Within the framework of reducing the risks of food shortage through the execution of the 2021 Public Investment Budgetof MINADER, the General Manager of UNVDA, Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National invitation to tenderin emergency procedure for the purchase and collection of 1 248 tons of paddy from farmers, including handling charges in UNVDA Ndop.
The services of this contract comprise notably:
- Acquisition of clean paddy;
- Transportation to the central warehouse.
The estimated costs after preliminary studies stand at249 600 000 (Two Hundred and Forty Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand)CFA francs Tax Inclusive.
The services, subject of this invitation to tender, are in a single lot:The purchase and collection of 1 248 tons of paddy from farmers, including handling charges.
Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all interested Cameroonian based-service providers with founded experience in the said domain.
Services which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by the 2021Public Investment Budget of MINADER, Imputation: 55 30 393 05 330001 2813.
The file may be consulted during working hours at the Service of Public Contracts UNVDA, P.O. Box 25 Ndop, Email: unvdandop@ymail.com , Tel: (237) 691 79 83 72/672 86 14 16 as soon as this notice is published
The file may be obtained fromthe Service of Public Contracts UNVDA, P.O. Box 25 Ndop, Email: unvdandop@ymail.com , Tel: (237) 691 79 83 72/672 86 14 16as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of138 000 (One Hundred andThirty EightThousand) CFA francs, payable at BICEC, account CAS ARMP N° 97568660001-28.
Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies including one (01)original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach theGeneral Secretariat UNVDA not later than 13/04/21 at 10 o’clock local timeand should carry the inscription:
OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
NO.004/ONIT/UNVDA/ITB/2020 OF 15/03/21
FOR THE PURCHASE AND COLLECTION OF 1 248 TONS OF PADDY FROM FARMERS, INCLUDING HANDLING CHARGES IN UNVDA NDOP.
“To be opened only during the bid-opening session”
The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the services, subject of this Invitation to Tender is Six(06)months.
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. 9 of the Tender File, of an amount of4 992 000 (Four Million Nine Hundred and Ninety Two Thousand) CFA Francs.
The bid bond will remain valid for (30) days beyond the original date set for the validity of offers (90 days).
N.B: Certified checks will not be accepted.
Subject to being rejected, documents in the administrative file must include only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or competent administrative authorities in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. These documents must be less than three (03) months old or established after the signing of the tender notice.
Any bid not in conformity with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance or the non-respect of the models of the tender file documents shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the bid.
The bids shall be opened in a single phase.
The opening of administrative documents, technical and financial bids,is on 13/04/21 at 11 o’clock local time by the UNVDA Internal Tenders Boardsituated at the conference hall of UNVDA at Ndop.
Only bidders may attend or be represented by a duly mandated person.
Evaluation 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 One Hundred and Twenty Five Million (125 000 000) CFAF;
c) Non obtaining 06 out of 07 of essential criteria (Except the criterion on Information on qualification (references in similar supplies));
d) Absence of Rice Moisture Tester to evaluate the moisture contain in paddy;
e) Have less than 80% of technical points.
Financial bids:
a) Non conformity of tender submission;
b) Absence of quantified price.
14.2 Essential criteria
The criteria relating to the qualification of bidders could indicatively be on the following:
a) General presentation of the bids……………………………………………………………. /03
b) Financial capacity…………………………………………………………………………..… /01
c) Information on qualification (References in similar supplies)……………………………./03
d) Technical proposals……….……………………………………………………………….... /09
e) Proof of acceptance of conditions of contract………………………………………..…… /02
f) Knowledge of the site…………………………………………………………………..……. /02
g) Methodology………………………………………………………………………………….. /06
h) Execution planning and schedule………………………………………………………….. /02
Total………………………………………………………………………………………………….28
N.B.: The evaluation of the technical bid will be done by adding the YES obtained for each criterion. If this mark is less than 80% of technical points, the bid will be judged insufficient, disqualified and excluded for financial evaluation.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder who has proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied 100% of the eliminatory criteria and 80% of the essential criteria
Bidders will remain committed to their offers for Ninety (90)days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.
Complementary information may be obtained during working hours from the Service of Public Contracts UNVDA, P.O. Box 25 Ndop, Email: unvdandop@ymail.com , Tel: (237) 691 79 83 72/672 86 14 16.