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HISTORY IN THE MAKING - THE HOSPITAL TOOK DELIVERY OF A NEW ICU AMBULANCE ON 23/9/2021.

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OFFICIAL MEETING WITH THE NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR DATED 30/08/2021

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Wednesday, August 18^th, 2021.

FEDERAL NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, YABA, LAGOS.

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 2021 CAPITAL PROJECTS

INTRODUCTION

The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos (a specialist hospital of the Federal Ministry of Health), in implementation of the 2021 Appropriation Act for Capital projects and in compliance with provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, hereby invites all interested, qualified and reputable contractors with relevant experience and track record to tender for the following projects

SCOPE/DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS.

Category A: Procurement of Works.

LOT	TENDER PACKAGE NO.	PROJECT TITLE.
1	FNPHY/YB/2021/01	Rehabilitation of Patients Dinning Hall.
2	FNPHY/YB/2021/02	Rehabilitation of Road Network.
3	FNPHY/YB/2021/03	Rehabilitation of Wards.
4	FNPHY/YB/2021/04	Rehabilitation of Administration Block.
5	FNPHY/YB/2021/05	Completion of Residents Doctors Quarters.
6	FNPHY/YB/2021/06	Rehabilitation of Hospital Facility.
7	FSOT/YB/2021/07	Rehabilitation/Repairs of Admin. Building and Students Hostel.

Category B: Procurement of Goods.

LOT		PROJECT TITLE.
8	FNPHY/YB/2021/08	Procurement of Medical Equipment.
9	FNPHY/YB/2021/09	Procurement of Two Ambulances.
10	FNPHY/YB/2021/10	Construction of Out-Patients Clinic and Consulting Rooms at Oshodi Annex. [Procurement of Office Furniture\Equipment].
11	FSOT/YB/2021/11	Equipping and Furnishing of New Student Hostel.
12	FSOT/YB/2021/12	Procurement of Medical Equipment For ADL Room.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Form CAC 1.1 or CAC2 and CAC7;
Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years valid till 31st December, 2021.
Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021;
Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31st December, 2021.
Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 31/12/2021 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
Company Audited Accounts for the last three (3) Years (i.e. 2018, 2019 and 2020)
h. Sworn Affidavit:
disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the FNPH, Yaba 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 is true and correct in all particulars;
that none of the Directors of the company has ever been convicted by any Court of Law

iii. that the Company is not bankrupt or a party to liquidation proceedings in any Court of Law;

Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of award, Valuation Certificates, Completion Certificates and Photographs of the projects..

Evidence of financial capability of the company to execute the project by submission of reference letter from a reputable commercial bank 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 qualifications such as COREN, QSRBN, ARCON, CORBON etc. for Category A.

For Joint Venture/Partnership, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be provided (CAC, Tax Clearance Certificate, Pension Compliance Certificate, ITF Compliance Certificate, NSITF Compliance Certificate, IRR & Sworn Affidavit are compulsory for each JV partner).

All documents for submission must be transmitted with a covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head Paper bearing among others, the Registration Number (RC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (Preferably GSM) and E-mail Address. The Letter Head Paper must bear the names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page duly signed by authorized officer of the firm.

COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS

The tender documents are to be collected from Procurement Office (Ground floor Administrative Building) FNPH, Yaba between the working hours of 08.00am and 04.00pm daily upon the payment of non-refundable Tender Fee of N10,000.00 per LOT into the hospital’s REMITA’s Account in any reputable commercial bank in Nigeria and presentation of the copy of hospital’s receipt. The photocopy of the receipt should be attached to the Tender Documents.

SUBMISSION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS

Completed tender documents should be two hard copies (Marked “Original” & “Copy”) each for both Technical & Financial Bids with Soft copy of Financial bid only in MS Excel Format, packaged in two separate sealed envelopes clearly marked at the top right corner of each envelope stating the title of the project i.e. “TECHNICAL BIDS FOR LOT 1:” & “FINANCIAL BIDS FOR LOT 1:” and at the reverse side the name of the company should boldly be written. Both envelopes shall then be put in a large envelope clearly marked at the top right corner stating the title of the project and the name and address of the company at the reverse side and be dropped in the appropriate Tender Box at hospital’s board room- Administrative Building. The envelope should be addressed to:

The Medical Director,

Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital,

Yaba, Lagos.

The submission should be made not later than 12:00 noon on Friday 17th September, 2021. Late submission will be returned un-opened. Please make sure you sign Bid Submission Register at point of submission as the hospital will not be responsible for misplaced or wrongly submitted Bids.

OPENING OF TECHNICAL BIDS

Only the technical bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Friday 17th September, 2021 at the Hospital’s board room.

