DEADLINE: 19TH MAY, 2021
NIGERIA COMMODITY EXCHANGE (NCX)
INVITATION FOR TENDER FOR EXECUTION OF PROJECTS
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, hereby invites interested and relevant companies to participate in the tendering process towards the implementation of the 2021 Capital projects as itemised below:
(2) SCOPE OF WORKS/SERVICES
| Lot No. | Description |
| Lot 1 | Empowerment of Women and Youths in Agricultural Inputs in Benue South Senatorial District, Benue State |
| Lot 2 | Acquisition/Leasing and Rehabilitation of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in Okpoga/Ojapo, Okpokwu LG A. Benue State |
| Lot 3 | Acquisition/Leasing and Rehabilitation of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in Rafin-dadi Qtrs. Waziri Zawana Avenue, Katsina State |
| Lot 4 | Acquisition/Leasing and Rehabilitation of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in (Okpoloko Abachor Igbeku) Yala LGA Cross River State |
| Lot 5 | Construction/Acquisition of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in (Effoyo) Benue South, Benue State |
| Lot 6 | Construction/Acquisition of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in Osun East, Osun State |
| Lot 7 | Acquisition/Leasing and Rehabilitation of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in Azu-lsha Ndubia Igbeagu, Izzi LGA Ebonyi State |
| Lot 8 | Acquisition/Leasing and Rehabilitation of Delivery Warehouses in Rural Outreach Programmes in Zuru, Kebbi State |
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All interested participants wishing to submit Tender for any of the above Lots should show evidence of the following
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and 7;
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 & 2020) valid till 31 December 2021;
( c) Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021:
( d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2021;
( e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021:
( f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate Issued by BPP
(g) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Nigeria Commodity Exchange 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) Documentary details of at least 3yrs experience in providing Consulting Services and/or construction page of warehouses in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards job completion certificates and photographs of the projects;
( i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years 2018, 2019 and 2020);
( j) Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of reference letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
( k) Company’s profile with a curriculum vitae of company’s staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academics/professional qualifications;
(l) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering /forwarding letter under the company/firm’s letter head paper bearing among others the registration number (RC) as issued by the Cooperate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM Number), an 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 authorized officer of the firm.
(4) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from the Procurement Department office, Nigeria Commodity Exchange 2nd Floor, Bank of Agriculture Plaza, CBD, Abuja after paying a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira) per Lot Paid into the Nigeria Commodity Exchange’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.
(5) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, three (3) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, saved in a detachable USB drive (Flash Drive) and packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the three (3) sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope with the Lot number and title of the project boldly written on the reversed side of the sealed envelope and addressed to the Managing Director, Nigeria Commodity Exchange, 2nd Floor, Bank of Agriculture (BOA) Plaza No. 180 Independence Avenue Central Business District, Abuja. Submission must be made not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 19 May, 2021.
(6) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon, Wednesday, 19 May, 2021 at the Board Room Nigeria Commodity Exchange, 2nd Floor Bank of Agriculture Plaza CBD, Abuja, while the financial bids will he kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at office Nigeria Commodity Exchange as the Nigeria Commodity Exchange will not be held liable for misplaced wrongly submitted bids.
(7) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
(b) Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened.
( c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots.
( d) All costs will be borne by the bidders
( e) Presence of bidders/representatives and members of the Public shall not be required during the bid opening ceremony in compliance with COVID- 19 Guidelines. The Bid opening will be covered by video recording with the presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professionalism bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the area of Anti-Corruption/Transparency.
( f) Bids documents can also be collected in soft copies and bidders can submit through post (Courier Service)
(g) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned un-opened.
( h) The Nigerian Commodity Exchange is not bound pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at anytime without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Procurement Act, 2007.
SIGNED:
MANAGEMENT
