Minister of Aviation
The Federal Ministry of Aviation said the Request for Qualifications (RfQ) phase of the Nigeria Airport Concessions programme (NACP), has come to a close at 15:00HRS Local Time (Nigeria), October 25, 2021 after the expiration of the four week extension time granted prospective bidders.
A statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu, said the closure of the phase is in line with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC)(establishment, etc.) Act, 2005, and global best practice.
“In line with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (establishment, etc.) Act, 2005, and global best practice, hereby informs all stakeholders, local and international, development partners, and members of the media, that the Request for Qualifications (RfQ) phase of the Nigeria Airport Concessions programme (NACP), has come to a close at 15:00HRS Local Time (Nigeria), October 25th 2021. This deadline, announced on September 13, 2021, after close deliberations with ICRC and the transaction advisers, allowed for a four (4) week extension in response to numerous requests from would-be bidders,” said the statement.
The statement said further that the Ministry, Transaction Advisers and Project Steering Committee, have duly notified the ICRC of this milestone, and have now stopped receiving submissions in response to the published RFQ.
Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika who used this opportunity to thank all participants in the process for their interest and respective submissions, said, “The amount of response to the request for pre-qualification by highly reputable international airport operators across the globe is indicative of the level of confidence that people have in our concession programme, and, by extension, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Like we promised from the onset, we remain committed to ensuring the highest level of transparency and accountability till the end of the process. This is because we believe that the programme is in the best interest of Nigerians as a people, and Nigeria as a nation”.
The Ministry which however reminded all stakeholders that the NACP is a multistage programme explained the next stage of the programme is the Request For Proposal (RFP) which shall be published and sent directly to qualified bidders for their response.
Qualified bidders shall be announced once the bid opening committee has received, opened and reviewed each submission based on the detailed Terms of reference (TOR) and RFQ guidelines contained in the RFQ bidders package (available on www.nacp.aviation.gov.ng).
The Ministry therefore encouraged all participants who have responded to the RFQ to ensure that they continue to refer to the NACP website – www.nacp.aviation.gov.ng, where all updates and relevant documentation, including updated FAQ can be found
