Within the framework of effectively carrying out its missions and ensuring the production of high yield quality rice to fight against poverty and hunger in Cameroon, the General Manager of the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA), Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National Tender for the dredging of 5km of secondary and tertiary canals in lower Bamunka irrigated farm in Ndop Sub division - Ngoketunjia Division.

The nature of works to be carried out within the framework of this tender includes:
- Clearing
- Dredging of irrigation canals (secondary and tertiary)
- Re-shaping of irrigation canals (trapezoidal form)

The estimated cost of the operation following prior studies stands at 14 906 250 (fourteen million nine hundred and six thousand two hundred and fiffy) FCFA Tax Inclusive.

The works are made up of a single lot.

Participation to this tender is open to bidders, justifying a proven and verifiable experience in the domain of land development for agricultural purposes especially concerning hydraulic infrastructures.

Works which form the subject ofthis tender shall be financed by the 2018 Public Investment Budget of MINADER, Imputation; 52 30 392 01 44 16 160 2813.

The Tender file may be consulted during working hours at the General Secretariat of UNVDA, P.O.BOX 25 Ndop,'telephone 237 691 798 318,.as soon as this notice is published.

Bidders can obtain complete tender documents at the general Secretariat of UNVDA, P.O.BOX 25 Ndop, telephone 237 691 798 318 during working hours (7:30am to 3pm). Mondays to Fridays upon the pavment of a non-refundable sum of 25 850 (twenty five thousand eight hundred and fifty) CFA francs, payable at BICEC, account CAS ARMP N° 33598845001-20.
The said receipt must identify the payer as representing the consultant or joint-venture willing to participate in the tender

Each offer drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies including the original and six (06) copies marked as such and sealed in an envelope shall be deposited at the General Secretariat of UNVDA not later than the 22nd August 2018 at 10 o'clock local time. The sealed envelope should carry the inscription:

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TENDER IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
N° 03/ONlT/UNVDA/ITB/2018 OF 25th July 2018
FOR THE DREDGING OF 5KM OF SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CANALS IN THE LOWER BAMUNKA IRRIGATED FARM IN NDOP SUB DIVISION - NGOKETUNJIA DIVISION

'To be opened only during the bids analysis session

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works subject ofthis tender shall be sixty (60) calendar days as from the date of notification of the Service Order to commence works to the Contractor.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance featuring on the list in document 11 of this tender file of an amount of 298 000 (two hundred and ninety eight thousand) CFA francs and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of the validity of the offers.
N.B: Certified checks will not be accepted.

Under pain of rejection, the administrative documents required, must be produced in originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or an administrative authority (Senior Divisional Officer, Divisional Officer...) in accordance with the Special Conditions of the tender.
They must not be older than three (03) months preceding the original date of submission of bids or must not have been established after the signing of the tender notice.
Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance.

The opening of the bids will be in a single phase.
The opening of the administrative documents and the technical and financial offers shall take place on the 22nd August 2018 at 11:00 am, local time in the Conference Hall ofthe UNVDA -Ndop.
Only bidders or their duly authorized representatives who have a perfect knowledge of the documents may attend the opening session. Tenderers should note that they remain bound by their tenders for a period ofninety (90) days from the dead line for submission of bids.

14.1 Eliminatorv criteria
Administrative Documents:
a) Absence of an administrative document;
b) Absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance;

c) Absence of an Attestation of Non Exclusion from Public contracts delivered by the public contracts Regulatory Agency

d) false declaration or falsified documents

Technical bids:
a} Falsified declaration or falsified documonls;
b) Absence of a dredging equipment (either a hydraylic excavator or a multipurpose tractor):
c) Absence of a declaration testifying that the bidder has not abandoned a contract during the past three (031) years:
d) An attestation proving that the bidder is not included in list of defaulter enterprises established yearly by the Minister of Public Contracts;
e) Absence of a site visit attestation provided by the bidder;
0 Have less than 21 yes of the 27 technical points.
Financial bids:
a) Non conformity of tender submission;
b) Absence of a price in the Price Schedule having a quantity.
14.2Essential criteria
The criteria for qualification of candidates will include:
- References of the Contractor (01 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- The availability of materials and essential equipment (2 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- Experience of supervisory staff(9 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- Technical proposition (10 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- Presentation of the offer (05 sub criteria) YES / NO.
Only tenders who have at least 21 YES out of 27 shall beretained for financial evaluation

The Contract will be awarded to the Bidder whose bid is deemed to be in compliance essentially with the Tender File and has the required technical and financial capacities to execute the contract satisfactorily, and whose bid will have been evaluated as tlie lowest.

Les soumissionnaires restent engages par leur offre pendant une periode maximale de quatre-vingt dix (90) jours a compter de la date limite de depot des offres.

Les renseimements complementaires d'ordre technique peuvent etre obtenus aux heures ouvrables de 7 heures 30 minutes a 16 heures au Secretariat General de I'UNVDA, BP 25 Ndop, telephone 237 691 798 318 et a la Direction du Genie Rural de I'UNVDA.