Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority- Invitation To Tender, Pre-Qualification And Expression Of Interest (EOI) For Projects Execution (83 Lots)

DEADLINE: 27TH JUNE,2022
SOKOTO RIMA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
DAMALE KAITA HOUSE, GUSAU ROAD, PMB 2223, SOKOTO
SOKOTO STATE OF NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER, PRE-QUALIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

(1.0) INTRODUCTION
(1.1) Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority (S.R.R.B.D.A.) in furtherance of its statutory mandate intends to undertake the Procurement of various Works, Goods and Services under the 2022 Capital Appropriation and in accordance with Extant Provision of Section 25 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

(1.2) The Authority therefore invites all experienced and competent Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants/Service Providers with relevant experience for consideration for the execution of the following projects.

(2.0) SCOPE OF WORK
The Scope of Works/Supply/Service for the projects earmarked for execution is categorized as follows:

(2.1) CATEGORY A –INVITATION TO TENDER (WORKS AND GOODS)

Interested Contractors/Suppliers are invited to submit Technical and Financial Bids for the following Projects:

(2.2)  CATEGORY B- INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION

Interested reputable Contractors are invited to submit pre-qualification documents for the following Projects:

CATEGORY C – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(CONSULTANCY/NON-CONSULTANCY SERYICES)

Interested Firms are to submit Expression of Interest (EoI) documents to provide the following Services

(3.0)  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Interested and Competent Contractors, Suppliers and Service Providers/Consultants wishing to carry out any of the Projects under the above three (3) categories are required to submit the following documents in their Technical Proposals;

(i) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/ forwarding letter under the company/firm’s letter headed 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 headed papers must bear the names and nationalities of the directors of the companies at the bottoms of the page duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

(ii) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC2 and Form CAC7;

(iii) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years (2019, 2020 & 2021); valid till 31st December, 2022 with a minimum average turnover for each project, as specified in the standard Bidding Documents.

(iv) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022.

(v) Evidence of current Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022.

(vi) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers; by submission of the Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2022. or Valid Certificate issued by BPP..

(vii) Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant Committees of the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority 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;

(viii) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2019,202012021).

(ix) Evidence of Financial Capability to the Project including Reference Letter from a reputable commercial Bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

(x) Company Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional Qualifications (in case of construction/Rehabilitation works: 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 Award, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the Projects.

(xii) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease (where applicable]. Irrevocable lease letter & any lease letter above five (5) years from the date of submission of tender in response to this advertisement are not accepted.

(xiii) For joint Ventures/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (all the eligibility requirements are compulsory for each JV Partner);

(xiv) Verifiable Evidence of Certificate of the Firm’s Registration with relevant professional body e.g. NAICOM/Insurance, EHORECON/ Cleaning Services, NITDA/CPN/Information Technology, ICAN/ANAN/ Financial Reporting Service, COREN /QSRBN/ARCON/CORBON/SURCON/ Construction, NSCDC/Security, ESVARBON/Estate Surveying etc.

(xv) For Procurement of Motor Vehicles, only Companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Council’s approved list of Local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the procurements.

(xvi) For Equipment: Letters of Authorization from Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).

(xvii) For Training: Evidence of Accreditation by Centre for Management Development (CMD).

(xviii) For Services: Evidence of the firm’s current practice license issued by the relevant Regulatory body(ies) e.g. CORENT, COMEG etc.

Note that all documents/Information required must be paginated, submitted in the Sequence/order as Sited in i-xviii above

(4.0) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS. Category A
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of Head of Procurement, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Damale Kaita House, Ground floor, on evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authorities’ Remita Account in any Commercial Bank.

(5.0)  SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
(5.1) Category A-Invitation to Tender (Works and Goods)
Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Managing Director, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, KM. 10 Gusau Road Sokoto State and clearly marked with the Name of the Project and the Lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address in 4.0 above, not later than 12.00 noon Monday, 27 June, 2022.

(5.2) Category B – Pre-Qualification (Works & GOODS)
Prospective Bidders are to submit Pre-qualification documents for each desired Lot in two (2) hard copies each of the Technical Bids Packaged in Sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bids” and addressed to the Managing Director. Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, KM. 10 Gusau Road Sokoto and clearly marked with the name of the Project and the Lot Number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address in 4.0 above, not later than 12.00 noon on Monday, 11 July, 2022.

(5.3) Category C – Expression of Interest (EoI) Consultancy Services
Interested Firms are to submit two (2) bound copies of Expression of interest (EoI) documents, separated by dividers. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Managing Director, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, KM. 10 Gusau Road Sokoto, Sokoto State, and clearly marked with the Name of the project and the Lot Number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and should be deposited in the Tender Box at the address in 4.0 above, not later than 12.00 noon on Monday, 27 June, 2022.

(6.0)  OPENING OF BIDS DOCUMENTS
(6.1) Category A -Invitation to Tender (Works and Goods)
Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission by 12.00 noon on Monday, 27 June, 2022. At the Authorities Board Room, in Sokoto in the presence of Bidder or their representatives, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register when submitting your bids at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(6.2)  Category B – Pre-qualification (Works & Goods)
Technical Bids for Pre-qualification will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission By 12.00 noon on Monday, 11 July, 2022. at the Authorities Board Room, in Sokoto in the presence of Bidders or their representatives. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the address stated in 4.0 above when submitting your bids, as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(6.3) Category C-Expression of Interest (EoI)
Expression of Interest (EoI) documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 8, June 2022, at the Authorities Board Room, In Sokoto in the presence of Bidders or their representatives. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register when submitting your bids at the address stated in 4.0 above, as the Authority will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

(7.0) General Information
(a) Bids and Expression of Interest (EoI) must be in English Language and signed by an official authorize by the bidder.

(b) Bids and Expression of Interest Submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un­opened.

(c) Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots in a Category (i.e. A – Invitation to Tender, B – Pre- qualification, C-Consultancy).

(d) Pre-qualified Bidders for Category A will be contacted at a later date for Financial Bid Opening while Bids of unsuccessful bidders will be returned unopened.

(e) Shortlisted and Pre-qualified bidders for Categories B & C respectively, will be contacted at a later date for collection of Standard Tender Documents and request for proposals respectively.

(f) All costs will be borne by the bidders as the Authority will not be held responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by any interested party (i.e.) in connection with any response to this invitation.

(g) Non-Compliance with the conditions stated herein will lead to automatic disqualification of the bidder from the bidding process.

(h) The Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority Is 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.

(i) Contractors are advice to comply with instruction as contained in (SBD) failure to comply will lead to disqualification.

(j) Bids with values of #300Million and above for Works and Bids with value of #100Milion and above for Goods and Services must be accompanied with 2% Bid Security.

(k) Bid security should be provided along side with financial Bid in a separate envelope clearly labeled “Bid security submitted by name of the

(i) Due diligence would be observed as all the documented claims by the contractors are subject to verification.

(m) Representative of any company should be accompanied with authorization letter and must be Included In the bidding documents, failure to comply will lead to disqualification.

(n) Bidders should note that detailed scope of works and specifications for projects in categories A&B and Terms of Reference/Scope of Activities for category “C” are contained in the Standard Bidding Documents and RFP respectively to be issued to prospective bidders.

(o) For further enquiries, please contact Procurement Department between 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 pm (Mondays-Fridays) at the following address.

Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority,
Damale Kaita House
Km 10, Gusau Road Shun),
Sokoto State

Signed: Engr. Buhari Bature Muhammed
Managing Director
Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority