Within the framework of rehabilitating production infrastructures and ensuring the production of high yield quality rice to fight against poverty and hunger in Cameroon, the General Manager of the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA), Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National Tender in emergency procedure for the dredging of 42.48km of secondary and tertiary canals in all Sectors of UNVDA farm lands.
The nature of works to be carried out within the framework of this tender includes:
- Clearing
- Dredging of irrigation canals (secondary and tertiary)
- Re-shaping of irrigation canals (trapezoidal form)
The estimated cost of the operation following prior studies stands at 75 996 500(Seventy Five Million Nine Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand Five Hundred and)FCFA Tax Inclusive.
The works are made up of a single lot.
Participation to this tender is open to bidders, justifying a proven and verifiable experience in the domain of land development for agricultural purposes especially concerning hydraulic infrastructures
Works which form the subject of this tender shall be financed by the 2021 Public Investment Budget of MINADER, Imputation: 55 30 393 05 330001 2813.
The Tender file may be consulted during working hours at the Service of Public Contractsof UNVDA, P.O.BOX 25 Ndop, telephone 237 691 798 318/ 672 86 14 16,.as soon as this notice is published
Bidders can obtain complete tender documents at the Service of Public Contracts of UNVDA, P.O.BOX 25 Ndop, telephone 237 691 798 318/ 672 86 14 16 during working hours (7.30am to 3pm), Mondays to Fridays upon the payment of a non-refundable sum of 83 000 (Eighty Three Thousand) CFA francs, payable at BICEC, account CAS ARMP N° 97568660001
Each offer drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies including the original and six (06) copies marked as such and sealed in an envelope shall be deposited at the General Secretariat of UNVDAnot later than the 13/04/21 at 10 o’clock local time. The sealed envelope should carry the inscription:
OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TENDER IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
N° 001/ONIT/UNVDA/ITB/2021 OF 15/03/21
FOR THE DREDGING OF 42.48KM OF SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CANALS IN ALL SECTORS OF UNVDA FARM LANDS
‘’To be opened only during the bids analysis session’’
The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works subject of this tender shall be Three (03) months as from the date of notification of the Service Order to commence works to the Contractor.
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 on the list in document 11 of this tender file of an amount of 1 519 000 (One Million Five Hundred and Nineteen Thousand)CFA francsand valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of the validity of the offers.
N.B: Certified checks will not be accepted.
Under pain of rejection, the administrative documents required, must be produced in originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or an administrative authority (Senior Divisional Officer, Divisional Officer…) in accordance with the Special Conditions of the tender.
They must not be older than three (03) months preceding the original date of submission of bids or must not have been established after the signing of the tender notice.
Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance.
The opening of the bids will be in a single phase.
The opening of the Administrative documents and the technical and financial offers shall take place on the 13/04/21 at 11:00 am, local time in the Conference Hall of the UNVDA - Ndop.
Only bidders or their duly authorized representatives who have a perfect knowledge of the documents may attend the opening session. Tenderers should note that they remain bound by their tenders for a period of ninety (90) days from the dead line for submission
Qualification criteria
14.1.Eliminatory criteria
Administrative Documents:
a) Absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance;
b) False declaration or falsified documents.
Technical bids:
a) Falsified declaration or falsified documents;
b) Absence of an attestation to a credit line or other sources equivalent to at least Forty Million (40 000 000) CFAF;
c) Non obtaining 03 out of 04 essential criteria (except the criterion of references of Contractor);
d) Have less than 80 % of technical points.
Financial bids:
a) Non conformity of tender submission;
b) Absence of quantified price.
14.2Essential criteria
The criteria for qualification of candidates will include:
- References of the Contractor (01 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- The availability of materials and essential equipment (2 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- Experience of supervisory staff (9 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- Technical proposition (10 sub criteria) YES / NO;
- Presentation of the offer (05 sub criteria) YES / NO.
Only tenders who have at least 80% of YES shall be retained for financial evaluation
The Contract will be awarded to the Bidder whose bid is deemed to be in compliance essentially with the Tender File and has the required technical and financial capacities to execute the contract satisfactorily, and whose bid will have been evaluated as the lowest.
Bidders will remain committed to their tenders for a maximum period of ninety (90) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.
Complementary information may be obtained during working hours from 7:30 am to 4 pm in the Service of Public Contracts of UNVDA, P.O.BOX 25 Ndop, telephone 237 691 798 318/ 672 86 14 16 and also at the Department of Rural Engineering of UNVDA.