NIGERIA ARMY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAKURDI, BENUE STATE-INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2026 TETFUND ANNUAL AND PROJECT MAINTENANCE INTERVENTION PROJECT

NIGERIA ARMY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MAKURDI, BENUE STATE

INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND TENDER FOR YEAR 2026 TETFUND ANNUAL AND PROJECT MAINTENANCE INTERVENTION PROJECT

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Management of Nigeria Army College of Environmental Science and Technology Makurdi, Benue State in pursuant of its mandate, and in line with the Public Procurement Act 2007 (as amended), the College hereby invite interested, competent/qualified and experience Contractors/Firms with relevant experiences and good track records of prompt delivery of similar projects who may wish to be pre-qualified for the Procurement of Goods and Services under the YEAR 2026 TETFUND ANNUAL AND PROJECT MAINTENANCE INTERVENTION PROJECT below:

2.0 SCOPE OF WORKS
Year 2026 TETFUND Project Infrastructure Intervention
Lot 1: Proposed Construction and Furnishing of (One suspended Floor) Classrooms and Offices Blocks

Year 2026 TETFUND Project Maintenance Intervention
Lot 1: Proposed Remodeling of Rector’s Office
Lot 2: Proposed Refurbishing of NACEST Theater.

3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
For purposes of evaluation, interested Contractors should supply the under listed information including but not limited to the following:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name is also acceptable for Services;
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 and 2024) valid till 31st December, 2025;
c. Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025 (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, 2025 (this requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 5 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N30m and above);
e. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025;
f. Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2025;
g. Sworn Affidavit:
i. Certifying that the company is not in receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy.
ii. Stating that no officer of Nigeria Army College of Environmental Science and Technology, Makurdi or Bureau of Public Procurement is a Director or Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.
iii. Also, that none of the Directors of the Company has been convicted for criminal offence in relation to fraud or financial impropriety in any court in Nigeria or elsewhere.
iv. And that all information presented in the bid is true and correct in all particulars.
h. Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 and 2024)
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 the Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional qualifications;
k. Verifiable document evidence of similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Award.
l. For joint venture/partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) should be provided indicating the duties and responsibilities of individual firms constituting the joint venture.
m. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), and e-mail address. The Letter Head Paper must bear Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Prequalification and Tender Documents from the Procurement Unit, Nigeria Army College of Environmental Science and Technology Makurdi, Benue State on providing evidence of payment of a non-refundable fee of N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira) only.

5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit two (2) hard copies of the Technical and Financial Bids (original and photocopy) packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “Technical Bid” and Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope and addressed to: The Head of Procurement, Nigeria Army College of Environmental Science and Technology Makurdi, Benue State and clearly marked with the name of the project and lot number. Each of the envelopes must have the name and full address of the bidder at the reverse side of the envelope where the lot number and project were written. Furthermore, the sealed and properly addressed envelope shall be dropped in the Designated Tender Box situated in the Procurement Unit, Nigeria Army College of Environmental Science and Technology Makurdi, not later than 12:00pm of Friday, 08th May, 2026. Kindly remember to sign the Bid Submission Register at the point of submission as the Polytechnic will not be liable for wrongly submitted Bids.

6.0 OPENING OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
The Prequalification and Tender Documents shall be opened after the deadline for submission by 12:00pm on Friday, 08th May, 2026 at the Procurement Unit, Nigeria Army College of Environmental Science and Technology Makurdi, Benue State in the presence of the bidders or their representatives. While, the financial bids will be kept un-opened please.

7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
a. Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorized by the bidder;
b. Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened;
c. All cost will be borne by the bidders;
d. Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be called at a later date for collection of tender documents for the financial bids;
e. The Nigeria Army College of Environmental science and Technology Makurdi, Benue State is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the Procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the 2007 Public Procurement ACT.

Signed:
MANAGEMENT