NOTATION

 Bids must be in English Language and duly signed by official authorized by the bidder;

 Bidders should not bid for more than two (2) Lots;

 This publication is for information purpose only and does not constitute an offer by the Hospital to transact with any party for the project, nor does it constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of the Hospital to award the contract to any contractor or agent.

 The Hospital will not be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by interested company (ies) in connection with any response to this invitation and/or preparation or submission of the documents;

 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;

 The FNPH, Yaba 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;

 For further clarifications/enquiries please contact Procurement Officer: 08035840140 (10.00am to 03.00pm-Monday to Friday); email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

SIGNED

Head of Procurement

For: The Medical Director.

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RESIDENT DOCTORS AWARD AND CELEBRATION EVENT

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Mental Spirituality

The Former Medical Director, Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Yaba speaks to Adebayo Waheed on the hospital, treatment of mental disorder and the need for the establishment of a Psychiatric Nursing school Yaba.

What is the relevance of occupation therapy to the treatment of mental disorder?

When you talk of mental health, you are talking of psychiatrist, who is the head of the team, psychiatric nurse, social worker, clinical psychologist, and occupational therapist. But for some time in Nigeria, the team has never been complete because of the dearth of occupational therapist. In the last 15, 20 years, there had been no instructing programme and facility in the country to train them. So, it was as a result of this that the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos, and the board, two years ago, decided to set up a school that will award diploma in Occupation Therapy.

In the past, the work of an occupational therapist was being done by psychiatric nurse. An occupational therapist assists more or les in the rehabilitation of not only psychiatric patients but other patients who are disabled in one in one way or the other. They do this by creating vocational training programme, planning daily activities for people with stroke, or with disability, those who have difficulty in using their hands, or people who are victims of trauma, people who are recovering from drug addition or people recovering from psychiatric condition. The assist these people in rehabilitation homes.

The requirement for the school is five credits, including English and Mathematics and three science subjects (Physics; Chemistry and Biology.)

But we have problems with some of the retired occupational therapists who were demanding for a higher institution, like a university. They wanted a degree awarding institution and we believe that we must fill the middle level class, hence, the introduction of a two-year diploma programme. We have produced three sets. Some of them are on attachment with the school. They wanted accreditation with a university. Fortunately the school management and Medical Rehabilitation Board have agreed to affiliate the school with the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, so that they will have the opportunity of having a higher degree.

They will continue with their degree programme from 200 level which I believe is appropriate. We are also working with some establishments and ministries so that they will be able to work with them. As they will start with HATISS 7 and from there they can move to HATISS 14 but those of them from graduated from the university can now get to directorship level. Very soon, the school will move to its permanent site. We have completed the construction of the administrative block, the hostel, (female and male), the laboratory and warehouse, where every equipment is kept. New set of students are expected to resume for lectures in January.

Why has is it taken the hospital so long to establish such school?

Well, it has taken so long because of no money syndrome to send our experts to United Kingdom (UK) for the training. It was very expensive. So anytime we make proposal to the government it was turned down and that is why we said we have to look inward, we have the experts, the capability, the facility and that is why the board and the management of the hospital decided to establish the school and it is now function.

Do you think the products of the school will meet the market demand, considering the number of psychiatric hospitals we have in Nigeria?

I am not sure. It will be in the short-term but in the long-term, with expansion, other schools can also recruit from foreign countries occupational therapist to work for them. What we have done is to create awareness in our environment and that awareness is making other hospitals to look inwards as they realize that they need such professionals. Many of our graduates have been going abroad for employment. We don t a situation whereby we will be producing our people and they will be subjected to brain drain at the end of the day. So we need to ensure that the graduates are given the opportunities to stay on ground.

Now that the hospital is trying to establish a school of nursing, what impact do you think that will have on the healthcare system?

The impact is enormous, considering the population in Lagos which can be put at 15 million with only one psychiatric hospital. You can imagine that majority of people with mental problem are not coming to the hospital due to ignorance. They will be visiting spiritual homes, where they are subjected to inhuman forms of treatment. They tie them to the wall, bed, and beat them. Our people from this part of the world believe that mental problem is due to spiritual issues, spiritual attack, somebody is behind it, the second or third wife of the family is the one responsible, all sorts of ignorant ideas. This is compound again by the spiritualists, who instead of advising them that this is a medical problem, compound the problem by saying it is spiritual attack and that what they need is prayer and fasting.

These spiritualists are educated, yet they subject our patients to inhuman forms of treatment under the pretence of spiritual attack and increase in membership of their spiritual group. I advise on the need to seek treatment of mental sickness at psychiatric hospitals. People should not be afraid of the word psychiatric.

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