In order to improve the working conditions of its personnel, particularly in the central and external services in Yaounde, the DIrector General of the National Social Insurance Fund hereby launches a National Open Invitation to Tender for the supply, installation and putting into service of thirty-four airconditioners with variable horse powers, in the emergency procedure.

The works, under this invitation to tender shall comprise:

1)  Supply, installation  and putting into service of  thirty-four  (34) airconditioners of variable horse powers, notably :

1. a.    TEN (10) airconditioners of 0.87 KW (1.5 cv) absorbed horsepower

     Number of  phases : 1ph-230 V (50Hz)

• Capacity (cold) : 3,5 (1,4-4,3) kW
• Acoustic horse power at 1m (int. unit) : 22/26/34/40 dB (A)
• Acoustic horse power  at 1m (ext. unit.) : 52 dB (A)
• Dehumidification : 1,5 l/h
• Air flow int/unit: 1780 m³/h 
• Automatic scan - 03 speeds
• Infrared remote control
• Type of compressor: ROTATIVE  or SCROLL
• Type de Freon : ecological (407C or 410A)

1. b.    TWENTY-ONE  (21) airconditioners of 1.17kW (2,5 cv) absorbed horsepower

• Number of  phases : 1ph-230 V (50Hz)
• Capacity (cold) : 5.0 (1.5-6) kW
• Acoustic horse  power at  1m (int. unit) : 30/34/39/43 dB (A)
• Acoustic horse power 1m (ext. uniit) : 53 dB (A)
• Dehumidification : 2 l/h
• Air flow int. unit: 2160 m³/h
• Automatic scan  - 03 vspeeds
• Infrared remote control
• Type of  compressor: ROTATIVE or SCROLL
• Type of  Freon : ecological (407C or 410A)

c. THREE (3) airconditioners of 2.25kW (3,25 cv) absorbed horsepower

• Number of  phases : 1ph-230 V (50Hz)
• Capacity (cold) : 6,8 (1,5-7,5) kW
• Acoustic horsepower at 1m (int. unit) : 34/38/43/47 dB (A)
• Acoustic horsepower at 1m (ext. unit.) : 59 dB (A)
• Dehumidification : 2,5 l/h
• Air flow  int. unit: 3600 m³/h
• Automatic scan - 03 speeds
• Infrared remote control
• Type of compressor: ROTATIVE  or SCROLL
• Type of Freon : ecological (407C or 410A)

2)  Putting at the disposal of the Project Manager: technical sheets and equipment tests reports, maintenance and follow-up worksheets, as well as installation plans in duplicate papers and on CD-ROM in digital format JPG (JPEG) and  USB key;

3)  As the above list is not  exhaustive, the successful bidder must all the necessary accesories in it to carry out the installations as described in this document.

The estimated cost of the works after preliminary studies shall be  FCFA 29 000 000 (twenty-nine million), excluding taxes (HT).

The works shall be combined in only  (1) lot.

Participation in this tender shall be open to companies operating under Cameroonian law and justifying proven experience in this type of works..

The works of this tender shall be funded by the  budget of the National Social Insurance Fund, 2017 Financial year, budgetary head No. 7-2D2229 according to  programme 112.

The file shall be consulted during working hours at the Contracts’ Service Service at the 9^th floor, room 903 of the CNPS Head Office Buildingde situated at the Independence Square, upon publication of this notice to tender in the Contracts Magazine.

The file shall be obtained at the place indicated above, upon publication of this notice, against payment of a non refundable sum of 50 000 (fifty thousand) francs CFA in the Special Account CAS-ARMP No.  335988 opened in BICEC branches.

During withdrawal of the file, bidders shall get themselves registered and leave their full address (P.O Box number and telephone contacts.

Each offer drafted in English or French in seven (7) copies of which one (1) original and six (6) copies labelled as such, shall reach the Contracts Service not later than 27 of April 2017 at 11 a.m., local time and shall bear the mention:

To be opened only during the bid opening session »

The deadline scheduled by the Project Manager for the works of this tender shall be three (3) months

Each bidder shall attach to his administrative documents, a bid bond 500 000 (five hundred thousand ) Francs CFA, established by a first class bank and approuved by the Ministry of Finance.

The guarantee shall be valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of validity of bids.

Under pain of being rejected, the required administrative documents must be subsmitted in original copies and copies certified as true by the issuing services or competent administrative authorities, in accordance with the stipulations of the Specifications of this Tender.

They must be dated less than three (3) months prior to the original date of submission of bids or have been established after the date of signture of the Tender Notice.

Incomplete offrers, in accordance with the requirements of the bidding documents will be declared inadmissible, including the absence of the bid bond issued by a first class bank approuved by the Ministry of Finance, or the non respect of the models of documents of the Tender document will lead to outright rejection of the offer without any rescourse.

The opening of bids shall be done in one (1) phase..

The opening of the administrative documents, technical and financial offers shall be done on_27 of April 2017_at 12 noon, local time, by the Internal Commission of the Tenders Board of the National Social Insurance Fund, in the meeting room of the Commission at the  4th floor, room 416 of the CNPS Building situated at Avenue Kennedy.

Only bidders will be allowed to atend the opening session or be represented  by a duly mandated person of their choice.

• 1. Eliminatory criteria

They shall be as follows :

• Absence of an administrative document at the opening of the bids ;
• False declaration or falsified document ;
• Lack of a quantified unit price in the financial bid ;
• Non validation of at least 70% of the sub criteria of evaluation ;
  • Non-respect of CSR norms :
  • Workforce affiliated with CNPS : higher or equal to 3 (online declration of the last three (3) months), detailed list of personnel with their CNPS individual insured numbers, attach ‘APS’ showing update of payment of contributions ;
  • Fair remuneration (respect of SMIG : attach DIPE or statements of salaries) ;
  • Respect of the principle of gender promotion : justify at least 20% of female workers in the workforce (attach DIPE,  list of personnel as well as the gender report) ;
  • Liability insurance covering the current financial year (attach insurance policy).

2. Essential qualification criteria 

The contract shall be awarded to the candidate having :

•          presented the administrative offer in conformity ;

•          validated at least  70 per cent of the sub criteria of  evaluation (i.e. at least 7 « yes ») ; 

•          presented the lowest financial bid.

The bidders shall remain committed to their offers within a period of ninety (90) days from the date fixed for the submission of their offers.

Visit of  sites

A guided tour of the sites shall be scheduled by the Project Manager after publication of this Notice to Tender.

Further information may be obtained during working hours at the Contracts’ Service, situated at the CNPS Head Office Building, Indepndence Square at the 9th floor, room 903, tel : 696 54 31 32,       675 13 21 06. /-

« For any act of  corruption, please call or send an  SMS to MINMAP to the following numbers : 673 20 57 25 / 699 37 07 48 ».