The City Mayor of the Bamenda City Council hereby launches an open national invitation to tender for the above-mentioned project.  

The works are made up of: Site installation, Mobilisation and demobilisation of equipment, geotechnical and survey studies, Cut and throw, Foundation course in laterite, Base course in laterite, Priming with Cut Back 0/1, execution of surface dressing in double-coating, In addition, all other subjections necessary for the good execution of the works according to the specifications of the STC.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is five hundred million (500,000,000) Francs CFA all taxes inclusive

The works as listed above are regrouped in a single lot and the stretches to be rehabilitated include.:

Participation in this invitation to tender is opened to all national companies specialized in  buildingroad construction and public works

Works referred to in this invitation to tender shall be funded by the Bamenda City council 2025 Budget under the budgetary head………………….:

The tender documents may be consulted during working hours at SIGAMP Services of Bamenda City Council, Tel: 633 36 12 67 and COLEPS Platform www.publiccontract.cm or www.marchespublique.cm, upon publication of the invitation to tender.

The file may be obtained from the SIGAMP Services of Bamenda City Council, Tel: 633 36 12 67 upon publication of the invitation to tender against payment of the non-refundable sum of two hundred thousand (200,000) CFA Francs, payable at Bamenda City Council Treasury under the budgetary head ……..

Each drafted in English or French shall be submitted exclusively only on the COLEPS platform www.publiccontract.cm or www.marchespublique.cm, not later than 03/04/2025 at 10 am server time. All bids should be in PDF format:

The maximum deadline provided by the Project Owner for the execution of the work 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. 13 of the Tender File, of ten million (10,000,000) Francs CFA valid for thirty (30) days Bid bonds for unsuccessful bidders shall be withdrawn not later than fifteen (15) days after the award of the contract and those of successful bidders shall be retained until the required performance guarantee for good execution is provided.Bearing a fiscal stamp.

For fear of being rejected, only scanned originals or certified true copies by the issuing services or Administrative Authorities must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender.

They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months preceding the date of submission of bids 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 but not limited to the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance.

The Administrative documents, Technical and Financial bids shall be opened in a single phase on the 03/04/2025 at 11am, local time, by the Bamenda City Council Internal Tenders Board, at the conference hall of the Board in the Bamenda City Council in Mulang.

Bidders may attend or be represented by a duly mandated person having a sound knowledge of the bid and come along a back-up copy of their bids in a USB key sealed in an envelope.

i)        Eliminatory criteria

-                      Forged, false or fake document;

-                      Absence or insufficient of bid bond or its equivalent;

-                      Non compliance with the bid model;

-                      Deadline of execution more than the prescribed;

-                      Omission of a quantified task on the bill of quantities;

-                      Technical mark less than 80%;

-                      Non submission of bids online.

ii)      Essential criteria

The following essential criteria shall be evaluated in a binary manner (satisfactory or not) and will include:

-                      Financial situation;

-                      Equipment;

-                      Personnel;

-            Methodology of execution and conformity with technical specifications, environmental protection

             And hygiene; 

-                      References for similar works;

-                      Acceptance of the conditions of the contract.

The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid has been judged essentially in compliance with the tender file and is evaluated as the lowest.

Bidders will be bound by their tender for a period of ninety (90) days with effect from the tender-submission deadline

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the SIGAMP Services of Bamenda City Council, Tel: 633 36 12 67 and COLEPS Platform www.publiccontract.cm or www.marchespublique.cm,  upon publication of the tender.

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