Within the frame-work of the 2021 Public Investment Budget, the Contracting Authority (LORD MAYOR OF ZHOA COUNCIL), hereby representing the State of Cameroon, launches an Open National Invitation to tender under CONDITIONS OF EMERGENCY for the Opening of a 2.9 km farm to Market road from Wu-Mbolo-Tso Mulili road in Zhoa Council area.

These works comprise the following descriptions:
• Task 1: Site installation;
• Task 2: NETTOYAGE ET TERRASSEMENTS;
• Task 3: CHAUSSEE;
• Task 4: ASSAINISSEMENT;

The estimated cost of the operations (tasks) following feasibility studies stands as 27,000,000 (Twenty seven million) FCFA

The works subject of this invitation to tender shall be in one lot defined with specifications as in the Opening of a 2.9 km farm to Market road from Wu-Mbolo-Tso Mulili road in Zhoa Council area.

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 2021 financial year.

The Tender documents may be consulted immediately after publication of this invitation to tender from the Services of the Contracting Authority (Service in charge of the contracts award) during working hours at the Council's Office in Zhoa. Contact: 237 674 72 66 05

The Tender documents shall be obtained immediately after publication of this invitation to tender from the Services of the Contracting Authority during working hours at the Council office in Zhoa. The document shall be obtained upon presentation of a Municipal Treasury receipt from the Zhoa Council Municipal Treasury showing the payment of a non-refundable sum of Fifty five thousand (55,000) franc FCA

Each bid, prepared in English or in French in (08) seven copies, that is (01) one original and (06) six copies noted as such, shall be forwarded to the tenders' board of the contracting authority, notably to the Mayor of Zhoa council, situated at Zhoa, latest the:  18/02/2021 at 10: am local time bearing

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
N° 04/ONIT/MINDDEVEL/ZC/ZCITB/2021 OF 19/01/2021
FOR THE OPENING OF A 2.9 KM FARM TO MARKET ROAD FROM WU-MBOLO-TSO MULILI ROAD IN BAFMENG IN ZHOA COUNCIL  AREA
(To be opened only during the bids opening session )

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner for the execution of the works subject of this tender shall be ninety calendar days (three months) with effect from date of notification of the Service Order to start execution.

The bids should be accompanied by a temporal bid bond (Bank Tender Guarantee), 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:554 000 (Five hundred and fifty four thousand)FCFA.

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

NB: 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 et C), will be put in a big sealed envelope bearing only the title of the Open national invitation to tender.
The various documents in each bid will be numbered in the order of the tender file and with separators of different colours other that white.

The opening of bids shall take place on the 18/02/2021 at _11:am, in the conference hall of the Council Zhoa Council.

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- : ELIMINATORY CRITERIA:
a) Absence of bid bond (tender bank guarantee);
b) Submission 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, or any one Administrative document;
d) False declaration, falsified or non-authentic document;
e) Not having obtained at least seven out the ten criteria, following the evaluation of the essential technical criteria.
2: 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.

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

Bidders shall remain committed to their offers for ninety (90) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders (offers).

Additional information in relation to technical details can be obtained at the office of the contracting authority, situated at Zhoa council. TEL: 674 72 66 05