Federal Republic of Nigeria
Enugu State Water Corporation
Specific Procurement Notice
National Competitive Bidding (NCB)
1st National Urban Water Sector Reform Project (CR. 4784 NG-UNI)
Supply and Installation of Accounting/Billing Software for Enugu State Water Corporation
(EN- NUWSRP/ NCB/GOODS/01/12)
IDA Credit No. 4784 NG-UNI
1. This invitation for bids follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in Development Business, issue No. 633 dated 30th June, 2004
2. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has received a credit facility of US$801 million from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the First National Urban Water Sector Reform Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contract for the Supply and Installation of Accounting/billing System for Enugu State Water Corporation
3. The Enugu State Water Corporation (ENSWC) Serves as the implementing agency for the project and now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for I Computerization of Accounting/Billing System, including the key information \ technologies, equipment, and related services to be procured (e.g., installation, integration, training, technical support).
4. Bidding will be conducted using the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all Bidders eligible as defined in these Guidelines, that meet the following minimum qualification criteria
a) During the past four (4) years, the Bidder must have completed two (2) successful contracts involving the development, installation, and provision of technical support for information Systems of similar functional/technical characteristics and of a comparable scale as the subject contract over the last four years. The bidder shall also provide details of works underway or contractually completed;
b) documents defining the constitution or legal status, place of registration, and principal place of business;
c) statement of annual average manpower and number of managerial staff for the last three years; ,
d) company structure and organization including qualifications and experience of key management and technical personnel proposed for the Contract
e) description of the Quality Management System that covers design, manufacturing, installation and services or presentation of a Quality System Certificate (ISO 9001 or equivalent) issued by a national certification institute;
f) reports on the financial standing, such as profit and loss statements and auditor’s reports for the past five years; evidence of adequacy of working capital for this Contract;
g) information regarding any litigation, current or during the last Five years;
Annual turnover and liquidity of at least a 50 Million Naira in, two (2) of the last four (4) years
5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Enugu State Water Corporation (PIU) and inspect the bidding documents at the address below from Mondays to Fridays (except public holidays) from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm.
6. A complete set of bidding documents in English Language may be purchased by interested Bidders on submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of NGN30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira Only) or in amount in specified convertible currency. The method of payment will be by Bank Draft made in favour of 1st National Urban Water Sector Reform Project. The Bidding Documents will be collected by hand or sent by courier services on request.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before June 11, 2012 by 12 noon. Bids need to be secured by a bid security, the amount of Bid Security required is NGN 375,000.00 (Three Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Naira Only) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency)
Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 12.30pm, June 11, 2012
8. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidder and (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result in ineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts.
9. The Address referred to above is
Mr. O’Brien Ofordu
The Managing Director
Enugu State Water Corporation
3, Constitution Road Enugu, Nigeria
