Construction of Roads, Street Drains and Drainage / Canal at Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project (LMDGP)

Lagos State Government

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project (LMDGP)

IDA Credit No. 4219.

National Competitive Bidding (NCB)

Construction of Roads, Street Drains and Drainage / Canal at Ikate Olaogun.

(LMDGP/NCB/SU/W/RC-DR/01/011)

1 .      This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business, issue no. 1688882 of March 20^th, 2007.

2.       The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association toward the cost of Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the Contract for Construction of Roads, Street Drains and Drainage Canal at Ikate Olaogun in Lagos City.

3.       The Lagos State Government represented by Lagos Metropolitan Development & Governance Project now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the execu­tion of the works below:

4.       Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures spec­ified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, May 2004 revised October 1, 2006, and May 2010 and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the guidelines.

5.       Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Project Director, Lagos Metropolitan Development & Governance Project (LMDGP),

e-mail: info@lmdgp.ng.org and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below. The documents can be inspected during official hours of 8.30am – 5.30pm on Monday to Friday, except on public holidays.

6.       Qualifications requirements for these contracts are in the bid documents and include:

a.       Possession of experience as a Prime Contractor for at least the last five (5) years prior to the appli­cation submission deadline, and with work cited should be at least 70% complete,

b.       Minimum average annual turnover in construction works of at least Naira 1,350,000.000 in the last five years in works that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed works under this Contract;

c.       Project Manager with First Degree in Civil Engineering and at least 15 years’ experience in Works of equivalent nature and volume;

d.       Own a substantial proportion of the construction equipment required to successfully execute the Contracts;

e.       Provide Annual audited account for the last 5 years to demonstrate the current soundness of the applicants financial position and its prospective long term profitability, and have Liquidity and/or evi­dence of access to or availability of confirmed positive credit facilities of not less than Naira 225 Million.

7.       A complete set of Bidding Documents for this contract in English language may be pur­chased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee in local currency Naira 20,000. The method of pay­ment will be in the form of Bank Draft or Pay Order in favour of “Lagos Metropolitan Development & Governance Project (LMDGP)”. The Bidding Documents may be collected in person by a bidder’s representative duly authorized by the bidder in his application, or sent by courier services on request (in case of request by courier, the bidder is advised to arrange for own pre-paid courier service).

8.       Bidders must ensure that they possess the qualification requirement specified in the bidding document and necessary capacity to complete the contract within the time specified in the bid­ding document. A pre-bid meeting will be held on November 10, 2011 at 11.00am in the premises of LMDGP and all bidders or their authorized representatives are requested to attend the meeting on time.

9.       Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 11 am, of December 8^th , 2011. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security or securities in the amounts stated in paragraph 3. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representa­tives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below at 11:00 a.m, on December 8^th , 2011.

Bayo Kelekun

The Project Director

Lagos Metropolitan Development & Governance Project

1, Wempco Road, off Lateef Jakande Road

Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria

Email: info@lmdgp.org.ng Telephone: 234(01) 8976433, 7390259

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