DEADLINE: 5TH MAY, 2022
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS & HOUSING
HEADQUARTERS, MABUSHI, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR WORKS, GOODS AND SERVICES
(1.0) INTRODUCTION
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing intends to execute some projects as contained in the 2022 Appropriation Act. In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, Finance Act 2020 and other Extant Guidelines for the award of contracts in the Federal Public Service, the Ministry wishes to invite experienced and competent Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers to submit Pre-qualification and Expression of Interest (EoI) documents for the execution of the Ministry’s selected projects contained in the 2022 Appropriation Act.
(2.0) SCOPE OF WORKS/ASSIGNMENTS
Details of the Scope of Works/Specifications and Assignments are contained in the Bid Documents. The projects are grouped into categories A to C. Bidders are therefore, requested to submit Pre-qualification, Technical and Expression of Interest documents in respect of the categories chosen on the basis of the requirements listed in Sections 3.0,4.0 and 8.0 of this publication. The projects are listed as contained in categories in the table below:
LOT PROJECT TITLE CATEGORY ‘A’: WORKS A-1 Construction of Roads Nationwide A-2 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Roads Nationwide A-3 Construction of Bridges Nationwide A-4 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Bridges Nationwide A-5 Rehabilitation/Construction of Short Length of Internal Roads within Federal Tertiary Institutions Nationwide A-6 Installation of Traffic Sensors and Permanent Traffic Stations on Federal Roads Including Manual Traffic Counts on Arterial Roads Nationwide A-7 Provision of Road Signages and other Road Furniture on Federal Highways Nationwide A-8 Provision/Completion of Weighbridges on Completed Roads across the Six (6) Geo- Political Zones A-9 Relocation of Utilities (Water Lines, Telecommunications, Electrical Installations and other Facilities) on Federal Road Projects Nationwide A-10 Provision of Perimeter barriers for Right of Ways, Trailer Parks, Weighbridges and other Federal Govt. Road Infrastructure A-11 Design and Installation of Solar Power PV Plus Microgrid System and Retrofitting of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing Headquarters and Field Offices Nationwide A-12 Provision/Maintenance of Electrical System and Retrofitting of Public Building with Renewable Energy at Field Offices A-13 Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment, Air conditioners and Water/Plumbing System at the Headquarters and Field Offices A-14 Installation/Rehabilitation and Sustenance of Street Lights Nationwide A-15 Provision of Infrastructure (Roads & Drains, Water and Electricity Supply) for Engineering Services in Selected States including FCT A-16 Construction/Completion of Additional Facilities, Supply and Installation of Workshop Equipment in Training Schools and Workshops Nationwide A-17 Construction of Federal Secretariats in Selected States A-18 Rehabilitation/Restoration of Federal Government Secretariat Complexes and other Federal Government Buildings Nationwide A-19 Furnishing of Federal Government Secretariat Complexes and other Federal Government Buildings Nationwide A-20 Fencing of Federal Government Lands, Estates, Secretariat Complexes etc. A-21 Maintenance of Offices/Buildings in Ministries, Departments & Agencies (MDAs) Nationwide A-22 Urban Renewal and Slum Upgrading Project: Provision of Motorized/Solar Powered Boreholes Nationwide A-23 Urban Renewal and Slum Upgrading Project: Provision of Solar Powered Street Lights Nationwide A-24 Urban Renewal and Slum Upgrading Project: Construe tion and Rehabilitation of Roads, Culverts and External Drainage Works Nationwide A-25 Construction of Houses under the Federal Government National Housing Programme Nationwide A-26 Provision of Infrastructure (Roads & Drainage, Electricity and Water Supply) in Public Private Partnership (PPP) Housing Development Sites in some Selected States A-27 Rehabilitation and Revival of “Dead -End” Libraries and the Establishment of Standard Libraries in Field Offices of the Ministry A-28 Library Development and Upgrading of Headquarters and Field Offices Libraries in the Six (6) Geo-Political Zones A-29 Procurement & Installation of Servers in the Headquarters and Field Offices Nationwide A-30 Upgrade/Setup and Deployment of Structured/Secured Local Area Network (LAN) in the Headquarters and Field Offices A31 Special Intervention/Constituency projects: Construction/Rehabilitation of Roads, Bridges, Drainages, Culverts and Erosion Control, Class Room Blocks, VIP Toilets, Primary Health Care/Maternity, Skills Acquisition/Civic/Community Centres, Pavilion, Boreholes/Hand Pumps, Water Treatment and Sanitation, Provision of Electrification/Solar Street Lighting, Transformers Nationwide CATEGORY ‘B’: GOODS B-1 Procurement of Poverty Alleviation & Skills Acquisition Starter Packs (SIP) Nationwide B-2 Acquisition of GIS Equipment, Digital Survey Equipment, Satellite Imageries, Digital Survey and Data Mining Software for Urban Planning and Surveying activities B-3 Provision of Engineering Workshop Tools (Mechanical, Electrical, Water and Structural Tools) in Headquarters and Field Offices B-4 Procurement of