NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION- INVITATION FOR TENDER FOR VARIOUS SUPPLIES

NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION
PLOT 174 ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA CRESCENT, WUSE 2, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR TENDER (GOODS)

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Pension Commission (PENCOM) in compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 invites reputable, experienced and interested suppliers to submit tenders for the project/Good in the table below;

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

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 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of N300 million;
c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2024 (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, 2024 (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, 2024;
f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g) Sworn affidavit
• disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Pension Commission 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.
h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (, 2021, 2022 & 2023);
i) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
j) 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;
k) Evidence of firm’s current registration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria;
l) Evidence of authorization/partnership with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for T1 and T2;
m) 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);
Note: 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.
• Documents to be submitted in fulfillment of the requirements should be arranged in the order listed.
• Tender documents should be paginated with a table of contents indicating the pages on which items are to be found.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement Department on the 3rd Floor of the National Pension Commission Head office, located at Plot 174 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II Abuja.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids for each of the lots desired, two (2) hard copies of each technical and financial bid with softcopy of technical bids only in MS Excel format. Bids should be packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” or “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be enclosed in a bigger sealed envelope clearly marked with “Name of Project” and “Lot No” on the right-hand corner, the name of the Bidder on the reverse side of the envelope and addressed to:
The Director-General
National Pension Commission
Plot 174, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent
Wuse 2, Abuja
The tender documents are to be dropped in the bid box at the procurement department, 3rd Floor of the National Pension Commission, plot 174 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent Wuse 2, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday, 25th June, 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICALS BIDS
Only the technical bids shall be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, 25th June, 2024, at the Auditorium located at the Block of Flats of the Commission’s office building located at 174 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II Abuja, in the presence of observers, bidders or their authorized representatives; while the Financial Bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Office of the Head, Procurement Department on the 3″ Floor of the National Pension Commission Head office, located at Plot 174 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II Abuja, as the National Pension Commission will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

7. ENQUIRY
All enquiries should be directed in writing to:
The Director General
National Pension Commission
174 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja
Further clarifications can be sought between 9:00am – 3:00pm from the procurement department at the commission’s head office or call telephone number 07015445557 or via email: procurement@pencom.gov.ng

8. DISCLAIMER
a. Any bid submitted at the wrong place shall be disqualified;
b. Bids must be in English Languages and signed by an officials authorized by the bidder;
c. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
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. Only pre-qualified bidders that scale the technical evaluation stage will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un- successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
g. The National Pension Commission 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
Management
National Pension Commission