Within the frame work of Improving the productivity and competitiveness of the Agricultural production sectors in Reference action 4 and 392 on the investment program of MIDENO for 2025 and her objective to attain operational efficiency of the North West Development Authority, (MIDENO) hereby launches an Open National Invitation to tender to establish a 10 year agricultural and rural development strategic plan (MIDENO 2035 vision) for the North West Region of Cameroon through emergency procedure

The services in this invitation to tender include:

-   Conduct a comprehensive situational analysis of the agricultural sector and rural communities in the North West Region.

-   Establish a baseline situation of Agric and Rural development at each council area and validate with the key stakeholders.

-   Review existing policies, programs, and initiatives relevant to agricultural and rural development.

-   Engage with stakeholders from government agencies, local communities, civil society organizations, and development partners.

-   Organize at least strategic planning workshops

-   Develop a comprehensive 10-year results-based Agricultural and Rural Development Strategic Plan with clear objectives, targets, strategies, and action plans, indicators, and monitoring mechanisms.

-   Hold working sessions with the Division of studies, projects and Cooperation (DEPC)of MINADER and MINEPAT.

-   Formulate actionable strategies, programs, and projects to achieve the desired outcomes within the specified timeframe.

-   Provide capacity-building support and training to relevant stakeholders for plan implementation and monitoring.

The provisional costs of the services/works involved in these assignment is Forty five million and fifty thousand (45,050,000) fcfa

: Participation in this Invitation to tender is open to all local and National companies that fulfill the required criteria specified in the bidding document and have the competence and experience of not less than five (5) years in the same or similar service.

NB: The firm must not be in a situation of conflicting interest as defined in Article 4.2 (b) of the General Regulations of the Invitation to Tender. The bidder must not have been excluded from bidding for public contracts by the Competent Authority in charge of Public contracts

Services which form the subject of this Invitation to tender shall be financed by PIB MINADER of the 2025 financial year. Budget Head No: 219102

The tender file maybe consulted during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General, Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 23336161 following the publication of  this notice.

The tender file may be obtained during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General, Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: midenobda@yahoo.com: Tel: 237 233331661 following the publication of this notice against payment of a non-refundable sum of Sixty thousand seven hundred and fifty (60,750) fcfa and payable into Account No. 06845 97568660001- 28 in the name of “SPECIAL ACCOUNT SAC-ARMP” in any BICEC Branch in Cameroon

: Each bid drafted in English or French in (7 copies) including one (1) original and six (6) copies marked as such, should reach the MIDENO Head Office located at Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda) not later than06 AOUT 2025 at 10:00 am prompt and should carry the inscription:

“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°1214/ONIT/MIDENO/MITB/13/84/2025 of  03 JUIL 2025 FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  A 10-YEAR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN (MIDENO 2035 VISION) FOR THE NORTH WEST REGION OF CAMEROON THROUGH EMEREGENCY PROCEDURE”

“To be opened only during the bid-opening session

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner shall be Four (4) Months from the date of notification to start the assignment

The stamped hand endorsed bid bond according to the attached model for the sum of Nine hundred and one thousand (901,000) fcfa  and with thirty  (30) days validity period established by an organization or financial institution approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance to issue bonds in Public Procurement and listed  in Document  12 of the Tender Document. The said guarantee must be accompanied by a consignment receipt issued by the “Caisse Depôt et Cosignation (CDEC) in accordance with Circular letter N^o 0000019/L/MinMap of 5^th June 2024 relating to the constitution of deposits, retention, restitution and deconsignment of bonds on public contracts, in case of group bidding/joint venture the bid bond is established on behalf of the group/joint venture.

Under pain of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies by the issuing service and official or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers, Bank Officials, and Taxation Officials etc.) of the administrative documents required, including the bid bond, must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months or must not be produced after the submission of the bid. Any bid not in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance or the non-respect of the models of the tender file documents shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the bid without any appeal being entertained.

The opening of the administrative documents, technical and financial bids are scheduled on the 06 AOUT 2025 at 11: 00 am prompt local time by the Internal Tenders Board of MIDENO in the MIDENO Conference Room at the Project management Office. Only bidders may attend or duly represented by a person of their choice.

The bids shall be evaluated according to the following principles:

A. Eliminatory Criteria

·           Absence or insufficient Bid Bond of the specified amount

·           Absence of the receipt of deposit  from CDEC of the amount indicated in the bid bond

·           Incomplete or non-conformity of Bidding documents (Administrative, Financial and technical bids)

·           Nonconformity to technical specifications and standards (prospectuses, photos etc.)                                                               

·           Late submission of bids

·           False declarations or forged documents      

·           Under exclusion sanctions from the Authority in Charge of the Regulation of Public Contracts  

·           Associated directly or indirectly with the conception, preparation of technical specifications and other documents concerned with this tender 

·           Non-respect of 80% of the essential criteria   

·           Bids whose outer envelop leads to the recognition of the bidder                                                                                                                                                

B. Essential Criteria

Evaluation shall be done using the binary method. The contractor shall be selected by the Least Cost selection method after evaluating the technical capacity (Bidder must fulfill 100% of the eliminatory criteria and must score at least 80 out of the 100 points previewed for the technical evaluation) and financial capacity of the bidder and that the supply he/she is proposing is in conformity with the technical specifications of the supply in the Tender document and in accordance with the procedures described in this tender file

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for thirty (30) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary information can be obtained during working hours from the secretariat of the Director General, MIDENO, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda: Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 233361378