Invitation for Technical and Financial Tender for the Execution of 2012 Capital Projects

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
FCDA Secretariat, Area 11, Garki, Abuja

The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated Funds to the Federal Ministry at Agriculture and Rural Development in the Year 2012 Appropriation for the Procurement of Goods, Works and Services for the execution of policies, Programmes and protects towards achieving the mandate of the Ministry.

2. Accordingly, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development invites qualified, interested and eligible vendors: suppliers; contractors; Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMS) to tender for the Procurement of the following Goods and Works Express interest in the Consultancy Services appropriated under the various Departments and Agencies of the Ministry in the Year 2012 Appropriation as specified in the following paragraphs:

AX Planning, Research and Statistic Department (Works)

Lot	Item	Location
X1	procurement and installation of 400 units of GPS venture HC	as in the bidding Documents

BX National Agricultural Seed Council (Goods and Works)

Lot	Item	Location
X2	Procurement of Laboratory Equipment for Seeds Tests	As in the bidding Document
X3	Procurement and Installation of 150 units Garmin Etrex GPS	As in the bidding Document

CX Food Reserve and Storage Department (Consultancy Services and Goods)

Lot	Item	Location
X4	Licensed Buying Agent for Agricultural Produce	As in the bidding Document
X5	[Supply or Storage/Environmental Chemicals/Equipment Protective	As in the bidding Document

DX Department of Livestock and Pest Control Services (Consulting Services)

Lot	EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)	Location
X6	Consulting Services on the Establishment of Halal Certified Meat Processing and Packing Centre	As in the bidding Document

EX Rural Development /Ramp (Works)

Lot	Item	Location
X7	Rehabilitation of 5km Adoka-Umogidi - Opaha Rd Otukpo LGA, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X8	Rehabditation of 5km Igunmale- Ulayl - Jigban Road Ado LGA, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X9	Rehabilitation of 4.5km Oshigbudu - Obagaji Okokolo Rd Agatu LGA, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X10	RehabIlitation of 6km Ugbokpo Edikwu - Opaha Rd, Apa LGA, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X11	Rehabilitation of 10km Ochobo - Agadagba - Onyagede Rd, Ohimini LGA, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X12	Construction of 4km Rural Feeder roads in Ubokpo - Ijantie – Okobi, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X13	Construction of 3.5km Rural Feeder roads in Ogoh - Ipolo Ipum/Cho, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X14	Construction of 4km Rural Feeder roads in Awulema - Ajegaji – Ogene – Alaganu, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X15	Construction of 4km Rural Feeder roads in Efoyo - Ikpogo – Omadewu – Ebya, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X16	Construction of 5.2km Rural Feeder roads in Adum East Adiko - Okwutungbe, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X17	Construction of 4km Rural Feeder roads in Otada - Emichi – Okpamaju - Odudeaje, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X18	Construction of 4km Rural Feeder roads in Otobi Ujume- Edumoga - Ohuma, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X19	Construction of 3km Rural Feeder roads in Oju Ujume - Edumoga - Ohuma, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X20	Construction of 2.5km Rural Feeder roads in Onobi - Icho – Ajobe – Otukpo, Benue State	As in the bidding Document
X21	Construction of 6km Rural Feeder roads In Rim Junction - Jol, Riyom, Plateau State	As in the bidding Document
X22	Construction of 1.5km Road Network at Apata Kekere Village in Oke Orogun that links Ojoo - Iwo Road Express way, Akinyele Oyo State	As in the bidding Document
X23	Construction of 3km Agba - Esha, Igweledeoha/Ndeoke – Ededeagu Road, Ebonyi & Ohaukwu, Ebonyi State	As in the bidding Document
X24	Construction of hydraulic structures and grading of 5.5km Rural Feeder Road in Ikun Ekiti, Moba LGA, Ekiti State	As in the bidding Document

