Federal College Of Education (Technical), Isu, Ebonyi State- Invitation To Tender For Year 2022 TETFUND Annual Intervention, Year 2022 Tetfund Project Maintenance Intervention And Year 2022 TETFUND Intervention In Library Development (5 Lots)

DEADLINE: 5TH OCTOBER, 2022
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TECHNICAL, ISU, EBONYI STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2022 TETFUND ANNUAL INTERVENTION, YEAR 2022 TETFUND PROJECT MAINTENANCE INTERVENTION AND YEAR 2022 TETFUND INTERVENTION IN LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT

(1) INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education Technical, Isu, Ebonyi State in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, hereby invites interested and reputable Contractors/Suppliers with requisite expertise, experience and good track records to submit Technical and Financial Bids for the following Projects:

(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission including CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years, valid till 31st December, 2022 with minimum average annual turnover of N150 million for Works and N30 million for Goods;

(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 Data Base of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers, by Submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP);

(g) Sworn Affidavit:

-disclosing whether or not any officer of the Committees of the Federal College of Education Technical, Isu 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 and 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 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) 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 (OEM);

(n) 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;

(o) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 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);

(p) All documents for submission should be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s/Firm’s Headed Paper bearing among others, the Registration Number (IRC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), contact address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No), nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the Firm.

(3) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Director of Works and Services on presentation of evidence of a non-refundable tender fee often thousand naira (N10,000.00) per Lot, paid into Account Number: E collection TSA 0310294465013 NUBAN 3000111122 Federal College of Education Technical, Isu, Ebonyi State

(4) SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
All completed Technical and Financial Tenders shall be submitted in two (2) separate sealed envelopes, clearly marked “Technical bid” or “Financial bid’’. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger envelope addressed to the Provost, Federal College of Education Technical, Isu, Ebonyi State and clearly marked with the name of the project and Lot No. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name, address and phone No. of the Bidder and dropped in the designated Tender Box located in the Office of the Registrar. Federal College of Education Technical, Isu not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 5 October, 2022.

(5) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 5 October, 2022, in the College’s Multi-purpose Hall In the presence of all bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Registrar as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Director of Works and Services of the College.

(6) GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) Bid must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.

(b) Bids submitted after the deadline will be returned unopened,

(c) Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) Lot;

(d) All costs will be borne by the bidders.

(e) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies, and bidders can submit through post (courier services).

(f) The Company/bidder must duly initial all submission pages.

(g) Evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee must be Included In the financial bid.

(h) Documents submitted must be listed in a table of content according to the eligibility requirements. Any company that does not comply with this method of arrangement will be disqualified.

(i) Certificate(s) shall be referred to the respective issuing authorities for verification and authentication.

(j) Technical and Financial bids enclosed in one/same single envelope that will expose the Technical and Financial bids at the same time of opening shall be disqualified.

(k) Attendees at the Bid openings shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitizer, wear masks and observe physical distancing. The Bid opening will be covered by video recording and Invitation link will be sent to bidders who choose to join bid opening online.

(l) Only pre-qualified bidders at the Technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for Financial bids opening, while the Financial bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.

(m) The College is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time without incurring liabilities in accordance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

Dr. Linus Nnamani
Registrar.