Within the framework of the execution of the

2020 state budget,   the State of Cameroon represented by THE LORD MAYOR ISANGELE COUNCIL hereby launches  an open national invitation to tender for the CONSTRUCTION  OF A BLOCK OF TWO (02)  CLASSROOMS  AT G.S. ISANGELE  -ISANGELE  SUB DIVISION,NDIAN DIVISION.

The construction works subject to this invitation to tender include detail description of the items found in the bill of quantities (detail cost estimate).

Twenty million (20.000.000) francs   fcfa

 Any bidder may bid for and hold more than one (1) lot but in this case  we  have  just  one  lot.  However  for  reasons  of  assiduity,  effective  presence  of  the contracting  partner  and  proper  realization  of works  this  must  be  so  with  different  sets  of personnel.

 Participation in this present invitation to tender is opened to all registered and qualified companies or groups of companies based in the Republic of Cameroon, with the necessary financial capability, technical and professional expertise in Public works (construction domain).

The said works shall be financed as per the following programmed budget head of the 2020 Public Investment Budget (PIB 2020) of the Republic of Cameroon under the Ministry of  Basic Education   assigned to THE LORD MAYOR ISANGELE .

The Tender documents may be consulted and obtained immediately after publication  of this  invitation to tender  from the Services of the Contracting Authority  (Service in charge of the award of contracts) during working hours at the ISANGELE COUNCIL.  The document  shall  be obtained  upon  presentation  of a  receipt testifying  to the payment  of a non-refundable  sum  of Thirty Thousand  (30,000)  Francs CFA  payable  to the MUNICIPAL  Treasury ISANGELE.

:   Each bid written in English or French shall be signed by the bidder or by a duly authorized representative and presented in eight (7) copies, that is one (01) original   and  six  (06) copies  labelled as such. These shall be submitted in one sealed  pack containing three  (3) envelopes,  that  is,  Envelope A: Administrative  Documents,  Envelope  B: Technical file and Envelope C: Financial file. The sealed pack shall bear no information about the company and shall reach the, Service in charge of the award of contracts (AT ISANGELE  )

not later than   f  4 02   2020 at 12 noon at   local time and note should be taken that in

case of any ambiguities  or differences  during  opening, only the original shall  be considered

authentic.

The sealed pack shall bear the following inscriptions:

OPEN NATIONAL  INVITATION TO TENDER

N° 012/ONIT/ IC /NDIANIlCITBI  2020  OF  I;} l Dr I          2020

FOR THE CONSTRUCTION   OF A BLOCK  OF TWO  (02) CLASSROOMS  AT G.S. ISANGELE

-ISANGELE   SUB DIVISION,NDIAN   DIVISION,SOUTH   WEST

(To be opened  only  during  bids  opening  session)

The  maximum  deadline  for  the  execution  provided  for  by the Contracting  Authority  shall  be  three  months  (90  calendar  days)  with  effect  from  date  of notification of the Service Order to start works, per lot.

Each bidder shall enclose  in his administrative  documents  a bid bond  (provisional guarantee)  that respects the model in this tender file of Four  Hundred  Thousand   (400,000) francs CFA for each lot 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.

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 or such bids shall be subject to rejection. 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: The successful  bidder shall during site installation  present the originals of the respective

documents for strict verification of their authenticity.

a) Stage I shall  involve:

i)   Opening and appraisal of validity, authenticity and completeness

ii)    Opening of envelopes containing technical documents  to appraise and evaluate technical proposals

NB:  Any bids which  shall  not obtain 75%  score  in the technical  evaluation  shall  simply  be

eliminated.

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

- Any Bid that shall not obtain 75% 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 contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, who fulfils the technical and administrative requirements

:   Bidders will  remain committed  to their offers for a period of ninety (90) days from the last date of for the submission of tenders, that is, the tenders shall be valid for 90 (ninety) days with effect from their submission deadline.

 Additional (supplementary) technical information may be obtained during working hours from the service for the award of contracts.