Within the framework of the 2024 Public Investment Budget assigned to the North West Regional Assembly, The President of the North West Regional Assembly, Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender for the Construction of an Emergency Centre at the Regional Hospital Annex Nkambe.

Work to be done consists of
Lot 1: Preliminary works
Lot 2: Earthworks - Roads and Other Networks (VRD)
Lot 3: Major work
Lot 4: Roof Works
Lot 5: Flooring/Tiling
Lot 6: Wood joinery/ Metal joinery – Locksmith
Lot 7: Aluminum joinery
Lot 8: Painting
Lot 9: Electricity - High currents - Low current - Air conditioning - Ventilation
Lot 10: Sanitary & plumbing

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is Four Hundred and Ninety Two Million Two Hundred and One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty Seven (492,201,637) FCFA

The works are in a single lot.

Participation to this Invitation to tender is opened under the same conditions to all Cameroonian companies and business persons that have proven experience in the field of building construction and provided they are in compliance with the Cameroonian laws.

Works which are the subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be financed by the 2024 Public Investment Budget assigned to the North West Regional Assembly.

The file may be consulted during working hours at The Services of the Director of General Affaires of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 673007649/233360092), as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be obtained from the Services of the Director of General Affaires of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 673007649), as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of One Hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand Five Hundred (198,500) CFA Francs, payable at the Treasury of the North West Regional Assembly (Block B), representing the cost of purchasing the Tender File.

Each offer drafted in English or French in Seven (7) copies including One (1) original and Six (6) copies marked as such, should reach the Services of the Director of General Affaires of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 673007649/233360092), not later than 27/02/2024 at 10:00am noon local time and should carry the inscription:
<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
No. 001/ ONIT/NWRA/ITB/2024 OF 25/01/2024 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMERGENCY CENTRE AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL ANNEX NKAMBE>>
“To be open only during the bid-opening session”

The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works which are the subject of this Invitation to tender is Six (06) Months from the date of notification to start work.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first-rate banking establishment or an insurance company 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 Nine Million Eight Hundred and Forty Five Thousand (9,845,000) Francs CFA and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids.

Upon penalty of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies signed 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 rejected. This refers especially to the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank or insurance establishment approved by the Minister in charge of Finance.

The bids shall be open in a single phase. The opening of the administrative documents, the Technical and Financial offers will take place on the 27/02/2024 at 11.00 am local time, in the conference hall of the Internal Tenders Board, by its competent members. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice and having a good knowledge of their files.

Evaluation criteria

The bids shall be evaluated according to the main criteria as follows:
A. Eliminatory criteria
1. Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file non regularized within 48 hours after opening of bids
2. Execution deadline higher than prescribed in the Tender File;
3. False declaration or falsified documents;
4. Absence or insufficient bid bond at the opening of the bids;
5. A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign leading to the identification of the bidder;
6. Incomplete financial file;
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7. Non respect of 75% of essential criteria;
8. Change of a quantity or unit in the financial file;
9. Omission of a Sub Unit price in the financial file;
10. Submission of insufficient number of bids or the lake of the original copy of bids;
11. Financial capacity of the bidder less than Two Hundred and Fifty Million (250,000,000) Francs CFA;
12. Average annual turnover of the bidder for the past five years (2019-2023) less than 250,000,000 Francs CFA
13. Suspended by MINMAP for 2024.

B. Essential criteria

1- General presentation of the bids;
2- Financial capacity;
3- References of the company in similar works visaed by the competent authority;
4- Quality of the personnel;
5- Technical organization of the works;
6- Safety measures on the site;
7- Logistics;
8- Attestation of site visit duly signed on honour by the bidder and report of site visit with pictures;
9- Special Technical Clauses initialed on all the pages, signed and dated on the last page;
10- Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed on all the pages, signed and dated at the last page.

The evaluation shall be done in a binary way (Yes) or (No) with an acceptable minimum score of 75% of the essential criteria taken in account.
The Contract shall 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 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

Bidders shall remain committed to their offers for Ninety (90) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the Services of the Director of General Affaires of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 673007649/233360092.