to BDCS – 013 shall be procured using the Consultancy Qualification Selection (CQS) method, while those for Lots BDCS-014 to BDCS-018 shall follow the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method;
j. Bidders are advice to be on the lookout for other projects that will be advertise on the BOF Notice board;
k. The Budget Office of the Federation 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.

Signed
Director General
Budget Office of the Federation.