:  Within the framework of the execution of the 2025 state budget, the State of Cameroon represented by the Mayor of Fundong Council hereby launches an Open National Invitation to Tender for the REHABILITATION OF THE AKEH WATER SUPPLY SCHEME LOT 1, REHABILITATION OF THE ILUNG WATER SUPPLY SCHEME LOT 2, REHABILITATION OF THE ACHAIN PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY SCHEME LOT 3 AND EXTENSION OF THE MBOH WATER SUPPLY SCHEME LOT 4 IN FUNDONG MUNICIPALITY, BOYO DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION.

The different tasks to be executed for this project shall comprise the following:

FOR LOT 1 AND LOT 4

-          Preparatory works

-          Construction works

-          Rehabilitation works

-          Rehabilitation of existing standpipes

-          Piping network

-          Project sustainability

FOR LOT 2

-          Preparatory works

-          Construction works

-          Environmental Mitigation Measures

-          Project sustainability

FOR LOT 3

-          Preparatory works

-          Rehabilitation of Achain Water Scheme

-          Rehabilitation works

-          Rehabilitation of existing standpipes

-          Piping network

-          Project sustainability

4)       The estimated cost after preliminary studies are as follows:

4)       The works are as follows;

-          LOT 1: REHABILITATION OF THE AKEH WATER SUPPLY SCHEME

-          LOT 2: REHABILITATION OF THE ILUNG WATER SUPPLY SCHEME

-          LOT 3: REHABILITATION OF THE ACHAIN PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY SCHEME

-          LOT 4: EXTENSION OF THE MBOH WATER SUPPLY SCHEME

NB: A bidder cannot tender for more than two lots.

    : Participation in this invitation to tender is opened to competent Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the fiscal laws and who are not currently excluded from public procurement.

The said works shall all be financed by the Public Investment Budget under the Ministry Decentralisation and Local Development  for  Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot  4  and the Ministry of Water and Energy Resources for Lot 3.

  The Tender documents may be consulted and obtained immediately after publication of this invitation to tender from the Contracts Management Unit (SIGAMP) (room 11) of the Fundong council during working hours.

The Tender file shall be obtained from the Fundong Council Chamber as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non-refundable sum of 16.000frs for lot 1, 20.000frs for lot 2, lot 3 and lot 4 payable at the Fundong Council Treasury room 18. Such receipt shall identify the payer as representing the company that wants to participate in the tender.

The sealed external envelope shall bear no information about the company and shall reach the Fundong Council secretariat not later than the 16/04/2025 at 10:00 am local time and note should be taken that in case of any ambiguities or differences during opening, only the original shall be considered authentic

The maximum deadline for the execution provided for by the Contracting Authority shall be Three months (90 calendar days) for LOT 1, LOT 2, LOT 3 AND LOT 4 with effect from date of notification of the Administrative Order to start works.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first-rate banking establishment approved by the Ministry of Finance - the list of which is found in document No. 12 of the Tender File, whose amount is (160,000) One hundred and Sixty thousand francs for Lot 1, (200,000) Two hundred thousand francs for lot 2, Lot 3 and Lot 4 and shall be valid for thirty (30) days beyond the deadline of validity of bids.

At the risk of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies by the issuing service or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officer, Divisional Officers) must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of this Invitation to Tender. They must not be more than three (3) months old as at the date of submission of bids or must not be established before 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 and valid for a period of thirty days shall be rejected.

The bids shall be opened in a single phase, in the Fundong Council Hall, on 16/04/2025 at 11:00 am. Only bidders or their authorized representatives, having a perfect knowledge of the file, may attend the bids opening session. Any bid which shall not comply with the requirements of the Tender File shall be rejected.

The bids shall be evaluated in three (03) steps:

Ø  1^st Step: Verification of the conformity of the administrative file;

Ø  2^nd step: Evaluation of the technical file;

Ø  3^rd Step: Analyses of the financial file.

The criteria of evaluation are the following:

14.1- Eliminatory criteria

14.11- Administrative documents

·         Absent of Bid bond

·         Any Administrative document not in conformity with the prescriptions of this tender file shall results in elimination if the situation is not regularized within forty-Eight Hours. This rule shall not be applied to the Bid Bond

·         Any bids not in conformity with the prescriptions of this tender shall be inadmissible

·         False declaration or falsified documents.

14.2- Technical File

·         Complete documents or scanned documents ;

·         False declaration, forged or scanned documents;

·         Technical assessment mark lower than 75% of “YES”.

14.3- Financial Offer

·         Incomplete financial Offer;

·         Non-compliant documents;

·         Omission of quantified unit price in the financial offer;

·         Absence of breakdown of prices;

14.4Essential criteria:

The technical offer of the bidder shall be assessed along the following lines

 The contract shall be awarded to the bidder who would have obtained a minimum technical score of 75% in the essential criteria and 100% in the eliminatory criteria, taken in consideration and who would have proposed a bid with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the tender documents. (See article 33 of the Public Contracts Code).

Bidders shall remain committed to their offers for a period of ninety (90) days from the last date of the submission of tenders, that is, the tenders shall be valid for 90 (ninety) days with effect from their submission deadline.

Complementary information which could be technical in nature can be obtained from the Fundong Council Tel.: Phone: (237) 677755510

 Email: fundongcouncil2014@gmail.com  Website: www.fundongcouncil.org