1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is seeking to identify and select a reputable company with good track record of performance for the Supply and Installation of Hyper Convergence Infrastructure (HCI) for the Corporation (NDIC).
 
2.0 SCOPE OF WORK       
NDIC is desirous of acquiring two (2) Units of Hyper Converged Infrastructure for its Production and DR Sites that can support a maximum of 3 nodes failure out of 6 nodes in a cluster with NVMe SSD Model ES3000 V6 and Server Model 2288H V5 that supports both x86 and Arm processors. Data migration from the existing Infrastructure to the HCI is also included
 
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Prospective bidders should submit the following documents in their technical bids:
a.       Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7.
b.      Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2023; with minimum average annual turnover of N150,000,000.00.
c.       Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023 (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, 2023 (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 Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2023;
f.       Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31st December, 2023 or valid Certificate issued by BPP.
g.      Sworn Affidavit:
–        disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation 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 Country for any criminal offence relating to 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 – 2020, 2021 & 2022;
i.       Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
Company’s Profile with the Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their Academic/Professional
j.       qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON, NITDA, CPN etc.
k.      Evidence of Authorisation of the Original Equipment/Software Manufacturer;
l.       Evidence of Firm’s current registration/accreditation with Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA);
m.      For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided indicating among others the Lead Partner (CAC,
Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Clearance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Clearance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner);
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), 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.
Note: Technical Bid should have a Table of Content and be paginated.
4.0 COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Interested Companies are to collect the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Procurement and Management Services Department, 2nd Floor, NDIC Headquarters, Plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue, Central Business District, Abuja on evidence of payment of a non-refundable tender fee of N10,000.00 payable into the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Remita account at www.remita.net through any Deposit Money Bank (DMB) in Nigeria
 
5.0 SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS
Prospective bidders are to submit three (3) hard copies each of the Technical and Financial bids with a soft copy of financial bid only in MS Excel format, packaged separately in sealed envelopes and clearly marked “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”. Thereafter, put the two sealed envelopes together in a bigger sealed envelope addressed to:
Director,
Procurement & Management Services Department, (PMSD)
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC),
Plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue,
Central Business District,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Clearly marked “TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF HYPER CONVERGENCE INFRASTRUCTURE (HCI) FOR THE CORPORATION” (NDIC).
Furthermore, on the reverse side of each sealed envelope should bear the name and address of the bidder and drop in the designated Tender Box on the Ground floor, reception area at the Head Office Building not later than 11: 00a.m Monday, 17th April 2023.
 
6.0 OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS
Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for the submission at 11: 00a.m Monday, 17th April 2023, at the Ground Floor, Visitors waiting room, NDIC Head Office Building in the presence of the bidders or their representatives, while the Financial bids will be kept un-opened. Please, ensure that you sign the Bid Submission Register on the 2nd floor, with the Procurement and Management Services Department, as NDIC will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bids. Further requisite information required can be obtained from the NDIC website or e-mail address info@ndic.gov.ng.
 
7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
i)       Bids must be in English Language and signed by an official authorised by the bidder.
ii)     Bids submitted after the deadline for submission would be returned un-opened.
iii)    All costs will be borne by the bidders.
iv)    Only pre-qualified bidders at technical evaluation will be invited at a later date for financial bids opening, while the financial bids of un-successful bidders will be returned un-opened;
NDIC is not bound to pre-qualify any bidder and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time
without incurring any liabilities in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
SIGNED:
  MANAGEMENT