THE WORLD BANK – IBRD IDA
MINISTRY OF MINES & STEEL DEVELOPMENT
MINERAL SECTOR SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION (MinDiver) Project
Request for Bids (RFB)
Country: Nigeria
Name of Project: Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (Mindiver) Project
Contract Title: PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR REMOTE SENSING ACTIVITY UNDER THE FORMALIZATION OF ARTISANAL MINERS ACTIVITY
Project ID: P159761
RFB Reference No.: NG-MINDIVER-168709-GO-RFB
DATE: 18/06/2020
1. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) lus received financing from the World Bank towards the support of the Diversification of the Economy through the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Procurement of Equipment for Remote sensing activity under the Formalization of Artisanal Miners activity
2. The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development through the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) Project now invites scaled Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Equipment for Remote sensing activity under the Formalization of Artisanal Miners activity. The summary of major items to be supplied is listed below
| SN | NAME OF EQUIPMENT | QTY |
| A | Uninterrupted Power Supply – UPS & Racks | 4 |
| B | Production Power System | 44 |
| C | Backup System | 29 |
| D | Back up Tape System | 9 |
| E | Laptop PC | 6 |
| F | Server & Back-up Software | 8 |
| G | Independent Power Supply | 2 |
| H | Image Processing and Data analysis Software | 2 |
| I | Desktop PC | 57 |
The list of Goods required including quantity, delivery address, delivery period etc. are given in the Schedule of Requirements contained in the bidding document
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016) revised in November 2017 and August 2018 available on www.worldbank.org/procure and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Min Diver Project Office and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 10:00am – 3:00pm, Monday – Friday (excluding Public Holidays) at the address given below.
Qualification Criteria includes:
(a) Financial Capability: The minimum annual turnover of the Bidder in the last three years should be NGN252,000,000 or USD700,000 equivalent
(b) The audited accounts for the last three years 2016, 2017 and 2018 shall be submitted to demonstrate the current bidder’s financial position
Experience Criteria
i) Minimum of five (5) years overall experience of the firm in the supply of same or similar Equipment.
ii) Documentary evidence of at least 3 similar contracts undertaken by the Bidder in the past 5 years, each must be similar in value, scope and complexity as this contract.
Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.
- Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016) revised in November 2017 and August 2018 available on www.worldbank.org/procure and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations
- Bidding documents in English Language will be forwarded to interested bidders on the, submission of a written Application (by email). It may also be downloaded on www.minesandsteel.gov.ng/mindiver-procurement.
- Bids for submission must be emailed to Mindivertender2020@gmail.com in a read only and password protected document as an attachment on or before Wednesday July 29, 2020. Late Bids will be rejected. MinDiver will confirm all received Bids by email.
- ALL Bidders must send the password of their password protected attachments to Mindivertender2020@gmail.com within one hour after the bid submission deadline of 11:00am onWednesday July 29, 2020
- All Bids must be valid for a period of 150 days after bid closing and must be accompanied by a Bid Securing declaration
- Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
The address referred to above is:
Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MINDIVER) Project
Attn: Project Coordinator
No. 10 Lola Close, off Luanda Crescent, Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,
Wuse 2, Abuja
+234 909 324 0644
Mindivertender2020@gmail.com
