Within the framework of the execution of the 2026 Investment Budget of the MINDDEVEL, the City Mayor hereby launches an Open National Invitation to Tender for tarring with double coat surface dressing of some roads in Bamenda I Sub Division.

Works comprise especially: preliminary works, cleaning and earthworks, road layers (subgrade, base course), drainage structures, hydraulic structures, signalization and equipment, other activities, displacement of networks and all other subjections necessary for the good execution of the works. The stretches include:

-          HIGH COURT - COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE           0.40 Km;

-          COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE - GRA ROAD              0.55 Km;

-          ROAD INFRONT PIC OFFICE                                     0.35 Km;

-          ROAD TO RDMINDEVEL                                             0.20KM.

1. Estimated cost

The estimated cost of the operation following preliminary studies is two hundred and forty-four million four hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred (244,497,500) Francs CFA inclusive of all taxes.

The works are of a single phase and regrouped in one lot.

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all national enterprises specialized and categorized in road construction and public works.

The works under this invitation to tender shall be financed by MINDDEVEL of 2026 financial year, budget head No60 27 291 1 32000005 0411523511.

The hard copy of the file may be consulted free of charge during working hours in the SIGAMP Services of the Bamenda City Council, Tel: 633 36 12 67 / 67785 03 32.

It may equally be consulted online on the COLEPS platform at the following addresses: http://www.marchespublics.cm and http://www.publiccontracts.cm on the ARMP website (www.armp.cm

The hard copy version of the file may be obtained from the SIGAMP Services of Bamenda City Council, Tel: 633 36 12 67 / 67785 03 32 as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non-refundable sum of one hundred and thirty-six thousand one hundred (136,100) CFA Francs, payable at the Bamenda City Council Treasury under the budgetary head 712 101.

It is equally possible to obtain the electronic version of the Tender File by downloading it free of charge through the addresses 

The bid must be submitted by the bidder on the COLEPS platform latest on 19^th March 2026 at 10am server time. A back-up copy of the tender recorded on a USB key or CD/DVD must be sent in a sealed envelope with the clear and legible indication “back-up copy”, in addition to the above mentioned indication, within the deadline set and a copy of the administrative file.

File size and format

The maximum sizes of the documents that will uploaded on the platform and constitute the tenderer’s offer are the following:

·         5 MB for the Administrative file;

·         15 MB for the Technical Offer;

·          5 MB for the Financial Offer.

 The following formats are accepted:

·         PDF format for text documents;

·         JPEG for images.

The applicant shall make sure that he uses compressing software to possibly reduce the size of the files to be transmitted.

The maximum time frame provided for by the Project Owner for the execution of works subject of this invitation to tender is three (3) calendar months. This time frame shall run from the date of notification of the administrative order to commence the services.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a hand-endorsed bid bond, issued by a financial body or institution approved by the Minister in charge of finance to issue bonds for public contracts and whose list appears in document 14 of the Tender File (TF), of an amount of four million eight hundred and eighty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty (4,889,950) CFA francs, and valid up to thirty (30) days beyond the initial date limit of the validity of bids. ’The absence of the bid bond issued by a first-rate bank or financial body of first category authorised by the Minister in charge of Finance to issue bonds for public contracts shall cause 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 bid bond bearing a fiscal stamp should be accompanied by a CDEC receipt

The offer must be submitted by the bidder on the COLEPS platform; 

Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence, insufficient or non-compliant 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 the 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 single phase and shall take place on19^th March 2026 at 11 am precisely by the Delegated Project Owner’s Tenders Board in the Bamenda City Council Internal Tenders Board conference hall located at Mulang.  

Only tenderers may attend this opening session or be represented by a person of their choice, duly authorised, even in case of a group of enterprises.

For fear of being rejected, the required administrative documents must be submitted in scanned originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or the relevant administrative authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Special Regulations Governing 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 except the CNPS certificate which has a validity of at least one month.

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.

15.1      Eliminatory criteria

The eliminatory criteria include:

•          Absence insufficient or non-compliant 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 four (4) essential criteria out of 6;

•          Failure to comply with bids file format;

•          Absence of a quantified unit price in the financial offer;

•          Absence of grading (categorisation) certificate;

•          Absence of an element in the financial offer (submission, BPU, DQE);

•          Absence of integrity charter dated and signed;

•          Absence of the dated and signed commitment statement to comply with environmental and social clauses.

15.2      Essential criteria

The essential criteria for the qualification of bidders shall focus especially on:

• Presentation of bid;
• Bidder’s references;
• Financial capacity; (Access to a line of credit or other financial resources, turnover, certificate of financial solvency);
• Personnel qualification and experience;
• Logistics means,
• Methodology.   

The Delegated Project Owner shall award the contract to the bidder whose bid meets the required technical and financial qualification criteria and whose offer was evaluated as the lowest by including as the case may be, the rebates proposed.

Bidders shall remain committed to their bids for 90 days from the initial deadline set for the submission of bids

Additional information may be obtained during working hours from the SIGAMP Services of the Bamenda City Council, Tel: 233 36 12 67 / 67785 03 32 or online on the COLEPS platform via http://www.marchespublics.cm and http://www.publiccontracts.cm.