Federal Ministry Of Trade And Investment
Industrial Training Fund (ITF)
Invitation for Expression of Interest to Develop a Robust and Compelling Industrial Revolution Blueprint for Nigeria
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) hereby requests for an expression of interest (EOI) from interested and qualified consultancy firms (International and Local) in partnering with the Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment to develop a robust and compelling Industrial Revolution Blueprint for Nigeria. This is geared towards a holistic and robust industrial fabric for Nigeria and which is very relevant to the Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Terms of Reference (TOR)
The terms of reference for the consultancy work include the following:
i) To work with the staff of the Ministry and ITF in order to carry out a targeted top-down diagnosis of Nigeria’s industrial sector as currently set, and fashion out a workable, achievable and beneficial industrial sector as obtains in other climes such as Brazil, India, South Africa, Malaysia and Thailand.
ii) To fashion /formulate additional mandate toward the realization of the Federal Government Transformation Agenda.
iii) Provide financial implication for the exercise using the BPP Standard request for Proposals for small assignment time based and the revised Federal Government scale using man-hours.
iv) The top-down diagnosis of Nigeria’s industrial sector which will include the assessment of the country’s current position and evaluation over time outlining its strength and weakness, and benchmarking a few key indicators to a group of peer and aspirational countries such as India, South Africa, Malaysia and Thailand. The data gathered and findings observed will then be used to put forward the overall aspiration for the country’s industrial sector which can be to galvanize the alignment of key stakeholders in this aspiration.
v) The Industrial-Revolution blue print should include 3 priority sectors, namely Agribusiness and Agro-Industries. Petro-chemical and Solid Mineral Derivative Industries. This phase of the work requires a more detailed analysis of the performance and potential of these 3 sectors and development of a blue print for accelerating the development of the sector in Nigeria. This blue print will also include the identification of 3 key flagship projects to be pursued.
vi) Preparation of a 5-page template describing the analyses done and the required end product to develop a sector blue print plan which will enable the ministry develop such blue print plans for other identified sectors not in the scope of this work.
Requirement for Submission of the – EOI
All Interested consultancy firms who wish to participate in the exercise as stated above are required to make payment of the sum of thirty thousand naira (N30, 000.00) only to ITF’s Finance and Accounts Department and collect a receipt for the payment.
The evidence of this payment should be submitted along with the Technical document of the EOI and your firm’s profile which must include but not limited to the following documents:-
i) Evidence of compliance with section 6(i-iii) of the ITF Act.
ii) Evidence of incorporation of the company with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
iii) Evidence of Current Tax Clearance Certificate
iv) Evidence of Current Audited Accounts for last-three (3) years
v) VAT Certificates and evidence of remittances to FIRS
vi) Evidence of Pension Remittance and Social Security Contributions
vii) Details of staff strength including the Curriculum Vitae and profile of key staff with copies of credentials for verification
viii) Details of previous consultancies undertaken, including scope and copies of Award Letters
ix) Clear indication of head office address
x) Sworn affidavit that the Firm is not bankrupt
xi) Sworn affidavit that none of the Directors of the company is an ex-convict or bankrupt.
xii) Evidence of Financial Capability i.e. Recent Bank Statement of Account
xiii) Evidence that the Company is not in receivership etc
xiv) That at any time, the ITF discovers that the information submitted in this EOI is false the Agency reserves the right to disqualify the company
xv) Evidence of Corporate Registration with appropriate professional body
Method of Application
All EOI should include both Technical and Financial Bids. After preparation of technical as well as the financial documents, both should be in bigger envelope sealed and addressed to the Director General Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and clearly marked “EOI to partner with the Ministry/ITF to develop a robust and compelling industrial revolution blueprint for Nigeria.”
Deadline for the Submission/Opening:
The EOI documents (Technical or Financial) should be submitted in (2) hard and one (1) soft copy to the Office of the Head of Procurement framing Fund (lTF) Miango Road, Jos on or before 13th July 2012.
Only the Technical proposals will be opened on the closing day at 1pm in the presence of the consultants or their representatives at the Director General’s office.
EQUIRIES:
All enquiries should be directed to:
Head of Procurement,
ITF Headquarters,
Miago Road, Jos, Plateau State.
www.itf-nigeria.com
NB
Response to this invitation shall not oblige the 1TF to consider any firm for pre-qualification. All costs incurred as a result of response to this invitation and any subsequent requests for information or clarifications shall be borne by the responding firm. The Fund is not bound to take the least bidder as the assignment is one that is designed to aid industrialization of Nigeria towards job creation, a feature of the Federal Government Transformation Agenda.
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