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 Invitation to Tender in emergency procedure for the creation of 7KM of dyke roads on the protective embankment of the Ngweng farm.

The nature of works to be carried out within the framework of this tender includes:
- Mechanical bush clearing;
- Simple grading and compaction including opening of ditches and off shots;
- Fill from borrow pit and compaction;
- Profile road and shape side drains;
- Placing of surface course.

The estimated cost ofthe operation following prior studies stands at 29 216 250 (Twenty Nine Million Two Hundred and Sixteen Thousand) FCFA Tax Inclusive.

The works are made up of a single lot.

Participation to this tender is open to bidders, justifying aproven and verifiable experience in the domain of public works.

Works which form the subject of this tender shall be financed by the 2018 Public Investment Budget of MINADER, Imputation: 52 30392 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 4pm), Mondays to Fridays upon the payment ofanon-refundable sum of 49 000 (Forty Nine Thousand) CFA francs, payable at BICEC, account CAS ARMP N'° 33598845001-20.

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 TO TENDER IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
N° 04/ONIT/UNVDA/ITB/2018 OF 25th July 2016
FOR THE CREATION OF 7KM OF DYKE ROADS ON THE PROTECTIVE EMBANKMENT OF THE NGWENG FARM

'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 ninety (90) 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 584 325 (Five hundred and Eighty Four Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Five) CFA francs and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of the validity of the offers.

N.B: Certifiedchecks will not be accepted,

Under pain ofrejection, 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.

Theopening 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 of the 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 of ninety (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 documents;
b) Absence ofroad construction equipment (either a grader or a compactor);
c) Absence of a declaration testifying that the bidder has not abandoned a contract during the past three (03) 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;
f) Have less than 33 YES of the 41 technical points.
Financial bids:
a) Non conformity of tender submission;
b) Absence of a price in the Price Schedule having a quantity.
14.2 Essential criteria
The criteria for qualification of candidates will include:YES/NO
- References of the Contractor (02 sub criteria) YES/NO
- The availability of materials and essential equipment (06 subcriteria) YES/NO
- Experience of supervisory staff (10 sub criteria) YES/NO
- Technical proposition (14 sub criteria) YES/NO
Presentation of the offer (05 sub criteria) YES/NO

Only tenders will have at least 30 YES out of 37 shall be retained 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 the lowest.

Bidders will remain committed to their lenders for a maximum period of ninety (90) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary information may be obtained during working hours from 7:30am to 4pm in the General Secretariat of UNVDA, P.O.BOX 25 Ndop, telephone 237 691 798 318.and also at the Department of Rural Engineering of UNVDA.