DEADLINE: 16TH MACH, 2026
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, IKOT ABASI
PMB 1055 IKOT ABASI, AKWA IBOM STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR GOODS AND SERVICES FOR YEAR 2025 TETFUND INTERVENTION FOR ICT SUPPORT
1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi, in pursuance to its mandate and in compliance with the requirement of Public Procurement Act 2007 AND OTHER EXTANT Government Regulations wishes to invite interested, Competent/Qualified and Experienced Contractors/Firms with relevant experience and good tract records of prompt delivery of similar projects to submit bids for the under listed ICT support projects:
2. SCOPE OF WORK
CATEGORY A:
LOT NO DESCRIPTION OF PROCUREMENT Lot G1 Supply and Installation of Hardware Equipment and License and Software Renewal
CATEGORY B:
- Lot C1: Building Consultancy Services
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
The University in compliance with the PPA, 2007 and Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) guidelines, will carry out a Pre-qualification of companies that respond to this advert based on the following requirements:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC1.1, CAC2 and CAC7;
b. Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2026;
c. Evidence of Current Pension Compliance Certificate Valid till 31st December 2026;
d. Evidence of Current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2026;
e. Evidence of Current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate Valid till 31st December 2026;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Data Base of Federal Contractors and Service Providers by Submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/1/2026 or Valid Certificate Issued by BPP
g. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years– 2023, 2024, 2025;
h. Company’s Profile with Curriculum Vitae of Technical/Management Staff and with Evidence of Previous work experience, detailed clients, nature of work/contract, contract sum and copies of academics and professional qualification, i.e NITDA/CPN, COREN, CORBON etc.
i. Verifiable documentary Evidence of similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award, Valuable Certificate, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
j. Evidence of Financial Capability to execute the Project including reference letters from a reputable Commercial Bank including willingness to provide Credit Facility for the Execution of the Project when needed.
k. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars.
l. A sworn affidavit that none of the Directors have been convicted in any country for any criminal offence including fraud of financial impropriety.
m. 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 and Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner).
n. ICT jobs: Evidence of current License/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
o. For supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs);
p. For Training Programmes: Evidence of firm’s registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD).
q. For Consultancy: Evidence of registration with all relevant professional bodies such as ARCON, COREN, SURCON, QSRBN, CORBON etc.;
r. 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 (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), and e-mail address.
3. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Firms are to collect the Standard Bidding Document from the office of the Director of Procurement, Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi on evidence of payment of non-refundable fee of N10,000.00 per lot, through remita platform in any Commercial Bank of their choice in favour of Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi. Evidence of such payment is to be presented at the cash office, Bursary Department for official receipt.
4a. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
(Category A) Prospective bidders are to submit bid for the advertised Lots, Two (2) hard copies of each of the Technical and Financial bids 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 and addressed to The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi, PMB 1055 Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and clearly marked with (the name of the project and Lot number).
4b. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Prospective Applicants are to submit two (2) hard copies of Expression of Interest Documents in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Ikot Abasi, P.M.B 1055, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State.
Furthermore, the reverse side of the envelope should be clearly marked with the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box at the Senate Chamber, Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi not later than 12:00 Noon on Monday, 16th March, 2026. The working hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm on weekdays, excluding weekends.
5. OPENING OF BIDS
The Tender documents will be opened immediately after the close of the submission by 12:00 noon on Monday, 16th March, 2026 in the Senate Chamber, Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission Register in the Directorate of Procurement of the University as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by the official authorized by the firm;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission will be rejected and returned unopened;
c. All cost incurred as a result of the bid invitation shall be borne by the bidders
d. The University is not bound to consider any bidder for an award and reserves the right to cancel the bidding process and proceeding, without incurring liabilities to the bidders
e. Only prequalified bidders at the Technical Evaluation will be invited at a later date to witness the financial bids;
f. Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi 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.
g. The University is not obliged to award the contract to the lowest bidder
Signed
Vice Chancellor
Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi.
