Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA)
Headquarters, No 8 Ayangba Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja
Invitation for Expression of Interest for the Development of District Engineering Infrastructure by Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) in the Federal Capital Territory
The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) as an integral part of its vision and policy thrust has embraced the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model as a key strategy for the accelerated delivery of district engineering infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
FCT with a population of 1.4 million at the 2006 Census and an estimated annual growth rate of 13% is Nigeria’s centre of government and headquarters of ECOWAS. To cater for the population, FCDA aims to develop the infrastructure in the remaining districts in if sustainable and efficient way.
FCDA is inviting competent and reputable developers, project sponsors and investors (local or foreign) either as an individual firm or a consortium to express interest for the development of Abuja city’s district infrastructure by PPP. The envisioned PPP model is a Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) concession and transfer. The PPP process will be carried out in line with the requirements of the approved National Policy on PPP and Guidelines issued by the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
Scope of Works
The successful developers will review, complete and adopt the FCDA design, provide financing for the works, build the infrastructure and keep them in serviceable state during the operation and maintenance period. The districts are:
| Mabushi District | Durumi District |
| Kado District | Gwarimpa District |
The works comprise roads and bridges, storm water drainage system, foul sewer drainage network, water distribution network, power distribution, street lighting and telecommunication. All works are to comply with the Abuja Master Plan provisions and FCDA Standard Specifications for Engineering Infrastructure Development for the Federal Capital City (FCC).
Pre-Qualification Requirements
In order to be pre-qualified, prospective firms or consortia are required to collect pre-qualification -documents as from now from the address below:
The Director,
Department of Mass Housing /PPP,
FCDA Headquarters, No 8 Ayangba Street,
Area 11, Garki, Abuja,
The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) will enable the FCDA evaluate the economic, financial standing, ability and technical capacity of prospective firms or consortia wishing to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). The PQQ should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Project Information Memorandum (PIM) which provides prospective firms or consortia with appropriate information and scope of the development.
Firms are expected to present one submission and if successful in the pre-qualification stage, will be allowed to bid on any of the lots.
Eligibility Criteria
All interested organisations must meet eligibility Criteria which are considered RESPONSIVE, The absence of any one of them would automatically disqualify an applicant for qualification.
These are:
i. Certified true copy of Certificate of Incorporation,
ii. Certified true copy of Articles and Memorandum of Association and current Annual Return with Corporate Affairs Commission,
iii. Company audited accounts for three years prepared and endorsed by a firm of Chartered Accountants
iv. Certified true copy of Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years including Tax identification Number (TIN),
v. Evidence of VAT registration and remittance of returns for the past three years,
vi. Evidence of Compliance with Pension Reform Act 2004
If resident in Abuja, evidence of payment of FCT Utility Biff in the past 3 months,
A Statement indicating that the Company does not at this time have any existing loan or financial liability with a bank or other financial institution or third party that is classified doubtful, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding in the last three months,
ix. Letter of reference from Bankers,
x. Accompanying sworn affidavit of disclosure: to disclose clearly whether any officer (or related person) of the FCTA, FCDA or ICRC 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
Each member of any consortia must provide separate documentation that meets the eligibility criteria in order for the submission to be considered responsive.
The pre-qualification documents (arranged in the order of the stated eligibility criteria and Contents of the PQQ) should be loose-bound and submitted in triplicate and clearly marked “Pre-Qualification for the
Development of District Engineering Infrastructure by PPP in the
FCT”
Pre-qualification documents should be submitted to the address below on or before 12 noon, on Wednesday 13th April 2011.
The Coordinator,
Abuja Infrastructure Investment Centre (AIIC),
3rd Floor, ITF House,
No. 6 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,
Wuse II,
Abuja.FCT
The documents will be publicly opened on the same day (Wednesday, 13th April 2011) at FCDA Headquarters Conference Room, Abuja at 2.00 pm. Representatives of the bidding companies are invited to witness the opening of the documents.
It should be noted that:
- This invitation does not constitute a commitment on the part of FCDA for negotiations on any of the projects with any firm or consortium expressing interest.
- This is not an invitation to submit Request for Proposals (RfP). Only pre-qualified firms will be Invited to submit RfP for any of the projects.
- The submission of PQQ documents shall not entitle any of the interested parties to any claims against FCDA by virtue of such firm or consortium having responded to the EOI invitation. All costs incurred by respondents as a result of this EOI invitation and any subsequent requests for information shall be at the respondent’s expense only.
- FCDA shall not be responsible for the late arrivals of PQQ documents sent by courier or post. All submissions must arrive before the scheduled time and date,
- FCDA shall carry out due diligence on the firms or consortia to verify information included in their submissions.
Signed
Management
