University Of Uyo- Invitation For Tender For Year 2024/2025 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Interventions (11 Lots)

DEADLINE: 27TH JANUARY & 24TH FEBRUARY, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF UYO
NWANIBA ROAD,
P.M.B 1017, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE
www.uniuyo.edu.ng
INVITATION FOR TENDER FOR YEAR 2024/2025 TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND (TETFUND) INTERVENTIONS

1. INTRODUCTION
University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State is a beneficiary of 2024 and 2025 special intervention projects of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The University hereby invite interested and reputable Contractons/Suppliers with relevant experience and track records to submit Pre-qualification documents, and lids for the under listed project:

SCOPE OF WORKS, AND GOODS
CATEGORY A: WORKS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective Bidders should submit the following pre-qualification documents:

a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC, or DAC, and CAC

b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid til 31° December, 2025 with minimum tumover of NIB(One Billion Naira) for bidders for Innovation Hubs project and 300M (Three Hundred Million Naira) for Bidders for Lot GB, Lot G9 and Lot G10

c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staffs is 15 and above

d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staffs is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);

e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSTTF) Cearance Certificate valid till 31 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 University of Uyo 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

h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years-2022, 2023 & 2004; 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 Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON, etc.;

k. Verifiable Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMS) for bidders of all equipment

i. Evidence of Current license/accreditation with National Information Technology Development (NITDA) and Computer Proffessionals of Nigeria (CPN) for bidders for ICT projects.

m. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Job Completion Certificates

n. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSTTF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworm 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 the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably 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 authorised officer of the firm. All pages of documents submitted must be serially arranged based on the above requirement failure will linad to disqualification

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER REQUIREMENTS (CATEGORY A)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Director of Procurement, Directorate of Procurement, University of Uyo, Main Campus along Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State between the hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm daily on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the University of Uyo’s Remita Account in any Reputable Commercial Banik in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A&B-WORKS/GOODS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the 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 sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to The Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Uyo 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 at the Directorate of Procurement, University of Uyo, Main Campus along Nwaniba Road, Uyn, Akwa Ibom State not later than 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 24th February, 2026

6. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Interested firms are to submit three bound copies of pre-qualification documents “Pre-Q with Lot No.” as applicable The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Uyo 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 at the Directorate of Procurement, University of Uyo, Main Campus along Nanba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State not later than 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 27 January, 2026.

7. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The Pre-Qualification Documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 27 January, 2026 and Technical Bids will be opened at 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 24″ February, 2026, respectively, at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Main Campus, University of Uyo, along Nwariba Road, Uyo, in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the University of Uyo, as the University of Uyo will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. All enquiries should be directed to: The Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Uya

8. GENERAL INFORMATION

• Pre-Qualification/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder,
• Pre-Qualification/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
• All costs will be borne by the bidders
• The Pre-Qualification and Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies;
• Invitation for Pre-Qualification: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Tender Documents
• The University of Uyo is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any Applicant 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.

DR. IME EXPO
ACTING DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT
FOR: ACTING VICE-CHANCELLOR