Federal Ministry of Environment Invites for a Procurement, Installation & Commission of Hydromet & Automated Flood Early Warning Equipment, Kano State

This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business issue of 27t.h April, 2012.

Federal Ministry of Environment Invites for a Procurement, Installation & Commission of Hydromet & Automated Flood Early Warning Equipment

The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association toward the cost of Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the Contract for the Pr0curement Installation & Commissioning Of Hydromet & Automated Flood Early Warning Equipment for Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Federal Ministry of Water Resources & Flood Early Warning System Centre (FEWS), Federal Ministry Of Environment.
The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) now invite: sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Procurement of the following:

Meteorological Equipment

• Description of Items: Automatic Weather Observation Station (AWOS)-Qty-7
• Equipment (completed)-Qty-16
• Methodology Equipment-Qty-9
• Stevenson Screen-Qty-8
• Wind vane-Qty-7
• Manual Rain gauge with measuring cylinder-Qty-9
• Sunshine recorder (digital)-Qty-9
• Evaporation pan with Hooke gauge and still well-Qty-15
• Max/min thermometer-Qty-15
• Set of soil thermometer (5, 10, 20, 30, 50cm)-Qty-17
• Installation of weather equipment with perimeter fencing-Qty-16
• Bid Security: 2.5% of Bids Price
• Delivery: 120 days
• Location(s): Cross-River (CRBDA) Calaber & Anambra Imo (AIRBDA), Owerri

Hydrological Equipment

• Description of Item: Enamel Gauge Plates (Standard Stage Board)-Qty-6
• Universal Current Meter-Qty-6
• Acoustic Digital Current Meter-Qty-6
• Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), workhouse Rio Grande 12000kHz (with accessories (software & cables) & Ocean science river boat-Qty-6
• Hand-Held Sampler (+ Mesh bag-250 micron mesh)-Qty-3
• Integrating Sediment Sampler-Qty-3
• Data Loggers
• Surfacewater-Qty-16
• Groundwater-Qty-7
• Logger housing cabnate-Qty-16
• Installation of surface Equipment-Qty-16
• Groundwater Equipment with burglary-Qty-7
• Bid Security: 2.5% of Bids Price
• Delivery period: 120days
• Location(s): Cross-River (CRBDA) Calaber & Anambra-Imo (AIRBDA), Owerri NIHSA, Abuja

Telemetry Equipment

• Description of Item: Data Collection platform (DCP)-Qty-3
• DCP Housing cabinet-Qty-3
• Bid Security: 2.5% of Bids Price
• Delivery period: 120days
• Location(S): Cross-River (CRBDA) Calaber & Anambra-Imo (AIRBDA), Owerri

Automated Flood Warning Equipment

• Description of Item: Installation of AFEW Equipment with fencing for FEWS Station-Qty-10
• Bid Security: 2.5% of Bids Price
• Delivery period: 120days
• Location(S): Cross-River (CRBDA) Calaber, Anambra-Imo (AIRBDA), Owerri, Sokoto Rima (SRRBDA), Sokoto, Upper Benue (UBRBDA), Yola, Niger Delta (NDRBDA), Port-Harcourt

NIHSA — Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency - Plot 22 Shettima Ali Monguno Crescent, Utako, Abuja
CRBDA — Cross River Basin Development Authority - Murtala Mohammed Highway Calabar, Cross-River State;
AIRBDA - Anambra [mo River Basin Development Authority - KM 9, Owerri-Aba road, Agbala, Owerri, Imo State;
SRRBDA — Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority— Damale Kaita House, KM 10 Gusau Road, Sokoto, Sokoto State
UBRBDA — Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority— Mbamba Fufore road, Yola, Adamawa State
NDBRDA — Niger Delta Basin & Rural Development Authority 21 Azikwe Road, Port-Harcourt, River State

Qualifications requirements include:

• Evidence of previous supply (sale) of similar Equipment proposed for the last 5 years.
• Audited Financial Statements for the last 3 years to demonstrate the financial capability of the Bidder in terms of Profitability and adequate working capital;
• Evidence of manufacturers’ authorization;
• After Sales services facility centre in Nigeria;

 Submission of Bids
A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee N 10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only or 80 USD (Eighty US Dollars). The method of payment will be through Bank Draft in favor of Nigeria Erosion & Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) - FPMU, Abuja; the Bidding Documents will be collected by the representative of the Bidder or by courier services on request. Bids must be delivered to the address below:

The National Project Coordinator
Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP)
No.170, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Telephone: 08033346044; 08059671080; 07098505675
E-mail: newmapfpmu@gmail.com

Closing date: 15th April, 2014
Time: 12:00noon

Please note that:

• Bidding will be conducted through the international Competitive Bidding (ICB), a procedure specified in the World Banks Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.
• Bidders can bid for one or more lots.
• Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information at the address above and inspect the Bidding Documents from 10:00am to 4:00pm Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays.
• A margin of preference for eligible national contractors shall be applied; Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.
• A pre-bid conference will be held at the office address above on 31st March, 2014 which is two weeks before bid opening by 12noon to allow potential bidders to seek clarifications on the bidding documents and site visits should be carried out by bidders Each interested bidder shall bear their own expenses.
• Electronic bidding will not be permitted.
• Late bids will be rejected.
• Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives, who choose to attend in person at the address above at 12:00pm on 15th April, 2014.
• All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security for each individual lot as indicated in the table above or in equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency Interested Bidders can bid for one or more lots.