National Blood Service Agency (NBSA)- Invitation To Tender For The Execution Of Projects For The 2025 Budget (3 Lots)

DEADLINE: 6TH APRIL, 2026
NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE AGENCY (NBSA)
PLOT 621, 37 ROAD, 3RD AVENUE, GWARIMPA, ABUJA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS FOR THE 2025 BUDGET OF NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE AGENCY (NBSA)

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the National Blood Service Agency (NBSA), an Agency of the Federal Ministry of Health, in the 2025 Appropriation Act for the financial year 2025 for the procurement of goods, works, and services for the execution of its policies, programmes, and projects towards achieving the mandate of the Agency. In compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, as regards procurement of Goods, Works and Services, NBSA invites interested and qualified bidders for the procurement of the following under-listed Projects in the 2025 Appropriation:

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Interested and competent contractors or suppliers to carry out any of the Projects listed above are required to submit the following documents, which will be subjected to verification and due diligence by the Agency:

A. Mandatory/Responsive Requirements: Failure to fulfil any of the under-listed requirements will render a bid disqualified:
(i) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), including form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services
(ii) 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 expiring 31st December 2025; with minimum average annual turnover of ₦400million for Works, ₦120million for Goods & ₦100 million for Services;
(iii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2022, 2023 & 2024;
(iv) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
(v) Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
(vi) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025;
(vii) Evidence of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2025 or valid Certificate issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP);
(viii) Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
(ix) A Sworn Affidavit:

• that none of the Directors 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; and
• disclosing whether or not any officer of relevant committees of the National Blood Service Agency or Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, Shareholder, or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder, and confirming that all information presented in its bid is true and correct in all particulars.

(x) Company’s profile with Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the installation of the equipment (to include certified product specialists/Bio-Medical Engineers), including copies of Academic/Professional Certificates.
(xi) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years, including Letters of Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates, and photographs of the projects. Only jobs that are similar in nature (i.e. type of goods supplied, nature of the works or services carried out) shall be considered.
(xii) Health/Medical Equipment: Letter of Authorisation from the Original Equipment Manufacturers listed in the Approved Policy for Procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria; to include a declaration to provide after sales maintenance in line with the approved SGF circulars enforcing aftersales maintenance services for Medical equipment

Note: All documents for submission must be transmitted with a COVERING/FORWARDING letter under the Company/Firm’s letterhead paper bearing, amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, 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.

4. COLLECTION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Procurement Unit of the NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE AGENCY, HEADQUARTERS, PLOT 621, 37 ROAD, 3RD AVENUE (HAFSAT MOHD WAY), GWARIMPA, ABUJA, upon presentation of a receipt of a non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (₦10,000.00) per lot, paid into the National Blood Service Agency’s Remita account in any commercial bank as detailed below.

• Log on to the Remita platform via www.remita.net;
• Click on payment for the Federal Government of Nigeria and the State TSA;
• Click on Federal Government of Nigeria;
• For the name of MDA, Type National Blood Transfusion Service, an option will appear, select the one with this number: 3000002095 (National Blood Transfusion Service);
• GIFMISS Code: 1000296800
• Then under the name of services/purpose select Tender Fees;
• Under description, type what you are paying for;
• Payee’s full name should be the Name of the company, not an individual’s name.

Bring the printout together with the copies of the Bank Teller with the stamp of the Bank on it to the Central Pay Office (CPO) of the Agency’s Headquarters at Plot 621, 37 Road 3rd Avenue (HafsatMohd Way), Gwarimpa, Abuja, to collect a receipt which would be used to obtain the bid document at the Procurement Unit.

5. SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS (GOODS)
Prospective companies are to submit a bid for the Lot. The completed Technical and Financial bids were packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope marked with the Appropriate Project Title and relevant Lot Number, Name of company, address, and valid contact phone number at the back of the envelop. All the envelopes must carry the name and phone number of the contractor for ease of identification. The Technical and Financial bid envelopes are to be sealed in the bigger third envelope and addressed to: The Director General, National Blood Service Agency, PLOT 621, 37 ROAD, 3RD AVENUE (HAFSAT MOHD WAY) GWARIMPA, ABUJA.

All completed sealed bids should be submitted in the tender box provided at the NBSA Procurement Unit, PLOT 621, 37 ROAD, 3RD AVENUE GWARIMPA, ABUJA, before the closing date for submission, on the OPENING DAY, before the closing hour of 12.00 noon should be made at NBSA Headquarters, PLOT 621, 37 ROAD, 3RD AVENUE GWARIMPA, ABUJA. Closing date and time of submission of documents is 12:00 noon, Monday, 6th April, 2026. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE RETURNED UNOPENED.
Note: Bidders should ensure that they properly complete the Tender submission checklist with the Tender Office in the procurement unit.

6. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
a. All submissions must be in English language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
b. The NBSA is not under any obligation to accept the lowest bid;
c. The documents should be arranged in the order listed at 3 above and clearly separated by dividers;
d. The standard means of communication between the Procurement Unit and all bidders shall be in writing; all bidders are therefore advised to ensure that a functional email & physical address accompany their bids.
e. Companies with a poor record of performance at NBSA need not apply;
f. All CAC, TAX Certificates, and PENCOM shall be referred to Corporate Affairs Commission, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), National Pension Commission, Security Agencies, and other relevant bodies for VERIFICATION.
g. Any bidder who fails to comply with the above stated instructions will automatically be disqualified;
h. Only pre-qualified bidders at the technical evaluation will be contacted at a later date for financial bids opening, while financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.
i. This notice shall not be construed to be a commitment on the part of the Agency to award any form of contract to any respondent nor shall it entitle any organisation to claim any indemnity from the Agency.
j. NBSA is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist any applicant and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liability in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

Signed
NBSA Management