FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE,
BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING
REQUEST FOR BIDS (GOODS)
(TWO-ENVELOPE BIDDING PROCESS)
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
NAME OF PROJECT: STATES FISCAL TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY (SFTAS) PROGRAM FOR RESULTS
CONTRACT TITLE: SPATIAL DATA PROVISION TO STATES
CREDIT NO. 6296
RFB REFERENCE NO. 194784

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Spatial Data Provision to States. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

2. The States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results Project Coordination Unit now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for a spatial data package to be provided to states that would include (i) state-wide coverage with an orthophoto derived from high resolution satellite imagery (resolution of 50 cm or better) under a license allowing for free use by Government agencies and display to the public in a non-downloadable form, (ii) a digital surface model (DSM) and a digital terrain model (DTM) to accompany the orthophoto; (iii) 3D vector data of footprints and heights of all buildings and trees; and (iv) 2D vector data of roads, waterways, railways, parking lots, runways, other pieces of public infrastructure as well as forests, rivers and waterbodies. The bidder shall demonstrate access to archive or newly tasked imagery suitable for stereo production over Nigeria to a degree that would allow delivering imagery for at least 80% of the area of Nigerian states in a 5-month window upon issuance of the contract. The proposal needs to also include (i) a Quality Control Plan where the provider’s procedures for ensuring the specified accuracies for the production and end products is described; (ii) identification of off-the shelf software that can help states lacking the necessary capacity to use data provided for purposes of property enumeration for 12 months; and (iii) suggestions for maintenance by Government departments that may benefit from having access to these data. Potential contractors should quote in terms of the cost of the data package per km2. Bidders should also quote the cost of (i) future updating of building vectors (per km2); (ii) future updating of orthophoto and digital terrain and surface models (per km2); and (iii) off-the shelf software for field enumeration of property characteristics to complement building vectors (per state) to could help states lacking the necessary capacity/resources. An assurance that will need to be given that these goods could be provided for a period of up to 5 years from the date of delivery.

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July, 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results Coordination Unit, Stephen A. Okon, SFTAS National Project Coordinator, procurement@sftas.org.ng and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours (West African Time) at the address given below.

The bidding document can also be downloaded from www.sftas.org.ng or sent by email upon request to procurement@sftas.org.ng