Within the frame-work of the 2019 Public Investment Budget, the Contracting Authority (Mayor Wum Council), hereby representing the State of Cameroon, launches an Open National Invitation to Tender under NORMAL CONDITIONS for the construction of a Carpentry workshop at SAR/SM WUM, Wum Council Area in Menchum Division of the North West Region.

Within the frame-work of the 2019 Public Investment Budget, the Contracting Authority (Mayor Wum Council), hereby representing the State ofCameroon, launches an Open National Invitation to Tender under NORMAL CONDITIONS for the construction of a Carpentry workshop at SAR/SM WUM, Wum Council Area in Menchum Division of the North West Region.

The estimated cost of the operations (tasks) following feasibility studies stands as specified in the table below

The works subject of this invitation to tender shall be in one lot defined with specifications as in the table below 

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all registered and qualified companies or groups of companies based in the Republic of Cameroon with the required technical and professional expertise in the domain of construction accompanied by the necessary financial capability.

Works which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed as per the programmed budget head of the 2019 Public Investment Budget (PIB 2019) of the Republic of Cameroon as specified in the table below:-

Services of the Contracting Authority (Service in charge of the contracts award) during working hours at Wum Council.The Tender documents may be consulted immediately after publication of this invitation to tender from the Services of the Contracting Authority during working hours at the Wum Council

The Tender documents shall be obtained immediately after publication of this invitation to tender from the Services of the Contracting Authority during working hours at the Wum Council. The document shall be obtained upon presentation of a Wum Council Treasury receipt showing the payment of a nontefundable sum of fifty thousand (50,000) francs CFA.

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The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner for the execution of the works subject of this tender shall be ninety calendar days (three months) with effect from date of notification of the Service Order to start execution.

Each bidder shall enclose in his administrative documents a bid bond issued directly in the bidder's name by a first rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance and that shall respect the model in this tender file featuring on the list in document 12 of the tender file and valid for ninety (90) days beyond the original date ofthe validity of the offers.

Under risk of being rejected, administrative documents must be produced in originals or true copies certified by the issuing services of the required administrative documents (Examples: Taxation Officials, Bank Officials, etc.) or by Administrative Authorities as the case may be (Example: SDO. DO etc) and must Imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Tender Regulations. They must obligatorily not be older than three (03) months or must not be produced after the submission of the tender file. Double certification shall not be accepted. Any bid that shall not be in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared null and void, especially bids containing a bid bond not issued directly in the bidder's name by a first rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance.
The bid bond which shall only be released by the Contracting Authority shall be released for unsuccessful bidders not later than thirty (30) days after the period of bid validity. For the successful bidder to whom the contract will be awarded, the bid bond shall be returned to the contractor by the Contracting Authority once the final bond has been provided.
Bidders shall remain committed to their offers for a period of ninety (90) days from the last date for the submission of tenders, that is, the tenders shall be valid for 90 (ninety) days with effect from their submission deadline.
NB: The contractor shall, present the originals of the respective certified documents for strict verification of thier authenticity during site intallation

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EVALUATION CRITERIA:
Tender conformity shall be evaluated as per the following:
A) Eliminatory Criteria.
- Offers (bids) submitted after the deadline or time limit;
- Bids submitted in unsealed external envelopes.
- External envelopes with identification marks or inscriptions,
- Absence of a document in the administrative file
- Administrative documents more than 3months old;
- Absence of original or properly certified administrative document or documents certified more than
one time,
- False declaration or forged documents ;
- Absence of bid bond or bid bond not issued directly in bidder's name by a first rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance
NB: Bid bond for a group of enterprises must bear the name of mandated enterprise with the names of the other enterprises mentioned as well

- Execution period longer than prescribed in the Tender file 

- Technical evaluation mark less than 75% (non-respect of 75% of the essential criteria);
- Absence of quantified unit price (omission of a unit price in the financial bid).
B) Essential Criteria They are primordial or key modalities in the judgment of the technical and financial capacity of candidates to execute the tasks forming the subject of the invitation to tender.
They were determined in relation to the nature and content of the tasks to be executed. Hence in the evaluation of:-
(i) Technical documents, it shall be the binary method (YES or NO) based on the following distribution of points

NB: 
-Any Bid that shall not obtain 75% evaluation in the technical documents shall simply be rejected.
-Details of these main qualification criteria are specified in the evaluation grid found in the Special Tender Regulations (RPAO).
(ii) Financial Offer, it shall consist of going through the bill of quantities in reference to the unit price schedule and the sub detail of unit prices 

The contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder who must have fulfilled the administrative, technical and financial requirements 

Bidders shall remain committed to their offers for ninety (90) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders (offers)

Additional information may be obtained during working hours from the Service for the Contracts Award at Wum council.

The Contracting Authority may at any time, amend this invitation to tender. Delays caused by such amendments shall also be considered in the period given to bidders to submit their bids.
The Contracting Authority may at any time, amend this invitation to tender. He shall publish the amendments and communicate same to companies that bought the tenders file. Delays caused by such amendments shall also be considered in the period given to bidders to submit their bids.