As part of arrangement to
auction forfeited petroleum products and vessels, which are proceeds of crimes
seized from illegal oil bunkers the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, on Tuesday October 10, 2017 held a pre-bid meeting with shortlisted
auctioneers at the EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja.
The Acting Chairman,
EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, told the participants that the process is part of the
Commission’s transparency policy with the objective of giving every interested
company a fair chance to participate in the exercise.
Magu, who spoke through
the Deputy Director of Procurement, Olusina Ogundimu said that the purpose of
the meeting was to educate the shortlisted bidders for the auction on the
stipulated guidelines contained in the request for proposal (RFP) issued to
them earlier.
The court had earlier
granted final forfeiture order on the confiscated petroleum products and
vessels which are proceeds of crimes seized from illegal oil bunkers to the
Federal Government of Nigeria.
The shortlisted bidders were
drawn from a pre-qualified list of registered companies, who indicated interest
in the process following an advertisement in two national dailies and the
Federal Tenders Journal in June, 2017.
According to Ogundimu,
“The bidders are expected to submit the proposals on October 17, 2017 after
which the evaluation committee shall sit to evaluate, review, select and
recommend the successful auctioneers for engagement”.
The Auctioneering
committee members were drawn from various departments of the EFCC which include
the Legal and Prosecution, Operations, General Services, Asset Forfeiture and
the Procurement Department.
The process is in
compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
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