NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
No.33 Pope John Paul II Street, Maitama-Abuja
PUBLIC NOTICE NIMET/2/2010
INVITATION TO TENDER
In compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) intends to undertake the under listed projects under the 2010 financial year capital budget. Consequently, the Agency wishes to invite interested companies to tender for the following projects;
1. PROCUREMENT AND ISNTALLATION OF 4 NOS UPPER –AIR SOUNDING SYSTEM
The project is designed for monitoring the meteorological parameters at the upper atmospheric levels. This facility is to enhance the quality of weather forecasting for safe flight operations.
Lot I – Kano
Lot II -Calabar
Lot III – Yola
Lot IV – Jos
2. PROCUREMENT OF UPPER AIR CONSUMABLE
The project is designed for monitoring the meteorological parameters at the upper atmospheric levels. This facility is to enhance the quality of weather forecasting for safe flight operations.
Lot I -Enugu Airport
Lot II – Mallam Amininu Kano Int’l Airport, Kano
Lot III – Calabar Airport
Lot IV – Yola Airport
Lot V – Jos Airport
Lot VI – Lagos and Maiduguri Airport
3. PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF 8NOS INTEGRATED AVIATION WEATHER OBSERVATION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM (AWODS)
The AWODS is an automatic weather observation system that integrates the measurement of key meteorological parameters like wind, pressure, humidity, radiation, visibility, cloud, precipitation, present weather, and processes them to produce meteorological information for air safety. The system is capable of broadcasting these weather reports which can be received by aircraft operating up to 3000m above ground level and 25 nautical miles from the airport. Each of the Airports is a separable Lot. i.e
Lot I – Sokoto, Abuja , Kano and Zaria Airports
Lot II – Lagos, Benin, Ibadan and Port –Harcourt Airports
4. PROCUREMENT AND INSTRALLATION OF SATTELITE DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ACCESSORIES
SADIS is used for importing aeronautical forecasts, through the production of key weather-sensitive charts critical to safety of air navigation.
Lot I – Port Harcourt Airport
Lot II – Abuja Airport
Lot III – Maiduguri Airport
Lot IV – Sokoto Airport
Lot V – Ilorin Airport
Lot VI – Owerri Airport
5. CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NOS EACH OF MARINE/PORT MET STATIONS AND ENCLOSURE
The port stations are required to provide weather forecasts in favour of Marine Transport Safety. They will also enhance recruitment of ships/Vessels for marine data acquisition at sea to enrich marine data base/forecasts.
Lot I – Eket
Lot II – Onne
Lot III – Forcados
6. CONSTRUCTION OF 6 NOS SYNOPTIC STATION AND 2 NOS ZONAL SYNOPTIC OFFICES
In consideration of the need to increase the station network to meet WMD recommendation on station network density, the Agency intends to construct new synoptic stations in parts of the country where there is need. This will ensure adequate weather coverage for the country. The synoptic stations/zonal synoptic offices.
Lot I – Jigawa
Lot II – Brini Kebbi
Lot III – Awka
Lot IV – Calabar
Lot V – Yanagoa
Lot VI – Zaria
Lot VII – Enugu (Zonal)
Lot IX – Maiduguri (Zonal)
7. CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPPING OF CENTRAL INSTRUMENTS CALIBRAION MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP AT ABUJA
Weather instruments and sensors are regularly calibrated and maintained to ensure more accuarate measurements of weather parameters. This infrastructure will assist NIMET to undertake this exercise within the country
Lot I – Construction of Workshop Building
Lot II – Procurement and Installation of equipment
8. PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF METEOFACTORY AT ABUJA
This equipment will automatically produce meteorological information and disseminate same to the required end – users such as Hydromet, Agromet, Public weather Services, etc.
9. PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF AIR QUALITY AND OZONE MONITORING EQUIPMENT
The equipment will measure the pollution level of trace – gasses, so> Co> 02 Aerosols etc.
