Each bid drafted in English or French shall be submitted exclusively only on the COLEPS platform www.publiccontracts.cm or www.marchespubliques.cm, not later than 10/04/2026 at 10 am server time. All bids should be in PDF format. A back-up copy of the tender recorded on a USB

key or CD/DVD must be sent in a sealed envelope with the clear and legible indication “back-up copy”, 

File size and format 

The maximum sizes of the documents that will transit on the platform and constitute the tenderer‟s offer are the following:

•      5 MB for the Administrative file;

•      15 MB for the Technical Offer;   5 MB for the Financial Offer.

•      A physical original copy of the administrative bids.

 The applicant shall make sure that he uses compressing software to possibly reduce the size of the files to be transmitted. 13.  Admissibility of bids 

For fear of being rejected, only scanned originals or certified true copies by the issuing services or Administrative Authorities must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. 

They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months preceding the date of submission of bids or may be established after the signature of the tender notice. Except the attestation issued by National Social Insurance (NSIF) Fund whose validity is one month

Any bid not in compliance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. This refers especially but not limited to the absence of a bid bond accompanied by a CDEC receipt issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister in charge of Finance. 

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The Administrative documents, Technical and Financial bids shall be opened in a single phase on the 10/04/ 2026 at 11am, local time, by the Bamenda City Council Internal Tenders Board, at the conference hall of the Board in the Bamenda City Council in Mulang.

Bidders may attend or be represented by a duly mandated person having a sound knowledge of the bid and come along a back-up copy of their bids in a USB key sealed in an envelope and an original of the administrative bids.

In case of absence or non-conformity of a document in the administrative file during the opening of bids, after a 48(forty-eight) hours deadline granted by the Board, the file shall be rejected.

14.  Evaluation criteria

The evaluation of bids shall be carried out in three stages:

Ø 1^st Stage: verification of the conformity of each administrative document; Ø 2^nd Stage: Evaluation technical bids; Ø 3^rd Stage: Analyses of Financial 

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