Within the framework of the Execution of the 2022 investment budget of the South West Regional Assembly. the President of the South West Regional Executive Council hereby launches an OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER NO 005/ONIT/ SWR/ SWRA/ITB/BUEA/2022... OF 05/04/2022

THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE BOREHOLES WITH MANUAL PUMPS IN SOME MUNICIPALITIES IN FAKO DIVISION OF THE SOUTH WEST REGION.

The works that are subject of the present tender consist of: Preliminary works:

Drilling works;

Design-Cleaning and Development-Pumping test: Superstructure and hand pump installation;

Maintenance System.

The total estimated cost of all the boreholes after preliminary studies is forty four million seven hundred and fifty thousand francs (44,750,000) FCFA with each lots worth as presented below.

Participation is opened to all duly registered Cameroonian enterprises with the necessary technical and financial capacities who are not under suspension by the authority in charge of public contracts.

Works which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by Regional Assembly 2022 Investment Budget. With budget heads record numbers and imputation shown below:

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Cabinet of the President of the Regional Executive Council, first floor of the Regional Assembly Building Buea, Tel: 233 32 61 86 as soon as this notice is published

The file may be obtained from the same address above as soon as this notice is published against a nonrefundable payment of the sum of 20,000 (twenty thousand) francs CFA. payable at the South West Regional Assembly Treasury

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the Cabinet of the President of the Regional Executive Council, first floor of the Regional Assembly Building against a receipt not later than 11/05/2022

at 10.00 a.m., local time in three (03) distinct envelopes which shall be labelled as follows:

-    Envelop A administrative documents;(spiral bound with all pages numbered),

-   Envelop B : technical offer;(spiral bound with all pages numbered),

-    Envelop C: financial offer. (Spiral bound with all pages numbered).

These three (03) envelops will be put in a fourth one which shall be sealed and labelled imperatively as follows:

The maximum execution deadline of the work shall be 03 (Three) months from the date of issue of Service Order for the commencement of works.

Each bidder must include in its 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. 11 of the Tender File, and of an amount of one hundred and eighty thousand (180,000) for LOT (2 & 4), 175 000 for LOT 1 and 360 000 for LOT 3 CFAF, which shall be valid for Thirty (30) days after the date of validity of the bids

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the Cabinet of the President of the Regional Executive Council, first floor of the Regional Assembly Building against a receipt not later than 11/05/2022

at 10.00 a.m., local time in three (03) distinct envelopes which shall be labelled as follows:

-    Envelop A administrative documents;(spiral bound with all pages numbered),

-   Envelop B : technical offer;(spiral bound with all pages numbered),

-    Envelop C: financial offer. (Spiral bound with all pages numbered).

These three (03) envelops will be put in a fourth one which shall be sealed and labelled imperatively as follows:

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER NO 005/ONIT/ SN\

SWRA/ITB/BUEA/2022... OF 05/04/2022

THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE BOREHOLES WITH MANUAL PUMPS IN SOME MUNICIPALITIES IN FAKO DIVISION OF THE SOUTH WEST REGION.

"To be opened only during the Bids Opening Session^‑

The offers shall be opened in a single phase. The administrative. technical and financial bids shall be opened on, the 11/05/2022 at 11.00 am., local time by the South West Regional Assembly Internal Tender's Board in the conference hall. In the presence of the bidders or duly authorized representatives having full knowledge of the file (power of attorney).

Absence of bid bond;

-     False declaration or falsified documents;

-     Omission of a quantified task on the bill of quantities and cost estimates; Enterprise with an abandoned project in the REGION;

-     Enterprise under suspension;

Non satisfaction of at least 70% of the main qualification criteria.

1.       Essential criteria

• General Presentation, compliance with the model bid.
• Methodological approach and relevance of proposed solutions;
• References of the bidder (experience of at least three (03) years in similar works)(attach proof)
• Availability of material and essential equipment
• Experience of key supervisory staff (at least Civil or Rural Engineer or equivalence with three (03) years of experience).
• Turnover, Financial capacity, Access to credit or other financial sources five Million (5.000.000 FCFA) for each lots

Deadline of execution

The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity with the dispositions of the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technically qualified, in accordance with article 99(a) of the public contracts code. That is, it shall be awarded to the bidder with a satisfactory technical score and the lowest financial offer

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the cabinet of the President. Tel: 233 32 61 86