DEADLINE: 18TH AUGUST, 2026
BENIN-OWENA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
KM 24, BENIN/SAPELE ROAD, OBAYANTOR, BENIN CITY
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR WORKS AND GOODS FOR FY2026 CAPITAL PROJECTS (ADDENDUM)
NOTICE OF EXTENSION
LOTs B1-B19 & LOTs C1-C5.
Please refer to our earlier adverts in the Federal Tenders Journal, West Africa Business News and National Express Newspapers for INVITATION TO TENDER FOR WORKS & GOODS FOR FY2026 CAPITAL PROJECTS published on Monday, 29th June 2026.
Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority wishes to inform the general public that the opening date earlier scheduled for Tuesday, 21st July, 2026 for the Invitation for Works and Goods (LOTs B1 – B19 & C1-C5) has been extended to 12.00 noon on Tuesday, 18th August 2026.
For further enquiries, please contact the Head, Procurement Unit on e-mail: procurement@beninowena.gov.ng or call any of these mobile telephone numbers. 08036121572, 09055702248.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR GOODS FOR FY2026 ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORRDA), hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”), a Parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, is desirous of executing her FY2026 Zonal Intervention Projects. In compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, the Authority hereby invites interested, experienced and competent Contractors to submit bids for the implementation of the following projects:
2.0 SCOPE OF GOODS
The Goods to be procured are described and packaged into LOTs as shown in the table below:
2.1 CATEGORY C: INVITATION TO TENDER FOR GOODS
Lot No. Project Name Lot C6 Supply and Distribution of Tricycles, Motorcycles and Sewing Machines for Youths and Women in Ekiti South Federal Constituency II (Emure, Gbonyin and Ekiti East LGAs) Lot C7 Supply and Distribution of Laptops for Students in Ekiti South Federal Constituency II (Emure, Gbonyin and Ekiti East LGAs)
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7.;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2023, 2024 & 2025) valid till 31st December, 2026;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2026 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2026 (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);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2026;
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, 2026 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g. Sworn Affidavit:
– disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority 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;
- that no Director 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;
- 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 – 2023, 2024 & 2025;
i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
j. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
k. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn 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 Letterhead 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.
4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (INVITATION TO TENDER)
Interested companies are hereby notified that the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) shall be issued in soft copy format (specifically on a Compact Disk). This will be obtainable from the Office of the Head of Procurement Unit, Room 067, Ground Floor, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor, upon presentation of evidence of payment of a NON-REFUNDABLE tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) per Lot.
Payment shall be made into the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority’s Remita account through any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. Bidders are required to generate a Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) and pay into the BORRDA Remita e-collection IGR Account Number 025203800100 in any Commercial Bank in Nigeria.
The GIFMIS code for the Tender fees is 1000020623.
5.0 SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS
5.1 Prospective bidders are required to submit their bids as follows:
- Technical Submissions: Soft copies of the technical bid shall be submitted on a flash drive packaged in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Technical Bid” and to our email (procurement@beninowena.gov.ng) as well as this link (https://mega.nz/file/request#p3rajFmVGRE) (email and link would be provided alongside the Standard Bidding Documents in a CD during collection of Tender Documents)
- Financial Submissions: The financial bid created only in MS-Excel format shall be submitted in hard copy only, packaged separately in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Financial Bid.”
Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes (Technical and Financial) shall be placed together in a larger envelope, clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number at the top right-hand corner. The reverse side of each sealed envelope must bear the name and address of the bidder.
5.2 Each sealed envelope of bidders should be addressed to:
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
BENIN-OWENA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
KM. 24, BENIN/SAPELE ROAD, OBAYANTOR,
P. M. B. 1381, BENIN CITY.
This should be delivered and receipted for at the Procurement Unit and dropped in the designated Tender Box in the New Conference Room, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor.
5.3 Inclusion of a bid security of 2% of the bid price for Works of Three Hundred Million Naira (N300m) and above; and for Goods of One Hundred Million Naira (N100m) and above.
6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
6.1 The Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission in the New Conference Room, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor on Tuesday 18th August 2026 by 12.00pm.
while the financial bids will be kept unopened.
6.2 Bidders should please ensure that they sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Head, Procurement Unit, Ground Floor, Room 067, BORRDA Headquarters Complex, Km 24, Benin/Sapele Road, Obayantor, as the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Head, Procurement Unit” on e-mail: procurement@beninowena.gov.ng or call any of these mobile telephone numbers: 08036121572, 09055702248.
