Forestry Research Institute Of Nigeria (FRIN)- Invitation To Bid For The Implementation Of 2022 Amended Capital And Zonal Intervention Projects (2 Lots)

DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022 FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA (FRIN) FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT P.M.B 5054, JERICHO, IBADAN, OYO STATE INVITATION FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2022 AMENDED CAPITAL AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES AT FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA, IBADAN

(1.0) PREAMBLE The Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria wishes to undertake the procurement of goods under the 2022 amended capital and zonal intervention projects/ programmes. In compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007, FRIN hereby invites interested and competent contractors and suppliers for procurement and execution of the projects/programmes as follows:

(2.0) SCOPE OF GOODS

LOT NO PROJECT DESCRIPTION PROCURING ENTITY Lot FRIN 14 Empowerment of youths and women in grass cutter and vegetable farming including training in Ogbomosho North LGA, Oyo States (FRIN 22/14) Forestry Research institute of Nigeria, Ibadan (Goods) Lot FRIN 15 Provision of Empowerment items to the less privileged in Ibadan South West/ Ibadan North West Federal Constituency, Oyo States (FRIN 22/15) Forestry Research institute of Nigeria, Ibadan (Goods)

(3.0) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Interested and competent Contractors, Suppliers and Service providers are required to submit the following documents:-

(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31 st December, 2022;

(c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31 st 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 31 st 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 31 st 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 Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria 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) For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);

(m) 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 (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.

(4.0) COLLECTION OF FINANCIAL BIDDING DOCUMENTS Bidding documents will be available for collection by interested bidders at each procuring entity’s Office upon presentation of evidence of payment of N10,000.00 non-refundable tenders fees per Lot, paid into the Remita’s account of each procuring entity as shown in the table in paragraph 5 below.

(5.0) SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BIDS Interested and qualified bidders are to submit One hard copy of the technical bid documents in a separate sealed envelope with inscription “Technical Bid for the project title” and Two hard copies of the Financial Bidding documents (one original, one photocopy) in a separate sealed envelope with inscription “Financial Bid for the project title” while the two envelopes shall be sealed in a bigger third envelope with inscription “Technical and Financial Bid for the project title” shall be delivered on or before 12:00 noon on Monday, 25 July, 2022 . The bid should be addressed and submitted to:

LOT NO SUBMISSION ADDRESS REMITA’S ACCOUNT Lots FRIN 14- 15 The Director General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, Oyo State Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan’s Remita’s Account

Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the procuring entity will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please visit the Procurement office of the procuring entity.

(6.0) OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Monday, 25 July, 2022 at FRIN, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened.

(7.0) NOTE (i) Late submission of technical /financial bidding documents shall be returned un-opened.

(ii) Submission of technical /financial bidding documents to the INSTITUTE is neither a commitment nor an obligation to award any contract to any contractor or supplier.

(iii) The advertisement for technical and financial bidding should not be construed as commitment on the part of FRIN Management, nor shall it entitle any contractor or supplier to make any claims whatsoever and or seeks any Indemnity from the Institute.

(iv) 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;

(v) Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services);

(vi) Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;

(vii) The FRIN 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: THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA, IBADAN

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