IMO STATE POLYTECHNIC
UMUAGWO, IMO STATE
INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2018 TETFUND ZONAL INTERVENTION PROJECTS

INTRODUCTION:
The Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo invites competent contractors/Suppliers to Tender for the following YEAR 2018 TETFund Zonal Intervention Projects as follows:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Lot 1:Procurement, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Instrumental Laboratory
Lot 2:Procurement, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Chemistry/Bio- Chemistry Laboratory
Lot 3:Procurement, Installation of Staff Office Equipment

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC); including Forms CAC2 and CAC7;
(b) Evidence of Company Income’s Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2016, 2017 and 2018) valid till 31 December, 2019
(c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2019.
(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2019;
(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till December 31, 2019.
(f) Evidence of registration on the Bureau of Public Procurement’s National Database of Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by inclusion of Interim Registration Report(IRR) expiring on 31/1/2020 or valid certificate issued by the BPP;
(g) List of at least three (3) similar and verifiable projects successfully executed by your company with locations, letter of award, completion certificate within the last 5 years;
(h) Current company Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2016, 2017 and 2018);
(i) Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/ professional qualifications;
(j) Sworn Affidavit:
disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the IMO STATE POLYTECHNIC, UMUAGWO, IMO 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 the Directors of the Prospective contractual company has/have never been convicted by any court of law.
That neither the company nor any of the company’s directors is bankrupt.

COLLECTION OF BID DOCUMENTS
Interested and competent Contractors are requested to collect Financial Bid documents from the office of Director, Directorate of Physical Planning Imo State Polytechnic upon payment of NON-REFUNDABLE Tender fees of N10,000.00(Ten Thousand Naira) only per lot to Imo State Polytechnic Bursary Dept.

SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective Bidders are to submit Two (2) copies (each) of both Technical and Financial Bid Documents must be in two different sealed envelopes tagged “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid” respectively with the company’s name and must be addressed to “THE REGISTRAR, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo. The Document should be dropped in a tamper proof box provided at the office of the Director, Directorate of Physical Planning (DPP) of Imo State Polytechnic not later than 12:00 noon, Tuesday 22 October, 2019. Please note that the two copies of Technical Bid Documents should be bound with a table of contents in order of listing above

OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
The Technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission on Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 at 12:00 noon in the Council Chambers of Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo. All bidders are expected to attend. Interested Members of the Public and private Sector Professionals in the construction industries, Non-Governmental Organizations and Journalists are invited to witness the opening.

DISCLAIMER
(a) The participation in the bid process does not guarantee any contractor or bidder the right to be selected or awarded any contract.
(b) That by the submission offender documents, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo’s neither committed nor obligated to award any contract to a Contractor /Supplier/Agency.
(c) That this advertisement for invitation to tender should neither be misconstrued as commitment on the part of the Polytechnic nor should it entitle any Contractor/Company to make any claims whatsoever and /or seek any indemnity from the Polytechnic.
(d) The Polytechnic reserves the right to reject any or all bids of interest and to terminate the procurement process at any time without any liability to the Polytechnic.
(e) Any bid submitted after the closing time and date shall be returned un-opened;
(f) Only pre-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;
(g) If at any material time during the procurement/consideration process, it is discovered that the submission made by any contractor is invalid/fake, the Contractor will be automatically disqualified and the investment made so far in the project will be automatically voided;
(h) The Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo is not bound to pre-qualify 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:
REGISTRAR