NATIONAL SPORTS COMMISSION
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION
1. INTRODUCTION
The management of the un-opened National Sports Commission wishes to Undertake the Procurement of Works for the Year 2024 Capital Projects. In compliance with the requirement of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and other extant government regulations wishes to invite interested, competent and reputable Contractor/Firm with relevant experiences and good track record of prompt delivery of similar project to submit pre-qualification documents for the following opportunities:
2. SCOPE OF PROJECTS.
CATEGORY: WORKS
Lot 1: proposed Construction of Conference Hall for National Sport Commission at Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja FCT.
Lot 2: Proposed Construction of Mini Sport Centre at Igede Ekiti State
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Intending bidders should prepare the following documents in readiness for the bidding in the future:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC2 and CAC7 (or CAC1.);
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2024;
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 Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) 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 Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidd4er 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 -2021, 2022 & 2023;
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. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
k. 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.
l. List of plants/Equipment w2ith proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement;
m. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory).
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 Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the Firm.
4. SUBMISSION OF PREQUALIFIED DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit pre-qualification documents for each of the Lot desired; two (2) hard copies each of the technical bids packaged in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as “Technical bid”; and addressed Director-General National Sports Commission at Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja FCT 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 drop in the designated Tender box at the Director of Procurement’s Office not later than 12:00 noon Wednesday, 18th December, 2024.
5. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The pre-qualification documents will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 12noon on Wednesday 18th December, 2024 at the Conference Hall of the Commission in the presence of bidders or their representatives, please, ensure that you sign the bids submission register in the office of the Director Procurement at Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja, as the National Sports Commission will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted documents. For further enquiries, please Contact Director Procurement.
6. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be English Language and signed by an official authorized 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. The pre-qualification documents 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 will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents;
f. The National Sports 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:
Adebayo Adekunle
Deputy Director Procurement
For: National Sports Commission