The Mayor of Bali Council, Contracting Authority, on behalf of the Republic of Cameroon, hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender for The Construction of a Borehole and Solar Panel at Njenka-Housa in Bali Subdivision, Mezam Division of the North West Region

Work to be done consists of the following activities:

·         Site installation;

·         Drilling works;

·         Design, cleaning, development and pumping test;

·         Super structure and manual pump installation;

·         Training on maintenance and operation.

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             The estimated cost after preliminary studies is TWENTY MILLION (20,000,000)        

The lot is unique as follows; The Construction of a Borehole and solar panel at Njenka-housa in Bali Subdivision, Mezam Division of the North West Region by Emergency Proceure

Participation to this Invitation to Tender is opened to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the Cameroon laws.

Works which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by the 2025 Public Investment Budget of the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy  

The file may be consulted during working hours at the BALI Council office, Tel No. ...................... as soon as this notice is published

The tender file may be acquired from the BALI Council office upon presentation of a non-refundable treasury receipt of (35,000) CFA. Such a receipt shall identify the payer as representing the company that wants to participate in the tender.

Each offer drafted in English or French in 07 (seven) copies including 01 (one) original and 06 (six) copies marked as such in accordance with the prescriptions of the tender file should be submitted against a receipt at the BALI Tender Board Service of Award, Tel: ................, not later than 03/06/2025 at 10:00 a.m. local time and should carry the inscription.

Presentation of tender file:  the tender file in two volumes shall be enclosed in two sealed envelops

Ø  Envelop A containing the administrative documents  (volume 01)

Ø  Envelop B containing Technical (Volume 02)

Ø  Envelop C Containing financial Documents (Volume 03)

The Three (03) volumes shall then be enclosed in a single sealed enveloped bearing only the reference of the tender in question. The different documents of each offer shall be numbered as indicated in the tender file and separated by divider of same colours.

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

The maximum deadline provided for by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this Invitation to tender is ninety (90) days from the date of the notification of the service order for work to start

Each bidder must include in his administrative document, a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance in conformity with COBAC conditions, whose list is found in document No. 12 of the tender file of an amount of FCFA 400 000 (Four hundred thousand CFA francs) per lot and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids.

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies signed by the issuing service or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officer, and Divisional Officers) 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 rejected. 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 03/06/2025 at 11:00am local time, in the conference hall of the BALI Tenders’ Board, by its competent Members. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice and having a good knowledge of their files.

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

A.      Eliminatory criteria

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

2-      False declaration or falsified documents;

3-      Absence or insufficient bid bond;

4-      Incomplete financial file.

5-      Non-respect of 20/25 (80%) of essential criteria

6-      Change of quantity or unit;

7-      Financial situation below a third of the estimated cost;

8-      Name of company suspended by MINMAP or the non-completion of any project in the previous years

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

B.      Essential criteria

1-      General presentation of the Tender Files;

2-      Financial capacity;

3-      References of the company in similar achievements visa by the competent authority;

4-      Quality of the personnel per lot requested;                                                                                 

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;

This evaluation will be done in a binary way (yes) or (no) with an acceptable minimum of 33/44 (75%) of the essential criteria taken in account.

The Contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 33/44 (75%) of the essential criteria.

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for sixty (60) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the Divisional Delegation for Water Resources and Energy for Mezam