NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
PLOT 681/682 PROT-HARCOURT CRESCENT, OFF GIMBIYA STREET, AREA II GARKI, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) is a Federal Government Agency under the Federal Ministry of Health responsible for development and strengthening of primary health care services nationwide.

The agency in keeping with the Health Agenda for change of the present administration is accelerating the implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through Primary Health Care (PHC) programme.
In compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 as regards procurements of goods, works and services, NPHCDA invites interested and qualified bidders for the procurement of the following under listed Projects in 2024 Appropriation.

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
GOODS

S/N	PROJECT/ ITEM DESCRIPTION	LOT NO.
1	PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF LITHIUM BATTERIES IN NPHCDA ICT SERVER ROOM	NPHCDA/2024/71
SERVICES
2	ENGAGEMENT OF VALUATION CONSULTANT(S)	NPHCDA/2024/72
3	ENGAMENT OF INSURANCE FIRM(S)	NPHCDA/2024/73
4	ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF MICROSOFT 365 LICENSE FOR 300 (USERS) FOR NPHCDA STAFF	NPHCDA/2024/74

 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested and competent contractors, suppliers and service providers/consultants wishing to carry out any of the projects listed above are required to submit the following documents which will be subjected to verification and due diligence by the Agency; failure to fulfill any of the under listed requirement will be render a bid, disqualified;
a. Evidence of certificate of incorporation issued by the corporate affairs commission (CAC) including, form CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC 7. Business Name with form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate(or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2024; with minimum average annual turnover of N20 million for Goods;
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 the National Primary Health Care Development Agency 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 to the tune of N1billion for lot B10, for the execution of the project when needed;
j. Company’s Profile indicating its activities, with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as ESVARBON, COREN 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. Valuation: evidence of firm’s current registration with ESVARBON, COREN or any other related regulatory professional bodies;
m. Insurance companies/insurer, underwriters: operational license issued by NAICOM, valid and adequate re-insurance treaty arrangement & Certified True Copy of audited accounts approved by NAICOM:
n. ICT jobs: evidence of current license/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
o. For joint venture/partnership, memorandum of understanding 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 (GOODS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Procurement Unit of NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ANNEX OFFICE, NO 2 UKE STREET OFF AHMADU BELLO WAY GARKI, ABUJA on evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 per Lot, paid into National Primary Health Care Development Agency’s remita Account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.
• Log on to Remita platform via:
• Click on payment for Federal Government of Nigeria and State TSA
• Click on Federal Government of Nigeria
• For the name of MDA, Type National Primary Health Care Development Agency, option will appear, select the one with this number: 052100300100;
• GIFMIS Code: 1000088212
• Then under name of services/purpose select Tender fees;
• Under description, type what you are paying for;
• Payee full name should be the Name of Company, not individual’s name.
Bring the print out together with the copies of the bank teller with stamp of the bank on it to the Central Pay Office (CPO) of the Agency’s Headquarter at Plot 681/682 Port-Harcourt Crescent, Off Gimbiya Street, Area II Garki, Abuja to collect receipt which would be used to obtain bid document at procurement unit. Firms interested in Lots NPHCDA/2024/72 to NPHCDA/2024/74 will not pay at this stage until after shortlisting.

5. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Interested firms are to submit two (2) bound of expression of interest (EOI) documents separated by dividers and arranged as indicated above. The documents should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the The Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Plot 681/682 Port-Harcourt Crescent, Off Gimbiya Street, Area II Garki, 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 National Primary Health Care Development Agency Procurement Unit, Annex Office Complex, No 2 Uke Street off Ahmadu Bello Way Garki, Abuja not later than 12:00noon on Monday 14th October 2024.

6. SUBMISSION OF BIDS (GOODS)
Prospective bidders are to submit bids in two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of financial bid only in MS excel format bids 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 Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Plot 681/682 Port-Harcourt Crescent, Off Gimbiya Street, Area II Garki, 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 National Primary Health Care Development Agency Procurement Unit, Annex Office Complex, No 2 Uke Street off Ahmadu Bello Way Garki, Abuja not later than 12:00noon on Monday 28th October 2024.

7. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The EOI and Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon on Monday 14th October 2024, and 12:00noon on Monday 28th October 2024, respectively at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency Procurement Unit, Annex Office Complex, No 2 Uke Street off Ahmadu Bello Way Garki, Abuja as NPHCDA will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. The EOI/Bids must be in English language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. A bidder will not be awarded for more than one (1) lot;
c. The documents should be arranged in the order listed at 3 above and clearly separated by divider;
d. Companies with poor record of performance at NPHCDA need not apply;
e. All CAC, TAX certificates and PENCOM shall be referred to Corporate Affairs Commission, FIRS, national pension commission security agency and other relevant bodies for verification;
f. Goods: Only successfully pre-qualified bidders at the technical evaluation will be invited at the later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
g. Consultancy Services: only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of request for proposals;
h. The EOI/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 EOI’s/bid opening online;
i. This notice shall not be construed to be commitment on the part of the agency to award any form of contract to any respondent nor shall it entitle any organization to claim any indemnity from the Agency
j. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency is not bound to pre-qualify/shorlist 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:
NPHCDA MANAGEMENT