Within the framework of the 2020 Public Investment Budget (PIB), the Mayor of Batibo Council "Contracting Authority" hereby, launches an open National Invitation to tender in emergency procedure for the construction of a bridge Over Tingwei River in Tiben Village with a Span of 4.9 m, Batibo Sub-Division, Momo Division of the North-West Region

Work to be done consists of Construction of a bridge Over Tingwei River in Tiben Village with a Span of 4.9 m, Batibo Sub-Division, Momo Division .The works include the following:

Lot 100: SITE INSTALLATION ,

Lot 200: SITE PREPARATION,

Lot 300: EARTH WORKS,

Lot 400: FOUNDATION, ABUTMENTS, BEAMS. AND SLAB WORKS,

Lot 500; ASSEMBLINGS,

Lot 600: PAINTING,

 Lot 700: EQUIPMENT.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 24 614 983 (twenty four million six hundred and fourteen thousand nine hundrd and eighty three) CFA Francs.

This invitation to tender comprises only one (01) lot: Construction of a bridge Over Tingwei River in Tiben Village with a Span of 4.9 m, Batibo Sub-Division, Momo Division of the North-West Region

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 Works shall be financed by the MINTP—ROAD FUND, for the 2020 financial year

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

The file may be obtained at the Batibo Council Office, as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non-refundable sum of (37 000) thirty seven thousand CFA francs, payable at the Batibo Council Treasury representing the cost of the tender file.

The tender file in three (03) volumes shall be enclosed in three sealed envelopes.

> Envelope A containing the administrative documents (Volume 1);

> Envelope B containing the technical offer (Volume 2);

> Envelope C containing the financial offer (Volume 3).

The three volumes shall then be enclosed in a single sealed envelope bearing only the reference of the tender in question. The different documents of each offer shall be numbered as indicated in the tender and separated by dividers of the same colour.

Each offer or bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies including the original and six (06) copies marked as such in accordance with the prescriptions of the tender file should be submitted against a receipt at the Batibo Council Office not later than 27/08/2020 at 10 a.m local time and should carry the inscription:

"Open National Invitation to Tender, Emergency Procedure"

N°007/ONIT/BC/BCITB/2020 OF 07/08/2020 For the construction of a bridge Over Tingwei River in Tiben Village with a Span  Of 4.9 m, Batibo Sub-Division, Momo Division of the North-West Region.

«To be opened only during the bid opening session»

The offers or the bids submitted after the stipulated deadline shall not be received.

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.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents a bid bond issued by a first rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance featuring in the annex of the tender file of the sum of 493 000 ( four hundred and ninety three thousand) FCFA. The provisional deposit shall be automatically released not later than 30 (thirty) days following the expiry of the validity of the bids for bidders who shall not be retained. In the case where the bidder is awarded the contract, the provisional deposit shall be released after the constitution of the final bond.

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 opening of the bids in one phase shall be done on 27/08/2020 at 11a.m in the conference hall of the Batibo Council by the competent internal tender board.
Only bidders may attend or be duly represented by a person of their choice, who has full knowledge of the file and mandated in that capacity.

The evaluation of the bids shall be done in three (03) steps:
> step: Verification of the conformity of the administrative file;
> 2nd step: Evaluation of the technical file;
> 3rd step: Analysis of the financial file.
The criteria of evaluation are the following:
There are two types of evaluation criteria: eliminatory and essential criteria. The aim of these
criteria is to identify and reject incomplete bids or bids not in conformity with the essential conditions laid down in the Tender File.

1-Eliminntory criteria
Eliminatory criteria fix the minimum conditions to be fulfilled to be admitted for evaluation
according of the essential criteria. The non-respect of these criteria leads to the rejection of the bid made by the bidder.
They refer especially to:
1.1- Administrative documents
Any offer not in conformity with the prescriptions of this tender file shall be declared
inadmissible. Especially the lack of the provisional guarantee;
A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder.
Absence of a document in the administrative file;
False declaration or falsified documents.
1.2- Technical file
• Incomplete or non compliant documents;
• False declaration forged or scanned documents;
• Non existence in the technical file of the rubric « organization, methodology and planning »
• Absence of the prefinancing capacity of at least six million one hundred and fifty five
thousaiid(6155 000) F CFA,
• Technical assessment mark lower than 80% of "Yes".
1.3- Financial offer

• Incomplete financial offer;
• Non-compliant documents;
• Omission of quantified unit price in the financial offer;
• Absence of break down price.

Essential criteria:

-General Presentation of the offer: Document spirally bound, colour sheets separation, table of content, presentation of documents in the order given in this tender file, quality of document.... 1 point

-Reference of the enterprise:
• Experience in the similar works  ...2 points

-Quality of Requested staff: Qualifications,experience of personnel affected to the project, CV, NIC and attestation of availability....4 points

-Presence of the methodology of work execution........ 05 points

-Technical and material affected to the project: The company should justify the
property of the necessary material to the execution of works......... 03 points

-presence of the prefinancing capacity ........ 01 point

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 (RPAQ).
The note of the technical offer will be gotten by addition of marks for every criteria. Only the
technical offer having gotten an equal or superior note to 80% of YES will be kept for the financial evaluation.

TheJobbing order 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. (See article 99 of the public contracts code).

The bidders shall remain committed to their bids 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 Batibo Council. Tel: N° 677 980 303/ 679 204 915.