Corporate Development Group
Federal Inland Revenue Service Revenue House
15 Sokode Crescent, Off Michael Okpara Street Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja
Invitation to Tender
Introduction
The attention of all interested bidders is drawn to our earlier advertisement in Daily Trust of February 16 2011, Vanguard, other notional dailies, the Federal Tenders Journal of February 21 2011 –March 6 2011 and the FIRS website inviting prospective contractors to tender for the construction and renovation of some FIRS buildings in the 2011 financial year. The projects are hereby re-advertised and interested eligible bidders are invited to tender for the projects listed in paragraph 2 below.
Offices for Construction /Renovation
Lot 1 Construction of Birnin Kebbi Integrated Tax Office
Lot 2 Construction of Damaturu Integrated Tax Office
Lot 3 Construction of Dutse Integrated Tax Office
Lot 4 Construction of Katampe Integrated Tax Office
Lot 5 Construction of Oshogbo Integrated Tax Office
Lot 6 Renovation of Oshogbo Integrated Tax Office
Lot 7 Renovation and Partitioning of FIRS office at 12, Port Harcourt Crescent Area 11 Abuja
3. Eligibility to Participate
Interested reputable contractors and Service providers must have necessary competences and possess the following:-
i. Certificate of the Company’s Registration/Incorporation verifiable from Corporate Affairs Commission.
ii. Company’s Current Tax Clearance Certificate issued by the proper authority
iii. Submit evidence of membership of the relevant professional association or organization
iv. Tax Identification Number;
v. Company profile reflecting executive capacity, plant and Equipment owned and Personnel (Where applicable)
vi. Evidence from the company’s bankers as to its financial capacity to undertake works if awarded. In addition, prospective service providers shall be required to demonstrate that they are financially capable to provide any service which they may be offered, following this general prequalification. Please note that bankers letter merely stating that the applicant is a customer within any turnover range is not condusively indicative of financial capacity and therefore not acceptable.
vii. A sworn statement that the company is not in receivership or financially/legally encumbered.
viii. Accompanying sworn affidavit of disclosure; to disclose dearly if any of the officers (or related person) of the federal Inland Revenue Service (RRS) or Bureau for Public Procurement is a former or present Director of the company and that the company does not have any Director who has been convicted in any country for any criminal offence relating to fraud or financial impropriety.
ix. Veritable documentary evidence of similar and other jobs successfully executed within the last three years. Such evidence shall be in form of valid and verifiable letters of award of contract, contract agreement and completion certificates or Interim Payment Certificates where such jobs are slit in progress as well as Turnover figures as evident in the Tax Clearance Certificate.
x. Submit evidence of having fulfilled all obligations in relation to pensions and social security contributions in accordance with the provisions of the Pensions Act 2004.
xi. A sworn affidavit that the company is not a replacement for a hitherto tax defaulting company.
Not Eligible
All Contractors who have defaulted on previous contract(s) awarded to them by FIRS.
Collection of Tender Documents
interested contractors ore required to collect detailed tender documents from the office of the Director Procurement Department, Corporate Development Group, Federal Inland Revenue Service Revenue House (Room 128) 15 Sokode Crescent, Off Michael Okpara Street Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja after presenting evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N20,000.00 (Twenty thousand naira only) per lot (subject to a maximum of 3 lots) to the FIRS Central Pay Office (CPO) Revenue House
Submission of Tender Documents
Interested and reputable companies are required to submit oil tender documents (Technical and Financial) in separately sealed envelopes, appropriately marked as indicated in the tender document and addressed to:
Director, Procurement Department
Corporate Development Group
Federal Inland Revenue Service
Revenue House (Room 128)
15 Sokode Crescent, Off Michael Okpara Street
Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja.
The envelopes must be registered in the office of the Director of Procurement Department and there after dropped in the tender box provided for the purpose on or before 28th July 2011 by 12noon.
Closing Date and Time for Submission of Tender Documents
All tender documents must be hand delivered on or before 28th July 2011 by 12noon.
Opening of Tender Documents
Tender documents shall be opened at 1.30pm immediately after the close of Submission.
NOTES
a. The Federal Inland Revenue Service reserves the right to verify claims made by any contractor.
b. Submission of tender does not commit FIRS to awarding contracts to a tenderer.
c. Tendering false documents is an offence- and will lead to disqualification and prosecutions
d. A prospect is encouraged not to tender for more than three (3) projects.
e. Prospective contractors who had paid tender fees (with evidence of payment) in response to the earlier advertisement need not pay another Tender fee
9. Enquiries
For all enquiries:
Please call 08074983355
Signed:
Peter B, Hena
Director, Procurement Department.
