Procurement

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR GOODS/SUPPLY, WORKS AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

00.1 INTRODUCTION

The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre in furtherance of its statutory mandate; intends to implement its 2024 Capital budget in accordance with Public Procurement Act 2007. Interested and qualified companies with proven competency and demonstrable experience are therefore invited to submit tenders for the execution of the following projects:-

0.02 SCOPE OF WORK /GOODS/ SERVICES

2.00 CAPITAL PROJECTS

2.0 1 CATEGORY A WORKS (INVITATION TO TENDER)

2.02 CATEGORY B GOODS (INVITATION TO TENDER)

3.00 CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

3.01 CATEGORY C CONSTITUENCY WORKS (PRE-QUALIFICATION)

3.02 CATEGORY D CONSTITUENCY WORKS (INVITATION TO TENDER)

3.03  CATEGORY E CONSTITUENCY GOODS INVITATION TO TENDER

3.04 CATEGORY F CONSTITUENCY SERVICES (EXPRESSION OF INTREST)

4.00 ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

4.01 CATEGORY G  ZONAL INTERVENTION GOODS INVITATION TO TENDER

4.02 CATEGORY H ZONAL INTERVENTION SERVICES (EXPRESSION OF INTEREST)

The scopes of work for the Rehabilitation/Construction are as detailed in the bidding document which shall be issued to prospective bidders.

5:00 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Prospective bidders must possess the under listed requirements to participate in the procurement.

1. Evidence of Certificate of incorporation with corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC, or CAC & CAC. Business Name with Form BNI is also acceptable for Services.
2. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or personal Tax Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last (3) three years (2021, 2022 & 2023) that is valid till 31^st December, 2024.
3. Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2024

(this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above).

1. Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (I.T.F) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2024 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidders’ annual turnover is N50m and above).
2. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (N.S.I.T.F) Compliance Certificate valid till 31^st December, 2024.
3. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission Suppliers submission of the Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31^st December, 2024 or valid certificate issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
4. Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of relevant committees of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre Abuja 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 related fraud or financial  impropriety or criminal misinterpretation or falsification of facts relating to other matters; that the Company  is not in receivership, the subject of ny form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or  proceedings. 
5. Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years 2021, 2022 & 2023.
6. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed.
7. Company Profile with the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON CORBON etc.
8. 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 photograph of the projects.
9. Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease Agreement.
10. Only Companies included in the National Automotive design and Development Council’s approved list of local manufacturers of Vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the Procurement of Vehicles.
11. Evidence of Centre for Management Development (CMD) Certificate (for Skill acquisition Training).
12. Evidence of current Licence/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) (for ICT Training).
13. Electricity Jobs; Evidence of current License issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA).
14. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
15. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & 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 authorised officer of the firm.

6.00 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS (INVITATION TO TENDER)

Interested bidders are to collect the Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) from Monday  27^th May, 2024 – Tuesday 9^th  July, 2024 between the hours of 8am – 4pm from the Head of Procurement Unit of the CITIZENSHIP ASND LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street Gudu District, Abuja upon payment of non-refundable tender fee of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only per Lot, payable to Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre. All payments should be made into Treasury Single Account (TSA) with the Central Bank of Nigeria through REMITA by generating Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR).

7.00 SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS

7.01  INVITATION TO TENDER

Prospective bidders are to submit bid 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 two 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 Director General

Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre

Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street,Gudu District, Abuja.

PMB 345 Garki

The envelopes should be 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. The envelope should be dropped in the designated “Tender Box” at the Procurement Office, CLTC Administrative Building not later than 12:00 noon, Tuesday 9^th    July, 2024.

7.02. PRE- QUALIFICATION AND OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST(EOI)

Prospective bidders are to submit prequalification documents/EOI for each of the Lot desired two (2) hard copies each and address to:

The Director General

Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre

Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street,Gudu District, Abuja.

PMB 345 Garki

The envelopes should be 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. The envelope should be dropped in the designated “Tender Box” at the Procurement Office, CLTC Conference Ground Floor not later than 12:00 noon, Tuesday 11^th  June, 2024.

8.00 OPENING OF PRE-QUALIFICATION/EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS

The prequalification documents, EOIs and technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon, Tuesday 11^th June, 2024 at the CLTC Conference Ground Floor of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), Abuja, while the Financial Bids will be kept unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the EOI/Bid Submission Register in the office of the Procurement Officer, Conference Ground Floor, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), Abuja. Please  note that the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly  submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the Procurement Office on email: kurahmonday@gmail.com  or please call 08038457202, 08140671147.

9.00    GENERAL INFORMATION

BIDDERS ARE INVITED TO PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

1. EOIs/Bids must be in English Language and signed by an Official authorized by the

              bidder.

1. EOIs/Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.
2. Bidder should not bid for more than three (3) Lots.
3. All costs will be borne by the bidders.
4. EOI/Technical Bids will be opened in the 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 the EOI/bid opening online.
5. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (Courier Services).
6. Pre-qualification: Only prequalified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of tender documents.

h,           Invitation to Tender: Only 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 be returned un – opened.

1. Consultants Service: Only shortlisted Applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at

             a   later date for collection of Request for Proposals.

1. The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC) is not bound to pre-

              Qualify/shortlist any applicant 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.  

1. For further enquires please contact the Head of Procurement on E-mail address  

              kurahmonday@gmail.com.

                                                      Signed 

                                          Director General

Citizenship & Leadership Training Centre

                                                                    Headquarters, Abuja.