News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN)- Request For Expression Of Interest (EOI) And Invitation To Tender For The Implementation Of 2022 Zonal Intervention/Constituency Projects (3 Lots)

DEADLINE: 8TH AUGUST, 2022 NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NAN) WADA MAIDA HOUSE INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AND INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2022 ZONAL INTERVENTION/CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION The News Agency of Nigeria. (NAN), intends to undertake the execution of some of its Zonal Intervention Constituency projects approved under the 2022 Appropriation Act and hereby invites interested, competent, and eligible contractors for the execution of the following projects:

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 CATEGORY A: WORKS Lot 1: Provision of Solar Street Lights across Surulere Local Government Area, Oyo State.

2.2 CATEGORY B: GOODS Lot 2: Supply of Motorcycles for Youths in Ogo-Oluwa/Surulere Federal Constituency, Oyo State.

2.3 CATEGORY C: CONSULTANCY SERVICES Lot 3: Capacity Building and Provision of Farming Empowerment Materials for Farmers in Ogo-Oluwa/Surulere Federal Constituency, Oyo State.

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Interested and Competent Contractors and Consulting Firms/Individual Consultants wishing to carry out the projects listed under the three (3) categories above are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Bids/EOI, which will be subjected for verification: i. 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 for services; ii. 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; iii. 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); iv. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder's annual turnover is N50m and above); v. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022; vi. 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. vii. Sworn Affidavit: disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the News Agency 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 the company is not in receivership or the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy; -that the company does not have any Director who has ever been convicted in any court in Nigeria or any other country for criminal offence such as fraud or financial impropriety: -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; viii. Company Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years -2019, 2020 82021, duly acknowledged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); ix. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed; x. 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; xi. 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 xii. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement notarized by court of Law; xiii. Services: Evidence of Firm's current registration with Centre for Management Development (CMD), and Professional qualifications of at least three (3) key Technical staff as Registered Animal Scientists, (RAS), with current Annual Practicing License (APL); xiv. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs): xv. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) xvi. Evidence of Remita Payment for Bidding Documents (Goods & Works); xvii. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Swom Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner): xviii. 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 Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm;

N.B: The above listed requirements shall form part of the Bids Evaluation Criteria and non-compliance with shall result in automatic disqualification of the bidder. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Procurement Unit between 9.00am-4.00pm (Mondays - Fridays) except Public Holidays at the: Procurement Unit on 3rd Floor, Room 207, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Headquarters, Abuja.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS) Tender documents to be obtained from the Procurement Unit on 3 Floor, Room 207. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Headquarters, Abuja on presentation of a copy of the original Treasury Receipts of non-refundable Tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot paid into NAN TSA A/C No: 0020092461018. Interested Firms in the Consultancy Service will not pay at this stage until after shortlisting.

5.1 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (GOODS & WORKS) The Completed Technical and Financial bids are to be submitted in TWO (2) COPIES EACH WHICH WILL INCLUDE ONE (1) ORIGINAL AND ONE (1) COPY. The documents should be in TWO (2) SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPES clearly marked "TECHNICAL BID' and 'FINANCIAL BID 'and both sealed i envelope marked with the APPROPRIATE PROJECT TITLE AND LOT NUMBER at the top right hand corner and addressed to the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, Wada Maida House, Independence Avenue, Central Business District, Abuja

5.2 The Name & address of the Company should be written at the reverse side of the envelope

5.3 All submissions are to be dropped in the designated Tender Box on the 3rd Floor, Room 207 News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Headquarters, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 8 August, 2022

6. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) Interested Firms in the Consultancy Service are to submit the Expression of Interest (EOI) in three (3) hard copies (one original & two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022.

7. OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS The EOI and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon Monday, 25 July, 2022 and 12:00 noon Monday, 8th August, 2022 , respectively, in the Agency's Headquarters Abuja in the presence of Bidders and their representatives while the financial bids will be kept un-opened

8. GENERAL INFORMATION a. Bid must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder; b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened; c. All costs will be borne by the bidders; d. Attendees at the bid openings shall be required to wash hands, use hand sanitizer, wear mask and observe physical distancing. The Bids Opening will be covered by video recording and invitation link will be sent to bidders who choose to join the bid opening online; e. Goods & Works: Only successful 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; f. Services: Only shortlisted Firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals; g. The Agency is not bound to pre-qualify/shortlist 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 Managing Director/CEO NAN

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