Within the framework of 2023 Public Investment Budget, the Mayor of BAFUT Council, the Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender for the construction of a Youth empowerment Center in BAFUT Sub Division, Mezam Division of the North West Region

-      Preparatory works

-      Earth works

-      Foundation

-      Masonry/elevation

-      Carpentry – roofing – ceiling

-      Metallic work

-      Electricity

-      Painting

-      VRD  

  The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 60,000 000 (Sixty million) FCFA all taxes inclusive

The work is a unique lot as follows:

Construction of a Youth Empowerment Center in BAFUT Sub Division,

Participation to this Invitation to Tender is open 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 Public Investment Budget of the Ministry of Youths Affairs (MINJEC), budget head No._________________

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Secretariat of SIGAMP, BAFUT Council, Telephone N⁰ 677527274, as soon as this notice is published.

The file is obtainable from the Secretariat of SIGAMP BAFUT Council, Telephone N⁰ 677527274 or at Council Development Office as soon as this notice is published against payment of the non refundable sum of eighty thousand CFA francs (80.000 Francs CFA), payable at the BAFUT Municipal 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 Secretariat of SIGAMP Bafut Council office not later than 21/02/2023 at 10.am local time and should carry the inscription:

<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°02 ONIT/MINDDEVEL/BC/BCITB/ NWR/2023 OF 20/01/2023 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT CENTER IN BAFUT SUB DIVISION, MEZAM DIVISION OF THE NORTH WEST REGION

“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 90 Days (3months)

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. 13 of the Tender File, of an amount of 1,200,000FCFA (one million two hundred thousand) FCFA 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 21/02/2023 at 11.amlocal time, in the conference hall of the Bafut Council, by the BAFUT Council Internal Tenders Board. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice.

Evaluation criteria

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

1. A.     Eliminatory criteria
   1. 1.      Absence of bid bond
   2. 2.      Non respect of 48hrs given for absence or non-conformity of any other document in the administrative file;
   3. 3.      False declaration or falsified documents;
   4. 4.      A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder;
   5. 5.      Incomplete financial file;
   6. 6.      absence of a quantified unit price;
   7. 7.      Score of less than  75% of essential criteria;
   8. 8.      Name of company suspended by MINMAP OR ARMP
   9. 9.      Financial situation less than a third of the project cost

1. B.      Essential criteria

1-    General presentation of the Tender;

2-    Financial capacity

3-    References of the company in  building construction;

4-    Quality of the personnel; 

5-    Technical organization of the works;

6-    Safety measures on the site;

7-    Logistics;

8-    Attestation and report of site visit signed by the Contractor;

9-    Special Technical Clauses initialed on all the pages and signed at the last page;

10- Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed on all the pages and signed at the last page.

This evaluation will be done in a purely positive way (yes) or negative (no) with an acceptable minimum of at least 75% of the essential criteria taken in 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 SIGAMP Secretariat Bafut Council Telephone N⁰ 677527274