Within the framework of execution of the 2022 Investment Budget, the City Mayor of Bamenda City Council hereby launches OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°003/ONIT/BCCITB/2022 of 09/02/2022 for the selection of a consultant (firm) to control and supervise the works of rehabilitation of some roofs at the Bamenda Main Market.

In general, the firm selected shall carry out the supervision and control of the works of rehabilitation of some roofs at Bamenda Main Market. The services shall include in particular:

• Step by step control before, during and after all the rehabilitation works;
• Verification to ensure respect for specified standards of materials to be used;
• Quality control of materials and equipment to be put in place;
• Verification to ensure the respect of quality of labor to be used;

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is seventeen million eight hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred (17,887,500) Francs CFA inclusive of all taxes.

The services are grouped in a single lot.

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all national consulting firms specialized in the control and supervision of building construction and public works.

The services which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by the 2022 Budget of MINDDEVEL.

The tender file may be consulted during working hours at the Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services, Tel: 677 14 41 31/677 00 32 58, upon publication of the invitation to tender.

The tender file may be obtained from Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services, Tel: 677 14 41 31/677 00 32 58, upon publication of the invitation to tender against the payment of the non-refundable sum of thirty thousand five hundred ( 30,500) CFA Francs, payable into the Bamenda City Council Treasury under the budgetary head 712 101.

Each bid drafted in English or French in five (5) copies including the original and four (04) copies marked as such, should reach Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services, Tel: 677 14 41 31/677 00 32 58, not later than 03/03/2022 at 12.00 noon and should carry the inscription:

“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°003/ONIT/BCCITB/22 of 09/02/2022 for the selection of a consultant (firm) to control and supervise the works of rehabilitation of some roofs at the Bamenda Main Market under “Emergency procedure ".

“TO BE OPENED ONLY DURING THE TENDER OPENING SESSION”

The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the services forming the subject of this invitation to tender is four (04) 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 name is found in document No. 12 of the Tender File, of an amount of three hundred fifty -seven thousand seven hundred and fifty (357,750) Francs CFA and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of the bids.

For fear of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officer, Divisional Officers) must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender.

They must obligatorily be not older than three (3) months preceding the date of submission of bids or may be established after the signature of the tender notice.    

Any bid not in compliance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. This refers especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance.

The bids shall be opened in two phases. The opening of the administrative file and the technical bid shall first take place followed by the opening of the financial bids of bidders who obtained the required minimum technical score.  

The opening of administrative documents and the technical bids shall be done by the Bamenda City Council Internal Tenders Board on the 03/03/2022 at 1.00 pm local time in the Conference hall of City Council.

Only bidders may attend or be represented by a duly mandated person.

The opening of the financial bids shall take place at the end of the technical analysis and shall only concern bidders who obtained the minimum required score of eighty percent (80%) .

    Evaluation criteria

-                  Absence of bid bond;

- False declaration or forged documents;

- Technical score of less than 80 out of 100 percent;

- Omission in the price list of a quantified item;

- Duration of work given by the bidder more than that fixed in the tender;

- Non-compliance with the bid model;

- Absence of Special Administrative Clauses (CCAP) initialled in all its pages;

14.2.        Essential criteria

The following essential criteria shall be evaluated in a binary manner (satisfactory or not) and will include:

- Financial position;

- Staff;

- References;

- Equipment;

- Methodology/planning.

     Method of selection of consultant

The consultant shall be chosen by method of quality-price ratio, in conformity with the procedure given in the present Tender File.

The contract will be attributed to the Consultant whose offer has been evaluated the lowest, that is to say the offer having had the best technico-financial mark and judged in conformity with the tender document, within the available funds.

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for a period of ninety (90) days with effect from the bid submission deadline.

Complementary information may be obtained during working hours from Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services, Tel: 677 14 41 31/677 00 32 58.