Within the framework of the execution of the Public Investment Budget the Mayor of the DSCHANG Council, contracting authority launches on its own behalf, an Open National call for tenders for the work of the above-mentioned purpose.

The work includes the following operations, the list of which is not exhaustive:

·        Preliminary works;

·        General Earthwork;

·        Cleansing and Drainage;

·        Structure;

·        Indication and Safety Equipment;

·        Painting;

•     Others. 

The estimated cost of the operation at the end of the preliminary studies is Twenty-Three Million (23 000 000) CFA Francs including all taxes.

All the work is divided into a single (01) lot.

Participation in this call for tenders is open on equal terms to all Cameroonian law with skills in the field of buildings and public works.

The Public Investment Budget (PIB) MINADER 2025 will finance this project.

The Tender file can be consulted during working hours in the General Secretary Office of the Mayor of Dschang Council, Tel.: 674 97 87 61.

The Tender file can be obtained from the General Secretary Office of the Mayor of Dschang Council by presentation of a treasury receipt showing payment into the public treasury of a non- refundable sum of FCFA fifty thousand (50 000) as being the purchasing cost of the file.

Each offer written in English or French an in seven (07) copies whose one (01) original and six (06) copies marked like as, must be deposited to the Secretariat-general of the Dschang council, latest on January 31, 2025 at 10 a.m. standard time and have to be marked:

«OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

N°04/AONO/C.DS/SG/CIPM/2025 OF 03/01/2025

FOR THE BUILDING WORK OF A CULVERT (3M×5M×5M) WITH AMENAGEMENT OF THE ACCESS ROADS BETWEEN LEFFE AND NOUH IN THE GROUPING, DISTRICT OF DSCHANG, DEPARTMENT OF MENOUA, WEST REGION

(ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURE)

TO OPEN ONLY DURING THE MEETING OF DEPOUILLEMENT ».

The maximum period specified by the Employer for the execution of the work referred to in this Request for Proposals is three (03) months from the date of notification of the service order to start the services.

Each tenderer must attach to its administrative documents a tender guarantee, valid for one hundred and twenty (120) days beyond the deadline for the acceptance of tenders, established by a first-class bank approved by the Ministry of Finance and listed in the appendix to this DAO. The amount of the bid bond is Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand (460 000) FCFA.

The provisional bond will be automatically released no later than thirty (30) days after the publication of the results of the call for tenders for unsuccessful bidders. If the tenderer is successful, the provisional security will be released after the final security has been lodged.

Under penalty of rejection, the documents in the administrative file must be produced in originals or in copies certified true by the issuing department or an administrative authority (Governor, Prefect, Sub-Prefect, etc.), in accordance with the stipulations of the Special Rules of Appeal of Offers.

They must date from less than three (03) months preceding the original date of submission of tenders or have been dated after the date of signature of the Notice of Invitation to Tender.

Any incomplete bid in accordance with the requirements of the Call for Tenders Dossier will be declared inadmissible, in particular with regard to the absence of the bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance.

Bids shall be opened in one phase. The Council Tenders Board at the Dschang Council shall open the administrative, technical and financial bids on January 31, 2025, at 11 a.m. local time.

All tenderers may attend this opening session or be represented by a single person duly appointed (even in the case of a grouping) of their choice with full knowledge of the folder.

The evaluation criteria consist of two types: the eliminatory criteria and essential criteria.

1    Eliminatory criteria

·         Nonconformity or absence of a necessary administrative part after a 48 hours’ deadline;

·         Falsified documents or misrepresentations;

·         Absence of the bid bond at the end of the examination or guarantee non conformity;

·         Omission in the financial offer of a quantified unit price;

·         Non-observance of 70% (25 « YES » out of 35) of the essential criteria. 

2    Essential criteria

·         References of the company in the similar achievements;

·         Official report of reception corresponding to the services carried out;

·         Localization of the company compared to the place of completion of the work;

·         Presence of a certificate of visit of the site;

·         Certificate of financial standing (minimum equal to the amount of the offer);

·         Quality of the personnel by postulated batch;

·         Average logistics;

·         Book of the Particular Technical specifications (CCTP) initialed in each page;

·         Book of the Particular Administrative Clauses (CCAP) supplemented and initialed in each page.

The contracting authority shall award the contract to the lowest bidder in compliance with the tender file. 

Bidders shall be bound by their bids for a period of one hundred and ninety (90) days with effect from the date of opening of bids.

Complementary information which could be technically necessary can be obtained from the General Secretary Office of the Mayor of Dschang, Tel.: 674 97 87 61.