Invitation for Bids (IFB) for Supply of Vocational EducatIon Equipment

1.) This Invitation for Bids follows the publication of the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in United Nations Development Business Issue No 662, of 16th September 2005.

2.) The Federal Government of Nigeria has received a loan from the African Development
Fund in various currencies towards the cost of the Skills Training and Vocational Education Project. It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will he applied to eligible payments under the contract for the Supply of Vocational Education and other Learning Equipment to some of the beneficiary institutions.

3.) The Project Coordinating Unit on the behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply of various units of Vocational Education Equipment packaged into three lots. Each lot forms a separate contract as follows:

Lot No.: EQT/01/13/3/Lot 1
Description: Supply of various units of Vocational Education Equipment including 70 straight sewing machines, 25 Industrial Sewing Machines, 25 Overlocking Machines, 1 zigzag sewing machines, 22Knitting Machine s,2 digital embroidery machines(using Monogramming Design and digitizing softwar and other dress making equipment;4 Deep freer ers, 4no 2 -door refrigerators, 2no 3 door refrigerators, 2 Deep Fryer, 2 Cake Mixers (20kg)
Place of Delivery: Abuja FCT and Kaduna State

Lot No.: EQT/01/13/Lot 2
Description: Supply of various units of Vocational Education Equipment including 40 straight sewing machines, 25 Industrial Sewing Machines, 25 Overlocking Machines, 14 zigzag sewing machines, l9Knitting Machine s,3 digital embroidery machines (using Monogramming Design and digitizing software) and other dress making equipment; etc
Place of Delivery: Akwa-Ibom, Enugu and Lagos States

Lot No.: EQT/01/13/Lot 3
Description: Supply of, 10 Bellow smokers .100 units each of different articles of dressing for bee keeping (boots, gloves, suits and hats). 100 top bar hives, 2 Langstroth type hives with accessories, 6no each of 5kg/hr, 2Okg/hr, 50kg/hr capacity steam wax extractors, 10 manual centrifugal extractors, 2 satchet honey sealing machines and other bee keeping equipment; etc
Place of Delivery: Kaduna State

4.) Eligible bidders can bid for more than one lot, subject to their ability to satisfy the aggregate qualification requirements for the combination of lots bided for.

5.) The amount for the bid security for each lot is Ten Thousand US Dollars ($10,000) or One Million. Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N1.600,000.00) or an equivalent amount in other convertible currencies. A separate bid security shall be presented for each lot. Consolidating the values of bid securities of two or three lots into a single bid security will render the bids non- responsive.

6.) Interested bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the office address below. A Complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the Project Manager. Project Coordinating Unit. ADF Assisted Skills Training and Vocational Education Project located at address below, and upon payment of a non- refundable fee of thirty thousand Naira only (N30.000.00) or Two Hundred US Dollars (US$200) or an equivalent amount in any’ freely convertible currency. All payments must be made into the following account:

Name: FME/ADB Assisted Skills Training and Vocational Education
No. 9909010722,
Bank: EcoBank Nigeria Ltd.
Sort Code: 056080207

7.) The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the African Development Bank Standard Bidding Document: Procurement of Goods, June 2010

8.) Bids shall he valid for a period of 120 (One Hundred and Twenty) days after bid submission closing date.

9.) Bids must be delivered to the Project Coordinating Unit at the address below before 12:00 noon local time on II March, 2013, and must be accompanied by a hid security in the required amount.

10.) Bids will be opened at the same office and at 12:30 p.m. local time on the same date of bid closing date and in the presence of bidder’s rcpresenIa1ies who choose to attend. Please note that electronic bid submission shall not he entertained.

The Project Manager
Project Coordinating Unit
Plot 644 Zambezi Crescent, Opposite ETF Building
Off Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Maitama, Abuja
T&: +234 9873 4821
Email: stvep@adf-stvep.org
Abuja, Nigeria