FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS COLLEGE, JALINGO, TARABA STATE INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2023 CAPITAL PROJECTS 1. INTRODUCTION The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated funds to the Federal Government Girls College, Jalingo, Taraba State in the year 2023 Appropriation Act for the execution of policies, programmes and projects towards achieving the mandate of the college. Accordingly, the College wishes to invite reputable companies with relevant proven competence and experience to submit tenders for the execution of the following projects: 2. SCOPE OF WORK LOT NO PROJECT TITLE/DESCRIPTION LOCATION W1 INSTALLATION OF SOLAR STREET LIGHTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL PREMISES FGGC Jalingo 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 with minimum average annual turnover of N30 Million; 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) Sworn affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Government Girls College, Jalingo, Taraba State 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; h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021& 2022); i) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank 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) List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement; m) Evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA); n) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificates, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn affidavit are compulsory for each JV Partner); o) 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 tender documents are to be collected from the office of the Vice-Principal, Special duties between the working hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm daily upon the payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000 per lot to the Federal Government Girls College, Jalingo, Taraba State through REMITA platform in any commercial Bank in Nigeria and present the teller for the college’s receipt. 5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS 6. Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies (Marked ‘Original & Copy’) each of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel Format, packaged in two separately wax sealed envelopes clearly marked at the top right corner of each envelope stating the title of the project i.e “TECHNICAL BIDS FOR project title and Lot No & FINANCIAL BIDS FOR project Title and Lot no: and the reverse side the name of the company should be boldly written. Both envelopes shall then be put in a larger envelope clearly marked at the top right corner stating the title of the project and dropped in the appropriate tender box at the Vice-Principal Special Duties’ Office to be addressed to: The Principal, Federal Government College Girls College, Jalingo, Taraba State The submission should be made not later than 12:00pm on Tuesday, 25th July, 2023. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the Vice Principal Special Duties Office as the Federal Government Girls College will not be held responsible for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. 7. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS Only technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon Tuesday, 25th July 2023 in the College Conference Room, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. For further enquiries, please contact the principal on email: fggcjalingo@gmail.com 8. PLEASE NOTE THAT a. Bids must be made 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. Bidders should not bid for more than one (1) lot; d. All cost will be borne by the bidders; e. 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; and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online; f. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services); g. Only pre-qualified bidders will be invited at later date for financial bids opening while financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened; h. The Federal Science and Technical College, Jalingo 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: PRINCIPAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS COLLEGE, JALINGO, TARABA STATE