Nasarawa State University Keffi- Invitation For Expression Of Interest For Year 2019/2020 TETFUND ICT Support Intervention

DEADLINE: 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR YEAR 2019/2020 TETFUND ICT SUPPORT INTERVENTION

The NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI in compliance with requirements of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, hereby invite experienced and competent Consultancy Firms with good repute and relevant experience to submit Expression of Interest for Year 2019/2020 (Merged)TETFUND ICT Support Intervention project.

(2) SCOPE OF SERVICES
The projects are as follows

(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All submission must be accompanied with 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 also acceptable;

(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2022;

(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 31st December, 2022 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.;

(g) Sworn Affidavit:
-disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nasarawa State University Keffi 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) Evidence of current e-learning Software Certificate issued by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);

(m) Evidence of current registration with Computer Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) as valid corporate member;

(n) Evidence of Accreditation issued by Centre for Management Development (CMD);

(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 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 Letterhead 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) SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound Expression of Interest (EOI) separated by dividers and arrange as indicated in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Expression of Interest”, and addressed to the Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University Keffi, P.M.B 1022, Keffi, Nigeria. Furthermore, the reverse of the sealed envelope should bear the Name and Address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box, at the Procurement Unit, not later than 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 6 September, 2022.

(5) OPENING OF EOI
The EOI will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, on Tuesday, 6 September, 2022; at the Senate Chamber, Nasarawa State University Keffi, P.M.B 1022, Keffi, Nigeria in the presence of bidders or their representatives, Observers, Civil Society Organisation (CSO’s). Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the Procurement Unit Nasarawa State University as the University will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the procurement officer.

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

(b) EOI submitted after deadline for submission would be returned un-opened:

(c) All costs will be borne by the bidders;

(d) Attendees at the bids opening 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 bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;

(e) Only shortlisted Consultants will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;

(f) Nasarawa State University is not bound to shortlist any Consultants 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, (PPA) 2007.

SIGNED
VICE CHANCELLOR
NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY