Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Selection of Transaction Advisor at the National Automotive Council

The National Automotive Council is willing to deliver its Automotive Training Centre of Excellence project and Associated Trainees Residential Apartments using the concept of Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) Public, Private Partnership model. Council is prepared to contribute landed input viz:

Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Selection of Transaction Advisor at the National Automotive Council

• 0.5 hectares certificated land at Mabushi Sector Centre, Abuja (FCT) to host the Training Centre, and
• 8,770.95m certificated mixed use/comprehensive development plot of land at Mbora, Karmo District for Associated trainers Residential/Trainees Hostel needs.

Council therefore required collaborative resource from experts to deliver the above including the combine equipping and furniture needs of the training Centre of Excellence and the Associated Residential project.

Terms of Reference
The services to be provided include but not limited to the following:

1. Completion of project preparation, including PPP transaction structuring;
2. Market sounding to confirm decisions on scope, structuring and timing of transaction;
3. Financial analysis and modelling;
4. Upgrade the feasibility studies and any other report to outline business case (OBC) in line with the National Policy on PPP (N4P)
5. Assistance in designing and managing the procurement and evaluation process and support to National Automotive Council (NAC), Project Delivery Team (PDT) during that process;
6. Analysis of enabling legal framework;
7. Readiness for market assessment;
8. Preparation of information memorandum and tender documentation (including concession contract etc);
9. Support in marketing;
10. Organisation and preparation, where necessary of supporting documentation to be made available to bidders (Including technical analysis);
11. Assistance in negotiation with one or more parties prior to contract award; and
12. Management of other advisory inputs and overall management of the advisory team to ensure a successful transaction;

Transaction Advisers may consist of a single firm or a consortium of firms with the financial, legal, technical, PPP, and other specialist expertise required to successfully bring the transaction to financial close. In the case of a consortium, the consortium members must jointly submit the required information and must also clearly identify one of the firms comprising the consortium as the lead Transaction Adviser. The lead Transaction Adviser will have primary responsibly for liaising with NAC and ICRC Project Delivery Team (PDT) and for managing the consortiums advisory inputs as a whole.

Firms comprising the consortium with specialized expertise in the finance, legal, and technical fields should be identified, respectively, as the Finance Transaction Advise Legal Transaction Adviser, and Technical Transaction Adviser. International consultants are encouraged to form partnerships with reputable and accredited Nigerian consulting firms.

Requirements
Expressions of Interest (EOls) from prospective Advisors should sIecify the following information as the basis for prequalification:

1. Full name and nationality (country of registration of the company).
2. Profile of firm/consortium including ownership structure and role of each corporate entity with full contact details including email of lead firms.
3. Detail of direct experience advising government in the structuring of PPP transactions;
4. Track record of successful closing of PPP concessions, particularly in the construction/training facilities
5. Description of roles played in at least five (5) construction/training facilities transactions dosed in emerging markets during the past seven (7) years (at least one which should be in the past (3) years);
6. Relevant experience in the construction/training facilities/ training equipment supply (including technical competence);
7. Experience working in Nigeria and/or sub-Saharan Africa;
8. Financial Capacity Profile of the firm and Evidence of Tax Clearance Certificate for 2011,2012, 2013 for Nigeria Firms
9. Submission of three (3) years Audited Accounts with an annual turnover of over N10billion in each of the last 3 years.
10. Evidence of Employees Open Retirement Savings Account (RSA) with a Pension Fund Administrative (PFA) of the last three years for Nigeria firms.

Advisor will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Standard Request for Proposals (RFP) for the selection of Consultancy firms (Complex Lump Sum) January 2008.

Closing Date:
3rd September 2014

Submission of Expressions of Interest (EOI)
Expressions of Interest must be submitted, separate bids for each Lot, where necessary, in six (6) copies (one original & five copies) in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Expression Of Interest For The Selection Of Transaction Advisor For” dearly stating the lot number, and it should be hand delivered not later than 12:O0hrs Nigerian time on Wednesday 3 September, 2014 to the address below:

National Automotive Council (NAC),
No. 23 Parakou Street, Wuse II,
Abuja.

All EOIs will be opened immediately after the deadline in the Council’s Conference Room, 23 Parakou Street, Wuse II, Abujain the presence of all the interested firms in attendance.

Please note that:

• Only shortlisted firms will be invited for further consideration.
• Late submission will be rejected.
• This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NAC/ICRC to appoint any consultant nor shall it entitle any consultant submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NAC/ICRC.
• NAC/JCRC reserves the right to take final decision on any of the document received in your proposals.
• Transaction Advisors can express interest in one or more lots.
• Interested applicants may obtain further information at the address above from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday through Friday (except public holidays).
• Expression of interest through email or fax will not be entertained.

Tel: +234929137813
Email: contact@nac.org.ng