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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INVESTMENTINDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF)NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE FOR INVITATIONFOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO DEVELOP A ROBUST ANDCOMPELLING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BLUEPRINT FORNIGERIAWith reference to the Advertisement in Daily Trust and Thisday Newspapersof Friday June, 29 th 2012 on “Invitation for Expression of Interest toDevelop a Robust and Compelling Industrial Revolution Blueprint forNigeria”, the Fund wishes to bring to the notice of the public the extensionof the closing date for submission of the Expression of Interest from Friday13 th July, 2012 to Wednesday 15 th August, 2012, due to unforeseencircumstances.The general public, particularly interested and qualified Consultants are totake note of the new date as bids will be opened on the 15 th of August, 2012by 12:00 noon.This notice is also pasted on the Fund’s website: www.itf-nigeria.com forpublic information.SignedManagement

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INVESTMENTINDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF)INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO DEVELOP A ROBUST ANDCOMPELLING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BLUEPRINT FOR NIGERIAThe Industrial Training Fund (ITF) hereby requests for an expression of interest(EOI) from interested and qualified consultancy firms (International and Local) inpartnering with the Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment to develop a robust andcompelling Industrial Revolution Blueprint for Nigeria. This is geared towards a holisticand robust industrial fabric for Nigeria and which is very relevant to the TransformationAgenda of the Federal Government of Nigeria.2.0 TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)The terms of reference for the consultancy work include the following:-i. To work with the staff of the Ministry and ITF in order to carry out atargeted top-down diagnosis of Nigeria’s industrial sector as currentlyset, and fashion out a workable, achievable and beneficial industrialsector as obtains in other climes such as Brazil, India, South Africa,Malaysia and Thailand.ii. To fashion/formulate additional mandate towards the realization of theFederal Government Transformation Agenda,iii. Provide financial implication for the exercise using the BPP Standardrequest for Proposals for small assignment time based and the revisedFederal Government scale of fees, using man-hours.iv. The top-down diagnosis of Nigeria’s Industrial sector which will includean assessment of the Country’s current position and evolution over timeoutlining its strengths and weakness, and benchmarking a few keyindicators to a group of peer and aspirational countries such as Brazil,India, South Africa, Malaysia and Thailand. The data gathered and

findings observed will then be used to put forward the overall aspirationfor the country’s industrial sector which can be used to galvanize thealignment of key stakeholders in this aspiration.v. The Industrial Revolution blue print should include 3 priority sectors,namely Agribusiness and Agro-Industries, Petrochemicals and SolidMineral Derivative industries. This phase of the work requires a moredetailed analysis of the performance and potential of these 3 sectors anddevelopment of a blue print for accelerating the development of thesector in Nigeria. This blue print will also include the identification of 3key flagship projects to be pursued.vi. Preparation of a 5-page template describing the analyses done and therequired end products to develop a sector blue print plan which willenable the Ministry develop such blue print plans for other identifiedsectors not in the scope of this work.3.0 REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF THE EOIAll interested consultancy firms who wish to participate in the exercise asstated above are required to make payment of the sum of thirty thousand naira(N30,000.00) only to ITF’s Finance and Accounts Department and collect areceipt for the payment.The evidence of this payment should be submitted along with theTechnical document of the EOI and your firm’s profile which must include butnot limited to the following documents:-i. Evidence of compliance with section 6(i-iii) of the ITF Act.ii. Evidence of Incorporation of the company with the CorporateAffairs Commission (CAC),iii. Evidence of Current Tax Clearance Certificate,iv. Evidence of Current Audited Accounts for last three (3) years,v. VAT Certificates and evidence of remittances to FIRS,vi. Evidence of Pension Remittance and Social SecurityContributions,vii. Details of staff strength including the Curriculum Vitae and profileof key staff with copies of credentials for verification,

viii. Details of previous consultancies undertaken, including scope andcopies of Award Letters,ix. Clear indication of head office address,x. Sworn affidavit that the Firm is not bankruptxi. Sworn affidavit that none of the Directors of the company is an exconvictor bankrupt,xii. Evidence of Financial Capability i.e. Recent Bank Statement ofAccount,xiii. Evidence that the Company is not in receivership etc,xiv. That at any time, the ITF discovers that the information submittedin this EOI is false, the Agency reserves the right to disqualify thecompany,xv. Evidence of Corporate Registration with appropriate professionalbody1.0 METHOD OF APPLICATIONAll EOI should include both Technical and Financial Bids. After preparation ofthe technical as well as the financial documents, both should be returned in a biggerenvelope, sealed and addressed to the Director General, Industrial Training Fund andclearly marked “EOI to partner with the Ministry/ITF to develop a robust andcompelling industrial revolution blueprint for Nigeria”.5.0 DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION/OPENINGThe EOI documents (Technical or Financial) should be submitted in two (2)hard and one (1) soft copy to the Office of the Head of Procurement, Industrial TrainingFund (ITF) Miango Road, Jos not later than 2 weeks from the date of this publication.Only the Technical proposals will be opened on the closing day at 1pm in thepresence of the consultants or their representatives at the Director General’s Office.6.0 ENQUIRIESAll enquiries should be directed to:-Head of Procurement,ITF Headquarters,Miango Road, Jos, Plateau State.

NBResponse to this invitation shall not oblige the ITF to consider any firm for prequalification.All costs incurred as a result of response to this invitation and anysubsequent requests for information or clarifications shall be borne by the respondingfirm. The Fund is not bound to take the least bidder as the assignment is one that isdesigned to aid industrialization of Nigeria towards job creation, a feature of the FederalGovernment Transformation Agenda.Management