SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR BIDS
EMPLOYER: NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
PROJECTS: SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STANDARDS ENHANCEMENT (SPESSE) AND SECOND AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT (ACE-IMPACT) PROJECTS
CONTRACT TITLE: PROCUREMENT OF NETWORK DEVICES & OUTDOOR WI-FI EQUIPMENT
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
IDA CREDIT NO. P169405 & P169064
RFB NO: NG-NUC-236331-GO-RFB & NG-NUC-NIGERIA-236719-GO-RFB
ISSUED ON 21ST JUNE 2021.
1. The National Universities Commission has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) and Second Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE-IMPACT) Projects and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Network Devices & Outdoor Wi-Fi Equipment For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.”
2. The National Universities Commission now invites sealed Bid from eligible Bidders for Provision of Network Devices & Outdoor Wi-Fi Equipment for the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) and Second Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE-IMPACT) Projects at National Universities Commission, 26 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja.
3. Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from National Universities Commission (SPESSE Project), Attention: Project Coordinator, – at: spesse@nuc.edu.ng and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested bidder upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Fifty thousand Naira (N50,000.00) via Remita by generating Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) in favour of sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project, National Universities Commission- Project Implementation Unit.
Kindly follow these steps:
(i) Enter Remita platform (https://remita.net/)
(ii) Select ‘Bills and Purchases’
(iii) Pay Biller,
(iv) Under “Who do you want to pay”, Select Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement Project
(v) Under Name of Services/Purpose, select ‘NUC Sustainable Procurement Env Soc universities’
(vi) Complete the form and submit.
Note: Evidence of payment in accordance with item 5 above must accompany all Bid submission.
6. Bids can be submitted as one attachment or with a link to the storage location. All documents must be read-only, and password protected. The email address for the bid submission is spesse@nuc.edu.ng. The submission deadline is 19th July 2021 at 1.00pm Nigeria Local time. NUC-SPESSE Project will confirm the receipt of each bid. The read-only password protected bids will be opened on 19th July 2021 at 1.00pm Nigeria Local time. Bidders are expected to send the password of their documents within one hour after the bid submission deadline to spesse@nuc.edu.ng as specified in the bidding documents.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security as follows:
Lot 1: Seven million six hundred thousand Naira Only (NGN7.6million)
Lot 2: Fourteen million Naira Only (NGN14million)
8. Firms that cannot meet the following key qualifications requirements are not encouraged to participate in the Bidding Process:
(a) Average annual turnover requirement
Minimum average annual turnover of:
Lot 1 – Three hundred and eighty-two million Naira Only (NGN382, 000,000.00)
Lot 2-Seven hundred million Naira Only (NGN700, 000,000.00) calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last Five (5) years.
(b) Financial Resources:
The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means (independent of any contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the construction cash flow requirements estimated as
Lot 1-Sixty-four million, Naira Only (NGN64, 000,000.00)
Lot 2 – One hundred and seventeen million Naira Only (117,000,000.00)
(c) Specific Experience:
A minimum number of Two (2) similar contracts specified below that have been satisfactorily and substantially completed as a prime contractor, joint venture member, management contractor or subcontractor between 1st January 2016 and Application submission deadline:
Two (2Nos) Contracts, each of minimum value:
Lot 1- Three hundred and five million Naira Only (NGN305, 000,000.00)
Lot 2 – Five hundred and fifty-eight million, Naira Only (NGN558, 000,000.00
9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
10. The address referred to above is:
The National Universities Commission- (SPESSE) Project
Attn: SPESSE Project Coordinator
26, Aguiyi Ironsi Street,
Maitama
900288, Abuja
Nigeria
Tel:+234 802 122 5843
E-mail: spesse@nuc.edu.ng