As part of the implementation of the Municipal Housing Construction Programme in order to improve on the living conditions of the population, the Mayor of Tiko Council hereby launches an Open National Invitation to Tender emergency procedure, for the construction of twenty (20) T2 and T3 housing units, for Tiko Council, Fako Division, South-West Region
The works, subject of this Invitation to Tender comprise all the trades provided for in the cost estimates and quantities schedule, which include notably:
- Preliminary works and site installation;
- Additional earthworks;
- Foundations;
- Constructions – Elevations;
- Roofing and structural timber;
- Wood joinery, aluminium and metal processing;
- Sanitary plumbing;
- Electricity / TV;
- Painting;
- Plastering of walls;
- Drainage works and cleanup.
The buildings whose construction is to be completed are presented as follows, in accordance with the plans and templates contained in document No.14 of this Tender File for the construction are:
· 02 buildings R+1 of type T2;
· 03 building R+1 of type T3.
The estimated cost of this service shall be CFA F Four Hundred and fifteen Million, Four Hundred and fifty-three Thousand and six hundred (415 453 600) INCLUSIVE OF TAXES.
The works subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be in a single lot.
Participation in this Invitation to Tender is open on equal terms to all category C companies with a base in Cameroon, excluding companies under suspension following the termination of a contract, in accordance with the Public Contracts Cod
The works, subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be financed by the budget of the Municipal Housing Construction Programme (PCCM), 2026 and subsequent financial years
The Tender File can be consulted as soon as this tender notice is published, during working hours, in the Tiko Council Contracts Service and/or in the Department of Partnership Projects and Programmes (DPPP) in the former site of FEICOM head office at MIMBOMAN, Yaounde IV.
It can equally be consulted at http://www.marchespublics.cm and http://www.publiccontracts.cm, and on the ARMP webite (www.armp.cm).
The Tender File can be obtained from the Tiko Council Technical Department against payment of a non-refundable sum of CFA francs two hundred thousand (200,000) payable to the Tiko Council revenue office.
During collection of the Tender File, bidders should register by leaving their full address (Telephone, E-mail, Post Box, Fax, etc.).
However, pursuant to the provisions of point 82 of the circular implementing the Public Contracts Code, a bidder who instead paid the Tender File acquisition fee to the public treasury due to the hurdles faced in the municipal revenue office, should include in his bid a duly established bailiff report and/or proof of referral to the Mayor, with a copy to the local administrative authority, ARMP, MINMAP and FEICOM, against payment a duly signed and dated receipt.
Bids shall be written in English or French, in 7 (Seven) copies, including 1 (One) original and 6 (Six) copies marked as such, and an electronic version of the said bids, shall be placed in a sealed envelope, stamped and sealed, with no distinctive sign on the bidder’s identity, and submitted in the Contracts Service of Tiko Council, no later than 12/08/2026 at 10 a.m., local time and should be marked as follows:
“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
No 009/ONIT/ TIKO COUNCIL/TCITB/2026
OF 15/08/2026 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWENTY (20) TYPE T2 AND T3 HOUSING UNITS IN TIKO COUNCIL”
“To be opened only during the bids opening session”
The maximum deadline allowed by the Project Owner for the execution of the works subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be eleven (11) months with effect from the notification of the Administrative Order to commence the execution of works.
Each bidder shall attach to his administrative documents a stamped manually bid bond issued by a financial body or institution approved by the Minister in charge of Finance to issue public procurement guarantees and whose list is in document 14 of the Tender File and whose amount is CFA F two million seventy seven thousand two hundred and sixty eight (2,077,268) representing 0.5% of the project amount and valid up to 30 (thirty) days beyond the initial bids validity date. The absence or non-compliance of the bid bond issued by a first-rate bank or category one financial establishment authorised by the Ministry in charge of Finance to issue public procurement guarantees, shall lead to the complete rejection of the bid.
A bid bond provided but having no bearing with the tender shall be considered as absent. The bid bond presented by a bidder during the bids opening session shall be inadmissible.
The said guarantee must be provided alongside a deposit receipt issued by the Deposits and Consignments Fund (CDEC). In case of bank or certified cheque provided in lieu of a guarantee, the latter must be made payable to CDEC for the Project Owner. The said cheque must be forwarded to CDEC by the financial institution within at least 7 (seven) working days before the opening of bids date.
