NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL CENTRE, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR TENDER, PREQUALIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTRE’S 2024 CAPITAL CONSTITUENCY AND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Mathematical Centre, Abuja in keeping with its mandates and in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, intends to apply part of her 2024 capital appropriation to execute the understated project and hereby invites interested, competent and reputable contractors with relevant experience and good record of accomplishment to submit tender (Technical and Financial), technical pre-qualification and expression of interest.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/GOODS/SERVICES
CATEGORY A: INVITATION TO TENDER

LOT NO	DESCRIPTION
1	Fabrication and installation of solar powered street lights (Tender)
2	Renovation of Office Building (Tender)
3	Construction of deep well boreholes at selected locations across Shagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, Ogun State(Tender)
4	Construction and installation of solar street lights in Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Bauchi State (Tender)
5	Provision and installation of solar street lights in Ogbomo so North, South and Orire Federal Constituency, Oyo State (Tender)
6	Provision of solar street lights to Birniwa/Kirikasamma/Guri Federal Constituency, Jigawa State (Tender)
7	Provision of three in one solar lights in various communities in Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency, Ebonyi State (Tender)

CATEGORY B: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AND PRE-QUALIFICATION

LOT NO	DESCRIPTION
8	Engagement of civil engineers and quantity surveyors for the development and construction of Access Roads
9	Supply and installation of solar street lights in various places in different locations in Kachalari, Matamu, Musari, Adiyane, Garfaga, Marma, Batunya, Jigawa State (prequalification)
10	Construction of perimeter fence with patrol road (prequalification)

 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS All interested contractors should submit the following documents a) Evidence of certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business name with form BN1 is also acceptable for consultancy services; b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024 with a minimum average turnover of N300 million for lot 9 and N1.5 billion for lot 10; c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (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, 2023 (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); e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023; f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2024 or valid Certificate issued by BPP; g) Sworn affidavit: • disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National mathematical Centre or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars; • That no director has been convicted in any county for any criminal offence relating to fraud impropriety or criminal misrepresentation of falsification of facts relating to any matter. • That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form or bankruptcy proceedings of the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceeding h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2021, 2022 & 2023); i) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility to the tune of N200 million for category A lot B9; and N1 Billion for Lot B10, 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, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc; k) 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. l) Consultancy services: Evidence of firm’s current registration with relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON etc m) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement. n) Lot A1, A4, A5, A6, A7 and B9: evidence of current licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA); o) Undertaken to be able to work in areas with security challenges; p) All documents for submission must be submitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s letter head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the CAC, Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No) fax and email address. The letter head 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 company/firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENT (CATEGORY A)
Interested bidders are to pay through remita a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (ten thousand naira) only per lot, on the National Mathematical Centre Remita Account, MDA GIFMIS Code: 0517021025 and obtain the tender document in room 213 admin block, National Mathematical Centre, Sheda-Kwali, Abuja after converting the remita receipt to cash receipt in the cash office at the centre.

5. SUBMISSION OF PREQUALIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound (one original and one copy) pre-qualification documents or EOI, separated by dividers, arranged as indicted above and properly paginated to show the total number of pages contained in each bounded documents and must tally with the number of pages stated in the table of content. The documents should be submitted in sealed envelope and addressed to: The Director/CE, National Mathematical Centre, Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway. Sheda-Kwali, Abuja and clearly marked with the name of the project and lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender Box in the reception of the administrative block, National Mathematical Centre, Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway. Sheda-Kwali, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, 4th April, 2024. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register and collect the bid submission receipt at the point of submission indicated above as the National Mathematical Centre Abuja will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bid. For further enquiries, please call 08033155373.

6. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (CATEGORY A)
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of the financial bid in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to The Director/CE, National Mathematical Centre, Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway. Sheda-Kwali, Abuja and clearly marked with the name of the project and lot number. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and dropped in the designated tender Box in the reception of the administrative block, National Mathematical Centre, Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway. Sheda-Kwali, Abuja not later than 12:00 noon on Monday 15th April, 2024. Please ensure that you sign the bid submission register and collect the bid submission receipt at the point of submission indicated above as the National Mathematical Centre Abuja will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bid. For further enquiries, Please call 08033155373.

7. OPENING OF EOI, PREQUALIFICATION & TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOI and prequalification will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission of bids at 12:00 noon on Thursday, 4th April, 2024, while technical bids will be at 12:00noon of Monday, 15th April, 2024, respectively, at the NMC computer Laboratory, National Mathematical Centre, Kaduna-Lokoja Expressway, Sheda-kwali, Abuja, while the financial bids will be kept unopened.

8. 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 unopened;
c) All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d) No bidder is allowed to bid for more than two (2) lots;
e) Arrangement of technical documents in hard copies should follow strictly the order in the list above and appropriately paged. The technical documents should have a table of content indicating the pages where their items are to be found. Failure to comply with this directive will result in disqualification of the Bidder.
f) The EOI/technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSO and professional bodies and covered by video recording, invitation link will be sent to bidder who choose to join the bid opening online;
g) Tenders: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
h) Services: only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
i) Prequalification: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for tender documents.
j) The National Mathematical Centre is not bound to prequalify /shortlist 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

Signed
The Director/Chief Executive
National Mathematical Centre, Abuja