Within government’s policy of good governance and transparent management the Director General of SOWEDA hereby intends to recruit the services of an independent auditor of established reputation to audit the accounts and financial statements of SOWEDA for the 2019 financial year. This tender follows the Request for Expression of Interest N° 001/20/REI/SOWEDA of 20/01/2020
The nature of the tender shall consist in recruiting a consultancy firm to carry out the audit of the accounts,and finan,cial statements of SOWEDA for the 2019 financial year
The total estimated cost of the entire assignment stands at FCFA 70.00.000 FCFA
The present consultation shall be in 0 1 (one) Lot only
Participation in this invitation to tender is open to the following pre--qualified enterprises specialized in carrying out audit of accounts and financial statements and retained on the basis of request for Expression of interest N°001/20/REI/SOWEDA of 20/01/2020
The services for which this Consulation is intended shall be financed by 2020 running budget of SOWEDA , Line 612051
I The Tender File may be consulted during working hours at the Head Office of SOWEDA Buea
(Department of f Administration and Finance) P.O. Box 336, BUea.
as soon as this notice IS published.
The file may be obtained at the HEAD Office of SOWEDA , Buea ( Department of Administration and Finance ) P.O Box 336 , Buea Tel : 233-32-26-22/ 233-32-28-05 E-mail : soweda_buea@yahoo.com as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non-refundable sum of FCFA 10.000 FCFA to the ARMP Special account N° 335 988 with BICEC Cameroon
Each bid drafted in ENGLISH or FRENCH in seven 07 copies including the original copy and six ( 06) copies labelled as such and sealed , should reach SOWEDA , not later than 25/03/2020 at 10 a.m in a stamped enveloppe addressed to the Director General of SOWEDA .
The sealed envelope shall be labelled as follows :
Restricted National Invitation to tender N° 002/20/RNIT/SOWEDA/SITB/GoC/2020 of 20/02/2020 For the Recruitment of a Consultancy Firm to Audit the 2019 Accounts and Financial Statements of SOWEDA
To be opened only during the bids Opening Session
The period of execution of the assignment that is subject of this tender shall be 02 ( two) months .
Under risk of being rejected , each bidder must include in his administrative documents , a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank or insurance company approved by the Ministry in charge of finance featuring on the list in document 12 of the tender file amounting to FCFA 140.000 ( one hundred and forty thousand francs )
The bid bond shall reamin valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of the validity of the offers .
Administrative an financial documents must be orginals or copies duly certified bythe issuing authority in conformity with the special regulation of the Tender .
They must be less than three months old from the date of submission of bids and must not have been signed before the date of publication of the Tender Notice .
Bids that are not in conformity with the provisions of this Notice and the Tender document shall be rejected .
Notably the absence of the bid bond by a first ddegree banking institution or insurance company approved by the Ministry in charge of finance or the non-respect of the model documents
j attached to the Tender Document shall lead to the rejection of the bid,
Subject to being rejected, the administrative and financial documents required must be produced in originals or true copies
Certified by the issuing service in accordance with The Special Conditions of the Invitation to tender.
These documents must not be older than three (03) months preceding the original date of submission of bids must not have been established after the signing of the tender notice .
In accordance with prescriptions of this notice and tender file , any incomplete offer shall be declared inadmissible . This applies especially to the absence of a bid bonf issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance.
The bids shall be opened in two phases . The administrative file and the technical offer shall be opened first followed by the opening of the financial offers of bidders who would have obtained minimum required technical score .
The opening of the administrative documents and the technical offer shall take place on 25/03/2020 at 11.am in the SOWEDA Conference hall by the SOWEDA Internal Tenders Board .
Only bidders can attend or be duly represented by a person of their choice .
The opening of financial offers shall take place at the end of technical evaluation and shall concern only bidders who must have obtained the minimum score of 70 points on 100.
14.1 Main evaluation criteria
Bids shall be rejected for :
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a) Absence of abid bond \ .~ . b) Absence or non-conformity of administrative document within 48hours after bids opening •
The firm shall be retained by the method of combination of the technical and financial marks, in conformity with the procedure laid down in the Tender Document :
• Technical Weight: 60%
• Financial Weight: 40%
The contract shall be awarded to to the bidder with a higher score in accordance with the following formua : N= 60x Technical Score (Ts) +40 x Financial Score (Fs) /100
The financial score (FS) is obtained as follows :
Let fm = minimum financial proposal . Its financial score is equated to 100 points the other bidder’s financial score F(s) will be processed as follows :
Fs=100xFm/F
Where FM = amount of minimum financial proposal and F = amount of the proposal beiang evaluated .
he Contract shall be awarded on the basis of the best offer using a combination of technical and financial criteria , to the firm that scores highest with respect to article 15 above .
Bidders shall be bound by their bids for a period of 90 ninety days with effect from the date of submission of bids .
Additonal information may be obtained at office of the Dircetor of Administration and Finance of SOWEDA , P.O BOX 336 –BUEA ; TEL : 233-32-28-05
Email:sowedabuea@
Gmail.com