UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT CHOBA, NIGERIA
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
CHOBA, NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE YEAR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS
1. INTRODUCTION
The University of Port Harcourt, Choba, River State, Nigeria hereby invites competent and experienced Contractors for the construction of the following Projects:
2. SCOPE OF WORK
LOT 1: ERGP 12210210 – CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD AND CAR PARK FOR PHARMACY LECTURE HALLS BUILDING.
LOT 2: ERGP 12210213 – CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD AND CAR PARKS FOR FACULTIES OF BASIC CLINICAL SCIENCES AND APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDINGS.
LOT 3: ERGP 23210215 – CONSTRUCTION OF CAR PARK AND WALKWAY FOR CENTRAL LECTURE HALL BUILDING 11.
LOT 4: ERGP 27210195 – COMPLETION OF LAB PHARMACY BUILDING PHASE III
LOT 5: ERGP 27210208 – CONSTRUCTION OF ADMISSIONS OFFICE BLOCK
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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 a minimum average annual turnover of N30 million for LOT 1,2 & 3, while N40 million for LOT $ & % respectively;
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 University of Port Harcourt, Choba, River State 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;
– That no director has been convicted in any Country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
– That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency of bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings.
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 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 COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc.;
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least (3) similar jobs (in size, nature & complexity) executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. List of plants/equipment with proof of ownership/Lease agreement;
m. 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 (WORKS)
Interested companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Office of the Ag. Head of Procurement Unit of the University on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10, 000.00 only per Lot paid into the University of Port Harcourt, Choba’s remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria.
5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit bids for each of the Lots 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 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 Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Senate Building, 3rd Floor, University Park and clearly marked with the name of the project and the Lot number). Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender box at the Vice Chancellor’s Visitors Waiting Room no later than 12:00 noon Monday, 16th September 2024.
6. OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission 12:00noon Monday, 16th September 2024 at the senate Chambers, University Park, University of Port Harcourt, Choba in the presence of bidders or their representative while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register at the point of submission (Vice Chancellor’s Visitors Waiting Room) as the University of Port Harcourt, Choba will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the AG. Head of Procurement unit, DR. TEGBEE E. BARINNA AZIGA on 08037957724
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. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots, contravention is automatic dis-qualification;
d. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
e. Delivery of bids through courier services will not be accepted if received after the deadlines;
f. 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;
g. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at the later date for financial bids documents while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened
h. The University of Port Harcourt, Choba 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 REGISTRAR
