Invitation for Bids at the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) / International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Posted by Future on Thu 12th Aug, 2021 - nigeriantenders.com

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) / International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)of Nigeria invites eligible bidders to submit bidding documents to tender for the following works:

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)of Nigeria now invites applications for:

Title: Invitation for Bids for the Procurement of Motor Vehicles

Description

The Federal Government of Nigeria has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and intends to apply a part of the proceeds of the financing to this purchase. The use of any IFAD financing shall be subject to IFAD's approval, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the financing agreement, as well as IFAD's rules, policies and procedures. IFAD and its officials, agents and employees shall be held harmless from and against all suits, proceedings, claims, demands, losses and liability of any kind or nature brought by any party in connection with Value Chain Development Programme.

The Federal Government of Nigeria (hereafter called the Borrower) received a credit from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (hereafter called loan) and implemented a six-year FGN/IFAD assisted Value Chain Development Programme (FGN/IFAD/VCDP) in six states of Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Niger, Ogun and Taraba, within five Local Government Areas each in all the states. Having successfully implemented the project to its conclusion December, 31st 2019, the Programme was commended.

Consequently, on Federal Government's formal request, it received an additional financing credit of $89.1 million to directly improve the livelihoods of approximately 100,000 households - 90,000 smallholder producers, 9000 processors and 1000 traders) in nine States. This translated to the inclusion of three additional States of Enugu, Kogi and Nasarawa to the existing six States. Within each of these three States, five Local Government Areas with comparative advantages and potentials in the production, processing and marketing of the Programme's mandate crops-Cassava and Rice will be intervened in. This implies a total of 63LGAS: 8No LGAs in each of the six VCDP-States and 5No LGAs in each of the three VCDP-AF States.

This scaling up of the activities entailed an extension of the implementation period of three years bringing its completion date from 31st December, 2019 to 31st December, 2022. The primary target groups are;

Poor rural households engaged in the cassava and rice value chains (VCs) who cultivate not more than 5 hectares of land under rice/cassava); and
Small-scale processors (with average processing capacities of 2MT/day for cassava and 4MT/day for rice) and traders on the produce of the mandate crops, with emphasis on women and youth.

The secondary target groups include:

Downstream stakeholders, particularly processors linked to a large number of the primary target groups;
Local government councils(LGA) and communities strengthened to sustainably manage the marketing infrastructures supported by the Programme; and
Private sector operators to provide quality services required by smallholder farmers and processors.

The Value Chain Development programme (VCDP) focuses on enhancing the productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers and small/medium-scale agro-processors by enhancing their capacity to increase yields, improve their access to markets, as well as add value to locally produced raw materials through improved processing and packaging.

Preamble

Its primary goal is to reduce poverty and sustainably enhance accelerated economic growth; whilst the specific Programme Development Objective (PDO) is to increase incomes and enhance food security for rural poor households engaged in production; processing and marketing of rice and cassava in the targeted LGAs of the nine targeted states on a sustainable basis.
This invitation for bids (IFB) follows the general procurement notice that appeared in the Nation, Sun and Daily trust Newspapers on 21st October, 2015, on the IFAD website on 20th October 2015 and on the United Nations Development Business website (UNDB) on 20th October 2015.
The Purchaser now invites sealed bids from eligible entities (bidders) for the provision of Motor Vehicles. More details on these goods and related services are provided in the schedule of requirements in this bidding document.
This IFB is open to all eligible bidders who wish to respond. Subject to restrictions noted in the bidding document, eligible entities may associate with other bidders to enhance their capacity to successfully carry out the procurement.

Scope of Work

The goods and related services, and the contract expected to be awarded, are divided into the following lots:

Lot / Description of item / Qty

4X4 Wheel Drive SUV (Automatic) / 1
18-Seater High Roof Bus (Manual) / 1

Bidding will be conducted using the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) method, the evaluation procedure for which is described in this bidding document, in accordance with the IFAD Procurement Handbook which is provided at: www.ifad.org/project-procurement . The NCB process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to the contract award.

Collection of Document

Bidders interested in submitting a bid shall purchase the bidding document against payment of a non-refundable fee of N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) only. Bidding documents can be obtained by sending an e-mail or letter, giving full contact details of the bidder, to the following point of contact. This will ensure that the bidders receive updates regarding this bidding document.

Garba Bala mni,

National Programme Coordinator (NPC),

Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP,)

No 4, Batna Close,

Off Agadez Street Crescent,
Off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2,
F.C.T - Abuja.
Or

E-mail: vcdpnpmu@gmail.com

Application Closing Date

12:00pm Nigeria Time, 13th September, 2021.

Submission of Documents

Bids must be delivered to the address below and in the manner specified in the bid data sheet - instructions to bidders 23.211.