Within the frarnework of impiementing the activities related Year 4 (2019) of the State/SOWEDA. Contrat-Plan the
Director General of SOWEDA hereby launches an Open National Invitation to^. Tender for the supply of Agricultural Equipment for the Seed Multiplication Centre in Nyan, Kupe-Muanenguba and Maintenance Tools for the SON DA Garage in Buea - SW Region under the Technical Restrucwring Axis of the Contrat-Plan

The services related to this contract shah! comprise the supply ofagricultural equipment for the Seed Multiplication Centre in Nyan, Kupc-Muanenguba and

Maintenance Tools for tne SOWEDA Garage in Buea, as described in the technical specifications given beloW.

estimated cost of this tender is FCFA 40,000,00(1 (fort)^, million francs CFA) and broken clown as follows:

            Lot 1: FCFA 25,000,000 (twenty fivc million).

            Lot 2: FCFA 15,000,000 (fi lice a million

The supplies that are subject of this tender shahl be 2 lots:

Lot 1: Supply ef Agricultural Equipment   Lot 2: Supply of Maintenance Tools

Participation. in this invitation W tender is open to duly legalized Cameroonian based enterprises that aretexperienced in the supply of agricultural equipment & maintenance tools and which fulfill the reqUirements of this invitation to tender.

The supplies which are subject of this invitation te tender shall be financed as follows:

• Lot 1:.CP State/SOWEDA Budget: Line MINF1 Chapter 93/2019.

         Lot 2: CP State/SOWEDA Budget:          Line MINFI Chapter 93/2019

1. Interested bidders cari consult the tender file at the Head Office of SOWEDA, Buea (Department of Administration and Finance) during working hours (7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.).

The tender file may be obtained. from the same address above, as soon as this notice is pubiished against payment of the such of 45,000 (forty Five thousand) francs CFA, payable into the CAS-ARMP Account opened in any BICEC Bank Branch.

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the SOWEDA Head Office (Department of Administration and Finance) South West — Buea, against a receipt not later than 30/04/19 at 10.00 a.m. local cime and labelled as follows:

The maximum deadlinu provided for the deliver) of the various items that are subject of this tender is fixed at 02 (Two) ..months

Each bidder must include in their administrative documents a bid bond issued by a first rate banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of finance and whose list is found in document N° 12 of the Tender File and valid for

thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids amounting as follows:

• Lot 1: FCFA 500,000 (five hundred thousand).
• Lot 2: FCFA 300,000 (three hundred thousand).

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the SOWEDA Head Office (Department of Administration and Finance) South West — Buea, against a receipt not later than 30/04/19 at 10.00 a.m. local cime and labelled as follows:

Open National Invitation to Tender N° 003/19/ONIT/SOWEDA/SITB/CP/2019 of 22/03/2019 for the Supply of
Agricultural Equipment for the Seed Multiplication Centre in Nyan, Kupe-Muanenguba and Maintenance Tools for
the SOWEDA Garage in Buea - SW Region.
"To be opened only during the Bids Opening Session"

The bids shall be opened in a single phase on 30/04/2019 at 11 a.m. local time in the SOWEDA Conference Hall by the SOWEDA Internal Tenders Board. Only bidders ma

• False declaration or falsified document
• Non-compliance with more than 30% of the technical specifications of the equipment
• Absence of quantified unit price
• Non-compliance with model tender

Absence of prospectus accompanied by the technical sheets from the manufacturer

14.2: Essential Criteria

The following binary mode of evaluation shall be used:

The contract shah! be awarded to the bidder whose administrative bid shah be up-to-date, technical bid judged satisfactory and who shall be the least financial bidder

Bidders shall be bound by^-their bids for a period of 90 (ninety) days effective from the date of opening of bids.

For additional information, interested bidders should contact the Department of Administration and Finance, SOWEDA