Computer and other Requisite Hardware, Accessories, Software and e-Books in Headquarters and Field Offices B-5 Provision of Office Furniture and Fittings at the Headquarters and Field Offices B-6 Supply of Generating Set, Inverters and Batteries at the Headquarters and Field Offices B-7 Provision of Office Equipment at the Headquarters and Field Offices B-8 Provision of Photographic/Workshop/Laboratory Material Testing Equipment in Headquarters and Field Offices B-9 Provision of Medical Equipment/Drugs at the Headquarters and Field Offices B-10 Supply of Project Vehicles at the Headquarters and Field Offices B-11 Supply of Office Consumables at the Headquarters and Field Offices CATEGORY ‘C’: CONSULTANCY AND OTHER SERVICES C-1 Engineering Design of Highway Roads and Bridges Projects C-2 Engineering Supervision of Highway Roads and Bridges Projects C-3 Consultancy Services for Development and Management of Highways C-4 Survey and Gazetting of Right of Way (Row) on Federal Roads Nationwide C-5 Consultancy Services for Concessioning of Weighbridges and Trailer Parks Nationwide C-6 Provision of Services for Eviction of Illegal Occupants on Bridges, Roads and Public Buildings C-7 Consultancy Service for the conduct of Integrity Tests on Roads, Bridges and other Infrastructures Nationwide C-8 Data Collection on the Federal Road Network under the Road Asset Management System (RAMS) Including Deployment of Intelligent Project Management Systems (IPMS) C-9 Preparation of National Physical Development Plans, Strategic Regional Development Plans for the six Geopolitical Zones & Physical Development Plans for Selected Cities for some selected medium sized urban centres by Consortium of Consultants C-10 Urban Resilience and Sustainability Plan, Regeneration and Revitalization Plan for Building Spaces in selected Cities Nationwide C-11 Preparation of Urban, Resilience Plans and Master Plans, Formulation of Land Policies, Guideline and Bye Laws Booklet, Regeneration of City Resilience/Strength, Need Assessment and Slum Identification Reports Nationwide C-12 Human Capacity Development on Acquired Software for the Implementation of Urban Sector Data Nationwide C-13 Preparation of Security Resilience Report for Buildings and Open Spaces Nationwide C-14 Preparation of Feasibility Report for the Establishment of Skill Acquisition & Livelihood Enhancement Centres for Skills development and Job Creation to Alleviate Poverty & Hunger Nationwide C-15 Provision of Advance Software/Hardware in the Field of Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Structural Engineering C-16 Other Consulting and Professional Services:(i) Training and Capacity Building,(ii) ICT Related Services: Website Development/ Deployment, Internet/ Network Deployment, Software Acquisition/ Projects, e-library/ e- Law Library, Electronic Document Management System/Digitalization(iii) Insurance and Actuarial Services(iv) Feasibility Studies & Report Preparation; Monitoring & Evaluation Advisory Exercises and Project Management/Advisory Services(v) Sensitization Exercises, Publicity/ Enlightenment Programme/ Documentaries Making.(vi) Maintenance of ICT/Office Equipment(vii) Facility Management: – Security, Cleaning, Horticultural and Management Services(viii) Printing of Security and Non- Security Documents (Manual Reports, Files, Letter Head Papers)(ix) Inventory and Condition Assessment of Public Buildings(x) Quarterly Verification and Report of Revenue Generated and its Remittance from 36 Field Offices for Works and Housing Sectors(xi) Financial Consultancy Services(xii) Legal Consultancy Services C-17 Valuation of Federal Government Assets within and outside the country in furtherance of the Adoption and implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) C-18 Baseline Studies on Land Governance and Tenure Structure, Acquisition of Title Deed Plan (TDP) & Titling of Acquired lands, Realistic Land Values, Land based Revenue, Federal Land Registry/Compensation Assessment Rates for Structures and Crops, Demand Notice preparation, Resonance Survey and Inventorisation of Federal Government Lands Nationwide. C-19 Up-Grading of Cadastral Geographic Information System (CADGIS) Laboratory C-20 Conversion of Analogue Spatial Data to Digital Format in the Six (6) Geo – Political Zones C-21 Densification of Second Order Controls in Federal Government Landed Properties in six (6) Geo -political Zones & Cadastral Atlas at a scale of 1:10,000 in Six (6) Geo – political Zones C-22 Perimeter, Topographic, Layout Survey and As-Built Survey of Federal Government Land/properties Nationwide C-23 Training and Capacity Development in Auto/Cad and Are GIS Applications for Urban and Regional Planning, Capacity Building for Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Builders and Town Planners in Computer Aided Designs and Standardization and Project Management C-24 Consultancy Anchor ship and Facilitating the Training of Professionals, (Artisan, Craftsmen etc.) C-25 Consultancy for the Design and Implementation Supervision Mission of Special Project Unit (SPU) Projects
(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested 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. Business Name is acceptable for Services;
(b) Evidence of filling of Company’s current Annual Returns to CAC;
(c) Evidence of Company’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022.
