Purchase of Some Laboratory Equipment

The NATIONAL CEREALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NCRI) BADEGGI, BIDA, NIGER STATE in Nigeria from African region had released this tender for Tenders are invited for Purchase of some Laboratory Equipment Experienced and competent contractors/suppliers are invited to submit the following documents: a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7; b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2023; with minimum average annual turnover of N100 million; c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (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, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above); e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023; f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP; g) Sworn affidavit • disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Cereals Research Institute or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) 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 county for any criminal offence relating to fraud impropriety or criminal misrepresentation of falsification of facts relating to any matter. • That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form or bankruptcy proceedings of the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceeding h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 and 2022); i) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed; j) Company’s profile 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 three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including letters of awards, valuation certificates, job completion certificates and photographs of the projects; l) Only companies included in the National Automotive design and development Councils approved list of Local manufacturers of vehicles or their authorized representatives should bid for the vehicle. m) For supply of equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative from the original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) n) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificates, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn affidavit are compulsory for each JV Partner); o) All documents for submission must be submitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s letter head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the CAC, Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No) fax and email address. The letter head 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 Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the office of the Head of Procurement, National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger State between the hours of (9:00 am and 4:00 pm daily upon presentation of authorized payment details of non-refundable Tender Fee of N10, 000.00 only per Lot Payment should be made to National Cereals Research Institute (NCRT), Badeggi’s Remita account in any reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria. 5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the Lot desired, two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and dearly marked as “Technical Bids’ or ‘Financial Bids. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Executive Director/ CEO, National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi. Furthermore, the reverse of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box in the office of the Head of Department, Procurement National Cereals Research Institute (NCR), Badeggi not later than 12:00 noon of Tuesday 18th April, 2023. Please, address your submission to; The Executive Director/CEO National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi. PMB 8, Bida Niger state. 6. OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS Only the technical bids shall be publicly opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00noon of Tuesday 18th April, 2023 at the Conference Hall of National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi Niger State, while the financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register in the office of the Head of Department, Budget and Procurement National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi as the Institute will not be held liable for wrongly submitted bids. For further enquiries, please contact the “07039093431” or E-mail wayasjoseph@yahoo.com Note: i. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder; ii. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned unopened; iii. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots; iv. All cost will be borne by the bidders; v. Presence of bidders/representatives and members of the public are invited to attend the bid opening Ceremony. The Technical bid opening will be covered by video recording with the presence of two (2) representatives of private sector professional bodies and Civil Society Organization in the areas Anti-Corruption/Transparency. Invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online; vi. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and bidder can submit through Post (Courier service); vii. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened; viii. The National Cereals Research Institute is not bound not bound to prequalify and bidder 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. with tender notice no. ERGP30193975 published on 23 Mar 2023. The tender expired on 18 Apr 2023. This tender is sourced from Official Website and is eligible for suppliers interested in Laboratory equipment. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 2936371.