The Mayor of Bamenda III council; CONTRACTING AUTHORITY, initiates on behalf of the Republic of Cameroon, an Open National Invitation to tender for the construction of a reinforced concrete bridge of 10 m span at PK 3+650 of the Mbente-Mukoro-FombeCouncil Road, in Bamenda III Council Area, Bamenda IIISub Division, Mezam Division, North West Region

These works comprise the following descriptions:

000 SERIES: INSTALLATION

OO1 Site installation

OO2 Geotechnical studies / Execution project

OO3 Deviation Construction

OO4 Maintaining circulation

 100 SERIES: SITE PREPARATION

101 Clearing

102 Cleaning of the work site

103 Felling of trees

104 Cleaning the river bed

 200 SERIES: GENERAL EARTH MOVING

201 Excavations for foundations

202 Filter materials behind the abutments

203 Embankment adjoining the two abutments

 300 SERIES: FOUNDATIONS-CULEES

301 Installation of riprap

302 Stone masonry (abutments)

304 Concrete dosed at 150 kg / m3

305 Reinforced concrete dosed at 400kg / m3 for deck

306 Reinforced concrete dosed at 400kg / m3 for headboards

307 Reinforced concrete dosed at 400kg / m3 for footings

308 Neat deck formwork

309 Neat formwork for the chevetre

310 Scaffolding

 400 SERIES: ASSEMBLY

401 Installation and assembly of reinforced concrete beam including all constraints

402 Installation and assembly of reinforced concrete beamincluding all constraints

 500 SERIES: PAINT

501 Anticorrosive paint on metal profiles

502 Oil paint

 600 SERIES: EQUIPMENT

601 Mixed metal / concrete railing

602 Indication signs

603 Reinforced concrete beacons

604 Gargoyles

605 Barbican in abutment law

The previewed cost of the entire works of this Open National Invitation to tender is: 63 711 554 fcfa(sixty three million seven hundred and eleven thousand five hundred and fifty four) FCFA all taxes included.

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 Public works through the road fund, for the 2020 financial year.

The tender file can be consulted in the office of the contracting authority, at the Bamenda IIICouncil situated at Bamenda, Mile Four Nkwen.

The tender file can be obtained in the office of the contracting authority, precisely in the office of the Mayor Bamenda III Council, situated at Bamenda, Mile four Nkwen, on presentation of a payment receipt to the public treasury, of a non-refundable purchase fee for the tender file. 90.000 (Ninety thousand francscfa) Francs CFA.

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

  PRESENTATION OF THE BIDS

The bid documents will be presented in three envelopes as illustrated bellow:

The Envelope A containing Administrative documents (volume 1);

The Envelope B containing Technical documents (Volume 2);

The Envelope C containing financial documents (Volume 3).

All constituted documents (Envelopes A, B and C), will be put in a bigger sealedenvelope bearing only the title of the Open national invitation to tender N°004…...

The various documents in each bid will be numbered in the order of the tender file and with separators of different colours other than white.

Each bid, prepared in English or in French in (07) seven copies, that is (01) one original and (06) six copies noted as such, shall be forwarded to the contracting authority, notably to the Mayor ofBamenda III Counciloffice situated at Bamenda, Mile four Nkwenlatest the : 07/07/2020 at 10:00a.m local time bearing;

« N° 004/ONIT/E/E29/BIIIC/BIIICITB/2020 OF05/06/2020 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE OF 10 M IN BAMENDA II COUNCIL AREA, BAMENDA III SUBDIVISION, MEZAM DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGIONBY NORMAL PROCEDURE

FUNDING: 2020 MINTP PIB

To be opened only during the bid-opening session ».

The entire period of execution of these Works is 5 months (five months)calendar months. This duration starts as of the date of notification of the service order to start Works.

TEMPORAL BID BOND (TENDER GUARANTEE) :

The bids should be accompanied by a temporal bid bond (Bank Tender Guarantee, or a bank cheque certified), 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.

Bids that will be submitted after the date and time mentioned above or those that will not respect the separation model indicated in the different documents in each bid shall not be accepted.

To avoid being rejected, the required Administrative documents will be imperatively produced in original or in certified true copies by the issuing service, in conformity with the stipulation of the rules and regulations of this tender.

These Administrative documents have a validity period of (03) three months. This validity period has to begin after the date of the lunching of the tender.

The opening of bids shall take place on the 07/07/2020 at 11:00a.m in the conference hall of the Bamenda IIICouncil Internal Tender’s Board, at the Bamenda III Council premises.

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.

1.   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 least one Administrative document;

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

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

f)    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 tax in figures and in words, clearly filled. ;
• The bill of quantities and cost estimates (BOQ);
• The unit price breakdown;

g)   Not having obtained at least seventy five percent (75%) of the essential technical criteria;

h)   Any bid carrying a mark identifying the bidder

: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;
d.     General presentation of bids
e.     Financial capacity;
f.      Safety measures at site;
g.     Technical organization of works;
h.     Logistics;
i.       Attestation and report of site visit;
j.       Special technical clauses initiated on all pages and last page signed;

Special administrative clauses filled and initiated on all pages and last page

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

Only a maximum of one 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 Bamenda III Council office situated at Bamenda Mile four Nkwen.