MINISTRY OF STEEL DEVELOPMENT
METALLURGICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
KM 6/7, ONITSHA OWERRI ROAD
P.M.B 1555, ONITSHA
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha is a Federal Government Owned Institute with the mandate to train Low/Middle Level Technical Manpower in Maintenance and Repair works for the Steel and Allied Industries in Nigeria. In compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007, the institute hereby invites reputable, competent and qualified companies to tender for Procurement and Consultancy Services of the following projects:

2.SCOPE OF GOODS & SERVICES
CAPITAL PROJECTS: INVITATION TO TENDER

CATEGORY A: GOODS
LOT NO DESCRIPTION
LOT 1:  PURCHASE OF TRAINING EQUIPMENT
LOT 2:  PURCHASE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT
LOT 3: PURCHASE OF POWER GENERATOR

CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

CATEGORY B: CONSULTANCY SERVICES
LOT NO DESCRIPTION
LOT 4: AUTOMATION OF THE PAYMENT PROCESSES FOR ENHANCED EFFICIENCY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY (APPEETA)

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7. Business Name with Form BN1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b. Evidence of Company Income’s 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 & 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 5 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 bidders whose annual turnover is N50m and above);
e. Evidence of 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 31st December, 2025 or valid Certificate issued by the BPP;
g. Sworn Affidavit:
– disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committee of the Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha or the Bureau of public Procurement 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 criminal offence relating to any fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter;
– that the company is not in receivership, the subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings;
– that the company does not have existing loan or financial liability with a bank, other financial institution or 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 (3) years – 2022, 2023 & 2024, and the declared turnovers must correspond with those in Tax Clearance Certificate;
i. Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
j. For Training Programmes (Lot 4): Evidence of firm’s current Registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD) and the firm must register with the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation;
k. 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, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, etc.;
l. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards, Valuation Certificates and Job Completion Certificates and Photograph of the projects.
m. For Supply of Equipment: Letter of Authorisation as representative of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs);
n. Electricity Jobs: Evidence of current Licence issued by Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA);
o. For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) indicating Lead Partner should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, 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 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 Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly Note signed by the authorised officer of the Firm.