NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE
PLOT 2173, CAPETOWN STREET, WUSE ZONE 4, ABUJA
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

1. INTRODUCTION
The National Productivity Centre (NPC), a Federal Government Agency under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, in line with its mandate to enhance productivity in the public and private sectors, intends to procure consultancy services for Monitoring and Evaluation of projects various projects. This procurement is in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007 (PPA 2007) and the guidelines of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). The Centre thereby invites interested, competent and experienced consultancy firms/companies to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Consultancy services for Monitoring and Evaluation of various projects to ensure quality, compliance, efficiency, and value for money.

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES
Lot SC 01: Consultancy Services for Monitoring and Evaluation of project (Multiple Lots)

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms should submit the following documents:
a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including forms CAC 1.1, or CAC 2 and CAC 7, Business Name with Form BN 1 is also acceptable for Consultancy Services;
b) Evidence of firm’s Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance for all Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three (3) years (2022, 2023 & 2024) valid till 31st December, 2025;
c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025 (This requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above);
d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December 2025 (This requirement is only applicable to bidders whose number of staff is 15 and above or the bidder’s annual turnover is N50m and above);
e) Evidence of current National 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 the 31st of December 2025 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
g) A sworn affidavit:
i. Disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the National Productivity Centre or the Bureau of Public Procurement is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidding and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
ii. Declaring that the company is not in receivership and/or the subject of any receivership or the subject of any form of winding up proceedings;
iii. Declaration that none of the company’s Directors has been convicted in any country for any criminal offences relating to fraud;
h) Company’s Audited Account for the last three (3) years -2022,2023&2024;
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) 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;
k) Evidence of Firm’s registration with relevant professional regulatory body e.g. NAICOM/Insurance, EHORECON/Cleaning Service, NTTDA/CPN/Information Technology, ICAN/ANAN/Financial Reporting Service, COREN/QSRBN/ARCON/CORBON/SURCON/Construction, NSCDC/Security, ESVARBON/Estate Surveying etc
l) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Awards, Valuation/Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
m) For Consultancy that require Training: Evidence of Firm’s Registration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD);
n) 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], Contract Address, Telephone Number [preferably GSM No], and e-mail 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;

Please note that the Centre will carry out due diligence/verification of all the original documents mentioned above.