DEADLINE: 13TH OCTOBER, 2025
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS (NACA)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is statutorily responsible for the coordination of the National HIV response. The Agency is anticipating funding from the Federal Government of Nigeria for the execution of her 2025 projects. Towards achieving her mandates, the Agency wishes to apply these funds in the implementation of her 2025 projects through Procurement of some Consultancy Services. Accordingly, and in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 (PPA), the Agency hereby invites interested and qualified firms to submit expression of interest documents for the implementation of the following Consultancy Services:
1. Consultancy Services for Digitization of Operations in the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)
2. Consultancy Services for Implementation of the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA-2023) in NACA
3. Consultancy Services for Institutionalizing a Modern Compliance and Risk Management Framework at NACA
4. Consultancy Services for NACA’s Humanitarian Emergency Response & Operations Network Framework (Project HERON)
5. Engagement of Technical Support Organization (TSO) for the Data Management of Nigeria Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Survey – Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
6. Engagement of Technical Support Organization (TSO) for Survey Management of Nigeria Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Survey – Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
7. Engagement of Technical Support Organization (TSO) for Coordination, including Field Monitoring and Oversight of Nigeria Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Survey – Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
8. Engagement of Technical Support Organization (TSO) for Laboratory Services for Nigeria Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Survey – Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
2.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES
The comprehensive scope of services as it relates to each consultancy services shall be detailed in the Terms of Reference (ToR) and the Request for Proposal (RfP) to be issued to the shortlisted firms.
3.0 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The general public may wish to be guided that all procurement activities of the Agency shall be fully governed by the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007 and the recent Federal Government Executive Order on Transparency and Support for Local Content in public procurement whereby the following mandatory requirements/eligibility criteria are expected to be met by all prospective Service Providers:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC 1.1);
b) Evidence of company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) Years 2022, 2023 & 2024 valid till 31st December, 2025;
c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance 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) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025;
f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers (NDCCSPs) by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) or Certificate issued by BPP valid till 31st December 2025;
g) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023, 2024);
h) Evidence of financial capability to execute the project including Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project if awarded within the period of the advertisement;
i) Sworn Affidavit
- disclosing whether or not any officer of NACA or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bids are true and correct in all particulars and;
- that the company is not in receivership of any form of insolvency/bankruptcy nor in debarment and that the company nor any of the Director(s) of the company has been convicted of any financial crime;
j) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) jobs of similar nature executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award of contracts and Job Completion Certificates.
k) Firms submitting as Joint Ventures (JVs) should include Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating the responsibility and duties of the individual firms constituting the JV as well as Names and Skills of Key Staff under each Company in the JV such that an informed judgment on the Firm’s Capacity in terms of Permanent or Borrowed Personnel can be determined (All mandatory responsive requirements are compulsory for each JV partner);
l) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firms Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (Preferable 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 authorized officer of the firm.
4.0 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
For Project 1: Digitization of Operations in NACA: The firm must possess:
- Evidence of minimum of 5 years of experience in implementing digital transformation solutions, preferably for government agencies.
- Evidence of expertise in ERP, data analytics, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure management.
For projects 1 & 2: Possess Compliant Certificate by the Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC)
For projects 3 & 4 Firm must provide evidence of Registration with Computer Professional Association of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
For Projects 5, 6, 7 and 8 – Firms must possess Annual Turnover of at least ₦100Million in the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 and 2024)
5.0 SUBMISSION OF PREQUALIFICATION/EOI DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit Expression of Interest documents for the project(s) of their choice, two (2) hard copies (one Original & one Copy) of the Expression of Interest documents, packaged in a seal envelop and clearly marked as ‘Expression of Interest’ addressed to the Director General, NACA, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office Abuja and clearly marked with (the name of the project). Furthermore, the reverse side of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box at the Office of the Head Procurement, Ground Floor, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office Abuja not later than 12:00Noon, Monday, 13th October, 2025.
6.0 OPENING OF EOI DOCUMENTS
The Public Opening of the bids will commence immediately after the deadline for the bids submission by 12:00Noon, Monday, 13th October, 2025 at the NACA Conference Room, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office, Abuja, in the presence of bidders or their representatives and CSOs/NGOs. Only Shortlisted firms will be invited for the collection of Request For Proposal (RfP) at a later date.
7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be rejected and returned un-opened;
c. All costs for bidding will be borne by the bidders;
d. The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is not bound to 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.
8.0 NOTES/DISCLAIMER
i. NACA shall verify any or all documents and claims made by applicants and will disqualify bidders with falsified documents and claims.
ii. If it is determined that submitted documents and claims have been falsified, the bidder may face prosecution in a court of Law.
iii. NACA shall not be held responsible for any disqualified proposal because of any omission or deletion relating to the submission guidelines.
iv. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NACA to award a contract to any firm, nor shall it entitle any bidder submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NACA.
v. NACA is not bound to shortlist any bidder, and reserves the right to annul the bidding process at any time without incurring any liabilities or providing reason.
vi. For further clarification, please contact the Office of the Head Procurement, Ground Floor, No 3 Ziquinchor Street, Wuse Zone 4, Beside AEDC Office Abuja before close of business, Monday, 13th October, 2025
Signed
Management.
