Invitation to Participate in the Tendering Exercise for Various Supplies Under FCT Procurement Department & Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA) for FY 2013

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the FCT Procurement Department is inviting competent and interested Companies/Suppliers to submit Technical and Financial bids for the following Supplies:

1.) FCT Procurement Department

• Procurement of Office Materials & Supplies
• Procurement of Computer Materials & Supplies.

2.) Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA)

• Supply of Office Furniture & Equipment

A. Technical (Prequalification) Requirements

• Evidence of registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC);
• Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years expiring 1 December, 2013;
• Evidence of registration with Pension Commission and up to date remittance of Employees’ contributory pension funds;
• Evidence of ITF Contribution in compliance with ITF amendment Act;
• Up to date evidence of Annual returns with CAC, and note that due diligence could be conducted;
• Verifiable documentary evidences of similar jobs that had been successfully executed within the last three years;
• Last three (3) successive years Audited Accounts prepared by a Chartered Accounting Firm;
• Current Bank Reference, and statement of account of the Company for the last twelve (12) months;
• Sworn affidavit in compliance with the provisions of part IV Section 16, Sub-section 6 (a & f) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007

B. Collection of Tender Documents
Interested Companies should collect the Tender documents from FCT Procurement Department, First Floor, Block B, FCTA Secretariat, Kapital Road, Area 11, Garki-Abuja upon the presentation of evidence of payment of N10,000.00 non-refundable Tenders fee for each Procurement as identified above into FCT Treasury Revenue Account No. 5030009770 at Fidelity Bank Plc (Central Area), Abuja.

C. Closing Date
11th April, 2013

D. Submission
The Technical and Financial bid documents should each be sealed and labeled “Technical” and “Financial” Bids separately as appropriate, and the two envelopes be put in another envelope that should also be sealed and labeled at the right hand corner accordingly indicating a particular Procurement of interest, The Tender documents (Technical & Financial bid) shall each be submitted in three (3) copies (one original and two other copies) and all pages are to be duly endorsed by an authorized Principal officer of the bidding company. The document should be deposited in the Tender Box at the office of the Secretary, FCT Tenders Board Secretariat, Room 043, First Floor Block B, FCT Procurement Department, FCTA Secretariat, Kapital Road, Area 11 Garki-Abuja not later than 12 00 noon of f April, 2013 The representatives of the bidding Companies and interested members of Public especially Civil Rights Organizations are invited to witness the opening of the Tenders respectively on the same day 11th April, 2013 at FCT Archives & History Bureau near AGIS, Area 11, Garki - Abuja This bid is for a period of six (6) weeks

Note

• Interested bidder without any of the Items i-iv of the prequalification requirements listed above shall be disqualified from the Tendering processes.
• The representatives of the companies are to bring a letter of introduction indicating name, rank and sample signature.
• This advertisement shall not construed as a commitment on the part of FCTA nor shall it entitle responding companies to seek any indemnity from FCTA by virtue of such companies having responded to advertisement.
• FCTA is not bound to accept the lowest or any of the bids.

Signed
Management