ABOUT 196 companies have been announced by
the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to have
submitted bid for the production and supply of kit
items for 2013 Batch ‘B’ corp members.
At the opening of Pre-qualification Documents in
Abuja, the Director-General of NYSC, Brig-Gen
Nnamdi Okore-Affia said the scheme would not
deviate from transparency and due process it had
been known for, promising to follow Public
Procurement Act to the letter.
“It is important to inform you that this exercise will
be followed by the critical examination of your
documents by the Technical Evaluation
Committee, who will eventually produce the
qualified companies that will be issued with
bidding documents for financial bidding coming up
on March 25, 2013.
“Let me appeal to you not only as contractors, but
also as members of the NYSC family to cooperate
and make this exercise a success,” he pleaded.
Also speaking, the Director of Procurement, Mr.
Gabriel Alonge explained that being a registered
contractor with the scheme would not give
anybody undue advantage over others, telling
contractors not to give anybody kick-back for their
company to be selected as the whole process will
be made open.
”It is not do or die affair, if you are not in now,
don’t be discouraged. Please, you need not to see
anybody; the only thing you can do to assist
yourself is by meeting the requirements”, he
maintained.