DEADLINE: 9TH FEBRUARY, 2026
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA (FUNAAB)
ALABATA ROAD, P.M.B. 2240, ABEOKUTA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, (FUNAAB) is desirous of undertaking Bids exercise (Technical and Financial) for the underlisted projects as provided for 2025 Capital appropriation for Lot1, Lot 2 and Internally Generated Revenue for Lot 3 Respectively. Consequently, the University wishes to invite reputable contractors to bid for the following projects.

2. SCOPE OF WORK

LOTPROJECTLOCATION
1Construction and Rehabilitation of Intra-campus RoadFUNAAB
2Construction of DAM (Reticulation of Water to various Colleges and Centres)FUNAAB
3Construction of 1000 capacity Lecture TheatreFUNAAB
4Renovation of Unity Building B and Senate Building Block AFUNAAB

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Interested bidders are required to submit two (2) bound tender documents duly signed, paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the order outlined hereunder:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and CAC7.
b. Evidence of Company’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last (3) years till 31st December 2025.
c. Evidence of Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December,2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above).
d. Evidence of current Industrial Trust Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate Valid till 31st December 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 or bidder’s annual turnover is 150M and above).
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 by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
g. Sworn Affidavit:

  • Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, 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 offences relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misinterpretation or fail 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 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. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2022,2023,2024).
i. Authorized and Stamped Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
j. Company profiles with curriculum vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project including copies of their Academic/ Professional qualifications (e.g, COREN, QSREN, ARCON, CORBON etc;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards, Interim Payment/Valuation Certificate, job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects.
l. Authorization Letter to allow for the verification of all documents submitted by bidders for the projects.
m. For Joint Ventures/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) should be Provided.
n. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the Company’s/Firms 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), and e-mail address. The Letterhead 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. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of Head of Procurement Unit with evidence of payment of a Non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand (10,000) Naira Only per Lot, paid into the FUNAAB Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) and making the payment through any Commercial bank. In generating the RRR, always ensure that you select the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta as the name of the MDA and Tender fees as the Name of Service/Purpose. The evidence of payment shall be submitted with the Bidding Documents.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit each of the bid for each Lot desired two (2) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial bids with softcopy of Financial Bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in a sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter put the two seal envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State and clearly marked with the name of the project and the 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 the Office of the Head of Procurement Unit, not later than Monday, 9th February, 2026.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission by 12.00pm on Monday, 9th February, 2026, at Room A 119, Unity Building ‘A’ Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Head of Procurement Unit, Room B 203, Unity Building ‘B’ Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B Abeokuta, as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Head of Procurement on e-mail: Procurement@funaab.edu.ng.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bid must be in English Language and must be duly signed by an official authorised bidder.
(b) Bid submitted after the deadline for submission will be returned unopened.
(c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots.
(d) All costs will be borne by the bidders.
(e) Only the pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.
(f) The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul Procurement Process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

Signed
Dr. T. A. Adeniyi
Registrar