Within the framework of 2024 Public Investment Budget of the Republic of Cameroon 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 rehabilitation of Government Technical Colleges, Government Secondary Schools and Government High Schools in the North West Region DIVIDED INTO 2 lots by emergency procedure.

Works to be done consists of

1- GENERALITIES
2- PREPARATORY WORKS-IMPLANTATION
3- FOUNDATION
4- ELEVATION WORKS
5- ROOF TRUSS AND THE COVERING
6- JOINERY AND METAL WORKS
7- PLUMBING-SANITARY
8- ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
9- PLASTERING AND COATING
10- PAINTING
11- OUTSIDE AMENITIES AND LAYOUT PLANNING
12- FLOOR AND WALL FINISHING
13- PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

The estimated cost of the four (04) projects after preliminary studies is 46,190,285 (Forty Six Million One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty Six) Francs CFA ATI.

The works are in Two (02) lots.

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 office of the Director of General Affairs of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 233360092), as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be obtained from the Services of the Director of General Affairs of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 233360092), as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of Sixty One Thousand Five Hundred (61,500) Francs 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 Affairs of the North West Regional Assembly (Tel N° 233360092), not later than 26/04/2024 at 10:00 am noon local time and should carry the inscription:

<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
No .018/ONIT/NWRA/NWRAITB/2024 OF 02/04/2024 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL COLLEGES, GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH WEST REGION DIVIDED INTO 2 LOTS
BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
“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 four (04) Months per lot.

The bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first-rate financial and insurance establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance (See list in document No. 12 of the Tender File). The amount is Five Hundred and Fifteen Thousand (515,000) Francs CF Lot 1 and Four Hundred and Nine Thousand (409,000) Francs CF for Lot 2 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 26/04/2024 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 who have good knowledge of their files.

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 not 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;
7. Non respect of 75% of essential criteria;
8. Suspended by MINMAP in 2024;
9. Submission of insufficient number of bids or the absence of the original copy of bids;
10. Average annual turnover of at least the tendering amount (Average annual turnover calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five (5) years (from 2019). This should be justified by copies of past contracts (completed or ongoing). Final reception minutes for all completed contracts before 2024 and provisional reception minutes for contracts completed in 2023 should be presented.

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 will be done in a binary way (Yes) or (No) with an acceptable minimum score of 75% of the essential criteria taken in account. (A Bidder can bid for more than one Lot but can be awarded only one Lot)
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 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

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

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