Within the framework of the 2020 Public investment Budget (RIB), the Mayor of Mbiame Council "Delegated Contracting Authority" hereby launches byemergency procedurean Open National Invitation to tender for the Construction of a block of two (02) Classrooms and two (2) Offices at G B S S LIP IN MBIAME Council Area, This invitation to tendercomprises one (01) lot as follows;

Work to be done consists of constructing a block of two (02) classrooms at G S KOVJOH IN MBIAME Council Area, Bui Division. The works include the following:
Lot 100: Preparatory works and studies
Lot 200: Earth Works
Lot 300: Foundation
Lot 400: Block work in elevation
Lot 500: Carpentry works
Lot 600: Metallic works
Lot 700: Electricity
Lot 800: Painting
Lot 900: Drainage works and pavement
Lot 1000: Hygien and Environmental Protection 

Project Amount  24 000 000

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the fiscal laws and having a good experience in the domain concerned

The said Worksshall be financed by the Public Investment Budget PIB of the minitry of DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, for the 2020 financial year assigned Council as Delegated Authorizing officers with Budget Heads N0 54 27 351 01 6416292222

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information during working hours as from the date of publication of this tender notice, at the Mbiame Council

The file may be obtained at the office in changeof Public Contracts, Telephone N0 677 740 854 as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non- refundable sum of (40,400)Forty Thousand, Four Hundred CFA francs, payable at the Council Treasury Mbiame representing the cost of purchasing the tender file

Each offer drafted in English or French in 07 (Seven) copies including 01 (one) original and 06 (six) copies marked as such, should reach the Service for the award of Public Contracts Mbiame Council, not later than 24th April 2020 at 10.00 am local time. Itshould be labelled as follows:

"OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
02/ONIT/MBIAME COUNCIUMCITB/2020 OF 26th MARCH 2020 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BLOCK OF TWO (02) CLASSROOMS AND (2) CLASSROOMS AND TWO OFFICES ATGBS SLIP IN MBIAME COUNCIL AREA, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION
TO BE OPENED ONLYDURING THE BID OPENING SESSION

The maximum execution deadline shall be four (04) calendar months, including the rainy season and other vagaries, with effect from the date of notification of the administrative order of work commencement.

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Contracting Authority shall be One Hundred and Twenty {120) days maximum, as from the date of notification ofthe service order

Each bidder should include in his administrative document, a bid bond four hundred and and Eighty Thousand) CFA francs issued by a first rate-bank approved Finance in conformity with COBAC conditions.
Against the risk of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities of the administrative document required, including the bid bond, shall imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. Theyshall neither be older
than three (03) months nor be produced before the signing of the tender notice.
Any offernot in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall not be accepted, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank, approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance, or the non-respect of the model of the tender file documents, shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the offer without any appeal beingentertained

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations ofthe invitation to tender.
They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months preceding the date of submission of bids or may be established after the signature of the tender notice
Any bid not in compliance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible.
This refers especially to the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance

The bids shall be opened in single phase. The opening ofthe Administrative documents, Technical 
and Financial offers shall take place on the 24th April 2020 at 11 am local time, by the Mbiame Council
Internal Tenders Board in the Mbiame Council Conference Hall.
Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons oftheir choice.

There are two types of evaluation criteria; eliminatory and essentialcriteria The aim of thee criteria is to identify and reject   incomplete bids or bids not in conformity with the essential conditions laid don in the Tender File 

Eliminatory criteria fix the minimum conditions to be fulfilled to be admitted for evaluation according of the essential criteria the essential criteria. The non-respect of these criteria leads to the rejection of the bid made by the bidder 

They refer especially to:
♦ Absence of bid bond
♦ False declaration or forged document
♦ Non compliance with major technical specifications (to be listed)
♦ Non-respect ofXessential criteria (X being greaterthan or equal to 1)
♦ Absence of quantified unit price)
♦ Non compliance with the model bid
♦ Technical assessment mark tower than 80% of "Yes".
♦ Suspension of the enterprise
a. Essential criteria
Essential criteria are primordial in the judgment ofthe technical and financial capacity ofcandidates
to execute the works forming the subjectofthe invitation to tender.
The criteria relating to thequalification ofcandidates are based onthe following:

• General presentation of the tender files;
• References of the company in similar achievements;
• Experience of supervisory staff;
• Logistics (Equipment):
• Methodology;
• Financial capacity;
• Attestation of site visit signed by both the Contractor
• Report ofsite visit signed by the Contractor
• The Special Technical Clauses (STC), (Each page should be initialed and the last page
• signed and stamped);
• Special Administrative Clauses completed (each page should be initialed and the last page
• signed and stamped);
• Pre - Financing capacity not less than 75% of the amount required in the offer

The essential criteria are subjected to minima whose detail is given in the Special Regulation of the Invitation to tender (RPAO).
iii Main qualification criteria
The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates could be indicative on the following:
The essential criteria are subjected to minima whose detail is given in the Special Tender Regulation (RPAO).
This evaluation shall be done in a purely binary method with a (yes) or a (no) with an acceptable
minimum of 80% of the essential criteria taken in to account.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having scored 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 80% of the essential criteria

The jobbing order shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity ith the dispositons of  the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technical quality,

The bidders shall remain committed to their offers during a period of ( one hundred and twenty) 120 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the Mbiame Council, Service of award of Public Contracts.