(d) 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);
(e) 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 N50111 and above;
(f) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022;
(g) Evidence of Registration on the BPP’s National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of a valid Certificate of Registration or Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
(h) Detailed Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2019, 2020 & 2021, duly stamped by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
(i) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be accompanied with every eligibility requirements stated in 3A-G above (The MoU shall be explicit of the Lead Company/Partner);
(j) A Sworn Affidavit:
(i) disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing 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;
(ii) that no Partner/Director has been convicted in any country for criminal offences related to fraudulent or corrupt practices, or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
(iii) that the company does not at the time of this bidding period has any existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institutions or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performing, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last three months.
(iv) that the Company is capable of working in the location area of the project for which they have are bidding.
(3.2) Local Content, Safety and Social Responsibility
(For categories A, B, C the following shall be further considered at the financial bid submission stage for projects value greater/equal to N300 million)
(a) Indicate the quantum of verifiable employment to be generated stating projected numbers and specialties for skilled (Professional) and unskilled (Non-professional) Manpower;
(b) Submit verifiable key Management positions that are Nigerian Nationals and the percentage of the company’s total workforce that will be beneficial to youth employment and community development in Nigeria;
(c) All bidders should include description of current Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) procedures, plan, manuals and HSE performance statistics over the last 3 years including HSE manuals and accident statistics for the past five (5) years; and
(d) Submit a plan on how to give first consideration to services provided from within Nigeria, raw materials and manufactured goods of Nigerian origin in line with the requirements of Nigerian Content.
(e) State the proposed social benefits to be accrued to the host communities where projects/services are domiciled.
(4.0) TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
(a) Bidders’ Experience
Evidence of similar jobs with three (3) letters of awards and Valuation/Job Completion Certificates in the last three (3) years (2019 to date);
(b) Plant and Equipment/Warehouse
Verifiable evidence (Machinery Registration Particulars/Identification details and location, including Registration Numbers) of proof of ownership and/or lease of the construction equipment/Warehouse required for the successful execution of these contracts;
(c) Financial Capacity
Reference letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to fund the project if awarded;
(d) Registration with Professional Bodies in case of Consultancy Services
Evidence of registration with relevant professional body e.g. NAICOM/Insurance, EHORECON/Cleaning Service, NITDA/CPN/Information Technology, COREN/QSRBN/ARCON/CORBON /SURCON /Construction, NSCDC/Security, ESVARBON/Estate Surveying etc.
(e) Manpower
Company’s Profile with Curriculum Vitae of Key personnel with including copies of their academic/Professional such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, SURCON, CORBON, TOPREC, NIESV, CIPSMN etc.;
(f) OEMs
For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
Note that indigenous companies have an advantage in these categories.
(5.0) ENQUIRIES
All enquiries are to be directed to:
The Director,
Public Procurement Department,
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing Headquarters,
Mabushi, Abuja.
e-mail: info@worksandhousing.gov.ng
(6.0) METHOD OF SUBMISSION
(i) Bids must be prepared in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
(ii) Two copies of Technical documents/Expression of Interest (EoI) for all categories must be submitted on or before 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 5 May, 2022.
(iii) Bids should be submitted to:
(a) The Deputy Director Procurement (Works Division),
Public Procurement Department,
Room B218, Block A, 2d Floor,
Works Sector, FMW&H,
Mabushi, Abuja;
in respect of the following
Lots: Category A: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12,14, 16, 27, 28, 29 & 30;
Category B: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11;
and Category C: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 & 16 (i-xii)
e-mail: info@worksandhousing.gov.ng
(b) The Deputy Director Procurement (Housing Division),
Public Procurement Department,
Room B314, Block A, $d Floor,
Housing Sector, FMW&H,
Mabushi, Abuja;
in respect of the following Lots:
Category A: 13,15,17,18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 & 31;
Category B: l & 2;
and Category C: 9,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25
e-mail: info@worksandhousing.gov.ng
(iv) Late submissions will be returned unopened through the sender’s address provided.
(7.0) OPENING OF EOI/BIDS
(i) Virtual Opening of EOI/Technical Bid Documents will be conducted immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 5 May, 2022 at the Conference Hall, 1st Floor, Block A, FMW&H, Mabushi, Abuja, Works Sector;
(ii) 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 Bids Opening will be covered by video recording (invitation link will be sent to bidders to join the bid opening online) with the physical presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti- Corruption/Transparency.
(8.0) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(8.1) Subject to the Provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 note that:
(i) The Ministry shall verify any or all the claims made by the applicants and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false in addition to other sanctions that may be deemed necessary;
(ii) All costs (Time and Material) incurred in responding to this advertisement in any way or form shall be fully borne by the Bidders and are non- refundable by the Procuring Entity;
(iii) Bidders are advised to bid for projects in locations of capability/capacity;
(iv This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of the Ministry to award contract to any bidder;
(v) 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), current Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably 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; and
(vi) none compliance to any of the above instructions will lead to disqualification of bidders;
(vii) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders shall submit through Post (Courier Services);
(viii) Goods & Works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of financial bids;
(ix) Services: Only shortlisted firms will be invited at a late date for collection of Request for Proposals;
(x) The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing reserves the right to cancel the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities to bidders in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
SIGNED:
PERMANENT SECRETARY
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS & HOUSING
