Central Bank of Nigeria
Banker’s Committee
Shared I Infrastructure & IT Standards Programme Office
Request for Expression of Interest
Shared Backup Power Infrastructure Service Provision
1. The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee have embarked on an Industry Infrastructure Transformation Programme for Nigeria’s Financial Services industry with the objective to address infrastructure inefficiencies and reduce the cost of financial services through collaboration of Money Deposit Banks.
2. Backup power is essential to the delivery of financial services across the country as Banks rely on generators, UPS, inverters and other schemes to generate power for bank locations. The cost of the power infrastructure of Banks is high and is a significant component of their operating costs.
The Bankers’ Committee has indicated interest in shared backup power services that will provide backup power on a 24×7 basis to Banks operating within clusters at target locations across the country.
Accordingly, Expression of Interest is being sought from qualified and credible service providers that have the competence, experience and professional capacity to setup and provide backup power as a service to the dusters of bank branches at target locations through a fee-for-service arrangement.
3. The scope of services and requirements include but may not be limited to:
- 24/7 Clean Uninterrupted Power.
- Metering at Individual Bank locations to capture consumption.
- Back-up power for critical loads of the Banks (30% Max Load).
- Capacity to accommodate growth and increased demand over the medium to long term (3 -5 years).
4. Pre-qualified firms that meet stated qualification and eligibility criteria below will be issued with detailed RFP to advance to the next stage of the vendor evaluation process.
5. Interested Service Providers must provide verifiable information and evidence including:
5.1. Company Size. Organization and Location
5.1.1. Company profile including type of company (i.e. limited liability, etc.), number of years in existence, ownership structure identifying the holding / parent company (if a subsidiary), information about partners (if a consortium), detailed listing of management team and key technical staff, locations of operations, registered address and other contact details.
5.1.2. Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
5.1.3. Audited financial statement for three (3) years of the firm and its consortium partners where relevant
5.1.4. Tax payment for three (3) years.
5.1.5. Evidence of partnership and local affiliation for international companies.
5.2. Evidence of Technical Competence
5.2.1. Credentials of three (3) power generating sites with similar scope and operations. At least one of these sites must generate a minimum of 3MW at a single location. Information about location, services provided and contact details (names and phone numbers) for the site should be provided.
5.2.2. Credentials of three (3) client organizations where similar services have been provided. Reference information should include the names and phone numbers of at least two individuals that can be contacted: a business representative and are representative from the unit that directly oversees the organization’s power services.
5.3. Certification and Awards
5.3.1. Awards/certifications that are relevant to the services required.
6. Responses must be delivered in 2 hard copies in separate sealed envelopes clearly marked “Confidential: Pre-Qualification for the Provision of Backup Power Services” to the address below and an electronic copy by email to ng.eoiresponse@accenture.com on or before 4.00pm on Friday May 31, 2013. Any response received after this date will not be entertained.
Address: Shared IT Infrastructure & IT Standards Programme Office, 17th
Floor, UBA House, Marina, Lagos
The Bankers’ Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to take exceptions to these specifications or to waive any formalities.
