Within the frame-work of the 2025 Public Investment Budget, the Contracting Authority (LORD MAYOR OF BENAKUMA COUNCIL), hereby representing the State of Cameroon, launches a REQUEST for QUOTATION under NORMAL CONDITIONS for the SUPPLY OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS TO THE BAWORO INTEGRATED HEALTH CENTER in Menchum Valley Sub Division of Menchum Division -North West Region.

          The services of this contract include the supply of:

Participation to this invitation to tender is open to Cameroonian enterprises   that are in compliance with the fiscal laws and having a good experience in the domain concerned.

These projects will be financed by the Cameroon public investment budget (PIB) for 2025 with budget Heads N^o xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information during working hours as from the date of publication of this tender notice, at the Service for Contracts of the Benakuma Council Tel: 674 942 923/696 312 855

4.      The file may be obtained in the Service for Contracts of the Benakuma Council Tel: 674 942 923/696 312 855 as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non- refundable sum of (35 000) thirty five thousand CFA francs, payable into the Municipal Treasury of the Benakuma Council representing the cost of purchasing the tender file

Each bid drafted in English or French in 07 (seven) copies including 01 (one) original and 06 (six) copies marked as such, should reach the, Service for Contracts of the Benakuma Council not later than 04/03/2025 at 11:00 am local time

002RQ/MINDDEVEL/NWR/MCH/BC/BCITB/2025 OF _04/02/2025_FOR THE SUPPLY OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS TO THE BAWORO INTEGRATED HEALTH CENTERIN MENCHUM VALLEY SUB DIVISION IN MENCHUM DIVISION OF THE NORTH WEST REGION

The external envelope should not carry any mark that can lead to the identification of the bidder.

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Contracting Authority shall be sixty (60) days maximum, as from the date of notification of the service order.

Each bidder should include in his administrative document, a bid bond of FCFA 400 000 (Six hundred thousand CFA francs) issued by a first rate-bank or financail body approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance in conformity with COBAC conditions.  

Against the risk of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities of the administrative document required, including the bid bond, must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily not be older than three (03) months or must not be produced after the signing of the tender file.

            Any offer not in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall not be accepted, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank, approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance, or the non-respect of the model of the tender file documents, shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the offer without any appeal being entertained

The bids shall be opened in single phase. The opening of the administrative documents and the Technical and Financial offers will take place on the 04/03/2025....at 11:00 am local time, by the Benakuma Council Internal Tenders Board. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice.

10. Main evaluation criteria

            The bids shall be evaluated according to the main criteria as follows:

A.      Eliminatory criteria

1-    Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file;

2-    Non conformity of technical specifications (include catalogue);

3-    Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

4-    False declaration or falsified documents;

5-    Absence or insufficient bid bond;

6-    A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder.

B.      Essential criteria

The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates could indicatively be on the following:

1-    General presentation of the Offer;

2-    References of the company in the similar achievements;

3-    Logistics.

4-    The Pre – Financing capacity greater or equal to  the amount required in the offer;

5-    Certificate of guarantee delivered by the supplier;

6-    The Special Technical Clauses initialed in each page;

7-    Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed in each page;

8-    Attestation of site visit signed by the contractor or his representative

9-    Report of site visit signed by the company Director or his representative

11.  Main qualification criteria

The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates could be indicative on the following:

The essential criteria are subjected to minima whose detail is given in the Special Tender Regulation (RPAO).

This evaluation will be done in a purely positive way (yes) or negative (no) with an acceptable minimum from at least 75% of the essential criteria taken in account.

The contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

The contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

The bidders shall remain committed to their bid for 60 days from the   deadline of the    submission of bids.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the Service for contracts of the Benakuma Council.