The Mayor of Bamenda III Council; CONTRACTING AUTHORITY, initiates on the behalf of the Republic of Cameroon, an Open National Invitation to tender for the realization of the operation mentioned above:

The purpose of the tender is the execution of works for the tarring with three coats surface-dressing of the roads section; PNEU JUNCTION - REDEEMER BAPTIST CHURCH MILE III NKWEN (length 1,06 km; average width 8,00 m) in the Bamenda III council area, Mezam division, North-west region by emergency procedure.

The works subject to this invitation to tender, are presented in ONE lot, following the itinerary described below:

The works subject to this invitation to tender, are presented in ONE lot, following the itinerary described 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.

The Works on This tender are funded by the budget of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, through the 2019 financial year. The previewed cost of the entire works of this Open National Invitation to tender is: 100,000,000 fcfa {one hundred million) FCFA all taxes included

The tender file can be consulted in the office of the contracting authority, at the Mayor of Bamenda III council office situated at mile III quarter {Indicate the precised localization).

The tender file can be obtained in the office of the contracting authority, precisely in the office of the Mayor of Bamenda III council situated at mile III, on presentation of a payment receipt to the public treasury, of a nonrefundable purchase fee for the tender file. 100.000 (one hundred thousand francs cfa) Francs CFA.

This receipt should be able identify the buyer as the representative of the bidder, wishing to participate in the consultation.

The tender file can be obtained in the office of the contracting authority, precisely in the office of the Mayor of Bamenda III council situated at mile III, on presentation of a payment receipt to the public treasury, of a nonrefundable purchase fee for the tender file. 100.000 (one hundred thousand francs cfa) Francs CFA.

This receipt should be able identify the buyer as the representative of the bidder, wishing to participate in the consultation.

The entire period of execution of these Works is 6 months_ {six months) calendar months. This duration starts as of the date of notification of the service order to start Works.

The bids should be accompanied by a temporal bid bond (Bank Tender Guarantee), established as per the indicated Model in this tender file, by a financial institution accredited by the Ministry of Finance, and of an Amount equal to:

To avoid being rejected, the original copy of the bid bond (Bank tender guarantee) should be produce dating less than 3 (three) months. The temporal bid bond shall automatically be liberated highest 30 (thirty days) days upon expiration of the validity of the bids for the unsuccessful bidders. In case where the bidder is awarded the contract, the temporal bid bond is liberated after the production of the final bond.

The opening of bids shall take place on the 11/01/2020 at 11 AM, in the conference hall of the Bamenda III Council internal tender's Board. The opening of bids will be done at once and in three stages:

- Stage 1: Opening of envelope A containing Administrative document (volume 1),

- Stage 2: Opening of envelope B containing Technical document (volume 2)

- Stage 3: Opening of envelope C containing financial document (volume 3).

All the bidders can take part in this opening session or can be represented by one person dully mandated (Even in case of joint-venture) who has a perfect mastery of the tender file.

MAIN CRITERIA OF EVALUATION OF THE BIDS :

-: ELIMINATORY CRITERIA :

a) Absence of submission bid bond (tender bank guarantee);

b) Absence after a period of 48 hours following the deposit of bids, of at least one of the administrative document, excluding that of the submission bid bond;

c) Non-conformity after a period of 48 hours following the deposit of bids, of at one Administrative document;

d) False declaration, falsified or non-authentic document;

e) Incomplete technical Bid, or the absence of:

> Attestation of site visit and Its report;

> Personal Declaration attesting that the bidder has not abandoned any contract within the last three years, and that he does not figure on the list of defiant enterprises established by MINMAP;

> A works engineer with qualification as required in the tender file (ten year (10) of experience in the domain;

> The works engineer non registered in the national order of civil engineer;

> Any of the key workers being a civil servant;

> An environmental expert with at least 02 years' experience in the domain;

> Non-existence in the technical bid of « the organization, the methodology and planning » rubrics;

f) Omission of a unit price in the schedule of unit prices and the bill of quantities and cost estimates;

g) Incomplete financial bid for absence of one of the following documents:

> The tender letter;

> The unit price schedule following the indicated model of prices without value added taxe in figures and in words, clearly filled.;

> The bill of quantities and cost estimates (BOO,);

> The unit price breakdown; h) Not having obtain at least seven out the ten criteria, following the evaluation of the essential technical criteria

 essential criteria :

The technical bids will be evaluated according to the following ten (10) main criteria:

a. Key personnel of the enterprise on three (03) criteria ;

b. The site equipment to be mobilized on five (05) criteria ;

c. The Enterprise references on two (02) criteria.

The contract will be awarded to the lowest bidder, fulfilling the required administrative, technical, and financial criteria.

Only a maximun of two {precise the number of lot in figures and in word that a bidder can be attributed) lot(s) award to a bidder for this tender.

The bidders will be engaged by their bids during a period of ninety (90) days as from the latest date programmed for bids deposit.

Additional information in relation to technical details can be obtained at the office of the contracting authority, notably The Mayor of Bamenda III Council office situated at Mile III.