Bids shall be written in English or French, in 7 (Seven) copies, including 1 (One) original and 6 (Six) copies marked as such, and an electronic version of the said bids, shall be placed in a sealed envelope, stamped and sealed, with no distinctive sign on the bidder’s identity, and submitted in the Contracts Service of Tiko Council, no later than 12/08/2026 at 10 a.m., local time and should be marked as follows:
“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
No 009/ONIT/ TIKO COUNCIL/TCITB/2026
OF 15/08/2026 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWENTY (20) TYPE T2 AND T3 HOUSING UNITS IN TIKO COUNCIL”
“To be opened only during the bids opening session”
The opening of administrative, technical and financial bids shall take place on 12/08/2026 at 11 a.m. local time, by the Tiko Council Internal Tenders Board at the Conference hall of Tiko Council.
Only bidders or their duly authorised representatives with a sound knowledge of the file shall be allowed to attend.
The eliminatory criteria shall be:
Ø Incomplete or non-compliant administrative file 48 hours after the opening of bids (except the bid bond);
Ø False statements, forged documents or shady deals;
Ø Absence of the certificate of categorisation (C);
Ø Failure to meet up with at least 70% of the essential criteria;
Ø Omission of a quantified price in the financial bid;
Ø Absence of stamped bid bond;
Ø Absence of the bid bond accompanied by the deposit receipt issued by CDEC, in accordance with Circular Letter No. 000014/PR/MINMAP/CAB of 23 July 2025 relating to the terms and conditions for establishing, depositing, keeping, releasing, and fulfilling public contracts guarantees;
Ø Absence of the certificate on honour signed by the bidder, whereby he certifies to have read and accepted without reservation the terms of the Tender File (SAC, STC as well as Environmental and Social Clauses);
Ø Absence of the statement made on honour on the non-abandonment of projects during the last 3 (three) years;
Ø Absence of the dated and signed charter of integrity;
- Absence of Financial capacity amounting to One Hundred and twenty-five Million (125,000,000) CFA Francs;
Ø Absence of a dated and signed contractor’s occupational health and safety charter;
Ø Absence of a dated and signed statement of commitment to the respect of environmental, social, hygiene and safety clauses;
Ø Incomplete technical bid (absence of a section of the technical bid);
Ø Abandonment and/or termination of a Municipal Housing Construction Programme (PCCM) project;
Ø Non-compliance of documents with the bidding template.
14.2. Essential criteria
Technical bids shall be graded based on the essential criteria below:
· Experience of company staff (24 sub-criteria);
· Availability of essential material and equipment (06 sub-criteria);
· Company’s references (08 sub-criteria);
· Company’s financial situation (04 sub-criteria);
· Technical proposal and works execution schedule (07 sub-criteria);
· Acceptance of the contract conditions (03 sub-criteria);
· General presentation of the bid (02 sub-criteria).
The details are shown in the bids evaluation grid. Only bidders who presented a compliant administrative file and who obtained at least 70% (which is 38 YES out of 54), shall be qualified for the next stage of the procedure and their financial bid shall be evaluated.
The Contracting Authority shall award the contract on the basis of the lowest financial bid to the bidder fulfilling the required technical and financial qualification criteria. The said bidder having previously obtained a technical mark of at least 70% of “yes” favourable opinion.
Bidders shall be bound by their bids for a period of 90 (ninety) days with effect from the deadline set for the receipt of bids.
Additional technical information can be obtained during working hours in the Contracts Service of Tiko Council and/or in FEICOM’s Partnership Projects and Programmes Department (Projects and Programmes Contracts Service):
- Tiko Council; P.O. Box:60 Tel: 6517 116 38
- FEICOM: P.O. Box: 718 YAOUNDE, FEICOM 381, Street 4561 MIMBOMAN, YDE IV, Tel: (237) 222 23 51 64/ 694 28 66 04 / 696 98 01 95; Fax: (237) 222 23 17 59.
P.O. Box: 718 YAOUNDE, FEICOM, Street 4.561
Fax: (237) 222 23 17 59