Invitation to Tender for the Lease of Wide Area Network (Wan) Service for the Central Bank of Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria is desirous to undertake the lease of MPLS links for the deployment of a carrier on carrier MPLS network. Consequently, the Bank wishes to invite reputable and competent companies to tender for the provision of the required MPLS WAN links.

Scope of Work
The scope of the bid requested is to implement resilient Wide Area Network (WAN) to interconnect the three Data Centres located at Central Bank of Nigeria Head Office Abuja, Garki and Lagos to thirty-six (36) CBN locations:

Communication links group A

• 2 Mbps each, between Central Bank of Nigeria Headquarters Data Centre, Abuja and each of the thirty-six (36) Central Bank of Nigeria locations.
• Carrier on Carrier MPLS 1Gbps Fiber link from Central Bank of Nigeria Headquarters Data Centre to Central Bank of Nigeria Lagos Data Centre.

Communication links group B

• 2 Mbps each, between Central Bank of Nigeria Lagos Data Centre, and each of the thirty-six (36) Central Bank of Nigeria locations.
• Carrier on Carrier MPLS 1Gbps Fiber links from Central Bank of Nigeria Lagos Data Centre to Central Bank of Nigeria Garki Data Centre.

Please note that prospective bidder may choose to bid 2 Groups but can only win one.

General Requirement
Interested and competent Service Providers wishing to provide the above service to the Central Bank of Nigeria must submit the following documents for verification:

• Evidence of registration with Corporate Affairs Commission
• Evidence of payment of tax for the last three (3) years as and when due.
• Comprehensive company profile including registered address, functional contact email address, GSM phone number(s), facsimile number(s).
• Verifiable evidence of similar jobs successfully executed in the past.
• Reference letter from bank stating financial ability to carry out such project(s).
• Current company’s audited statement of accounts.
• Evidence of registration with NCC and other relevant agencies to provide WAN services in Nigeria.
• Evidence of employees’ Retirement Savings Account (RSA) with Pension Fund Administrator
• Evidence of remitting employer and employees pension contribution to appropriate pension fund custodian
• Evidence of Transferring all Pension Funds and Assets prior to the commencement of the pension reform Act to license pension operators
• Evidence of payment of training contributions to ITF (Industrial Training Fund).

Specific Requirement

• An evidence of operation as a WAN Links Service Provider in Nigeria
• Evidence of the deployment of similar WAN Links Service to other clienteles.

Collection of Bid Documents
Interested Service Providers who possess the above minimum requirements may collect the bidding documents on the payment of a non-refundable fee of N50,000.00 (Bank Draft in favour of Central Bank of Nigeria) from:
The Secretary,
Major Contracts Tenders Committee
2nd Floor, Wing C
CBN Head Office Complex,
Central Business District,
Abuja, FCT Nigeria.
Telephone: 09-46237216
Email: mctc@cbn.gov.ng

Submission
Applications to tender for the procurement of the items which should be accompanied by the above listed documents should be forwarded in wax sealed envelope boldly marked at the top left corner - “Lease of Wide Area Network (WAN) Services for the Central Bank of Nigeria”
And addressed to:-

The Secretary,
Major Contracts Tenders Committee
2nd Floor, Wing C
CBN Head Office Complex,
Central Business District,
Abuja, FCT Nigeria.
Telephone: 09-46237216
Email: mctc@cbn.gov.ng

Closing Date: All submissions must be received at the above Office not later than 31st December, 2012.
Opening Date: All submissions will be opened not later than 7 weeks from the date of this publication.

Important Notice
Nothing in the advert shall be construed to be a commitment on the part of the CBN.
The successful company(s) will be notified formally.

Signed:
Management