SUPPLY OF FOUR (4) DOUBLE CABIN PICK-UP VEHICLES FOR THE MPP9 PROJECT

Location: Lagos State, Nigeria

1. Publication reference

CDF/EU/FGN/MPP9/01/2012

2. Procedure

Local Open

3. Programme

EDF

4. Financing

Financing agreement N° 9713/UNI/EDF

Accounting: 9ACP UNI 016; 9 ACP UNI 017. (CRIS NO. 20 -794)

5. Contracting authority

The Executive Director,

Community Development Foundation

1 Kayode Odusloa Crescent, Ikosi GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.  

CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

6.    Description of the Contract

This contract is for the supply of four (4) Nos Double Cabin Pick-Up Vehicles for monitoring and     supervising of CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) activities for the MPP9 project in the    nine Niger Delta States.(please see Annex II+ III Technical Specifications for the detailed description of the vehicles.

7     Number and titles of lots

This contract is not divided into lots

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

8     Eligibility and rules of origin

Participation in tendering is open on equal terms to natural and legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers which are established in one of the Member States of the European Union, ACP States or in a country or territory authorised by the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement under which the contract is financed (see also item 22 below). Participation is also open to international organisations. All goods supplied under this contract must originate in these countries.

9     Grounds for exclusion

Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the Tender Form for a Supply Contract, to the effect that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contracts procedures for EU external actions.

10   Number of tenders

Tenderers may submit only one tender. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the supplies required in the tender dossier.

11   Tender guarantee

Tender guarantee is not required for this contract

12   Performance guarantee

The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.

13   Information meeting and/or site visit

No information meeting is planned

14   Tender validity

Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of tenders.

15   Period of implementation of tasks

30 days from the date of signing the contract until provisional acceptance.

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

16   Selection criteria

Economic and financial capacity of candidate:

Average annual turnover in the past 3 years (2009 2010 and 2011) for vehicles supply contract shall be at least forty five million naira (N45, 000,000.00).

Average annual operating profit of the tenderer (firm or consortium partners, all     together) should be positive over the last three years (2009, 2010, 2011).

Technical and professional capacity of candidate:

The tenderer must have completed at least one contract of similar nature and size in the last five years.

17   Award criteria

Price

TENDERING

18   How to obtain the tender dossier

The tender dossier can be downloaded from the following websites:

http://mpp9.org/

http://www.delnga.ec.europa.eu/

The tender dossier is also available from the Contracting Authority

Tenders must be submitted using the standard Tender Form for a Supply Contract included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.

Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:

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(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19.  The Contracting Authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications or minor changes to the tender dossier will be published at the latest 11 days before the submission deadline on the MPP9 website at https://mpp9.org/, the European Union Delegation Nigeria website at

http://www.delnga.ec.europa.eu/

19   Deadline for submission of tenders

10.00a.m, 8^th March, 2012

Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.

20   Tender opening session

The tenders will be opened in public session on 8^th March, 2012 at 11.30a.m at 1 Kayode Odusola Crescent, By Caleb International School, Along CMD Road, Ikosi GRA, Lagos by the committee appointed for the purpose. The committee will draw up minutes of the meeting, which will be available on request.

21   Language of the procedure

All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.

22   Legal basis

ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended on 25 June 2005 and in 2008 (Annex IV)

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