In line with the execution of the C2D “Regional Capitals 2” program, the State of Cameroon through the City Mayor of the Bamenda City Council wishes to relaunch the Open National Invitation to Tender forthe execution of the works for the rehabilitation of and the development of water resources in Bamenda (RELAUNCH).

The works subject of this contract includes:

• PREPARATORY WORKS;
• EARTHWORKS;
• ELEVATION WORKS;
• CONCRETE WORKS;
• METALLIC WORKS;
• CONSTRUCTION OF STAND TAPS;
• PLUMBING WORKS;
• ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES;
• PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY.

            Also, all other suggestions necessary for the good execution of the works according to the specifications of the STC.

The estimated cost of the operation after studies stands at:

The works are regrouped in THREE (3) LOTS: LOT 1, 2 AND 3 as follows.

Participation in this invitation to tender is opened to all national companies specialized in water supply works and public works.

The works subject to this invitation to tender shall be funded by C2D - “REGIONAL CAPITAL 2” budget. ‘Convention CCM 1521 01 G du 28 June 2018’.

Payments shall be done within a maximum timeframe of 30 calendar days maximum from the date of submission of the approved detailed accounts (bills).

The Tender File may be consulted and obtained from the City Mayor’s Secretariat at the Bamenda City Council (TEL: 233 361 313 or 677 773 859) and the office of the Coordinator of the C2D program (tel: 677 850 332), as soon as this tender notice is published (TEL: 233 361 313, 677 773 859).

The file may be obtained from the office of the Coordinator of the program (Tel: 677 850 332) as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non-refundable sum of One hundred and fourteen thousand (114,0000)CFA francs payable at the Bamenda City Council Treasury under the budgetary head 712 101.

Each offer drafted in English or French in seven (7) hard copies including the original and six (6) copies and a scanned soft copy (CD or USB) marked as such, should reach the office of the Bamenda City Council Internal Tenders Board not later than the _29/04/2022 at 12:00 noon precisely and should carry the inscription:

“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°016/ONIT/BCC/ITB/2022 OF 17/03/2022 FOR THE EXECUTION REHABILITATION OF THE WORKS FOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN BAMENDA IN THREE (03) LOTS: LOT 1, 2, AND 3 (RELAUNCH)

To be opened only during the bid-opening session”

The maximum execution timeframe provided for by the Project Owner for the execution of the subject of the work of this tender for each lot;

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank or insurance company approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance featuring in this tender file of the amounts tabulated below and valid for ninety (90) days beyond the original date of the validity of the offers.

For fear of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing services

 or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officer, Divisional Officers etc…) must imperatively be produced following the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender.

They must obligatorily not be 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.

The administrative, technical and financial bids shall be opened in a singlephase.

The opening of the administrative documents and the technical andfinancial offers shall take placeon the 29/04/2022 at 1:00 p.m. precisely by the Bamenda City Council Internal Tenders Board at the Bamenda City Council conference hall.

1.    Evaluation criteria

The evaluation criteria consist of two types: the qualifying criteria and essential criteria. These criteria are designed to identify and reject bids incomplete or non-compliant to the essential conditions established in the Bidding Documents relating to Offers including the admissibility of administrative documents, compliance of the technical offer to the CAD specifications and qualification of candidates.

  Elimination criteria

These criteria are designed to identify and reject bids incomplete or non-compliant to essential conditions established in the Bidding Documents relating to Offers including the admissibility of administrative documents and technical qualification of candidates.

These criteria are:

• Absence or insufficient Bid Bond;
• False statements or falsified documents;
• Insufficient financial capacity;
  • Financial Capacity (certificate from a first-class bank).

The average annual turnover for the past three years (2020, 2019 and 2018): signed by a registered chartered accountant in Cameroon (ONECCA).

The unavailability of a signed statement of integrity, eligibility and social and environmental responsibility as per the model attached in the annexe of the tender document.

• A technical score of 22 yes /27, being eighty-two (82%) percent.

   Essential criteria

The evaluation of the technical offers will be made following the binary (yes/no) based on the essential qualification criteria below:

• bidder's experience;
• human means;
• material means;
  • Methodology approach.

References should be recent enough (under 10 years) and justified with extracts of the contract.

The details of these essential criteria are specified in the evaluation matrix contained in the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender of the Bid (Section 4).

The contracts shall be awarded to those bidders whose bids shall be judged essential in compliance with the tender file and are evaluated as the lowest in cost.

A bidder may tender for more than one lot and can be attributed all the Lots on the condition that:

-       He presents a different human resource for each lot;

-       He presents different equipment for each lot;

-       He presents cumulative financial capacities and turns over for these lots.

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for ninety (90) days from the deadline set for thes ubmission of bids

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the cabinet of the Mayor of the Bamenda City Council or at the Coordinator of the Local Coordination Unit of the C2D-REGIONAL CAPITAL program office (Tel: 677 850 332), Bamenda City Council. (Tel: 233 361 313, 677 773 859).