Within the framework of 2023 Public Investment Budget, the Lord Mayor Santa Council, the Contracting Authority/the Project Owner, hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender for The CONSTRUCTION of a Bridge Over River Akakne in Awing Village, Santa Subdivision of Mezam Division in the North West Region 

- Preparatory work

- Earthworks

- Drainage works

- Equipment

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 65,000,000 (Sixty-Five Million) FCFA.

The works consist of a single lot as follows:

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE OVER RIVER AKAKNE IN AWING VILLAGE, SANTA SUBDIVISION 

Participation in this Invitation to Tender is opened to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the fiscal laws.

Works which form the subject of this Invitation to tender shall be financed by the 2023 MINDDEVEL Investment Budget

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Santa Council, as soon as this notice is published.

The tender file shall be obtained from the Santa Council as soon as this Notice is published against payment of the non-refundable sum of 75 000 CFA francs (seventy five thousand Francs CFA), payable at the Santa Council Treasury, representing the cost of purchasing the Tender File.

Each offer drafted in English or French in 07 (Seven) copies including 01 (one) original and 06 (six) copies marked as such, should reach the Santa Council not later than 02/02/2023 at 10:00 AM local time and should carry the inscription:

<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

No. 001/ ONIT/SC/SCITB/2023 OF 12/01 / 2023

FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE OVER RIVER AKAKNE IN AWING VILLAGE, SANTA SUBDIVISION IN MEZAM DIVISION OF THE NORTH WEST REGION BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

Funding: MINDDEVEL Budget of 2023

“ To be opened only during the bid-opening session ”

The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this Invitation to tender is 120 Days

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 list is found in document No. 12 of the Tender File, of an amount of 1,300,000 CFA and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids

Under penalty 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 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. 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 bids shall be opened in a single phase. The opening of the administrative documents, the Technical and Financial offers will take place on the 02/01/2023 at 11:00 AM local time, in the conference hall of the Santa Council. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice who have knowledge about the bids

Evaluation criteria
The bids shall be evaluated according to the main criteria as follows:
 

Eliminatory criteria
1.      Absence or insufficient bid bond
2.      Absence of a document in the administrative file not regulated after 48hrs;
3.      False declaration or falsified documents;
4.      A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder;
5.      Non-compliance with model bid
6.      Incomplete financial file;
7.      Absence of a quantified unit price;
8.      Failure to meet 75% of essential criteria;
9.      Name of company suspended by MINMAP
10.Financial capacity below a third of the estimated cost Essential criteria 1- General presentation of the Tender; 2- Financial capacity; 3- References of the company in similar achievements; 4- Quality of the personnel; 5- Technical organization of the works; 6- Safety measures on the site; 7-Logistics; 8- Certificate and report of site visit signed by the Contractor; 9- Special Technical Clauses initialed in all the pages and signed at the last page; Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed in all the pages and signed at the last page
 

This evaluation will be done in a purely binary way yes or no with an acceptable minimum of 75% of the essential criteria taken into account.

The Contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for sixty (60) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the the Santa Council Office