FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
P.M.B. 011, ILAWE-EKITI, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2025 CAPITAL AND TETFund 2025 ANNUAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
Federal College of Education, Ilawe, Ekiti State in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 hereby invites reputable and competent firms with relevant experience and good track records to submit bids for the following projects:
2. SCOPE OF WORKS
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC₁₁ or CAC₂ and CAC₇;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2025; with minimum average annual turnover of N30 million;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025 (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, 2025 (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, 2025;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State 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;
h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years – 2022, 2023 & 2024;
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, SURCON, etc.;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. List of Plants/Equipment with Proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
m. Only companies included in the National Automotive Design and Development Councils list of local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorised representatives should bid for the vehicle.
n. 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)
Note: 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 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of procurement, 2nd office by the left hand side, Provost Building, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti’s Remita’s account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
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 Provost, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, P.M.B. 011, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State and clearly marked with title of the project and lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should have the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box at the office of the Procurement, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, not later than 12 Noon, Monday, October 13, 2025
6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the Technical bids will be opened immediately after deadline for submission at 12 Noon on Monday October 13, 2025 in the Centre for Educational Technology Conference Room, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, in the presence of bidders or their representatives while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Procurement, Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State, as Federal College of Education, Ilawe, will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the procurement unit on e-mail fceilaweprocurementunit@gmail.com
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids 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. Only the Technical bids will be opened in the presence of bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies;
e. Only pre-qualified 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. The Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State 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
SIGNED:
Professor Ajigbade Ikuejube
Provost, Federal College of Education, Ilawe Ekiti