Within the frame work of Programme 391 concerning the improvement of Productivity and Competitiveness of Agricultural Production Sectors, there is a need to acquire and support farmers with 30 tons of paramera solanum potato seeds in three (3) Divisions of the North West Region.

The supply and reception of 30 tons of paramera solanum potato seeds

The provisional cost of the services/works involved in this supply is Twenty five million (25,000,000) fcfa.

Single lot :The supply and reception of 30 tons of paramera solanum potato seeds.

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 3 years in supplies in general.

NB: The firm must not be in a situation of conflicting interest as defined in Article 4.2 (b) of the General Regulations of the Invitation to Tender. The bidder must not have been excluded from bidding for public contracts by the Competent Authority in charge of Public contracts

Services which form the subject of this Invitation to tender shall be financed by the Public Investment Budget of MINADER for the 2020 financial year.

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 (1st 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 Forty two thousand (42,000) fcfa and payable into Account No. 06845-97568660001 - 28 in the name of "SPECIAL ACCOUNTSAC-ARMP" in any BICEC Branch in Cameroon

Each bid drafted in English or French in (7 copies) including one (1) original and six (6) copies marked as such, should reach the MIDENO Head Office located at Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda) not later than 13 August 2020 at 10:00 am prompt and should carry the inscription:

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION N° 003/DC/IDENO/MITB/13/84/2020 OF 24 JULY 2020 FOR THE SUPPLY OF 30 TONS OF SOLANUM POTATO SEEDS (PARAMrRA VARIETY) TO SUPPORT FARMERS IN THREE (3) DIVISIONS OF THE NORTH WEST REGION

"To be opened only during the bid-opening session"

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner shall be Six (6) 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 of an amount of Five hundred Thousand (500,000) 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 13 August 2020 at 11: 00 am 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.

The bids shall be evaluated according to the following principles:

A. Eliminatory Criteria

-Incomplete Bid documents (Administrative; Financial and technical bids)

-Non Conformity to technical specifications and standards (prospectuses; photos etc.)

-Absence or insufficient Bid Bond of the specified amount

-Late submission of bids False declarations or forged documents Under 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

-Absence or non-conformity of any Administrative documents

-Non-respect of 80% of the essential criteria

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

B. Essential Criteria

1 -General Presentation of bids (The various parts of the same file separated by colour dividers both the original and in the copies and Files spirally bounded)

2 -Specific experience of the firm in supplies for at least 3 years

3-Conformity to technical specifications and standards (prospectuses, photos etc.)

4 -Delivery schedule of Six(6) months

5- Original bids signed by the competent Authority of the firm

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 fulfil 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 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 Sixty (60) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary Information: 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 361378