Within the framework of the 2019 Public Investment Budget (RIB), the State of Cameroon represented by the Mayor of Mbiame Council "Contracting Authority" hereby launches an open National Invitation to tender for the Construction of a block of two (02) classrooms including an office at GS MBOKOV, Mbven Sub Division, Bui Division, North West Region.

The services involved in this invitation to tender shall require the Construction of a block of two (02) classrooms including an office at GS MBOKOV, Mbven Sub Division, Bui Division, North West Region, these include detail description of the items  found in the technical specification, bills of quantities (detail cost estimated) and working drawings.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is ninety million ninety thousand (19, 000,000) Fcfa.

Unique lot: Construction of a block of two (02) classrooms including an office at GS MBOKOV, Mbven Sub Division, Bui Division, North West Region

Participation in 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 of Pubic Works and Building construction.

The said Works shall be financed by the Public Investment Budget (PIB) of the Ministry of Basic Education for the 2019 financial year assigned to the Mayor of Mbiame Council as Contracting Authority.

The Tender documents may be consulted at the  Mbiame Council, at the Service of Council Development Officer Telephone 677 740 854 or 675 136 217 as soon as this notice is published during working hours.

The file may be obtained the Mbiame Council, at the Service of Council Development Officer Telephone 677 740 854 or 675 136 217 as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non-refundable sum of (38 000) Thirty eight Thousand francs CFA payable at the Mbiame Council Treasury representing the cost of purchasing the tender file.

31st May 2019 at 10:00 am

The maximum execution deadline shall be four months (120 calendar days), including the rainy season and other vagaries, with effect from the date of notification by an administrative order to commence work.

Each bidder should include in his administrative document, a bid bond of FCFA 380 000 (Three hundred and eigty thousand CFA francs) issued by a first rate-bank 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, shall imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They shall neither be older than three (03) months nor be produced before the signing of the tender notice. 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.

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months preceding the date of submission of bids or may be established after the signature of the tender notice. Any bid not in compliance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. This refers especially to the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance.

31st May 2019 at 11:00 am

There are two types of evaluation criteria: eliminatory and essential criteria. The aim of these criteria is to identify and rejection complete bids or bids not in conformity with the essential conditions laid down in the Tender File.

i. Eliminatory criteria

 Eliminatory criteria fix the minimum conditions to be fulfilled to be admitted for evaluation according of the essential criteria. The non-respect of these criteria leads to the rejection of the bid made by the bidder. They refer especially to:

•Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

•False declaration forged or scanned documents;

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

•Two Bids with the same personnel

•Incomplete financial file...

•Technical assessment mark lower than 70% of" Yes".

ii. Essential criteria

Essential criteria are primordial in the judgment of the technical and financial capacity of candidates to execute the works forming the subject of the invitation to tender. The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates are based on the following

: •General presentation of the tender files;

•References of the company in similar achievements;

•Experience of supervisory staff;

•Logistics (Equipment);

•Methodology;

•Financial capacity;

•Attestation of site visit signed by both the Contractor

•Report of site visit signed by the Contractor

•The Special Technical Clauses (STC). (Each page should be initialed and the last page signed and stamped);

•Special Administrative Clauses completed (each page should be initialed and the last page signed and stamped);

•Pre —financing capacity not less than 75% of the amount required in the offer.

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

iii 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 shall be done in a purely binary method with a (yes) or a (no) with an acceptable minimum of 70% of the essential criteria taken in to 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 scored 100% of thee eliminatory criteria and at least 70% of the essential criteria.

The jobbing order shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity with the dispositions of the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technical quality. (See article 99 of the public contracts code).

The bidders shall remain committed to their offers during a period of (ninety) 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the Mbiame Council, service of award of Public Contracts.