7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder;
b. The authorised official shall be introduced to the Authority by a Letter of Authority duly signed by the Director or Secretary of the Company;
c. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
d. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots, violators shall be disqualified from all the Lots;
e. All costs will be borne by the bidders;
f. Invitation to Tender: Only pre-qualified bidders at the technical evaluation stage will be contacted for the opening of the financial bids. The financial bids of non-pre-qualified bidders will be returned unopened.
g. The 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; and will be covered by video recording; invitation links will be sent to bidders who choose to join the bid opening online;
h. The Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority 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.
8.0 INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE LEASE AND COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT OF BORRDA INTEGRATED FARMS AND OTHER AGRO FACILITIES
The Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, in line with its mandate to boost agricultural production, commercialization, and rural economic growth, intends to lease out the underlisted outlets from its existing Integrated farms, Irrigation and farmlands, Poultry facilities, Water bodies and Plantations to a qualified or group of qualified and serious private investors under a lease arrangement.
S/N Project Description Location Capacity/components Remarks A. INTEGRATED FARMS 1. BORRDA Integrated Farm Auchi Auchi, Edo State 12 Concrete fish pond, 5000 layer poultry pen capacity, 1 screen house, 30 colonies capacity grass cutter pen, Generator House with 30KVA perkins Generator, Grodnut processing mill of 500kg/hr with groundnut filter machine, juice processing machine of 100 of 33cl bottle per day capacity with grating machine, fruit crusher and juice extractor, 3 furnished rooms as staff residence, biogas & 20m3 digester, 50m3 overhead tank, 2 borehole with 2hp submersible pump and 1.5hp surface pump. Fully developed 2. BORRDA Integrated Farm Okpe Okpe, Edo State 12 Conc. Fish pond, 1 pig pen of 16 pen, free range building with four compartment, brooding house, 1ha market garden with plastic mulch and irrigation system, 1 industrial borehole with 7hp pump, admin building and sale point, drainage construction, Generator House with 40 KVA Perkins generator, 50m3 overhead tank, 1 earth pond of 10,000m3, canteen building. Fully developed 3. BORRDA Integrated Farm Uneme-Nekhua Uneme-Nekhua, Edo State Layer house of 10,000 capacity, Goat and cow ranch, 10 pilots for broiler, sales point & Admin building, Biogas, 30M3 overhead tank, Generator House with 2.5kva, Borehole with 2hp pump, security office Fully developed B. IRRIGATION PROJECTS/ FARM LANDS 1. Ewulu Irrigation Project Delta State 30 Ha 2. Ebu Farmland Delta State 400Ha C. POULTRY FACILITIES 1. Ewulu Poultry Delta 5,000 birds (2,500 layers/2,500 broilers). Developed 2. Ita-Ogbolu Poultry (Ondo State) Ondo State 3,000 layers Developed 3. Ikere -Ekiti poultry (Ekiti State) Ekiti State capacity of 75,000 birds (15,000 layers/60,000 broilers) Developed 4. Aramoko Poultry Ekiti State Ekiti State 2,600 layers. Developed D. WATER BODIES 1. Ogwashi-uku Dam Delta State four (4) units of foreign fish cages that can accommodate 20,000 Developed E. PLANTATIONS 1. Oil Palm and Coconut Plantations in Obayantor 23,878 stands of Palm trees with a total hectarage of 161.2 ha while 178 stand of Coconut. Operational 2. Ewulu Oil Palm Plantation 10 Ha and has 764 stands of Palm trees Operational
8.1 SCOPE OF LEASE/ASSIGNMENT:
The successful Lessee will be expected to:
i. Take over, manage and operate any or multiple of the above project(s) under a commercial lease agreement.
ii. Inject required capital for facility upgrades, modern technology and equipment maintenance.
iii. Ensure optimal utilization of the asset for local food production, processing, or agricultural value-chain development.
8.2 ELIGIBILITY AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT:
Same applies as 3.0 above.
8.3 SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST:
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound copies (one original and one duplicate) of the EOI documents in a sealed envelope clearly marked: “EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR LEASE OF: [NAME OF ASSET/PROJECT]” addressed to:
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
BENIN-OWENA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
KM. 24, BENIN/SAPELE ROAD, OBAYANTOR,
P. M. B. 1381, BENIN CITY.
The reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name, address and telephone number of the Lessee. The deadline for submission is at 12.00noon on Tuesday 18th August 2026.
8.4 OPENING OF EOI SUBMISSIONS:
EOIs will be opened publicly immediately following the submission deadline 12.00noon on Tuesday 18th August 2026.
8.5 GENERAL INFORMATION:
i. EOIs submitted after the deadline will be returned unopened.
ii. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of BORRDA to enter into a lease with any party.
iii. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to receive the Request for Proposals (RfP)/ Bidding Documents.
iv. All cost incurred in preparing and submitting the EOI shall be borne solely by the prospective Lessee.
Signed
Managing Director/CEO
Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority
