Invitation for Bids (IFB): Supply of Electrical and Automobile Technology Workshop Equipment at The Project Coordinating Unit on the behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education
Specific Procurement Notice
(International Competitive Bidding)
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Skills Training and Vocational Education Project
Invitation for Bids (IFB)
Supply of Electrical and Automobile Technology Workshop Equipment
LOAN NO: 2100150010394
SPN NO: ICB/SVEP/ADF/EQT/01/2015
(1) This Invitation for Bids follows the publication of the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in United Nations Development Business Issue No 662, of 16th September 2005.
(2) The Federal Government of Nigeria has received a loan from the African Development Fund in various currencies towards the cost of the Skills Training and Vocational Education Project, It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for the Supply of Electrical and Automobile Workshop learning Equipment to some of the beneficiary institutions.
(3) The Project Coordinating Unit on the behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply of various units of Electrical and Automobile Workshop learning Equipment packaged into two lots. Each lot forms a separate contract as follows:
| Lot No. | Description | Place of Delivery |
| EQT/01/15/Lot1 | Supply of various units of Electrical and Automobile Technology Workshop Equipment (including but not limited to such equipment as 4 digital wheel balancing machines, 4 hand held engine analysers, 8 automated wheel changer and inflators, 4 Vehicle Systems analyzers, 6 Automotive Tachometers, and 6 Double Trace Oscilloscopes) | Akwa Ibom, Abia, Lagos and Enugu States |
| EQT/01/15/Lot2 | Supply of various units of Electrical and Automobile Technology Workshop Equipment (including but not limited to such equipment as 2 digital wheel balancing machines, 3 handheld engine analysers, 4 automated wheel changer and inflators, 3 Vehicle Systems analyzers, 5 Automotive Tachometers, and 5 Double Trace Oscilloscopes) | Ondo, Abuja, Borno, Kaduna |
(4) Eligible bidders can bid for more than one lot, subject to their ability to satisfy the aggregate qualification requirements for the combination of lots bidded for. Bidders who bid for more than one lot may at their discretion consider offering a conditional discount.
(5) The amount of bid security for each lot is as follows:
Lot 1; Ten Thousand US Dollars ($ 10,000) or One Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N1.900, 000.00)
Lot 2: Eight Thousand US Dollars ($8,000.00) or One million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N1.500,000.00)
or an equivalent amount in other convertible currencies. A separate bid security shall be presented for each lot. Consolidating the values of bid securities of two lots into a single bid security will render the bids non- responsive.
(6) Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the office address below, or in the case of clarifications, by mail using the email address: stvep@adf-stvep.org, A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the Project Manager, Project Coordinating Unit, ADF Assisted Skills Training and Vocational Education Project located at address below, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of nineteen thousand Naira only (N19.000.00) or one hundred US Dollars (US$100) or the equivalent of the dollar amount in any freely convertible currency. All payments must be made into the following account:
Name: FME/ADB Assisted Skills Training and Vocational Education
No. 0009010722,
Bank; EcoBank Nigeria Ltd.
SORT Code: 056080207
(7) The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the African Development Bank Standard Bidding Document: Procurement of Goods, September 2010, revised July 2012
(8) Bids shall be valid tor a period of 120 (One Hundred and Twenty) days after the bid submission deadline.
(9) A Pre-Bid meeting shall take place at the address below on 9th April, 2015 at 10:00am.
(10) Bids must be delivered to the Project Coordinating Unit at the address below before 12:00 noon local time on 7 May, 2015. and must be accompanied by a bid security of the amount indicated above.
(11) Bids will be opened at the same office and at 12:30 p.m. local time on the same date of bid submission deadline in the presence of bidder’s representatives who choose to attend. Please note that electronic bid submission shall not be entertained.
The Project Manager
Project Coordinating Unit
Plot 644, Zambezi Crescent, Opposite ETF Building
Off Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Maitama, Abuja
Tel; +234 9873 4821
Abuja, Nigeria
