Invitation for Bids (IFB); Supply & Installation of Converged Infrastructure + SAP Application Upgrade, Functional Optimisation & Implementation at Delta State Employment and Empowerment for Results (SEEFOR) Project
Invitation for Bids (IFB)
Delta State Government of Nigeria
State Employment & Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) Project
Supply & Installation of Converged Infrastructure + SAP Application Upgrade, Functional Optimisation & Implementation
Loan / Credit Number: 5022 UNI
State Integrated Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS)
IFB Number: DTSFR/PROC/NCB/109/2015
(1) This Invitation for Bids (IFB) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in The Guardian Newspaper on May 9, 2012.
(2) The Federal Government of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association and European Union towards the cost of State Employment & Expenditure For Results (SEEFOR) Project, Delta State is participating in the project and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the agreement(s) resulting from this IFB: State Integrated Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS), IFB Number: DTSFR/PROC/NCB/109/2015.
(3) The Delta State Employment and Empowerment For Results (SEEFOR) Project serves as the implementing agency for the project and now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply & Installation of Converged Infrastructure + SAP Application Upgrade, Functional Optimisation & Implementation.
(4) Bidding will be conducted using the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition of May 2004 revised during October 2006 and May 2010, and is open to all Bidders eligible as defined in these Guidelines, that meet the following minimum qualification criteria: key qualification criteria relating to previous experience, financial capacity, etc., from the BDS entry for ITB Clause 6.1 (a)).
- Companies with partnership status for providing SAP consultancy and Hardware OEM Partners with Service Centres are eligible for bidding.
- The Bidder/Supplier should be an established Information Technology company and should have been in the business for a period exceeding three years as on the date of opening of bids. During the past four (4) years, the Bidder must have completed (2) successful contracts involving the implementation, installation, and provision of technical support for Information Systems of similar functional/technical characteristics such as customization of SAP software & Converged Infrastructure similar to the complexity of that described in the BID document each with a value of at least US$ Three Million (US$3, 000, 000) or NGN 600 million (NGN600,000,000).
- The Bidder should provide financial turnover for last 3 years. The average turnover amount should be more than USD 6million (US$ 6,000,000) or NGN 1.2 billion (NGN1,200,000,000) for last three (3) years.
(5) Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Delta SEEFOR Project and collect the bidding documents at the address given below between Mondays to Fridays from 10:00 hrs to 5:00 pm. A pre-bid meeting which potential bidders may attend will be held on July 28th 2015 at 9:30am.
(6) A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested Bidders, from July 14th 2015 to August 11th 2015 on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of N15,000.00 (Fifteen Thousand Naira) only. Prior registration is required for submitting clarification questions on the bidding documents and receiving notice of answers and of addenda to the bidding documents. The original version of the bidding documents, and any addenda to it, will be the binding one. The method of payment will be bank draft in favour of “Delta SEEFOR Project”.
(7) Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12noon, on August 11th 2015. Bids need to be secured by bid security. The amount of Bid Security required is US$60, 000 or NGN12, 000, 000. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 12:30pm on August 11th 2015.
Project Coordinator
Delta SEEFOR Project
10 Maryam Babangida Way Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria deltaseefor.project@yahoo.com