Within the framework of the emergency project to combat food crisis in Cameroon (PULCCA), the Director General of the North West Development Authority (MIDENO) is looking for competent and reliable suppliers to acquire and
deliver/distribute various farm inputs (improved drought resistant seed varieties, chemical
fertilizers, organic fertilizers, pesticides, etc) to vulnerable farmers in the North West Region

The supply, delivery and reception of equipment for primary production (power tillers) for the cultivation of plantains and distribution to vulnerable farmers in the North West Region as follows:

 To supply and deliver 150 equipment for primary production (power tillers) and build the capacity of the beneficiaries on the use and maintenance of the equipment   

Participation in this Invitation to tender is open to all National companies/suppliers that fulfill the required criteria specified in the bidding document and have the competence and experience of not less than 5 years in the same or similar supplies.

Services which form the subject of this Invitation to tender shall be financed by the emergency project to combat food crisis in Cameroon (PULCCA)

The tender file can be consulted during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General (1^st Floor), Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: midenobda@yahoo.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378 following the publication of this notice.

The tender file may be obtained during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General, Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: midenobda@yahoo.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378 following the publication of this notice against payment of a non-refundable sum of One hundred and seventy one thousand four hundred and twenty five (171,425) fcfa and payable into Account N^o 06845 97568660001- 28 in the name of “SPECIAL ACCOUNT SAC-ARMP” in any BICEC Branch in Cameroon

Saturday 14^th September 2024 at 10:00 am prompt

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner shall be Three (3) months from the date of notification to start delivery 

Each bidder must include in his Administrative Documents, a bid bond issued by a financial institution approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance featuring on the list in document 12 of the tender file for an amount of: Nine million six hundred and forty two thousand five hundred (9,642,500) FCFA and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the validity of the bids

Under pain of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies by the issuing service and official or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers, Bank Officials, and Taxation Officials etc.) of the administrative documents required, including the bid bond, must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months or must not be produced after the submission of the bids. Any bid not in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance or the non-respect of the models of the tender file documents shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the bid without any appeal being entertained. 

The opening of the administrative documents, technical and financial bids are scheduled on the …12 SEPT 2024 prompt local time by the Internal Tenders Board of MIDENO in the MIDENO Conference Room at the Project management Office. Only bidders may attend or duly represented by a person of their choice.

Evaluation Criteria: The bids shall be evaluated according to the following principal criteria;

A. Eliminatory Criteria

·         Absence or insufficient  Bid Bond of the specified amount

·         Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file not regularized within 48 hours after opening of bids

·         Absence of quantified unit price

·         Absence or non-conformity of the manufacturers authorization

·         Absence of prospectus accompanied by the technical leaflet from the manufacturer

·         Late submission of bids

·         False declarations or forged documents      

·         Under exclusion sanctions from the Authority in Charge of the Regulation of Public Contracts  

·         Associated directly or indirectly with the conception, preparation of technical specifications and other documents concerned with this tender 

·         Non-respect of 80% of the essential criteria

·         Bids whose outer envelopes leads to the recognition of the bidder 

·         Absence of brochures

·       Non Conformity to technical specifications and standards (prospectuses, photos etc.)                                                                                                                    

B. Essential Criteria

                                                                                                                                                                                  YES/NO

14. Selection Method of Supplier: Evaluation shall be done using the binary method. The supplier shall be selected by the Least Cost selection method after evaluating the technical capacity (Bidder must fulfill 100% of the eliminatory criteria and must score at least 80 out of the 100 points previewed for the technical evaluation) and financial capacity of the bidder and make sure that the supply he/she is proposing is in conformity with the technical specifications of the supply in the Tender document and in accordance with the procedures described in this tender file

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for Thirty (30) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for Thirty (30) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner shall be Three (3) months from the date of notification to start delivery 

Complementary information can be obtained during working hours from the secretariat of the Director General, MIDENO, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda: Email: midenobda@yahoo.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378