UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, NIGERIA
INVITATION TO TENDER

1. INTRODUCTION
The University of Lagos Nigeria is a federal tertiary institution established by the University of Lagos Act, 1967 (as amended) CAP U9 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004, with its main campus at Akoka, Lagos. The University is desirous of embarking on the under-listed projects and as such, qualified suppliers are hereby invited to submit bids for the projects as described.

2. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LOTS:
Interested Contractors/Companies are required to submit the following documents in sequential order as listed below:
a. Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), including Forms CAC₂ and CAC₇ (or CAC₁.₁) status report and current annual returns filing
b. Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (i.e. 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 N50m and above).
e. Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2025.
f. Evidence of Company’s registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring 31/12/2025 or valid Certificate issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement. (BPP).
g. Current Sworn Affidavit:
– disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of University of Lagos 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;
– The Company is not in receivership, subject of any form of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or the subject of any form of winding up petition or proceedings.
– The Company does not have any director who has been convicted by any court in Nigeria and any other country for criminal offences in relation to fraud or financial impropriety or criminal misrepresentation or falsification of facts relating to any matter.
– That all information presented in the documents are true and correct in all particulars.
h. Company’s Audited Accounts 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.
k. Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of awards, Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects;
l. All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company’s Letter Head Paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by 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 signed by the authorised officer of the firm.

Other mandatory requirements are listed as follows:

In respect of LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 –
(a) Bidders shall have minimum average annual turnover of not less than N200,000,000.00 (Two Hundred Million Naira Only), N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira Only), N85,000,000.00 (Eighty-Five Million Naira Only), N130,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Thirty Million Naira Only), N180,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira Only), N130,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Thirty Million Naira Only) for LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 respectively as evidence in the Tax Clearance Certificate.
I. Evidence of having at least one (1) COREN Registered Civil/Structural Engineer with practicing license valid for 2025 (copy of COREN Certificate and Current practicing licence of the personnel must be attached).
II. Evidence of having at least one (1) QSRBN Registered Quantity Surveyor with practicing license valid for 2025 (copy of QSRBN Certificate and Current practicing licence of the personnel must be attached)

In respect of LOT 7–13
(a) Bidder must have current documentary evidence as sole/authorised distributor / agent of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).