Federal Ministry of Transport
Bukar Dipcharima House
Central Business District, Abuja
Invitation for Expression of Interest for the Consultancy Services in CRFFN Appropriation
Federal Ministry of transport, through the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria has provision for consultancy Services under the CRFFN 2011 Statutory Budget, competent and interested companies are hereby invited for the expression of interest for the following consultancy services.
2. Projects are:
Lot (i) consultancy service for the establishment of microfinance bank
Lot (ii) consultancy services for the establishment of multipurpose cooperative society
3. The Evaluation Criteria
Interested companies shall forward copies of the following documents and the originals to be made available for sighting during the tender opening.
(i). Evidence of Registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Articles of Memorandum of Association
(ii). Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years, ending December 2011;
(iii). Companies Audited Account for the last three (3) years prepared by a Chartered Accounting Firm;
(iv). Evidences of registration and remittance of contributory for staff of the company pension fund as provided in section 16 subsection 6 (d) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007
(v). Bank Statement of the Company for the twelve (12) months and Reference letter from a reputable Nigerian Bank (original);
(vi). Company profile showing the list of key personnel officers to be attached to the project stating their roles, designation, qualifications and experience,
(vii). Verifiable documentary evidences of similar jobs successfully executed in the last five (5) years. Copies of Letters of Award of Contract and/or Completion Certificates will be considered;
(viii). List of equipment to be used for the project, their locations and whether owned, hire or lease,
(ix). Sworn Affidavit in line with the provisions of Part IV, section 16, sub-section 6
(e-f) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
(x). Interested Companies should have up to date returns with the CAC and be informed that due diligence could be conducted;
(xi). Letter authorizing CRFFN or its representative to cross check the submitted account
(xii). Work plan and technology capacity
4. Submission of Documents
The document must be arranged in the order of the above stated criteria and loose-bound. The submission should be in triplicate and placed in one sealed envelope containing the original and two other copies and clearly marked “Expression of Interest for (the Project)”. The documents are to be dropped in the Tender Box at the CRFFN Tenders Board Secretariat Conference Hail office complex, No. 51 Khartoum Street Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja on or before 24th October, 20112 by 12.00 noon. The representatives of the bidding companies are invited to witness the opening of the documents on the same day at conference hall, office complex, No. 51, Khartoum Street Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja by 2.00pm.
Note:
i. The absence of any criteria (i), (ii) and 0v) above would be considered NON-RESPONSIVE and that automatically disqualifies any applicant for further considerations. Also, the original document of (i)(ii) and (iv) above must be produced for sighting during the Opening session.
ii. Only firms that score up to 70% and above shall be shortlisted and invited to submit technical and financial proposals for the consultancy service.
iii. Due diligence could be conducted on the firms that have submitted pre-qualification documents. Therefore, the addresses) of the Head Quarters with its branch offices must be clearly specified,
iv. Interested members of the general public, especially the Civil Society Organisations are invited to attend the opening exercise but shall adhere to the Code of Conduct for Public Procurement Observers issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
v. Firms’ representative are to come along with a letter of introduction indicating name, rank and sample signature to the venue of the opening exercise,
vi. This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of CRFFN, nor shall it entitle responding firm to seek any indemnity from CRFFN by virtue of such firm having responded to this advertisement
vii. Submissions at the opening venue shall be rejected.
Signed
Secretary, Tender Board
