The ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF CDENO,(Contracting Authority) within the frame-work of the 2025 Budget of CDENO hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender  FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE (1) PERMANENT CATTLE CRUSHES IN THE LOCALITY OF NJEM BEBA-BEFANG, MENCHUM VALLEY SUB DIVISION..

Lot 100: Preparatory works and studies

Lot 200: Earth Works

Lot 300: Foundation

Lot 400: Concrete pillars

Lot 500: Metallic works

Lot 600: Drainage works

   The provisional amounts after studies is Ten million (10,000,000) francs CFA

The Job shall be executed in a single LOT

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all registered and qualified enterprises of the Republic of Cameroon, with the necessary financial capability, technical and professional expertise in Public works (construction domain).

This project shall be financed by CDENO budget for 2025, chap 22 04 00

The hard copy of the file is may be consulted free of charge during working hours at the North West Livestock Development Fund (CDENO), SIGAMP UNIT, Box 399 Bamenda, Tel: 233 36 10 17 / 677 45 17 21

The hard copy of the file may be obtained from CDENO upon presentation of a receipt showing payment of a non-refundable sum Twenty Thousand (20,000) FCFA   into ARMP account no. 100010686097568660001-28 of BICEC Bank.

Bids written in English or French shall be signed by the bidder or by a duly authorized representative and presented in Seven (7) sets (01 original and 06 copies) marked as such. These shall be submitted in one sealed pack containing three (3) envelopes, that is, A: Administrative Documents, B: Technical file and C: Financial file. The sealed pack shall bear no information on the enterprise, and should reach CDENO main office, Service of contracts, not later than 13/ 03 /2025 at 11.00 am and note should be taken that in case of any ambiguities or differences during opening, only the original shall be considered authentic

The sealed pack (outer envelope) shall bear the following inscriptions:

<< OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

No .004_ /ONIT/CDENO/CITB/2025 OF _05/02_/2025  FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE (1) PERMANENT CATTLE CRUSHES IN THE LOCALITY OF NJEM BEBA-BEFANG, MENCHUM VALLEY SUB DIVISION.

(To be opened only during bids opening session)

The deadline for the completion of the works shall be three (03) months with effect from date of notification of the service order to start works

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a hand-endorsed bid bond that respects the model in this tender file (see annex) issued by a banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance at an amount of 200,000 (Two hundred thousand) FCFA and valid up to thirty (30) days beyond the initial date limit of the validity of bids shall lead to the immediate rejection of the offer. A bid bond submitted but that does not have any relation with the consultation concerned shall be considered as absent. The bid bond presented by a tenderer at the bid opening session shall not be accepted.

    The administrative documents, the technical offer and the financial offer must be placed in separate envelopes and submitted in a sealed envelope.

The Project Owner shall not accept:

• Bids bearing information on the identity of the tenderers;

• Bids submitted after the closing date and time for submission of bids;

• Envelopes without indication on the identity of the Invitation to Tender;

• Bids non-compliant with the bidding mode;

• Failure to comply with the number of copies specified in the RPAO or offer in copies only;

Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a financial body or institution approved by the Minister in charge of Finance to issue bonds for public contracts or the failure to comply with the model documents of the Tender File shall lead automatically to the rejection of the bid without any other procedure. A bid bond submitted but not relating to consultation concerned shall be considered as absent. A bid bond presented by a bidder during the bid opening session shall not be accepted.

The bids shall be opened in a single phase on the 13/03/ 2025 at 12:00pm local time in the conference hall of CDENO Bamenda in the presence of bidders or their representatives who have full knowledge about the bids submitted. ONLY BIDDERS or their duly authorised representatives with a sound knowledge of their bids shall attend the bid opening session even in case of a group of companies.

Under pain of being rejected, the required administrative documents must be submitted in originals or

Copies certified by the issuing service or the relevant administrative authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. They shall be no later than 3 (three)

months old from the original deadline for the submission of tenders or must have been issued after the date of signature of the Tender Notice.

In case of absence or non-conformity of a document in the administrative file during the opening of bids, after a 48(forty-eight) hours deadline granted by the Board, the file shall be rejected.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Tender conformity shall be evaluated as per the following

A)    Eliminatory Criteria.

• Absence of bid bond at the opening of bids;
• Failure to submit, beyond the 48(forty-eight) hours deadline after the opening of bids, a document of the administrative file deemed non-compliant or absent (except the bid bond);
• False declarations, fraudulent schemes or forged documents;
• Failure to comply with 75% essential criteria
• Absence of the sworn statement for not having abandoned contracts during the last three years;
• Failure to comply with bids file format;
• Absence of a quantified unit price in the financial offer;
• Absence of own or hired minimum equipment;
• Absence of an element in the financial offer (submission, BPU, DQE);

B)     Essential Criteria.

The preliminary evaluation shall be binary and based on the following essential criteria:

·                                               General presentation of the bids

·                                               Experience of the enterprise.

·                                               Quality of personnel qualification and management of the company

·                                               Attestation and report of site visit

·                                               Equipments (logistics means

·                                               Methodology for the  execution of works

·                                               Special Technical clauses initialed in all the pages and the last page signed stamp and dated

·           Special Administrative Clause completed and initialed in all the pages and the last page signed, stamped and dated.

·                                               Financial capacity

The job shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity with the dispositions of the tender file and on the basis of the technical qualification and lowest realistic bid.

        Bidders will remain committed to their bids which shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days with effect from the deadline for the submission

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from CDENO main office, SIGAMP UNIT, BP 399 Bda, Tel: 233 36 10 17 / 677 45 17 21.