Expression of Interest for Supply and Installation of Pipes and Submersible Pumps with Booster Station at Tada from the Lake to the Institute Date Added: April 29, 2025 Deadline: 26/05/2025 Category: Training, Construction & Engineering, General Supplies & Services Prospective bidders should submit the following documents: (a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name is also acceptable for Services; (b) Evidence of Companys Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificate of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 and 2024) valid till 31st December, 2025; (c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025 (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, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidders annual turnover is N50m and above); (e) Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025; (f) Evidence of Registration on the National data base of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP. (g) Sworn Affidavit: disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, New Bussa, Niger State or the Bureau of Public Procurement 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 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 or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings; that the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months. (h) Companys Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years 2022, 2023 & 2024; (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) Companys profile with the curriculum vitae of key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academy/Professional qualification such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, etc.; (k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter 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 Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs); (n) Evidence of Firms current accreditation issued by the Centre for Management Development (CMD) for Training; (o) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner); (p) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/forwarding letter under the company/firms letterheaded paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), contact Address, Telephone Number, and email address. The letterheaded paper must bear the names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the paper, duly signed by the authorised Officer of the firm. Tender documents are obtainable at the Institutes Procurement Office after online payment of non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only per Lot, through Remitta to the Institutes Treasury Single Account (TSA) CRF The EOI and the Technical Bids shall be opened immediately after the deadlines for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 12th May, 2025 and 12:00 noon on Monday, 26th May, 2025 respectively, at the Institutes Auditorium, in the presence of bidders or their representatives while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. All enquiries concerning this advertisement should be directed to the Executive Director/CEO. Note: a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised 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; d. All costs will be borne by the bidders; e. 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; f. Category A: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals; g. Category B: Only shortlisted Firms will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals; h. The National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, New Bussa, Niger State is not bound to pre-qualify/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 Tender Link : https://etenders.com.ng/national-institute-for-freshwater-fisheries-research-niger-state-invitation-to-tender-and-expression-of-interest-for-the-2025-capital-projects/
