Within the framework of 2024 Public Investment Budget, The Mayor of Nkum Council, Contracting Authority hereby launches an Open National Invitation to Tender for the Extension Of Electricity From Bahsang To Kifem  In Nkum Sub Division North West Region

Work to be done consists of

1. Construction of an MV single phase line on a distance of 1,800m with 1x34,4mm².
2. Construction of an MV/LV single phase line on a distance of 500m with 1x34,4mm² Almelec & 4x25 mm² Aluminum Twisted Cables
3. Construction of an LV single phase line on a distance of 1,800m with 4x25mm² twisted Aluminum cable.
4. Supply and Installation of one 25KVA transformer.
5. The Sundry expenses will consist of:

• Clearing and pruning 8m width on each side of the network.
• Transportation of wooden poles, materials and workers.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 36,451,700 FCFA (Thirty-six million, four hundred and fifty-one thousand, seven Hundred FCFA). 

The work is as follows: The Extension Of Electricity From Bahsang To Kifem  In Nkum Sub Division North West Region.

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

Works which form the subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be financed by the PIB MINDDEVEL 2023. Budget head number 58 27 100 02 641651 464211 821

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Nkum Council, Contract Award Service, as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be obtained from the Nkum Council, Contract Award Service as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of 55,000 Francs CFA (fifty-five thousand Francs CFA), payable at the Nkum 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 Nkum Council, Contract Award Service not later than 27/03/2024 at 10:00 am local time and should carry the inscription:

<<OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER FILE N° : 003/ONIT/NC/NCITB/2024 OF 28/02/2024 FOR THE EXTENSION OF ELECTRICITY FROM BAHSANG TO KIFEM  IN NKUM SUB DIVISION NORTH WEST REGION. >>

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

The maximum deadline provided by the Delegated Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this Invitation to tender is four (04) months.

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 729,034 (Seven Hundred and twenty-nine thousand and thirty-four FCFA)and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids

Under 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 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 27/03/2024 at 11 AM local time, in the conference hall of the Nkum Council Internal Tenders’ Board, by its competent Members. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice.

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

Eliminatory criteria
1.      -Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file;
2.      -Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;
3.      -False declaration or falsified documents;
4.      -Absence or insufficient bid bond;
5.      -A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder;
6.      -Incomplete financial file;
7.      -Change of quantity or unit;
8.      -Non respect of 23/27 (85%) of essential criteria;
 
Essential criteria

1-     General presentation of the Tender Files;

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-     Attestation and report of site visit;

9-     Special Technical Clauses initialed in all the pages;

10- Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed in all the pages.

This evaluation will be done in a binary way (yes) or (no) with an acceptable minimum of 23/27 (85%) 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 23/27 (85%) 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 Nkum Council’s Contract Award Service. Tél. : 237 677 827 817.