Invitation to Pre-Qualify For Selection as Haulage Company, Abuja

Invitation to Pre-Qualify For Selection as Haulage Company, Abuja


Society for Family health, Nigeria (SFH) is an indigenous non-governmental), non political and non-profit organization that supports the Nigerian Government’s efforts in public health interventions. SFH activities focus on Child Health, Family Planning, HIV & AIDS, Maternal and Reproductive Health and Safe Water System.

SFH distributes health commodities through its supply chain system to its wholesalers spread across the country to support its programme implementation; we currently engage the services of a third party for warehousing services for storage of commodities.

These storage facilities are located in 20 towns across the country. These are: Aba, Abuja, Akure, Benin, Calabar, Enugu, Gombe, Gusau, Ibadan, Ilorin, Jos, kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Markudi, Onitsha, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Sokoto and Yola.
SFH invites responses from interested and qualified organizations that provide long distance haulage services to be engaged for fixed term contract.


Objective of Service:
To deliver efficiently, commodities in the right quantity and quality using ‘Good Distribution Practice & concept


Specific Activities:
SFH engages the services of haulage companies for the movement of its commodities, promotional and educational materials from the central warehouse located at Ota, Ogun state (Departure point) to the third party 20 depots across the country. We engage various sizes and types & trucks like the 10tons, 20tons, 25tons, 30tons, insulated, refrigerated, Open-body and closed-body, depending on the size and nature of materials or commodities being hauled.
Occasionally, two or more locations are combined along same route.
SFH may also engage the haulage trucks for reverse logistics


SFH intends to retain the services of five (5) haulage companies for a period of two (2) years. Organizations interested in providing these services are expected to send their profile, proof of eligibility (as described below) and Quotations for haulage services from Ota to the towns mentioned above.


Pre-qualification requirements:

• To be eligible for consideration, interested companies must submit tender documentation that includes the following:
• Profile of the organization including
• A copy of evidence of Company registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission,
• Physical address of organization (including list of branches),
• Key contacts (website, email, 24hours helpline and telephone)
• Documentations that they have been engaged in similar haulage activities for more than one year.
• Evidence of financial management systems including a copy of Company Current Three-year Tax clearance certificate
• A Copy of company’s Current Goods-In-Transit Insurance (that insures up to N 100 million worth of goods).
• Clients’ references for work which have been performed within the last twelve-month period
• Financial standing of the organization
• Evidence of infrastructure (vehicles, tracking facilities, etc.) on ground
• Evidence of capacity to deliver large haulage services to the twenty (20) locations mentioned above.

Closing date:
17th December, 2013
Time: 5:00pm

 
Submission of Application:
The code SFH/HAUL-11-13 should be boldly written on the top right corner of the Pre-qualification submission envelope.
Name of organization tendering should also be clearly written on rear of the envelope.
This sealed envelope containing two hard copies of the submission should be addressed to:

The ‘Director’ Procurement Division, and received in our Abuja office at
8 Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street,
Area 11, Garki
Abuja.


Please Note:

• At this stage, a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ qualifier will be used to rate all the points above and only companies with a ‘yes’ response against all the points above will be considered.
• All costs incurred by bidders as a result of this process and any subsequent requests for information shall be borne by the bidding companies.
• Only companies that satisfy the Pre-qualification requirements all be contacted with Request for Quotes (RFQ).
• This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of SFH to appoint any organization nor shall it entitle any organization to claim any indemnity from SFH.