The Mayor of AKO (Contracting Autority) hereby reprcsenting the State of Cameroon within the frame work of the 2019 public Investment Budget (PIB 2019). launches under emergency' proecdure or 21days an opened national invitation to lender for THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF POTABLE WATER FROM DUBONG TO BERABE AKO SUB-DIVISION, DONGA MANTUNG DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION

The works subject to this invitation to tender include detail description ol the items found in the bill of quantities and cost estimates {detail cost estimate)

Tlic services involved in this invitation to tender shall require THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF POTABLE WATER FROM DUBONG TO BERABE, AKO SUB-DIVISION, DONGA MANTUNG  DIVISION. NORTH WEST REGION

Single lot

Participation in this Invitation to tender is open to all Cameroonian Companies/enterprises that have experience in the execution of potable water projects by gravity.

The said works shall be financed as per the programmed budget head through the 2019 Public Investment Budget (PIB 2019) of the Republic of Cameroon under the Ministry of Agriculture and rural development (MINADER)

The  Tender documents may be consulted and obtained immediately after publication of this invitation to Tender from the Servies of the Contracting Authority (Service in charge of the award of contracts) during working hours at the AKO COUNCIL- CHAMBERS OR Divisional office( SDO office. (Service in charge of award of public contracts), the document shall be obtained upon presentation of a receipt testifying the payment of a non-refundable sum of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND (120 000) francs CFA payabie to the AKO nunicipality Treasury.

The  Tender documents may be consulted and obtained immediately after publication of this invitation to Tender from the Servies of the Contracting Authority (Service in charge of the award of contracts) during working hours at the AKO COUNCIL- CHAMBERS OR Divisional office( SDO office. (Service in charge of award of public contracts), the document shall be obtained upon presentation of a receipt testifying the payment of a non-refundable sum of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND (120 000) francs CFA payable to the AKO nunicipality Treasury. 

Each bid written in English or French shall be signed by the bidder or by a duly authorized representative and presented in seven (7) copies, that is one (01) original and seven (07) copleslabelled as
such. These shall be submitted in one external sealed envelope containing three (3) envelopes, that is,Envelope A; Administrative Documents, Envelope B: Technical tile and Envelope C: Financial tile.
The sealed external envelope shall bear no information about the company and shall reach the Divisional office SDO OFFICE service in charge of contract not later than the 10 MAY 2019 at 10.00am local time and note should be taken that  in case of any  ambiquities of differnces during opening.only the original shall be considered authentic.
The sealed external pack (oiiler cnyelopv) shall bear the following inscriptions:
OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
N° 004/ONIT/IVIINDEVEL/NWR/DMDTB/AC/2019 OF MAl 2019
FOR THE,CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF POTABLE WATER FROM DUBONG
TOBERABE, AKO SUB-DIVISION, DONGA MANTUNG DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION.
(To he opened only during bids opening session)

The maximum deadline for the execution provided for by the Contractiug Authority shall be ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120 calendar days) with effect from date  The date of notification Service Ordcr to start works.

Each bidder shall enclose in his administrative documents a bid bond (provisional guarantee) that respects the model in this tender file of ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND (I 200 000) francs CFA
issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance featuring on the list in document 10 of the Tender file and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the validity of the tenders.
Subject to rejection, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing services of the required administrative documents (Senior Divisional Officer, Taxation Officials, etc.) including the bid bond
must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Tender Regulations. They must obligatorily not be older than three (03) months or must be produced after the signing of the tender
file. Double certification shall not be accepted. Any bid that shall not be in conformity with the prescriptions of this tender shall be declared inadmissible.
The provisional guarantee will be released no later than thirty (30) days after the period of bid validity for unsuccessful bidders. For the bidder who is awarded the contract, the provisional guarantee will be released after constitution of the final guarantee.
NB: file successful bidder shall during site installation present the originals of the respective documents for strict verification of their authenticity.

Bids shall be opened by the Divisional Tenders Board for Donga-Mantung in a single phase on the 10/06/2019 at 1:00 am local time in the hall provided at the DIVISIONAL delegation of Public contracts. Only bidders or their authorized representatives having a perfect knowledge of the file may attend the bid opening session. Any bid which shall not comply with the recruitments of the tender file shall be rejected. Bids shall be opened and assessed in a single (01) phase of two stages where:-

a) Stage I shall involve:
i) Opening and appraisal of validity, authenticity and completeness
ii) Opening ol' envelopes containing technical documents to appraise and evaluate technical proposals NB: Any bids which shall not obtaiivn% score in the technical evaluation shall simply be eliminated.

b) Stage II Opening of financial offers to appraise proposed amount for the project.

 ASSESSMENT CRIATERIA:
Tender conformity shall be evaluated as per the following:
A) Eliminatory Criteria.
B) Bids submitted in unsealed envelopes and packs;
C) Offers (bids) submitted after the deadline or time limit;.
D) Incomplete technical or financial documents;
E) Absence of bid bond or bid bond lower than expected
F) External envelope with identification marks
G) Bidders who have been suspended from public contracts.
H) Omission of unit price schedule and.
1) Technical and administrative evaluation mark less than ;
J) False declaration or forged documents
K)Evaluation Criteria.
The preliminary evaluation shall be the binary method (YES/NO) based on the following
essential ciiteria: . EVALUATION CRITERIA
Main Criteria
The evaluation will be based on pre-defined criteria, which will be scored on a total of 30Yes/NO. These
criteria are presented according to headings, as follows:

Any Bid that shall not score at least 70% evaluation shall simply be rejected.
-Details of these main qualification criteria are specified in the assessment grid found in the Special Tender Regulations (RPAO).

The contractt shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, who fulfils the technical, financial and administrative requirements.

N/A

Additional {supplementary) technical information may be obtained during working hours from the service for the award of contracts at the AKO COUNCILL CHAMBERS OR SDO'S OFFICE IN NKAMBE, service of award of contracts.

The Delegated Contracting Authority reserves the right, if warranted, to subsequently amend this invitation to tender