Within the framework of 2026 Public Investment Budget, The Mayor of Nkor Council, the Contracting Authority, on behalf of the Republic of Cameroon, hereby launches an open invitation to tender, for the supply andinstallation ofthirty (30) public lighting based on solar pannel power in Nkor urban space (KOCHI, KIBAVUKE, ASHA, NYALEN, ETAKUM); Noni Subdivision, Bui Division, Northwest Region. It is a single lot.

Works to be realized on the account of this project prominently consist of:

-          The bringing up and retrieving of equipment;

-          The survey of the working area;

-          The pecking and the setting out of the poles basement sites;

-          The clearing and grubbing, including demolition of existing structure;

-          The levelling of platformsand removing of storms;

-          The putting in place of the basement cradle;

-          The supply and putting in place of galvanized steel holed poles, or any suitable suggestion;

-          The supply and putting in place of solar panels;

-          The supply and putting in place of streetlight LED lamps comprising 1 to 3 bulbs or any suitable suggestion;

-          The supply and putting in place of solar energy storage boxes;

-          The supply and putting in place of suitable electric and electronic devices;

-          The taking in account of safety measures;

-          Any other work necessary for the completion of works.

Participation is open under the same conditions to all Cameroonian companies and business concerned that have proven experience in the field of Renewable Energy, electrical engineering and civil engineering in general.

The works, subject of this invitation to tender, shall be financed by the 2026 Public Investments Budget. 

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Nkor Council, Contract Award Service, as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be obtained from the Kumbocouncil at the Secretariat of the Mayor, as soon as this notice is published against the payment of the sum of 50 000 CFA francs (thirtythousand Francs CFA), payable at the competent Public Treasury, representing the cost of purchasing the Tender File

The tenders file in three (03) volumes shall be enclosed in three sealed envelopes.

Ø  Envelope A containing the administrative documents (Volume 1);

Ø  Envelope B containing the technical offer (Volume 2);

Ø  Envelope C containing the financial offer (Volume 3).

The three volumes shall then be enclosed in a single sealed envelope bearing only the reference of the tender in question. The different documents of each offer shall be numbered as indicated in the tender and separated by dividers of the same colour.

8. Submission of the tender file

Each offer drafted in English or French in 07 (seven) copies including 01 (one) original and 06 (six) copies marked as such, should reach the Kumbocouncil, Contract Award Service not later than 26/03/2026 at 10:00 noon local time and should carry the inscription:

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°:04/ONIT/MINDDEVEL/NC/NCITB/P-2026 OF 25^th FEBRUARY 2026 FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THIRTY (30) PUBLIC LIGHTING BASED ON SOLAR PANNEL POWER IN NKOR URBAN SPACE (KOCHI, KIBAVUKE, ASHA, NYALEN, ETAKUM); NONI SUBDIVISION, BUI DIVISION, NORTHWEST REGION.

«To be opened only during the bid opening session»

The offers or the bids submitted after the stipulated dateline shall not be received.

The maximum execution dateline shall be THREE (03) calender months, including the rainy season and other vagaries, with effect from the date of notification of the administrative order of work commencement.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents a bid bond of the sum of 150,000(one hundred and fifty thousand) FCFA issued by a first rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance featuring in the annex of the tender file.

The provisional deposit shall be automatically released not later than 30 (thirty) days following the expiry of the validity of the bids for bidders who shall not be retained. In the case where the bidder is awarded the contract, the provisional deposit shall be released after the constitution of the final bond.

The bids not respecting the separation mode of the financial bid from the administrative and technical bids shall be rejected.

Any bid not in conformity with the prescription of this tender notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond of a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry of Finance and valid for a period of thirty (30) days shall be rejected.

Least they are rejected, only the originals or certified true copies by the issuing service or administrative authorities of the administrative documents are accepted. They must obligatorily not be older than three (03) months and must be valid during the bid opening session.

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 26 /03/2026 at 11:00 AM local time, in the conference hall of the Nkor Council, 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.

12. Evaluation of the bids

The evaluation of the bids shall be done 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: Analysis of the financial file.

The criteria of evaluation are the following:

14.1-Eliminatory criteria

14.1.1- Administrative documents

·         Any offer not in conformity with the prescriptions of this tender file shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the lack of the provisional guarantee;

·         Absence of a document in the administrative file;

·         Any company having a 2024 project, notified to commence in 2024and which has not yet been received;

·         False declaration or falsified documents.

14.1.2- Technical file

·         Incomplete or non compliantdocuments ;

·         False declaration, forged or scanned documents;

• Non existence in the technical file of the rubric « organization, methodology and planning»

·         Technical assessment mark lower than 70% of “Yes”.

14.1.3- Financial offer

·         Incomplete financial offer;

·         Non compliant documents;

·         Omission of quantified unit price in the financial offer;

·         Modification of the model of schedule unit prices attached;

·         Absence of prices breakdown.

Essential criteria:

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

The note of the technical offer will be gotten by addition of marks for every criterias and only the technical offers having gotten an equal or superior note to 70% of YES will be allow passing the step of the financial evaluation.

The jobbing order shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity with the dispositions of the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technical quality. (See article 99 of the public contracts code).

The bidders shall remain committed to their bids during a period of (ninety) 90 days from the dateline set for the submission of bids.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from NkorCouncil at the office of the Council Development Officer (CDO