Within the framework of implementing the activities related to Year 2 (2017) of the State/SOWEDA 'Contrat Plan the General Manager of SOWEDA hereby launches an open National Invitation to Tender for the supply of equipment & furniture under the Technical Restructuring Axis of the 'Contrat Plan'

1. 1.             Financing Budget Contrat Plan Etat /SOWEDA, Line: MINFI Chapitre 93/2017Delivery DeadIine

The maximum deadline provided for the delivery of the various items that are subject of this tender is fixed at 02 (Two) months

The estimated cost of this tender is: FCFA 53,000,000 (Fifty Three Million).

The supplies that are subject of this tender shall be in a single lot.

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to duly legalized Cameroonian based enterprises that are experienced in the supply of office equipment & furniture and which fulfill the requirements of this invitation to tender

The supplies which are subject of this invitation to tender shah be financed by the 'Contrat Plan' Etat/SOWEDA Budget: Line MINFI Chapitre 93/2017.

Interested bidders can consuit the tender file at the Head Office of SOWEDA, Buea (Department of General Affairs) during working hours (7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.).

The tender file may be obtained from the same address above, as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of 75,000 (seventy five thousand) francs CFA, payable into the CAS-ARMP Account N° 335 988 in any BICEC Bank Branch.

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the SOWEDA Head Office (Department of General Affairs) South West — Buea, against a receipt not later than 18/10/17 at 10.00 a.m. local time and labelled as follows:

The maximum deadline provided for the delivery of the various items that are subject of this tender is fixed at 02 (Two) months.

Each bidder must include in their 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 and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids amounting to FCFA 1,060,000 (one million sixty thousand francs)

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the SOWEDA Head Office (Department of General Affairs) South West — Buea, against a receipt not later than 18/10/17 at 10.00 a.m. local time and labelled as follows:

Open National Invitation to Tender N° 020/ONIT/SOWEDA/SITB/CP/17 of 20/09/2017 for the Supply of Office Equipment & Furniture to SOWEDA by Emergency Procedure. "To be opened only during the Bids Opening Session"

Any document poorly drawn up, not bound as per Article 24 of the Public Contracts Code or not produced in seven (7) copies shall be rejected

Each bidder must include in their 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 and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids amounting to FCFA 1,060,000 (one million sixty thousand francs)

1. 11.       Eliminatory Criteria

• Absence of an administrative document
• False declaration or falsified document
• Non-compliance with more than 30% of the technical specifications of the equipment

Absence of quantified unit price

• Non-compliance with model tender
• Absence of prospectus accompanied by the technical sheets from the manufacturer (for office equipment only)

14.2: Essential Criteria

The following binary mode of evaluation shah be used:

1. 15.       Award of Contract

The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose administrative bid shall be up-to-date, technic

The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose administrative bid shall be up-to-date, technical bid judged satisfactory and who shah be the least bidder.

Bidders shall be bound by their bids for a period of 90 (ninety) days effective from the date of opening of bids.

For additional information, interested bidders should contact the Department of General Affairs, SOWEDA Buea — Tel: Tel: 233 322 622 or 233 322 805.