Within the framework of reducing the risks of food shortage through the execution of the 2023 Public Investment Budget of MINADER, the General Manager of UNVDA, Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National invitation to tender in emergency procedure for the purchase and collection of 1 200 tons of Paddy Rice from farmers, including handling charges in UNVDA Ndop.
The services of this contract comprise the Acquisition of clean Paddy Rice (Humidity testing, winnowing, filling/weighing in 100kg bags), transporting and stacking in the central warehouse of UNVDA Ndop.
The supply is estimated at 300 000 000 (Three Hundred Million) CFA francs Tax Inclusive.
The services, subject of this invitation to tender, are in a single lot: The purchase and collection of 1 200 tons (Purified TAINAN 5: 300 tons, TOX: 800 tons and NERICA 36: 100 tons) of Paddy Rice from farmers, including handling charges
Participation in this invitation to tender is open to all interested Cameroonian based-service providers with founded experience in the said domain.
Services which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by the 2023 Public Investment Budget of MINADER, Budget Head: 57 30 184 01 330004 464110.
The file may be consulted during working hours at the Service of Public Contracts UNVDA, P.O. Box 25 Ndop, Email: unvdandop@ymail.com , Tel: (237) 691 79 83 72/ 672 86 14 16 as soon as this notice is published.
The file may be obtained from the Service of Public Contracts UNVDA, P.O. Box 25 Ndop, Email: unvdandop@ymail.com , Tel: (237) 691 79 83 72/ 672 86 14 16 as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of 150 000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand) CFA francs, payable at BICEC, account CAS ARMP N° 97568660001-28.
Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies including one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should reach the General Secretariat UNVDA not later than 02/06/2023 at 10 o’clock local time and should carry the inscription:
OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
N° 003/ONIT/UNVDA/ITB/2023 OF 2023
FOR THE PURCHASE AND COLLECTION OF 1 200 TONS OF PADDY RICE FROM FARMERS, INCLUDING HANDLING CHARGES IN UNVDA NDOP.
“To be opened only during the bid-opening session”
The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the services, subject of this Invitation to Tender is Six (06) 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. 9 of the Tender File, of an amount of 6 000 000 (Six Million) CFA Francs.
The bid bond will remain valid for (30) days beyond the original date set for the validity of offers (90 days).
N.B: Certified checks will not be accepted.
Subject of being rejected, documents in the administrative file must include only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or competent administrative authorities in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. These documents must be less than three (03) months old or established after the signing of the tender notice.
Any bid not in conformity with the prescriptions of the 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 bid.
The bids shall be opened in a single phase.
The opening of administrative documents, technical and financial bids, is on 02/06/2023 at 11 o’clock local time by the UNVDA Internal Tenders Board situated at the conference hall of UNVDA at Ndop.
Only bidders may attend or be represented by a duly mandated person.
14.1 Eliminatory criteria
- Absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance at the opening of bids;
- Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file non-regularized within 48 hours after opening of bids;
- False declaration or forged documents;
- Absence of Rice Moisture Tester to evaluate the moisture contain in paddy rice;
- Absence of winnower of a Volume of 10L, a High of 1.3m, a width of 0.5m and a Length of 1.3m;
- Non respect satisfaction of at least 7 out of 8 Essential criteria;
- Non conformity of Tender submission;
- Absence of quantified unit price.
14.2 Essential criteria YES/NO
1) General presentation of the bids;
2) Financial capacity of at least 200 000 000 (Two Hundred Million) FCFA issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance;
3) Information on qualification (References in similar supplies;
4) Technical proposals;
5) Proof of acceptance of conditions of contract;
6) Knowledge of the site;
7) Methodology;
a) Execution planning and schedule.
N.B.: -“Non satisfaction of 7 out of 8 Essential criteria” is therefore eliminatory of the Bidder.
-The evaluation of the technical bid will be done by adding the YES obtained for each criterion. If this mark is less than 23 YES out of 26, the bid will be judged insufficient, disqualified and excluded for financial evaluation.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder who has proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having satisfied 100% of the eliminatory criteria and 80% of the essential criteria.
Bidders will remain committed to their offers for Ninety (90)days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.
Complementary information may be obtained on working days during working hours from the Service of Public Contracts UNVDA, P.O. Box 25 Ndop, Email: unvdandop@ymail.com , Tel: (237) 691 79 83 72/ 672 86 14 16.