FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY SULEJA, NIGER STATE
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR EXECUTION OF PROJECTS IN 2024 APPROPRIATION

1. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appropriated funds to the Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger State in the year 2024 appropriation for the execution of project towards achieving the mandate of the college. Accordingly, the College wishes to invite competent Contractors/Suppliers to submit tender for the execution of the following projects:

2. SCOPE OF WORK

LOT NO	PROJECT TITLE	LOCATION
W1	CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN BAKERY	FGA SULEJA
W2	CONSTRUCTION OF I BLOCK OF STAFF CANTEEN	FGA SULEJA

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders must possess the under-listed requirements to be eligible in this procurement process:
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including, form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate ) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024; with minimum average turnover of N150million;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
d. Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) compliance certificate valid till 31st December 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidder whose number of staff is 5 and above or bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
e. Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2024;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December 2024; or valid certificate issued by BPP;
g. Sworn affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of Federal Government Academy, Suleja or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former of present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bids are true and correct in all particulars;
h. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years 2021, 2022, 2023;
i. Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
j. 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, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, SURCON etc.;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects.
l. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with Proof of Ownership/Lease agreement;
m. For joint venture/partnership, memorandum of understanding indicating lead partner should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension clearance certificate, ITF compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance certificate, IRR and sworn affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner)
Note: All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’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 authorized officer of the firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Principal Federal Government Academy, Suleja on evidence of payment of a non-refundable Tender fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only, per Lot, paid into the Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger State’s remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids 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 addressed to The Principal, Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger State and clearly marked with the name of the project and the lot number. Furthermore, the reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the Name and Address of the bidder and dropped in designated Tender box at the Vice Principle Special Duties, Federal Government Academy, Suleja not later than 12:00noon Monday 25th November 2024.

6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon Monday 25th November, 2024, at the College’s Hall, Federal Government Academy, Suleja in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the Vice Principle Special Duties, Federal Government Academy, Suleja as the Federal Government Academy, Suleja will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids

7. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. The Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives, CSOs in the areas of Anti-Corruption and Transparency and Private Professional bodies; and will be covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
e. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and bidders can submit through post (Courier Services);
f. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will return un-opened;
g. The Federal Government Academy, Suleja is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annual the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007

SIGNED:
THE PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY, SULEJA, NIGER STATE