Supply and Installation of Solar Power Systems for Schools — Ministry of Education, Nigeria

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Request for Bids (RFB) - Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Nigeria

Name of Project: AGILE - Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project

Contract Title: Supply and installation of solar power systems comprising 9kVA for 13 Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), 30kVA for 13 Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), 10kVA for 70 Digital Literacy Schools and Provision of Solar Borehole to 26 Schools across Kwara State.

Credit No.: P170664

RFB Reference No.: NG-KWARA AGILE ADF-550428-GO-RFB

Issued on: 1st May, 2026

• The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project (AGILE) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and installation of 9kVA systems for 13 Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), 30kVA systems for 13 Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), 10kVA systems for 70 Digital Literacy Schools and Provision of Solar Borehole to 26 Schools across Kwara State. “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.”

• The Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the following lots:

Lot 1: Supply and installation of solar power 10kVA system to 70 Digital Literacy Schools across Kwara State.

Lot 2: Supply and installation of solar power systems as follows: 9kVA systems for 13 JSSs, 30kVA systems for 13 SSSs, and Provision of solar borehole to the 26 Schools across the state.

• Contractors can only bid for one (1) lot on this package. Multiple Bidding will be disqualified

The delivery period shall be phased, comprising 3 months for Lot 1 and 18 Months for Lot 2. Margin of Preference shall not be allowed.

• Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” September, 2024 (“Procurement Regulations”) available on www.worldbank.org/procure and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project, The Project Coordinator, Adeshina Azeez Salami [email protected], CC: [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below: No 17, Agba Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State.

• The bidding document in English may be purchased from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) only in a Bank Draft in Favour of “Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project”. The document could be collected at the address below on presentation of proof of payment. At the request of the bidder, the documents could also be sent by courier after payment of an additional fee to cover the cost of delivery.

• Bids must be delivered to the address in paragraph 13 below on or before Monday, June 1, 2026. 12:00 pm (local time) Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at AGILE Project Office, No 17, Agba Road, G.R.A, Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday, Monday, June 1, 2026. 12:00 pm.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration duly signed by the bidder representative.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration.

• Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

• The address referred to above is:

The State Project Coordinator,

AGILE Project Office,

No 17, Agba Road, G.R.A,

Ilorin, Kwara State,

Nigeria. +234-8124700145, +234-8078095567

email: [email protected] CC: [email protected].