FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OKENE, KOGI STATE- INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2023 NEEDS ASSESSMENT INTERVENTION FUND

FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
PMB 1026, OKENE, KOGI STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR YEAR 2023 NEEDS ASSESSMENT INTERVENTION FUND

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal College of Education, Okene in compliance with the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007, is inviting reputable, competent, and experienced contractors to apply for the under-listed projects appropriated in its 2023 Needs Assessment Intervention Fund.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS AND GOODS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7;
b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2023;
c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (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, 2023 (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 current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;
f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g) For supply of equipment: Letter of Authorization as representatives of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
h) Sworn affidavit
• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal College of Education, Okene or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) 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 county for any criminal offence relating to fraud impropriety or criminal misrepresentation of falsification of facts relating to any matter.
• That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form or bankruptcy proceedings of the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceeding
• That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institutions of third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months.
i) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of ownership/lease agreement
j) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 & 2022);
k) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
l) 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, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc;
m) 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;
n) All documents for submission must be submitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s letter head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the CAC, Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No) fax and email 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 authorized officer of the firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The interested bidders are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents from the Office of the Head of Procurement (Procurement Department) of the College at a non- refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10, 000.00) payable to Federal College of Education, Okene’s TSA in any reputable Commercial Bank of Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Completed Technical and Financial Tenders shall be submitted in two (2) separate envelopes each appropriately labeled “Technical Bid” sealed and put in a larger envelope for submission and addressed to: The Provosts, Federal college of Education Okene, Kogi State. The envelopes should be clearly marked with the name of the project and lot no. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender box not later than 12:00 noon, Monday, 4th September, 2023.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Monday, 4th September, 2023 at the conference hall, school of vocational studies in the presence of observers. Bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission register as the College will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “Head of Procurement Department” on email gokemmanuel@yahoo.com

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. The technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and Professional bodies and covered by video recording: invitation line will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online
e. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
f. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) lots;
g. The college reserves a right to verify the authenticity of claims made on documents submitted and shall disqualify any company whose claims are found to be false in addition, other sanctions that may be deemed necessary,
h. The College is not bound to prequalify and bidder 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
MANAGEMENT