The City Mayor of Bamenda City Council hereby launches under emergency procedure an open national invitation to tender for the above-mentioned project.

 The works are made up of:

  - Site installation;

  - Preparation of the site;

  - Cutting and balancing of potholes with laterite or gravel;

   - Maintenance of pot holes in Surface dressing and asphalt;

  - All other subjection necessary for good execution of the works.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is forty-six million seven hundred and fifty thousand (46,750,000) Francs CFA inclusive o fall taxes.

The works are regrouped in a unique lot: Maintenance of some tarred roads in Bamenda

Participation in this invitation to tender is opened to all national companies specialized in building construction and public works.

Works which from the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by Public Investment Budget of the Bamenda City Council for 2020 financial yea; head: 610 107

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Bamenda Technical Services at Mulang Tel: 677 144 131/677 047 095 upon publication of the invitation tender.

The file may be obtained from the Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services, Tel: 677 144 131/675 102 929 upon publication of the invitation to tender against payment of the non- refundable sum of sixty-two  thousand (62,000)CFA Francs, payable at Bamenda City Council Treasury under the budgetary head 712 101.

Each bid drafted in English or French shall be signed by the bidder or by a duly authorized representative and presented in five (05) copies including the original and four (04) copies marked as such. The sealed pack shall bear no information on the enterprise, and should reach Bamenda City Council Tenders Board, not later than 11/06/2020 at 12 noon and should carry the inscription:

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

N° 004/ONIT/BCCITB/2020 of 14/05/2020

For the maintenance of some tarred roads in Bamenda under Emergency procedure.

TO BE OPENED ONLY DURING THE TENDER OPENING SESSION

The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this invitation to tender is four (04) months.

Each bidder must  include in his/her administrative documents, a bid bond that respects the modeIs of this tender file issued by an approved bank or an Insurance company, (see list in document No 12 of this tender file), of an amount of nine hundred and thirty-five thousand (935,000) Francs CFA, valid for ninety (90) days as from the date of validity of the offers.

For fear of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. " . . " They must obligatorily be not 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 opening of the bids in one phase shall be done on the 11/06/2020 at 1.00 pm prompt in the Conference Hall of the Bamenda City Council by the Internal Tenders Board. Bidders may attend o be represented by a duly mandated person.

i-Eliminatory criteria

 - Absence or non-conformity  of a document in the administrative file;

- Forged, scanned, false or fake documents;

-  Absence or insufficient bid bond;

- Deadline of execution more than the prescribed;

- Omission of a quantified task on the bill of quantities;

- Technical mark less than 80 %.

ii. Essential criteria:

The following essential criterias hall be evaluated in a binary manner (satisfactory or not) and will include:

- Financial situation;

-Equipment;

- Personnel;

-Methodology of execution and conformity with technical specifications, environmental protection and hygiene;

- References for similar works;

-  Acceptance of the conditions of the contract.

The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity to the dispositions of the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technical quality, confer article 99 of the public contracts code.

The bidders shall remain committed to their offers during a period of (ninety) 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids

Complementary information may be obtained during working hours from Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services, Tel: 677 14 41 31 / 675 10 29 29