The Administrative Director of CDENO, Contracting Authority launches an open national invitation to tender for the SUPPLY OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE TO CDENO:

The services of this contract comprise notably: (supply of office equipment and furniture as indicated by the Contracting Authority or Project Owner).

The estimated cost after preliminary studies stands at Forty five million Francs (45,000,000 Frs) CFA

This supply shall be in one lot only.

Participation in this invitation is opened to registered qualified suppliers of the Republic of Cameroon with financial ability, technical and professional expertise.

This project shall be financed by CDENO budget for 2021, chap 22:20:21

The tender documents are available for consultation at CDENO, Service of Administration and Finance,  P.O Box 399, Tel. No. 233 36 10 17

The tender can be obtained upon presentation of a receipt showing payment of a non-refundable sum of Fifty four thousand (54,000) FCFA payable at ARMP  account no. 100010686097568660001-28 of BICEC Bank. The original copy of this receipt shall be included in the bidder’s documents.

Bids in French or English shall be submitted in Seven (7) bound copies i.e. one (1) stamped original and Six (6) copies marked thus” at CDENO, Service of Administration and Finance, Door No. 1, P.O Box 399, Tel. No. 233 362 615 / 233 362 252 on or before the 30/04/2021 at 11.00 A.M in a single envelope comprising the administrative, technical and financial Documents upon the issue of an acknowledgement receipt.  The Envelop shall be addressed as follows:

<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER NO .002/ONIT/CDENO/ITB/2021 OF01/04/2021 FOR THE SUPPLY OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE TO CDENO >>
The external envelope should not carry any mark that can lead to the identification of the bidder.
 

The maximum deadline for the delivery of the supplies forming the subject of this invitation to tender is two months following the prevailing situation  of the COVID- 19 pandemic

Each bidder must attach to his/her administrative documents an attestation of guarantee deposit of Nine  hundred thousand (900,000)FCFA with all taxes inclusive made by a bank approved by the ministry of the Economy and Finance. This attestation, which must be an original, should not be more than three (3) months old.

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 (3) months old from the date of opening of bid except for CNPS clearance certificate whose validity may be less than 3 months.

The Bids shall be opened in a single phase in the tender Board office of CDENO on the 30/04/2021 at 12:00 prompt. At the opening of the bids by the CDENO Internal Tenders Board, any bid that shall not conform to the prescription of the tender documents shall be rejected outrightly, especially those lacking some key Administrative documents and the guarantee deposit, which must be originals or copies certified by a competent Authority at the place of issue of the original.
 Only bidders may attend or be represented by a duly mandated person.
 

EVALUATION CRITERIA.

a)      ELIMINATORY CRITERIA:

• Failure to produce or replace an element of the administrative file within forty eight hours in the

case of absence or non-conformity of this document;

• Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed
• False declaration or falsified documents
• Absence or insufficient bid bond
• A bid with an external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder
• Incomplete financial file
• Change of quantity or unit
• Non respect of 70% of essential criteria
• Noncompliance with the model tender

Essential criteria:

  The technical documents shall be evaluated following the binary method:

  Only bids that score above 70% yes criteria on the technical tender shall have their financial tender evaluated

The contracting authority shall award the contract to the bidder whose bid is judged to conform to the essentials of the tender specification, and who has submitted the most coherent bid and the lowest bidder. But inconsistent and unrealistic offers  will not be accepted
 

The bidders shall remain committed to their bid for 60 days from the dateline of the submission of bids.

Further information can be obtained from the C.D.E.N.O office, or the Contracting Authority