ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BAUCHI: INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

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Invitation to Tender
  • Post Date: February 7, 2024
Job Description

ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BAUCHI

HOSPITAL ROAD OFF YANDOKA STREET, PMB 0117, BAUCHI
EMAIL: email4atbuthbauchi@gmail.com

INVITATION TO TENDER AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR 2024 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi hereby invites reputable and competent companies with relevant experience and good track records for the execution of its 2024 Capital Projects as follows:

2. SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS
CATEGORY A: GOODS

LOT NO DESCRIPTION LOCATION
1 Purchase of specialized diagnostic and
other medical equipment
ATBUTH Bauchi
2 Purchase of computers ATBUTH Bauchi
3 Furnishing of Gynae, Internal Medicine and dental complex ATBUTH Bauchi
4 Provision of Radio-Diagnostic Centre Equipment ATBUTH Bauchi
5 Provision of Medical equipment to Health centres in Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Bauchi State Darazo/Ganjuwa
Federal Constituency,
Bauchi State
6 Provision of Medical equipment in
Misau/Dambam Federal Constituency,
Bauchi State
Misau/Dambam Federal Constituency, Bauchi
State
CATEGORY B: WORKS
7 Rehabilitation of wards (surgical) – phase
III
ATBUTH Bauchi
8 Rehabilitation & expansion of ENT complex (external works) ATBUTH Bauchi
9 Expansion of Gynae complex- phase III ATBUTH Bauchi
10 Construction of family medicine complex (external works) ATBUTH Bauchi
11 Expansion of internal medicine complex ATBUTH Bauchi
12 Expansion of dental complex – phase II ATBUTH Bauchi
13 Design & fencing of permanent site ATBUTH Bauchi
14 Construction of radio diagnostic centre ATBUTH Bauchi
CATEGORY C: CONSULTANCY SEVICES
15 Provision of medical outreach in
Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal
Consultancy
Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa
Balewa Federal
Consultancy
16 Consultancy services in respect of category
B office above projects
ATBUTH Bauchi

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested companies should submit the following documents:

a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 1.1 or CAC 2 and CAC7; Business name with form BN1 is also acceptable;

b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificates(or personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates for all partners) for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December 2023; with minimum average annual turnover of N30 million for works;

c) Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above).

d) Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);

e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;

f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;

g) Sworn affidavit

  • disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching, Hospital Bauchi or the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
  • That no director has been convicted in any county for any criminal offence relating to fraud impropriety or criminal misrepresentation
    of falsification of facts relating to any matter.
  • That the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form or bankruptcy proceedings of the subject of any form of winding up
    petition or proceeding
  • That the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institutions of third party that is classified as doubtful, non-performance, bad or whose repayment portion has been outstanding for the last four (4) months.

h) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three years (2020, 2021 & 2022);

i) Reference letter from a reputable commercial bank indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;

j) Company’s profile with the curriculum Vitae of key staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic/professional qualifications such as COREN, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc;

k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including letters of awards, valuation certificates, job completion certificates and photographs of the projects;

l) Medical & Health Equipment: Letter of Authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturers listed in the approved Policy for Procurement of Health and Medical Equipment for Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria;
m) For supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorization as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)

n) Works: List of Plants/Equipment with proof of Ownership/Lease agreement.

o) Lot 15: evidence of firm’s current registration with Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria or any other related professional body(ies);

p) Lot 16: evidence of firm’s current registration relevant regulatory professional body(ies) such as COREN, QSDRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc;

q) For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificates, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn affidavit are compulsory for each JV Partner);

Note: All documents for submission must be submitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s letter head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the CAC, Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No) fax and email address. The letter head paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

4. COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Tender documents are to be collected from the office of the Head of Procurement Unit, Old admin building, office No. 7 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching, Hospital Bauchi on 3rd October between the 8:00am and 4:00pm daily upon presentation of a nonrefundable tender fee of payment of N10, 000.00 into the Hospital’s remita account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria.

5. SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies each of the technical and financial bids with softcopy of the financial bid in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed and clearly marked as “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, the two sealed envelopes should be put together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to the Chief Medical Director Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University Teaching, Hospital, off Yandoka Road, Bauchi PMB 0117, Bauchi State with their company name and contact numbers written boldly on it and dropped in the temper proof tender box located at the Board Room, New administrative building, of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching, Hospital, Bauchi between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm daily not later than 12:00noon on Monday 18th March, 2024.

6. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Interested firms in services are to submit the Expression of Interest (EOI) for each of the lot desired, in three (3) hard copies each (one original & two copies). The EOI should be addressed as indicated above and submitted not later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 19th February, 2023.

7. OPENING OF EOI AND TECHNICAL BIDS
The EOIs and the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission of 12:00 noon on Monday, 19th February, 2023 and 12:00noon on Monday 18th March, 2024 respectively at the board Room, New administrative building of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi in the presence of bidders or their representatives, while the financial bids will be kept unopened. Please, ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the procurement office, as the Hospital will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids.

8. GENERAL INFORMATION
Interested bidders should note the following:
a. Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lot
b. Failure to comply with all instruction(s) shall automatically lead to disqualification.
c. The EOIs/technical bids will be opened in the presence of CSOs and Professional bodies and covered by video recording; invitation link will be sent to bidder who chooses to join the bid opening online;
d. Bid documents can also be collected in soft copies and Bidders can submit through Post (courier services);
e. Goods & Works: Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at later date for virtual financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
f. Services: only shortlisted applicants at EOI’s evaluation will be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals;
g. The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching, Hospital, Bauchi, is not bound to prequalify and bidder reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with section 28 of the Public Procurement ACT 2007.

Signed
Head of Procurement Unit
ATBUTH Bauchi
For: Chief Medical Director