The ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR  OF CDENO, (Contracting Authority)within the frame-work of the 2023 CDENO Budget hereby launches an open national invitation to tender  FOR THECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION PATH  AND SOME REHABILITATIONS WORKS AT THE CDENO  HATCHERY UNIT

Lot 100: Preliminary works

Lot 200: Earth Works

Lot 300: Foundation

Lot 400: Ground floor

Lot 500: Plumbing and sanitary works

Lot 600: Electrical Installation

Lot 700: Wood and Metallic works

Lot 800: Roofing and carpentry works

   The provisional amount after studies stands at fifteen million seven  hundred and fifty  thousand  francs (15,750,000 frs)

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all registered and qualified enterprises of the Republic of Cameroon, with the necessary financial capability, technical and professional expertise in Public works (construction domain).

This project shall be financed by CDENO budget for 2023, chap 22 04 20

The tender documents are available for consultation at the North West Livestock Development Fund (CDENO),   P.O. Box 399 Bamenda, Tel :233 36 10 17  during working hours 

The file may be obtained upon presentation of a receipt showing payment of a non-refundable sum of 31,500 FCFA  into ARMP  account no. 100010686097568660001-28 of BICEC Bank. The original copy of this receipt shall be included in the bidder’s documents. On procuring the tender documents (DAO), bidders shall be duly registered with their full addresses indicating: P.O. Box; Fax; and Telephone numbers.

Each bid written in English or French shall be signed by the bidder or by a duly authorized representative and presented in Seven (7) sets (01 original and 06 copies) marked as such. These shall be submitted in one sealed pack containing three (3) envelopes, that is, A: Administrative Documents, B: Technical file and C: Financial file. The sealed pack shall bear no information on the enterprise, and should reach CDENO main office, Service of contracts,   not later than _31/03/2023 at 11.00 am and note should be taken that in case of any ambiguities or differences during opening, only the original shall be considered authentic

The sealed pack (outer envelope) shall bear the following inscriptions:

<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

No .004 /ONIT/CDENO/CITB/2023 OF 28/02/2023

FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION PATH  AND SOME REHABILITATIONS WORKS AT THE CDENO  HATCHERY UNIT

 (To be opened only during bids opening session)

The deadline for the completion of the works shall be three (03) months, with effect from the date of notification of the service order bearing information to start works.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond that respects the model of this tender file, issued by a banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance at an amount of 315,000 FCFA (Three hundred and fifteen thousand francs). 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. The validity period for the Bid Bond shall be 60 days.

At the risk of being rejected, all documents shall be originals or certified true copies by the authorized issuing service or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers) presented in accordance with the Special Regulations of this invitation to tender. None of these should be more than three (3) months old as from the date of submission of offers, without double certification and not falsified. These shall be separated by coloured separators from each other. Any bid that shall not be in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible.

NB: The successful bidder shall during site installation present the originals of the respective documents for strict verification of their authenticity.

The offers shall be opened at the CDENO Internal Tenders Board in a single phase on the ___31/03/2023 at 12:00pm local time in the conference hall of CDENO in the presence of bidders or their representatives who have full knowledge about the bids submitted. ONLY BIDDERS or their duly authorised representatives with a sound knowledge of their bids shall attend the bid opening session. Any bid that shall not comply with the requirements of the tender file shall be rejected.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Tender conformity shall be evaluated as per the following

A)    Eliminatory Criteria.

-          Failure to produce or replace an element of the administrative file within forty eight hours in the case of absence or non-conformity of this document;

-          Deadline for execution  higher than prescribed in the tender file (three months)

-          False declaration or falsified documents

-          Absence or insufficient bid bond

-          A bid with an external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder

-          Incomplete financial file

-          Change of quantity or unit

-          Non respect of 75% of essential criteria

-          Offer above the provisional amount

B)     Essential Criteria.

The preliminary evaluation shall be binary and based on the following essential criteria:

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 realistic bid and technical quality. (see article 99 of the public contracts code)

Bidders will remain committed to their bids which shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days with effect from the deadline for the submission.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the service for contracts at CDENO main office, BP 399 Bda, Tel: 233 36 10 17,