Within the framework of the execution of the 2018 state budget, the State of Cameroon represented by THE LORD MAYOR JAKIRl
COUNCIL hereby launches inan emergency procedure an open national invitationto tender for the CONSTRUCTION of a SM bridge over NGLY STREAM ON SOP MVEM FARM TO MARKET ROAD IN JAKIRl SUB DIVISION,BUI DIVISION.

The construction works subject to this invitation to tender include detail description of the items found in the bill of quantities (detail cost estimate).   The services involved in this invitation to tender shall require THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 5M BRIDGE OVER NGLY STREAM ON SOP MVEM FARM TO MARKET ROAD IN JAKIRl SUB DIVISION, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION

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Participation in this present invitation to tender is opened to all registered and qualified companies or groups of companies based in the Republic of Cameroon, with the necessary financial capability, technical and professional expertise in Public works (construction domain).

The said works shall be financed by the 2018 Public Investment Budget (PIB 2018) of the Republic of Cameroon under the Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Development assigned to The Lord Mayor Jakiri

The Tender documents may be consulted and obtained immediately after publication ofthisinvitationto tender from the Services of the
Contracting Authority (Community Development Office) during working hours at the Jakiri Council. The document shall be obtained upon presentation of a receipt testifying to the payment of a non-refundable sum of Thirty Thousand (30,000) Francs CFA payable to the Council Treasury Jakiri.

The Tender documents may be consulted and obtained immediately after publication ofthisinvitationto tender from the Services of the
Contracting Authority (Community Development Office) during working hours at the Jakiri Council. The document shall be obtained upon presentation of a receipt testifying to the payment of a non-refundable sum of Thirty Thousand (30,000) Francs CFA payable to the Council Treasury Jakiri.

 Each bid written in English or French shall be signed by the bidder orbya duly authorized representative and presented in Seven (7) copies, that is one (01) original and six (06) copies labelled as such. These shall be submitted in one sealed pack containing three (3) envelopes, that is, Envelope A: Administrative Documents, Envelope B: Technical file and Envelope C: Financial file. The sealed pack shall bear no information about the company and shall reach the, CDO's Office not later than 13/03/2018 at 10:00 local time and note should be taken that in case of any ambiguities or differences during opening, only the original shall be considered authentic. The sealed pack shall bear the following inscriptions;

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
N° 001/ONIT/JC/JCITB/2018 OF 21/02/2018 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 5M BRIDGE OVER NGLY STREAM ON SOP MVEM FARM TO MARKET ROAD IN JAKIRl SUB DIVISION, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION

(To be opened only during bids opening session)

The maximum deadline for the execution provided for by the Contracting Authority shall be three months (90 calendar days) with effect from date of notification of the Service Order to start works.

 Each bidder shall enclose in his administrative documents a bid bond (provisional guarantee) that respects the model in this tender file-of three Hundred Thousand (300,000) francs CFA issued byafirst-rate bank approved by the Ministryin charge of Finance featuring on the list in document 10 of the tender file and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the validity of the tenders.

Only originals or true copies certified by the issuing services of the required administrative documents (Senior DivisionalOfficer, Taxation Officials, etc.), including the bid bond, must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Tender Regulations or such bids shall be subject to rejection. They must obligatorily not be older than three (03) months or must be produced after the signing of the tender file. Double certification shall not be accepted. Any bid that shall not be in conformity with the prescriptions of this tender shall be declared inadmissible.
The provisional guarantee will be released no later than thirty (30) days after the period of bid validity for unsuccessful bidders. For the bidder who is awarded the contract, the provisional guarantee will be released after constitution of the final guarantee.
NB: The successful bidder shall during site installation present the originals of the respective documents for strict verification of their authenticity.

The offers shall be opened ina single phase, according to the following schedule, in the office of the chairman of the tenders Board for JAKIRI COUNCIL situated at JAKIRI. Only bidders or their authorized representatives having a perfect knowledge of the file may attend the bid opening session. Any bid which shall not comply with the requirements of the tender file shall be rejected. Bids shall be opened and assessed in a single (01) phase and two stages.

a) Stage I shall involve:
I) Opening and appraisal ofvalidity, authenticity and completeness
11) Opening of envelopes containing technical documents to appraise and evaluate technical
proposals

NB:Any bids which shall not obtain 75% score in the technical evaluation shall simply be eliminated.
b) Stage II Opening of financial offers to appraise proposed amount for the project.

 Tender conforniity shall be evaluated as per the following:
A) Eliminatory Criteria.
-Bids submitted in unsealed envelopes and packs;
- Offers (bids) submitted after the deadline or time limit;
- Absence of original or properly certified administrative documents,
- Administrative documents more than 3 months old;

- Incomplete technical or financial documents;
- Omission ofunit price schedule ;
- None justification of capacity to pre-finance ;
- Technical and administrative evaluation mark less than 75% ;
- False declaration or forged documents ;
-Work supervisor of the company having less than three (03) years of experience;
- Site Foreman having less than five (05) years of working experience;

B) Evaluation Criteria: The preliminary evaluation shall be the binary method (YES/NO) based
on the following essential criteria:

NB:
-Any Bid that shall not obtain 75% evaluation shall simply be rejected.
- Details of these main qualification criteria are specified in the assessment grid found in the Special Tender Regulations (RPAO).

The contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, who fulfils the technical and administrative requirements

Bidders will remain committed to their offers fo ra period of ninety (90) days from the last date of the submission of tenders, that is, the tenders shall be valid for 90 (ninety) days with effect from their submission deadline.

Additional (supplementary)technical information maybe obtained during working hours from the service for the award of contracts (CDO's office). The Delegated Contracting Authority reserves the right,if warranted, to subsequently amend this invitation to tender.