Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender at the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU)

Posted by Future on Mon 08th Nov, 2021 - nigeriantenders.com

The Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) invites qualified and interested vendors/contractors to indicate interest by submitting tender and pre-qualification documents for the following works:

The Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) invites applications for:

Title: Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender

Preamble

The Nigeria Maritime University is desirous of awarding contracts for Installation, Testing and Commissioning of its Machines and Equipment.

Scope of Supplies

Lot E3: Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Machines / Equipment

Eligibility Requirement

Prospective bidders should submit the following documents:

Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7.
Evidence of Company Income's Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2021.
Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above).
Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021 (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).
Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021.
Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidders and to confirm that all information presented in its bid arc true and correct in all particulars.
Company's Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years - 2018, 2019 & 2020.
Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
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, OSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.
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.
All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering Forwarding letter under the Company'Finn'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 e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorised officer of the film.

Application Closing Date

12:00 noon Monday, 20th December, 2021.

Opening of Technical Bids

Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12.00 noon on Monday, 20th December, 2021 in the Committee Room of the University Hall, while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened.

Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register, as the University will not be held liable for misplaced on wrongly submitted bids.

Collection of Tender Documents

The Tender documents are obtainable from the Office of the Director of Works of the University between the hours of 8.30 am and 4.00 pm daily upon the presentation as the evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into the Nigeria Maritime University Okerenkoko's Remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria

Submission of Tender Documents

Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS Excel format packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked as "Technical Bid' or 'Financial Bid'. Thereafter put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number and addressed to:

Vice Chancellor,

Nigeria Maritime University,

Okerenkoko - Delta State.

Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box not later than the above stated closing date.

General Information

Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.
The University will deal only with authorised officers of the tendering companies and not through individuals or agents acting on their behalf.
All costs will be borne by the bidders.
Presence of bidders/representatives and members of the public shall not be required during the bid opening ceremony in compliance with COVID-19 Guidelines. The Bids Opening will be covered by video recording invitation link will be sent to bidders to join the bid opening online) with the physical presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation in the areas of Anti-Corruption Transparency.
Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services).
Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-Successful bidders will be returned un-opened.
The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko 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.