DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, AKURE
www.feca.edu.ng
INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFICATION/INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS
(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure in the 2022 Appropriation Act for the execution of Policies, Programmes and Projects. Accordingly, in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007, the Federal College of Agriculture Akure wishes to invite experienced and competent Contractors, and Suppliers for the execution of the following projects:
(2) SCOPE OF PROJECTS
CATEGORY A: PRE-QUALIFICATION
A1: Re-Construction of Internal Access Road
CATEGORY B: INVITATION TO TENDER
B1: Development and equipping of agricultural engineering student learning centre with provision for fluid mechanics and strength of materials laboratories and project vehicle.
B2: Renovation and equipping of blocks of existing farm buildings and staff offices with provision of Alternative Power Supply.
B3: Construction of new students’ hostels, renovation and equipping of existing students’ hostels and learning centres with provision of e-learning facilities and Alternative Power Supply.
B4: Renovation and equipping of existing library with provision of books, journals and internet bandwidth, ICT hardware and software fore-library and Alternative Power Supply.
B5: Development and equipping of food technology students learning centre with provision for instrumentation and quality control laboratories, bakery unit, Alternative Power Supply and project Vehicle.
(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31“ December, 2022; with minimum average annual turnover of N200 million for Category A;
(c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022 (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, 2022 (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, 2022;
(f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.;
(g) Sworn Affidavit:
- disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the (Federal College of Agriculture, Akure 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 -2019,2020&2021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
(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) Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;
(k) 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;
(l) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
(m) For Supply of Equipment; Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
(n) ICT jobs: Evidence of current Licence/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
(o) Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the vehicles;
(p) Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
(q) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), contact address, Telephone Number (preferable GSM No), and e-mail address. The Letter head 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 TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY B)
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Procurement officer between the working hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm at the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into TSA account No. 0160099561014 in favour of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.
(5) SUBMISSION OF BIDS
For Category A: Interested bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies of pre-qualification documents packaged in a sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “PRE-QUALIFICATION” and addressed to the Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Ondo State and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box located at the College International Conference Hall Akure not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022.
For Category B: Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies of the technical bid and one (1) Financial bid packaged in different sealed envelopes and clearly marked as ’Technical Bid’ or Financial Bid’: and addressed to the Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Ondo State and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box located at the College International Conference Hall Akure not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022.
(6) OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The Pre-qualification documents and the Technical bids will be publicly opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022, in the College’s International Conference Hall Akure, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.
(6.2) Bidders, CSOs, Professional bodies are invited to the opening.
(7) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(i) No bidder is allowed to participate in more than one (1) lot per category and maximum of two (2) lots in all categories.
(ii) The College shall verify all the claims made by applicants and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false in addition to other sanctions that may be deemed necessary.
(iii) Bidders who have worked for the College and have history of poor performance, abandonment, termination and/or prolonged contract execution period need not apply as their bids shall be excluded from the process in line with Section i6(8)(b) of the PPA, 2007;
(iv) All costs incurred in responding to this advertisement shall be borne solely by the Bidders;
(v) This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of the College.
(vi) All enquiries are to be directed to: Procurement Officer, Procurement Department, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.
(vii) Attendees at the bid openings shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitiser, wear mask and observe physical distancing. The Bids Opening in the presence of observers will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidders who chooses to join the bid opening online.
(viii) Category A: Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents.
(ix) Category B: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
(x) The Federal College of Agriculture, Akure 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 accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
SIGNED:
PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, AKURE
