Call for Expression of Interest for Vendor Prequalification at Forum for African Women Educationalists Nigeria

Forum for African Women Educationalists Nigeria invites all prospective suppliers and service providers (Including current FAWE Nigeria suppliers) to apply for registration. This is to enable them to get registered and uploaded in FAWE’s procurement/suppliers Database.

This is in line with FAWE’s procurement principle of Transparency, Equal Opportunity, and competitive supply.

The Purpose of this Invitation

• To pre-qualify and select new suppliers for the listed purchase requirement
• To early identify and verify vendors’ offices, shops, or warehouses. 
• To enter into a framework agreement /contract for strategic goods and services and select new suppliers for purchase requirements.
• Please note that all interested parties who meet the above criteria are to submit their profile in PDF format. 

Important Notice

Existing vendors should consider this EOI as a revalidation exercise and are required to participate. All hitherto existing vendors will be delisted and relisted again through this exercise.

EOI is not restricted to Yola North/Yola South; EOI will be received from vendors IN ALL 21 LGAs of Adamawa State.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

The minimum eligibility requirements and selection criteria are as follows:

• Cover Page (indicating category(s) of interest and related REF Number(s)
• Company Profile: registered address(s), official/functional emails, telephone numbers, and point of contact for the company.
• Evidence of legal registration document of the company (CAC registration certificate)
• Latest Tax Clearance Certificate / TIN Certificate.
• Evidence of possession of experience in the line of business you are applying for. (Where Applicable)
• Prospecting Suppliers may provide copies of completed Job Orders / Reference Letters /
• Proof of Deliveries (Delivery Notes or Job Completion Notification) in areas of business endeavor from reputable organizations, preferably NGOs or other reputable organizations, attesting to active or past business relationship and level of performance (the letters or lists must have relevant addresses, contact persons, telephone numbers, and emails) for due diligence confirmation.
• Physical presence.
• Any other relevant supporting documents that could aid your EOI.

Additional Information:

FAWE Nigeria is Value Added Tax (VAT) compliant and deducts Withholding Tax (WHT) in compliance with relevant Nigerian Tax Laws.

As part of the pre-qualification process, FAWE may visit the location(s) of prospecting suppliers or service providers to assess their physical presence, capacity, and capability.

Only successful pre-qualified suppliers would be invited to participate in FAWE’s routine Request for Quotation (RFQ) or Request for Proposals (RFP) for the next one (1) year.

You are expected to limit yourself to where you have experience, required documentation, and operational presence.

Any unsolicited attempt to influence FAWE’s internal selection process in favor of any company(s) will result in immediate disqualification.

A company cannot express interest in more than three (3) categories and must be guided by the following: (a) must have an operational presence for each category, (b) must actively operate the business.

FAWE Nigeria will ensure that information received from companies and individuals is treated with the utmost confidentiality and shall be for the sole use of the organization.

The pre-qualified suppliers are required to immediately advise the organization of any significant change in its financial, technical capacity, ownership, or holdings it may have.

Failure to submit any of the mandatory requirements for each category will lead to automatic disqualification from the exercise.

Potential suppliers will be pre-qualified based on satisfactory information given.

Suppliers comprised of special groups (Women and persons with disability are strongly encouraged to participate in the registration as suppliers.

Application Closing Date Tuesday, 28th October 2025. 

Method of Application

Interested suppliers and service providers are requested to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) via  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScg_MQyzzplY33TGcP7PrkskPDTh2bcyw-r8BfKJV6T5lEvHQ/viewform?usp=header

Disclaimer:

This call for Expression of Interest (EOI) does not amount to a commitment on the part of FAWE Nigeria, and nothing in this EOI shall be construed as a form of a binding legal contract.

FAWE reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the submissions without any obligation to inform the affected applicants of the grounds for the acceptance or rejection.

The potential subsequent procurement will be governed by FAWE’s Procurement Policy and Procedure.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

FAWE Nigeria actively promotes PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards and, as such, will not have anything to do with vendors who violate such.

Child Safeguarding Policy

• FAWE Nigeria frowns at any form of child molestation and actively promotes child protection.