Within the framework of 2020 investment Budget, the Lord Mayor Bamenda 1 Council, the Contracting Authority/the Project Owner, hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender for the Rehabilitation of Road Segments: Old Road Junction Hausa Quarter - Inter New Road (Ntenefor), Main Entrance To Bamenda I Market/Park - Alosimentin Junction and Campos B Junction (GBHS Bamendankwe) Through Alahting - Inter Bamendankwe Road (1.8km) in
Bamenda I Subdivision, Mezam Division North West Region.

Work to be done consists of

• Preparatory work
• Earth works- Road surfacing
• Drainage works
• Equipmen

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 27,700,000 (Twenty seven million, seven hundred thousand) FCFA.

The works consist of a unique lot as follows:
The Rehabilitation Of Road Segments: Old Road Junction Hausa Quarter - Inter New Road (Ntenefor), Main Entrance To Bamenda IMarket/Park - Alosimentin Junction And Campus B Junction (GBHS Bamendankwe) Through Alahting - Inter Bamendankwe Road (I.Bkm) In Bamenda I Subdivision, Mezam Division North West Region

Participation to this Invitation to Tender is opened to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the fiscal laws.

Works which form the subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be financed by the 2020 Public Investment Budget of the Ministry of Public works, budget heads No....

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Bamenda 1 Council as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be obtained from the Bamenda I Council as soon as this Notice is published against payment of the non-refundable sum of 45000 CFA francs (Forty five thousand Francs CFA), payable at the Bamenda ICouncil Treasury, representing the cost of purchasing the Tender File.

> Each offer drafted in English or French in 07 (seven) copies including 02 (one) original and 06 (six) copies marked as such, should reach the Bamenda I Council Office, Contracts Award Service not later than 31/07/2020 at 10:00 AM local time and should carry the inscription:

« OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
N" 6/ONIT/BIC/BICITB/MEZAM/NWR/2020 OF 10/07/2020 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF ROAD SEGMENTS: OLD ROAD JUNCTION HAUSA QUARTER - INTER NEW ROAD (NTENEFOR), MAIN ENTRANCE TO BAMENDA I MARKET/PARK - ALOSIMENTIN JUNCTION AND CAMPUS B
JUNCTION (GBHS BAMENDANKWE) THROUGH ALAHTING - INTER BAMENDANKWE RAOD (l.BKM) IN BAMENDA I SUBDIVISION, MEZAM DIVISION NORTH WEST REGION. BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE.

"To be opened only during the bid-opening session"

The maximum deadline provided by the Delegated Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this Invitation to tender is 90 Days

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond Issued by a first-rate banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of finance and whose list is found In document No. 12 of the Tender File, of an amount of 554000 CFA (Five hundred and RHy four thousand Francs CFA) and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officer, Divisional Officers) must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the 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 a single phase. The opening of the administrative documents, the Technical and Financial offers will take place on the 31/07/2020 At 11:00 AM local time, in the conference hall of the Bamenda I Council, by the Bamenda I Council Internal Tenders Board. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice who have knowledge about the bids

Evaluation criteria
The bids shall be evaluated according to the main criteria as follows:
A. Eliminatorv criteria
1. Absence of a document in the administrative file;
2. False declaration or falsified documents;
3. A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder;
4. Non-compliance with model bid
5. Incomplete financial file;
6. Absence of a quantified unit price;
7. Non respect of 75% of essential criteria;
8. Name of company suspended by MINMAP
9. Financial capacity below a third of the estimated cost
B. Essential criteria
1- General presentation of the Tender Files;
2- Financial capacity;
3- References of the company in similar achievements;
4- Quality of the personnel;
5- Technical organization of the works;
6- Safety measures on the site;
7- Logistics;
8- Attestation and report of site visit signed by the Contractor;
9- Special Technical Clauses initialed in all the pages and signed at the last page;
10-Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed in all the pages and signed at the last page.

This evaluation will be done In a purely binary way yes or no with an acceptable minimum of 75% of the essential criteria taken into 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 satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for sixty (60) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the Divisional Delegation of Public Contracts for Mezam, Contracts Award Service and the Bamenda 1 Council Office.