Procurement of all in one Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Scanner, Printer and Designing Machines for the Lagos State Examination Board at Lagos EKO Secondary Education Project

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Lagos State Government

Lagos Eko Secondary Education Project

Government Technical College, Ado Soba

Credit No: CR 45910-NG

Procurement of all in one Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Scanner, Printer and Designing Machines for the Lagos State Examination Board

National Competitive Bidding (NCB)

IFB No: LEP/NCB/G-12-001

Date of Issuance: Monday 19^th March, 2012

This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business; issue no WB3947-808/1 1 of 14 September, 201 1.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Lagos EKO Secondary Education Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments  under the Contract for the Procurement of 2 units all in one Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Scanner, Printer and Designing Machines for the Lagos State Examination Board.

The all in one Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Scanner, Printer and Designing Machines will be used as a complete solution for processing objective answer sheets. The machine must be capable of being able to design and prim customized optical mark recognition answer sheets for high voluminous answer scripts.

The Lagos EKO Secondary Education Project now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Procurement of 2 nos. of all in one Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Scanner, Printer and Designing Machines. Details are as follows:

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:

Documentary evidence of previous supply (sale) and delivery similar machine required within the last, three years.

Demonstrate ability to provide full technical support for the all in one machine after delivery, setting up and commissioning,

Audited Financial Statements for the last 3 years to demonstrate the financial capability of the Bidder in terms of Profitability and adequate working capital.

Additional details are provided in the Bidding Document.

4.       Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from The Lagos EKO Secondary Education Project Office and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below. The documents can be inspected during official hours 9am to 4pm on Mondays to Fridays with the exception of Public Holidays.

5.       A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested suppliers on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of N15,000.00 (Fifteen Thousand Naira only) or US$100.00 equivalent. The method of payment will only be by Bank Draft made payable to Lagos EKO Project. The bid document may be collected by Supplier’s Representative duly authorised by the Supplier in his application or sent by courier services on request.

6.       Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 1100 am of Monday, 16^th April, 2012. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of at least One million, two hundred thousand naira (N1,200,000.00) in form of a Bank Guarantee, or Bank Managers cheque issued by a reputable Nigerian Commercial Bank. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives, who choose to attend at the Conference Room of the Project Office at 11.00 am on 16 April, 2012.

Signed

The Project Coordinator Lagos EKO Secondary Education Project

4, Emina Crescent Off Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos

Tel: 234-1-8707704

E-mail: lagosekoproject@yahoo.com

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