Within the framework of 2023-2024 Investment Budget, the SDO FOR NGOKETUNJIA the Contracting Authority, hereby launches on Open National Invitation to Tender FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE ON NR11AT PK 41+305 IN NDOP – BABUNGO IN NGOKETUNJIA DIVISION OF THE NORTH WEST REGION. THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE.

Work to be done consists of preparatory works, grading and opening and grading of part of the road works, drainage works on the roads herein below

1.      Scope Of Works

Work to be done consists of

Série 100 – preliminary works

Série 200 – site clearing works

Série 300 – foundation , abutment , wing wall and decking works

Série 400 – equipment

Série 500 – Circulation

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 185,304,006 (One Hundred And Eighty-Five Million Three Hundred And Four Thousand Six) CFAFRANCS.

Participation to this invitation to tender is open to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the fiscal laws.

Works which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by MINPT 2024 BUDGET

The file may be consulted during working hours at the technical service of the PREFETURE NDOPTelephone N⁰ (237) 672105868 as soon as this notice is published.

  The file may be obtained from the technical service of the PREFETURE NDOP Telephone N⁰ (237) 67210 5868 as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND (500.000) CFA francs, payable at the NDOP DIVISIONAL TREASURY, representing the cost of purchasing the tender file.

Each offer drafted in English or French in 06 (six) copies including 01 (one) original and 05 (five) copies should reach the PREFETURE NDOP premises not later than __13/09_/2024 at 10 AM local time and should carry the inscription:

TO THE CONTRACTING AUTHURITY

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

N° _002/ONIT/E.31/GAS/2024 OF 14/08/2024

FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE ON NR11AT PK 41+305 IN NDOP – BABUNGO IN NGOKETUNJIA DIVISION OF THE NORTH WEST REGION. THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE.

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

The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this invitation to tender is FOUR (04) calendar 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 3,709,080CFA (three million seven hundred and nine thousand eighty) CFA Francs, valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids. As per article 90 (9) of the Public Contract Code (Decree No. 2018/366 OF 20 June 2018), certified cheques or bank cheques are acceptable in the place of bid bond.

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified 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 be not older than three (3) months preceding the date of LAUNCHING OF THE TENDERS 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 declared inadmissible. 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 _13/09_/2024 at 11 Noon local time, at the Conference hall of PREFETURE NDOP by the Ngoketunjia Divisional Tenders’ Board. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice.

1.      Evaluation criteria

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

1. Eliminatory criteria

·         Outright elimination during the opening session of the bids

1.    Absence of the bid bond

2.    must have exeuted projects in crises zone

·         Elimination during the evaluation of bids by the adhoc commitee

3.    Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file;

4.    Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

5.    False declaration or falsified documents;

6.    A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the bidder;

7.    Incomplete financial file;

8.    Change of quantity or unit of the Tender file in the financial bid;

9.    Non respect of 80%of essential criteria;

During the opening session of the bids if a document of the administrative bid is absent or noncompliant, the bidder will be given forty eight (48) hours to produce or replace the said document else it will be eliminated during the evaluation of the bids. No such document will be accepted after this deadline.

2. 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.

These essential criteria are subject to lower limits, the details of which are spelled out in the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender

This evaluation will be done in a purely a purely binary method with a positive (Yes) or negative (No) with an acceptable minimum of 80% of the essential criteria taken into account.

The contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest reasonable amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 80%of the essential criteria.

 Pursuant to justification by bidder, unconvincing abnormally low costing will not be accepted spelled out in the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender of this consultation.

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for ONE AND TWENTY (120) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the Technical Service of the Prefecture Telephone N⁰ (237) 672105868