Within the framework of the Public Investment Budget 2026, the Lord Mayor of Akwaya Council, Contracting Authority hereby launches an OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE FOR THE CONTRUCTION OF AN INTERGRATED HEALTH CENTER AT BASHO I in AKWAYA SUB-DIVISION, Manyu Division, South West Region.

The work comprises of the preliminary studies carried out and the detailed information provided in the technical specification and the quantitative estimates. 

LOT UNIQUE

The tender is open to duly legalized Cameroonian enterprises that fulfil the requirements of invitation to tender.

This project shall be financed by the relevant credit allocation in the PIB 2026 of the Republic of Cameroon as per the imputation:

The tender file can be consulted and obtained as from the date of publication of this invitation to tender, at the Akwaya Council Contracts Office (Room 6) Tel: 676 246 360/ 678 489 938, ARMP Buea and MINMAP, Manyu.

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Akwaya Council Chambers (Akwaya Town) as soon as this notice is published.

With effect from the date of signature of this Tender Notice upon presentation of receipt attesting to the payment of a non-refundable fee of One Hundred Thousand (100,000) CFA francs, payable at the Municipal Treasury Akwaya. A copy of the receipt showing payment of the fee shall be attached to the bid.

The bidder shall submit 01 original (indicated as such) and 05 copies of the bids in English or French at the Secretariat of the contract unit of the Akwaya Council office against a receipt on or before 20/4/2026 at 09:00 am. The outer envelope shall bear the inscription: 

                                  OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

No. 002/ONIT/MAYOR/ACTB/PIB/2026 of 19/3/2026

FOR THE CONTRUCTION OF AN INTERGRATED HEALTH CENTER AT BASHO I IN AKWAYA SUBDIVISION, MANYU DIVISION, SOUTH WEST REGION.

                                                                          “To be opened only during the bid-opening session

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Contracting Authority shall be Four (04) 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. 12 of the tender file, of an amount of One Million, Forty Thousand (1,040,000) CFA francs a validity period for Sixty (60) Days from the date they opened.  

On pain of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily be not older than Four (04) Months preceding the date of submission of offers or may be established after the signature of the tender notice. Any offer 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 Minister 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 offer.

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. 12 of the tender file, of an amount of One Million, Forty Thousand (1,040,000) CFA francs a validity period for Sixty (60) Days from the date they opened.  

On pain of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily be not older than Four (04) Months preceding the date of submission of offers or may be established after the signature of the tender notice. Any offer 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 Minister 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 offer.

The offers shall be opened in single phase. The opening of Administrative Offers (Envelope A), the Technical Offers (Envelope B) and Financial Offers (Envelope C) on 20/4/2026 at 10:00 am local time by the Akwaya Council Tenders Board situated at the Akwaya Council Conference

Hall. 

The criteria relating to the qualification of bidders could indicatively be on the following:

-  Technical Specification or description                                                   Yes/No

-  References of similar and other works executed                                  Yes/No

-  Pre-financing capacity                                                                            Yes/No

-  Access to a credit or other financial resources                                    Yes/No

-  Expenditure schedule or other contracts under execution               Yes/No

-  Contractor’s references (at least two references in similar jobs)         Yes/No

-  Availability of material and essential equipment                               Yes/No - Experience of supervisory staff                                                               Yes/No

The non respect of two (02) criterias shall cause the elimination of the offer.

The contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder who satisfied the administrative and technical disposition

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for Sixty (60) Days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders

Further complementary information may be obtained during working hours from the Secretariat of contract unit of the Akwaya Council’s office, Manyu Division, South West Region.