The ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF CDENO, (Contracting Authority) within the frame-work of the 2019 CDENO Budget hereby launches by emergency procedure an open national invitation to tender FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CDENO MAIN OFFICE PHASE H IN BAMENDA 11 SUB DIVISION, MEZAM DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION OF CAMEROON.

The works comprise notably: the construction of CDENO MAIN Office Phase II in Bamenda II Sub Division, Mezam Division, North West Region of Cameroon

The provisional amount after studies stands at eighty million francs (80,000,000 frs)

The Job shall be executed in a single LOT

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all registered and qualified enterprises of the Republic of Cameroon, with the necessary financial capability, technical and professional expertise in Public works

This project shall be financed by CDENO budget for 2019, chap 22 04 20

The tender documents are available for consultation at the North West Livestock Development Fund (CDENO), door no. 01, P.O. Box 399 Bamenda, Tel :233 36 26 15 during working hours

The file may be obtained upon presentation of a receipt showing payment of a non-refundable sum of 86,000 FCFA (Payable CAS-ARMP account no.335 988 at BICEC) or at the Regional Treasury Bamenda. The original copy of this receipt shall be included in the bidder's documents. On procuring the tender documents (DAG), bidders shall be duly registered with their full addresses indicating: P.O. Bo.x; Fax; and Telephone numbers.

Thursday 24/10/2019 at 11:00am

The deadline for the completion of the works shall be five (05) months, with effect from date of notification of the service order bearing information to start works.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond that respects the model of this tender file, issued by a banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance at an amount of 1.600.000 FCFA (One million six hundred thousand francs'). Bid bonds for unsuccessful bidders shall be withdrawn not later than fifteen (15) days after the award of the contract and those of successful  bidders shall be retained until the required performance guarantee for good execution is provided. The validity period for the Bid Bond shall be 30 days.

At the risk of being rejected, all documents shall be originals or certified true copies by the authorized issuing service or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers) presented in accordance with the Special Regulations of this invitation to tender. None of these should be more than three (3) months old as from the date of submission of offers, without double certification and not falsified. These shall be separated by coloured separators from each other. Any bid that shall not be in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible. NB: The successful bidder shall during site installation present the originals of the respective documents for strict verification of their authenticity.

The offers shall beat the CDENO Internal Tenders Board in a single phase on the 17 OCT 2019 at 12:00pm local time in the conference hall of CDENO in the presence of Bidders or their representatives who have full knowledge about the bids submitted. ONLY BIDDERS or their duly authorized representatives with a sound knowledge of their bids shall attend the bid opening session. Any bid that shall not comply with the requirements of the tender file shall be rejected.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

-Tender conformity shall be evaluated as per the following

A) Eliminatory Criteria.

-Failure to produce or replace an element of the administrative file within forty eight hours in the case of absence or non-conformity of this document;

-Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed

-False declaration or falsified documents

-A bsence or insufficient bid bond

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

 - Incomplete financial file

- Change of quantity or unit Non respect of 75% of essential criteria

B) Essential Criteria.

The preliminary evaluation shall be binary and based on the following 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 realistic bid and technical quality, (see article 33 of the public contracts code)

Bidders will remain committed to their bids which shall be valid for a period of ninety(90)days with effect from the deadline for the submission.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the service for contracts at CDENO main office, BP 399 B’da, Tel: 233 36 26 15, door no. l.