3. Qualification Criteria and Tender Requirements
In order to be considered, interested companies, which must be Nigerian companies, must submit tenders/bid documents accompanied with the following:
i. Evidence of registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Forms; C07;
ii. Provide detailed Company Profile;
iii. Detailed evidence of compliance with Pensions Act;
iv. Company Audited Accounts for last 3 years;
v. Detailed copy of current Tax Clearance Certificate (2009-2011) verifiable from Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS);
vi. Evidence of Contribution to Industrial Training Fund (ITF)
vii. Evidence of VAT Registration & past VAT remittances;
viii. Letter of Financial Capability & Banking support;
ix. Evidence of payment of non- refundable Tender Fee of N10,000.00 only for the Goods and Works in favour of Federal Ministry of Agriculture arid Rural Development;
x. Evidence of 2-3 similar jobs previously executed or currently being executed (including letters of award, completion certificates, payment);
xi. Bidders for (Environmental Chemical-Lot X7) must be from Agro- Chemical Manufacturer or their accredited Representations, Distributors or Agents;
xii. Any other document(s) to support the qualification and tender documents as may be contained in the Standard Bidding Documents;
xiii. Expression of Interest as Licensed Buying Agent has the following additional requirements:

• Availability of Accessible warehouse or storage facilities with minimum total capacity of 1,000mts (a unit should not be less than 500mts. Capacity.
• Evidence of ownership/access to storage facilities
• Availability of essential grains or food items handling equipment like cleaning facilities, weighing scale and moisture meter
• At least 3 years experience in commodity trading
• Minimum staff of one warehouse and one Store officer (attach their CV’s)
• Evidence of relationship with put-growers (optional)
• Bidders should state the crops, tonnage available and indicate prices

xiv. Expression of Interest for Consulting Services on the Establishment of Halal certified Meat

• Processing and packaging centres has the following additional requirements:
• Proven experience in undertaking consulting assignments in the livestock and agriculture sector, internationally with governments and with sector players.
• Experience and ability to provide first hand case study from other countries and sectors.
• Proven experience in undertaking Consulting assignment with the private sector, Investors and the Public sector.
• Several years of proven work experience in Nigeria particularly
• Evidence of experience in at least five S jobs of similar nature and complexity executed within the last three years by the proposed leadership team; working in complex stakeholder situations in Agriculture with a need to create alignment and buy-in of diverse stakeholders.

xv. Bidders are free to bid for as many lots as possible, but shall not be offered more than two lots for award of contract;
xvi. Any Bid above 100 million Naira (Goods and Services) and 300 million Naira (for Works) must be accompanied with Bid Security of 2% of Bid Price;
xvii. All the requirements stated in paragraph 3(1 - xvi) shall be enclosed in the Technical
Envelopes.

4. Collection of Tender Documents
Qualified Companies shall on application collect tender documents from the Ministry’s Office of:
The Director, Procurement Department
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Area 11, Garki, Abuja.

Upon the presentation of evidence of payment of non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 (Goods and Works only) into the Ministry’s Account as follows

Account Name:     Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Account Number:     321-207270113
Bank:                         Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Area 3, Garki, Abuja.

5. Closing Date for Submission of Tender and Expression of Interest Documents
The completed tender, Pre-qualification and Expression of Interest (EOI) documents must be submitted in three (3) copies each; including one (1) original and two (2) copies Each of the documents should have two (2) separate sealed envelopes clearly marked “Technical” and “Financial” and both sealed in a third envelope marked with the appropriate project title, Company Name and lot number at the top right hand corner of each of the three envelopes and delivered to the address below not later than 12.00 noon Monday 22nd October2012.

The Secretary;
Ministerial Tenders Board;
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Ground Floor, Room 213;
FCDA Secretariat, Area 11, Garki Abuja,

6. Opening of Bid
Technical bids and Expression of Interest will be opened publicly opened at 1.00pm on 22nd October 2012, at the National Agriculture Research Council, Mabushi, Abuja after the close of the submission, but only qualified bidders, relevant NGOs and CSOs will be invited to witness the opening of the financial bids documents.

Please Notes
7. Contravention of the conditions in Paragraph 3(i to xv) could lead to disqualification of bid. On no account should bidders combine technical and financial bids in the same envelope.

8. Late submission of bids will be rejected.

Signed:
Dr Ezekiel O. Ovemomi
Permanent Secretary