Federal Ministry of Water Resources

Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (U.B.R.B.D.A), Yola, Mbamba-Fufore Road, P.M.B. 2086 Yola, Adamawa State

Invitation for Technical and Financial Bids for Projects Under 2014 Capital Appropriation

The Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (U.B.R.B.D.A) is drawing funds from the Federal Government of Nigeria under Year 2014 Appropriation and intends to deploy them towards the procurement of Works and Services and therefore invites submissions for Technical and Financial Bids from qualified and reputable Contractors and Vendors with proven competence in the fields of Engineering for the following Projects:

2.0     Eligibility Requirements

Bidder are to provide the following as minimum requirement for the Project of their choice

A.      Statutory Requirement

1. Evidence of Incorporation of the Company with Corporate Affairs Commission and updated Annual Returns; Article of Association; formC02, and form C07.
2. The company must show evidence of fulfilling its Tax obligations as follows

(i)      Current Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) for the last three (3) years ending 2013; VAT Registration Certificate: and TIN Number (Tax identification Number)

(ii)     Audited Account of the Bidding Company for the last three (3) years duly endorsed by a firm of Professional Accountants.

(iii)    Evidence of financial capability (Statement of Account or Turnover) and reference letter from a reputable bank

1. Evidence of Pension Certificate of Compliance issued by PENCOM
2. Evidence of Registration with National Health Care Insurance Providers for staff.
3. Evidence of fulfillment of statutory contribution to the Industrial Training Fund and evidence of compliance with the Employees’ Compensation Act which requires that all Employers of labour must remit 1% of the total annual emolument of their workers to the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund.
4. A Swore Affidavit in line with section 6 of the Procurement Act 2007 and a letter authorizing the Authority and her representative(s) to conduct due diligence on all the documents submitted by the company from any source with the view of confirming their genuineness or otherwise.
5. Evidence of inclusion in the Bureau of Public Procurement Categorization database for Federal Contractors.
6. Technical Requirements:
7. Evidence of work experience as the main contractor executing or having executed a minimum of four (4) projects of similar complexity, compared to the proposed work one of which must have been within the last 4 years Scanned copies of award letters, last Interim Certificate of Valuation for on-going project, Completion Certificate and Final Maintenance Certificates where applicable are to be enclosed.
8. Evidence of possessing of qualified professional and technical personnel stating their roles, designations, qualifications and years of experience with the guarantee that a minimum number of 4 Registered Professionals as may be required
9. Evidence of possession of relevant machinery andother infrastructure.
10. History of company’s policy on       community social responsibility with evidence
11. Methodology of implementation for the selected Lot.

In addition, scan copies of professional certificates to be submitted are to be initialed, endorsed by the owner and professional seals embossed on the professional certificates

3.0     Collection of Tender Documents

Interested companies shall on application collect (Standard Bidding Documents Technical and Financial), from Monday 14^th July 2014 to 25^th August 2014 from:

The Procurement Unit, Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola.

Upon the presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable Tender processing charges of N50, 000.00 per lot for all the Lots except Lot 5 which attracts tender processing fee of N150, 000.00. All payments should be made into the UBRBDA’s Account as follows.

Account Name:             Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority Revenue Account

Account Number:         1001145943

Sort Code:                     082150020

Bank:                            Keystone Bank, Yola

4.0     Submission of Bids

1. Completed Technical and Financial bids (Two sets of hard copy and One Electronic copy in compact disk and Microsoft Word or Excel) shall be submitted in two different sealed envelopes and labeled “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid” and both sealed in a third envelope marked “Project Name” at the top right hand corner and on the reverse side, the Bidders name and address including day time telephone number.
2. The Technical Bid should be accompanied with a copy of the official receipt of purchase of bid documents
3. No change of LOT or return of tender processing charge will be entertained after the issuance of receipt
4. The Financial Bid of Lot 5 should be accompanied with Bid Security in the form of Bank Draft Bank Guarantee which should be at least 2% of the Bid figure and should also be enclosed in the same envelope as Financial Bid and addressed to The Managing Director of the above address:

And to reach him on or before 10.00am, Monday 25^th August, 2014

• Technical bids will be opened same day at 11:00am in the Conference Hall of Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA), Mbamba Fufore Road, P.M.B 2086, Yola, Adamawa State

Further Note:

• Only firms whose Technical Bids fulfill the minimum requirements would be invited for the opening of their Financial Bids, while others may know their performance by a formal request to the MD/CEO of U.B.R.B.D.A, Yola
• All bids should be completed in indelible ink.
• All filled documents shall be returned in full as issued. Reduced or untidy packaging is not acceptable.
• All prospective bidders are expected to familiarize themselves with the respective locations of the projects of interest before submitting their bids
• The Authority reserves the right to reject all bids or part thereof or cancel the procurement proceedings in the public interest without incurring any liability on its part and assigning any reason thereof
• This announcement is published for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer with any party for any project nor does it constitute a commitment or obligation on the part of the Authority to enter in to contract with any prospective bidder.
• Non-compliance with the solicitation bid request bid request will lead to outright disqualification.

5.0     Enquiries:

All enquiries on this advertisement are to be directed to: The Managing Director of the above address.

Signed:

Management

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