Lot I – Abuja
Lot II – Lagos
Lot III – Kano
10. PROVISION AND INSTALLATION OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION EQUIPMENT FOR NIMET (CLUSTER FOR MODELLING) AT ABUJA AIRPORT
The NWP equipment is an integrated system that assimilates meteorological data, process and analyse these data with displayed output products whose validity range 1-5 days;
11. CONSTRUCTION OF PORT-METFORECAST OFFICE
These stations will be used for monitoring weather in the coastal areas and issuing weather forecast in aid of marine safety as well as ensure sustainable socio economic activities in the marine sector.
Lot I – Calabar
Lot II – Lagos (Apapa)
12. PROVISION AND INSTALLATION OF 2 NOS VOLMET WEATHER INFORMATION BROADCAST SYSTEM
Volmet is a communication equipment that converts regular aeronautical information (weather parameters) from texts to voice output for broadcast at regional level. It is designed to assist continental flight with valuable regional rather than station/point) weather reports as the flight enters a region such as West/Africa. Each of the stations is a separate project i.e.
Lot I – Ikeja Airport
Lot II – Kano Airport
13. PROCUREMENT OF CONVENTIONAL INSTRUMNTS NATIONWIDE
These are instruments for measuring atmospheric parameter such as temperature, pressure, wind speed direction solar radiation, precipitation etc.
Lot I – Barometers and Calibration Chamber
Lot II – Autographic Instruments
Lot III – Wind Sensor Instruments
Lot IV – Solar Radiation Instruments
14. CONSULTANCY FOR LIDAR-BASED WINDSHEAR ALERT SYSTEM FOR ABUJA, LAGOS, ILORIN AND PORT-HARCOURT
The consultant will design the LIDAR system and provide basic training for the Engineers and operators .
A. TENDER REQUIREMENT
To qualify for consideration, interested companies are require to submit the documents listed hereunder. Failure to submit any of the underlisted documents may lead to disqualification of the bid.
(i) Evidence of registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
(ii) Audited Account for three years
(iii) Evidence of payment of the last three (3) years tax
(iv) Details of company’s profile including the Curriculum Vitae of the key professional staff and other resources
(v) Evidence of Manufacturer’s Authorization
(vi) Evidence from company’s Banker as to its financial capability to under take the project, if awarded
(vii) Verifiable evidence of previous experience in jobs of this magnitude/nature. (Attach letters of Award and Certificates of completion)
(viii) Evidence of VAT Registration and past remittances
(ix) Evidence of compliance with the provision of the Pension Reform Act 2004 as contained in section 16 sub-section 6(d) of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
(x) List of equipment and plants with evidence of ownership and verifiable office location
(xi) Records of company’s Registration with relevant Professional bodies for consultants
(xii) Any other information that would be of advantage to the company.
(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(i) Notwithstanding the submission of tender data, the Nigerian meteorological Agency is neither committed nor obligated to include your company of any bid list or award any bid list or award any form of contract to your company or agent.
(ii) The advertisement shall not be considered as a commitment on the part of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency; nor shall it entitle potential companies to make claims whatsoever or seek any indemnity from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency by virtue of such company having responded to the advertisement.
(iii) All tenders should be accompanied with tender security in the sum of 2% of the total quotation sum
C. NON-REFUNDABLE TENDER FEE
(i) Tender documents would be obtained from the Agency’s procurement
secretariat, within work hours before closing date, upon payment of non-refundable tender fee of N30,000.00 for each of the lots .
D. SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Completed Financial and Technical Tenders are to be submitted in two separate Envelopes Marked Financial Bid or Technical Bids respectively. Each of the Envelopes are to contain one original and two duplicate copies of the Tenders respectively. Both envelopes enclosed in a larger envelope marked Confidential on Top Left Corner and written Tender for … (Specify Lot) at the centre. Tender to be addressed and submitted to the office of the Director-General at the Agency’s address supplied at the top of this advert. Submission of applications closes on 31st May 2010 by 12.00noon while bid will be opened at 2.00pm on the same date at the NIMET Headquarters Conference Hall, Abuja.
Note
Only the Technical Bids will be opened on the date mentioned in this publication while the Financial Bids of the Bidders that passed the Technical Evaluation would be opened on a date that would be communicated to these companies .
Management
Nigerian Meteorological Agency
Abuja.
