In the framework of increasing the storage capacity in liquid petroleum products, the General Manager of the Cameroon Petroleum Depots Company hereby launches a restricted national invitation to tender in relation to the mastery work for the construction of two (02) tanks of 6500m3 each and the revamping of the fire defense system, pump product and the lorry loading post partially executed at Mboppi Douala

The work to be performed under this Tender includes the following tasks according to the tender document especially:

• Validation of functional analysis
• Welding and plumbering work control
• Approval and control of requisition materials
• Verification and follow-up of works
• Inspection of dimension of equipment and installation calculations
• Assistance in trials and set-up
• Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of works
• Analysis and validity of execution document presented by the company in charge of work
• Coordination on site of the work of the company and associated organs
• Visit of the aggregate extraction site with the Contracting Authority Site visit and quarries
• Assistance of the company in charge of work of all the trials and validation of results
• Daily supervision of work on site
• Technical control of the monthly situation presented by the company in charge of work

The estimated cost at the end of the feasibility studies shall be   FCFA  237 690 000 (Two hundred and thirty seven million six hundred and ninety thousand  F CFA) TTC.

The work of the present tender shall be in one (01) lot.

Participation to this national invitation to tender is open to all companies qualified after the Call for Manifestation of Interest N°01/AMI/DG/DTEC/SDPEST/CIPM-SCDP/2021 du 16 mars 2021:

The work, object of this tender shall be financed by the budget of 2021 on the budgetary line CO101.

The tender documents can be consulted during working hours at the offices of the Public Contracts Unit (located above the Club House of the CPDC, Tel: 233 40 54 45 / Office Number 12060 or +(237) 650 21 02 64), upon the publication of this notice.

The tender documents can be obtained from the CPDC Headquarters/Public Contracts Unit located above the Club House BP: 2271 Tel (237) 233 40 54 45 Fax (237) 233 40 47 96, Office Number 1248 upon the  publication of this notice, against the presentation of a receipt of payment of a non-refundable sum of  One hundred thousand francs (F CFA 100,000) paid into account No. 335 988 entitled "CAS-ARMP Special Account" opened in the BICEC Agencies in the cities of Limbe and Dschang.

Each offer shall be written in either English or French in seven (07) copies, one (01) original and six (06) copies, marked as such and in accordance with the requirements of the Tender Document, shall be deposited in a sealed envelope containing no indication of the identity of the bidder against discharge not  later than 30/04/2021 at 09h00min local time at the Public Contracts Unit (located above the Club House of the CPDC) BP 2271 Tel (237) 233 40 54 45 Fax (237) 233 40 47 96 Office Number:12060 or (+237) 650 21 02 64/Fax (+237) 233 40 47 96 with the mention:           

RESTRICTED NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°010/AONR/DG/DTEC/SDPEST/SPE/CIPM-SCDP/2021   OF13/04/2021 IN RELATION TO THE MASTERY WORK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (02) TANKS OF 6500m3 EACH AND THE REVAMPING OF THE FIRE DEFENSE SYSTEM, PUMP PRODUCT AND THE LORRY LOADING POST PARTIALLY EXECUTED AT THE MBOPPI DEPOT.

“To be opened during the opening of bids session”

The maximum execution deadline provided by the Contracting Authority shall be Twelve (12) months.

Under pain of rejection, each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond established by a first-class bank accredited by the Minister of Finance and must figure in Exhibit 12 of this tender document and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original expiry date of the offer, an amount of Four million seven hundred and fifty thousand (4 750 000).
It should include a handwritten statement jointly committing the said establishment under Article 14 of the OHADA Uniform Act revised organizing of Sureties.
For domestically owned and domiciled SMEs, the bid bond may be replaced by a legal mortgage.

On pain of rejection, the other administrative documents required must be produced in originals or certified true copies by the issuing service or an administrative authority, in accordance with the stipulations of the Particular Regulations of the Tender document. 

They must be dated less than three (03) months before the original date of submission of tenders or have been established after the date of signature of the Invitation to Tender.
In case of a grouping, the one needed for this tender is the solidary type. Each member of the grouping shall have to produce his administrative document. However, the bank statement, provisional bid bond, receipt for the acquisition f the tender document shall be produced only by the representative of the grouping.

Any incomplete tender in accordance with the requirements of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible, especially the absence of the bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry of Finance.

The opening shall be done in two phases. 
The opening of the administrative and technical offers shall be done first followed by the opeing of the financial bids of the bidders who obtained the required technical score.
The opening of the administrative and technical tenders shall be done on the 30/04/2021  à 10h00 min local time, by the Internal Tenders Board of the CPDC in Douala. Only the biddrs can assist in the opening or can be represented by a duly authorized person of their choice who has a perfect mastery of the file.
The opening of the financial tenders shall be done after the validation of the analysis report of the technical tenders by the Internal Tenders Board and shall concern only the bidders who have had the technical minimal score of 80 points/100.

Eliminatory criteria

These include:

Administrative file

• Absence of a document in the administrative file when tenders are opened;
• Falsified or scanned document, false declaration;
• Company not under the Actual Regime;
• Administrative document not regularized within the time limit allowed by the Commission for this purpose;
• Presence of a financial information in the administrative file.

Technical offer

• Presence of a financial information in the technical offer;
• Failure to obtain 80/100 points on the technical evaluation;

Financial offer

Non-conformity of the prices in the Tender document:

-       Price List

-       Quantitative and Estimative

• Absence of a quantified price unit.

Essential criteria

Selection method of consultant

The minimum technical score (St) required is 0.8 or 75 points /100.

The formula used to establish the financial scores is as follows: Sf = 100 x (Fm/Fp)

Sf being the financial score, Fm the lowest bid and Fp the amount of the proposal considered.

The respective points awarded to the technical and financial proposals are T = 0.7 and F = 0.3.

The total score is then: ST = 0.7St + 0.3Sf

The contract shall be awarded to the bidder with the lowest bid and fulfilling the technical and financial capacities required resulting from the  Essential or Eliminatory criteria in accordance with Article 50 para 1 (b) of Decree No. 2018 / 355 of 12 June 2018 laying down common rules applicable to the public contracts of Public Companies.

Bidders remain committed to their bids for ninety (90) days from the deadline for submission of bids.

Additional information can be obtained during working hours at the Public Contract Unit located above the Club House at the CPDC headquarters in Douala: Telephone (237) 233 40 54 45 /Office number 12060 or 650 21 02 64.
The plans and technical documents and any other information of a technical nature can be gotten from the CPDC head office, Technical Department  (DTEC), Sub direction of Projects, Study and follow-up of works. Telephone (+237) 679 51 88 84 or 6 94 84 06 08.
Site Visit
A site visit shall be necessary for each candidate upon the publication of this tender. Upon the diligence of the engineer of the project, an attestation shall be delivered signed by the engineer of the contract.