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Ref. No.: NACA/GF/RSSH/12

Date of Issuance:2^nd December, 2022

1.      INTRODUCTION

The Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria project in the National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA) intends to use funds from the COVID 19 RM (C19 RM) grant for the procurement of additional essential commodities for the COVID 19 response in Nigeria: for supply of Medical Consumables and Medical Equipment

2.        SCOPE OF SUPPLY

This invitation is to solicit for reputable manufacturers and local distributors with relevant experience in the manufacturing and delivery of medical consumables, equipment and personal protective equipment to submit quotes for the item listed below.

  SCHEDULE OF ITEMS REQUIRED

3.      GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

a.    Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC02 and CAC07.

b.    Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and 2021) valid till 31st December, 2022.

c.    Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022

d.    Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022.

e.    Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2022;

f.     Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2022 issued by the BPP.

g.    Sworn Affidavit:

a.      Certifying that the company is not in receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy. Stating that no officer of NACA or Bureau of Public Procurement is a

b.      Director or Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.

c.      Also, that none of the Directors of the Company has been convicted for a criminal offence in relation to fraud or financial impropriety in any court in Nigeria or elsewhere.

d.      And that all information presented in the bid is true and correct in all particulars.

h.       Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and

2021)

i.        Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

j.        Company’s profile.

k.       Valid Letter of Authorization from the Manufacturer of the intended equipment to supply.

l.        Verifiable document of 3 similar jobs executed in the last Ten (10) years including Letter of Award,

m.     The minimum validity period of the Tender should be One Hundred and Twenty (120) Days:

b.      Bid security will be required for quotation above N100,000,000.00 to be included in the financial proposal

a.       Signed Cover letter attached to the technical submission with the company’s letter head. Any submission without a cover letter will be disqualified:

4.      COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS

The Standard Bidding Document (SBD) can be downloaded from this link; 

https://naca.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SBD-for-covid-commodities.pdf

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS

a.      Prospective bidders are to submit bid for each of the items desired, two (2) hard copies each (one original & One copy) of the requested documents and financial bid. Thereafter, the Tenderer shall enclose the original in one (1) envelope and all the copies of the Tender in another envelope, duly marking the envelopes as “ORIGINAL” and “COPY.” The two (2) envelopes shall then be enclosed and sealed in one (1) single outer envelope,

b.      Prospective bidders can submit their documents as a Joint Venture with relevant documents provided.

c.      “Please note that you are expected to submit a sample or picture of the Item with your Tender submission. See the standard bidding document for more information. Non submission of sample or picture will lead to disqualification of the bidder. 

6.      DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

The deadline for the submission of Tender should not be later than 12 noon 21^st December 2022 at the the NACA, Ground Floor, NACA main building, 3 Ziguinchor Street. Wuse Zone 4. Abuja. Bids are to registered at the receiptionand dropped into the designated bid receipt box located at the NACA receiption area.

7.        GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
2. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be rejected;
3. NACA reserves the right to evaluate and award per line item and in the event of exigency, NACA may vary the quantities/quality of the items during the time of evaluation, award and execution of contract with respect to this invitation to tender;
4. NACA is not bound to contract any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.

viii              GLOBAL FUND CODE OF CONDUCT

The firm shall get acquainted with the global fund code of conduct for suppliers using this link below: https://www.theglobalfund.org/media/3275/corporate_codeofconductforsuppliers_policy_en.pdf

Responding to this advert shall serve as an acknowledgement to abide by the Global Fund Code of Conduct for Suppliers.

Whistle blowing Policy

Suppliers are encouraged to send information on any infraction or grievances to the dedicated email account: [email protected]

or [email protected]

ix     NOTES/DISCLAIMER

i.             NACA shall verify any or all documents and claims made by applicants and will disqualify   bidders with falsified documents and claims.

ii.           If it is determined that submitted documents and claims have been falsified, the bidder may face prosecution in a court of Law.

iii.          NACA shall not be held responsible for any disqualified proposal because of any omission or deletion relating to the submission guidelines.

iv.          This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of NACA to award a contract to any Contractor, nor shall it entitle any Contractor submitting documents to claim any indemnity from NACA.

v.           NACA is not bound to shortlist any bidder, and reserves the right to annul the bidding process at any time without incurring any liabilities or providing reason.

Signed

Management.