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NRC receives 24 bids for Lagos/Ibadan, Warri/Itakpe e-ticketing solutions

The Nigerian Railway Corporation has received a total of 24 bids on open request for the Lagos/Ibadan and Warri/Itakpe e-ticketing solutions for standards gauge railway operations under Public, Private, Partnership (PPP) arrangement.

The Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made the disclosure in Lagos on Monday at the opening of the request.

Okhiria, represented by Director Operations of NRC, Mr Niyi Alli, said that bidders that did not meet the criteria for the open request would be disqualified.

He said that operations would on build, operate and transfer basis.

The managing director said that 11 companies bidded for Lagos-Ibadan e-ticketing operation while 13 companies bidded for Warri-Itakpe e-ticketing standards gauge operation.

Okhiria said that introduction of e-ticketing had improved passenger turnout at the Abuja-Kaduna standards gauge operation.

He said that after the evaluation stage of the procurement process, only four bidders would be chosen.

The Director, Transport Infrastructure, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Mr Emmanuel Onwodi, said at the event that there would be two stages in the bidding – request for qualifications which is the opening of the bids and request for proposals where bidders would submit financial and technical bids before going into negotiations.

“This opening request involves checking of the eligibility criteria for evaluation based on set criteria.

“We discovered that some other bidders brought their documents after closing of advert, which is not allowed in procurement.

“A total of 11 companies bidded for Lagos/Ibadan e-ticketing operation while 13 companies bidded for Warri/Itakpe standards gauge operation.

“We have a good number to look at, that is the kind of competition we are expecting so that government can have value for money because the e-ticketing will be handled by any party that has both financial and technical capability to deliver,” Onwodi said.

He said the eligibility check was being done openly to demonstrate transparency.

The Director of Procurement of NRC, Mr Ben Iloanusi, said the relevant organisations were present to witness the process of evaluation, alongside the bidders.

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