The City Mayor of the Bamenda City Council hereby launches an open national invitation to tender for the above mentioned project.
construction of a borehole equipped with an electric pump and a 12m elevated storage tank (10m3) in the premises of the bamenda city council construction of a borehole equipped with an electric pump and a 12m elevated storage tank (5m3) in the premises of the bamenda city councilThe different tasks to executed are as follows:
No. |
Description |
1 |
Installation site |
2 |
Drilling of borehole |
3 |
Concrete works |
4 |
metalworks |
5 |
Electrical works |
6 |
Finishing works |
The estimated cost after preliminary studies stands at fifteen million (15,000,000) CFA Francs all taxes inclusive.
The works are grouped in a single lot.
Participation in this invitation to tender is opened to all national companies specialized in construction of borehole
Works which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by Public Investment Budget of the Bamenda City Council for 2022 financial year.
The file may be consulted during working hours at the Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services at mulang Tel: 677 144 131/675 102 929 upon publication of the invitation to tender.
The file may be obtained from the Bamenda City Council, Department of Technical Services at mulang Tel: 677 144 131/677 047 095 upon publication of the invitation to tender against payment of the non-refundable sum of twenty-six thousand (26,000) CFA francs , payable at Bamenda City Council Treasury under the budgetery head 712 101 .
Each bid drafted in English or French shall be signed by the bidder or by a duly authorized representative and presented in five(05) copies including the original and four (04) copies marked as such. These shall be submitted in one sealed pack containing three (3) envelopes; (A: Administrative file, B: Technical file, C: Financial file). The sealed pack shall bear no information on the enterprise, and should reach Bamenda City Council on or before the 08/09/2022 not later than 10.00 am and should carry the inscription:
OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°017/ONIT/BCCITB/22 OF 16/08/2022 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BOREHOLE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRIC PUMP AND A 12m ELEVATED STORAGE TANK (10m3) IN THE PREMISES OF THE BAMENDA CITY COUNCIL “To be opened only during the bid-opening session”
The maximum duration of execution provided for by the Contracting Authority shall be seventy-five calendar (75) days, as from the date of notification of the contractor by the contract manager to start work
Each bidder must include in his/her administrative documents, a bid bond that respects the models of this tender file, issued by an approved bank or an Insurance company, (see list in document No. 12 of this tender file), of an amount three hundred thousand (300,000) CFA francs , valid for thirty (30) days as from the date of validity of the offers. Bid bonds for unsuccessful bidders shall be withdrawn not later than fifteen (15) days after the award of the contract and those of successful bidders shall be retained until the required performance guarantee for good execution is provided.
For fear of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities 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 to the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance.
The opening of the bids in one phase shall be done on the 08/09/2022 , at 11.00 am prompt in the Conference Hall of the Bamenda City Council by the Internal Tenders Board. Only bidders may attend or be duly represented by a person of their choice, who has full knowledge of the file and mandated in that capacity.
The evaluation of bids shall be carried out in three stages:
The criteria of evaluation shall be as follows:
1-Eliminatory criteria
- Absence of bid bond;
- Deadline of execution more than the prescribed;
- False declaration or falsified documents;
- Absence of bid bond;
- Non-compliance with bid model;
- Omission of a quantified task on the bill of quantities and cost estimates
- Non satisfaction of at least 80% of the criteria on references
2. Main Qualification criteria: The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates could indicatively be on the following:
The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity to the provisions of the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technical quality, confer article 33 of the public contracts code.
The bidders shall remain committed to their offers during a period of (ninety) 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.
Complementary information may be obtained during working hours from Bamenda City Council Tenders Boardat Mulang.