Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI)- Invitation For Pre-Qualification / Expression Of Interest For The Implementation Of 2021 Procurement Activities

DEADLINE: 1ST FEBRUARY, 2021
NIGERIAN STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NSPRI)
KM 3,ASA DAM ROAD, PMB I489, ILORIN, KWARA STATE
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION / EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2021 PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES

1. Introduction
1.1 Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute is a Federal Government Parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with Mandate Into Post Harvest Storage Research of farm produce and animal products

2. Scope of Project
2.1 The Institute intends to carry out procurement activities under the 2021 Budget Appropriation Act. The 2021 Capital Budget of the Institute covers operations in Goods, Works and Services respectively, and which requires provision of Equipment: Fabrication Facilities; rendering Research Services Training Empowerment; Value Addition; and also construction activities to be executed in the Headquarters and Zonal offices. These various activities are grouped into lots under Works, Goods and Services. The Scope of the projects includes:

(A) WORKS

(B) GOODS

(C) SERVICES

NOTE: You are please to indicate clearly the particular lot you are bidding especially in the Area of Multiple Units

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
For purposes of evaluation, interested Contractor/Consultants should supply the under listed information including but not limited to the following
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission
(CAC) including Form CACO2 and CACO7;
b. Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2017, 2018 and 2019) valid till 31 December, 2020.
c. Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31″ December, 2020:
d. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2020;
e. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance
Certificate valid till 31st December, 2020;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors
Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report
(IRR) expiring on 31/01/2020:
g. Sworn Affidavit not earlier than Monday, 11th January, 2021.
i. A sworn affidavit certifying that the company is not in receivership.
insolvency or bankruptcy.
ii. A sworn affidavit that no officer of Nigerian Stored Products Research
Institute (NSPRI) or Bureau of Public Procurement is a Director or
Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.
iii. A sworn affidavit that none of the Directors of the Company has been
convicted or criminal offence in relation to fraud or financial impropriety in
any court in Nigeria or elsewhere.
iv. That all information presented in the bid is true and correct in all particulars
h. A Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2017, 2018 and 2019).
i. Evidence of financial capability to execute the project including Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed
j. Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the Key Staff to be deployed for the project including copies of their Academic/ Professional qualifications (for
Consultancy Service).
k Company’s valid training license/certificate issued by Centre for Management
Development (CMD) – for Consultancy Service
I Verifiable document evidence of at least three (3) years similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Award. Valuation Certificates, Job Completion, Certificate and Photographs of the Project
m. 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 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. SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENT – CONSULTANCY SERVICE
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to The Executive Director, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the lot number) Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the procurement unit
of the Institute not later than 12:00Noon, Monday 1st February, 2021.

5. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS – GOODS A WORKS
Prospective hidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and dearly marked as “Invitation to Pre-Qualification” and addrensed to Executive Director, Nigerlan Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and clearly marked with (the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the procurement unit of the lastitute not later than 12:00Noon, Monday 14th February, 2021.

6. OPENING OF EOI/PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The Eol/Prequalification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00Noon, Monday 1st February, 2021 at Olori Adesida Hall, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) in the presence of bidders or their representatives. Pleane, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the procurement unit, as the Institute will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in tinglish Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. All costs will be borne by the bidders:
d. Prospective bidders for works must have an average turnover of at least N50M and above while goods and consultancy service should be N10M and above for 2017, 2018 & 2019 respectively
e. All pre qualified bidders will be contacted at a later date for collection of Request for Proposal and Standard Bidding Document upon payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10.000.00;
f. Arrangement of technical documents in hard coples should follow the arder in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical document should have a table of content indicating the pages which these items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the bidder.
g. Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accountancy with Section 28 of the 2007 Public Procurement ACT.

SIGNED
Head of Procurement.
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI)