Within the framework of the execution of the 2025 Public Investment Budget, the Mayor of Fonfuka

Council, Project Owner and Contracting Authority hereby launches an Open National Invitation to

Tender (by the Emergency Procedure) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (02) BOX

CULVERTS LINKING KONENE AND NGUNABUM VILLAGE.

Works to be done consists of; Preliminary Works, Earth Works, Foundation, Construction of

Abutments, Culvert Slab, External Works etc.

The works comprise the preliminary studies carried out on the site and the detailed information

provided in the technical specifications and the quantitative estimates FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

OF TWO (02) BOX CULVERTS LINKING KONENE AND NGUNABUM VILLAGE.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies stands at:

LOT Description Amount

(FCFA) TI In words

Single Construction of two (02) Box Culverts

linking Konene and Ngunabum village. 18,000,000 Eighteen Million Francs

Works are combined in a Single Lot;

Participation in this invitation to tender is opened to duly legalized Cameroonian based Companies

that fulfil the requirements of this invitation to tender and exercising in the domain of public works having the financial and technical capacity, who are categorised as per the Order No.

0000166/A/MINMAP of 7th June 2022 to lay down the modalities of categorising companies in the

sector of building construction and public works as provided for by the 2018 public contract code, and

who has fulfilled their fiscal obligations in accordance with the 2025 Finance La

The MINDDEVEL Decentralised Credits – 2025 Programme shall finance the works, which form the

subject of this invitation to tender.

Budget Head: 5927I00102 OF MINDDEVEL

Budgetary Authorisation: JA03563

Budgetary Imputation: 59 20 200 09 641819 464 822 821

The file may be obtained from the technical service of the Fonfuka Council, Telephone No (237) 675

32 21 75 as soon as this Tender Notice is published against payment receipt of a Non-Refundable sum

of 36,000 FCFA (Thirty-Six Thousand Francs), payable at the Fonfuka Council Municipal Treasury,

representing the cost of purchasing the tender file.

The file may be obtained from the technical service of the Fonfuka Council, Telephone No (237) 675

32 21 75 as soon as this Tender Notice is published against payment receipt of a Non-Refundable sum

of 36,000 FCFA (Thirty-Six Thousand Francs), payable at the Fonfuka Council Municipal Treasury,

representing the cost of purchasing the tender file.

Each offer drafted in English or French in 07 (Seven) Copies including 01 (One) original and 06

(Six) copies should reach the Fonfuka Council premises at Fonfuka not later than 20 FEV 2025 at

10 a.m. local time and should carry the inscription:

- Envelop A: Administrative Documents;

- Envelop B: Technical Offer;

- Envelop C: Financial Offer.

These three (03) envelopes containing the Bids will be put in a fourth one (Kaki colour) which shall

be sealed and labelled imperatively as follows:

« OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER »

(BY THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE)

No. 00005/ONIT/MINDDEVEL/FC/FCITB/PIB/2025 OF 28 JAN 2025

FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (02) BOX CULVERTS LINKING KONENE AND

NGUNABUM VILLAGE.

“To be opened only during the Bids-opening session”

NB: The fourth envelop shall not bear any identification mark of the Bidder or any compromising

sign/indication of the Enterprise.

The fourth envelop should be a plain type and carrying no Trademark

The maximum deadline provided by the Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming

the subject of this invitation to tender is Three (03) calendar Months from the date of notification

of Service Order to start works

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. Whose list is found in document No. 12

of this Tender File, of an amount, set at 2% of the estimated amount, all taxes inclusive, of the project

amount in accordance with the Order in force (Prime Ministerial Order No. 093/CAB/PM of

5/11/2002) as follows;

LOT Description Amount

(FCFA) TI

BID BOND

(2%) FCFA

Single Construction of two (02) Box Culverts linking Konene

and Ngunabum village. 18,000,000 360,000

Valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of Bids. As per article 90 (9) of the Public

Contracts Code (Decree No. 2018/366 of 20th June 2018), certified cheques or bank cheques are

acceptable in the place of Bid Bond. The Bid Bond shall be addressed to the Contracting Authority

and following the conditions of the invitation to tender.

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or

administrative authorities (Governors, Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers) must

imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Regulations of the Invitation to Tender.

They must obligatorily be not older than three (03) months preceding the date of launching of the

tender or may be established after the signature of the tender notice.

Any Bid not in compliance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible.

This refers especially to the absence of a Bid Bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Minister

in charge of Finance.

The Bids shall be opened in a Single Phase. The opening of the administrative documents, the

Technical and Financial offers will take place on the 06/03/2025 at 11:00 a.m. local time, at the

Conference Hall of Fonfuka Council by the Fonfuka Council Internal Tenders’ Board. Only Bidders

may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice, having a sound knowledge

of the Bids

The Bids shall be evaluated according to the main criteria as follows:

A. Eliminatory criteria

 Outright elimination during the opening session of the Bids

1. Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

2. False declaration or falsified documents;

3. A bid with the external envelope carrying a sign or mark leading to the identification of the

bidder;

4. Absence of Bid Bond;

5. Non-respect of 75%of essential criteria;

NB! During the opening session of the Bids, if a document of the administrative bid is absent or

noncompliant, the bidder will be given forty-eight (48) hours to produce or replace the said document

else it will be eliminated during the evaluation of the Bids. No such document will be accepted after this

deadline.

B. Essential criteria

The criteria relating to the qualification of the candidates shall be indicatively assessed on:

1. General presentation of the tender files;

2. Financial capacity;

3. References of the company in similar achievements;

4. Quality of the personnel;

5. Technical organization of the works;

6. Safety measures on the site;

7. Logistics;

8. Attestation and report of site visit;

9. Special Technical Clauses initialled in all the pages;

10. Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialled in all the pages.

- Methodology; Methodological approach and relevance of proposed solutions; Yes / No

- Experience; References of the bidder (experience of at least two (02) years in similar

works) (attach proof) Yes / No

- Equipment; Availability of material and essential equipment (attach proof) Yes / No

- Personnel; Experience of supervisory staff (at least senior technician in Building

construction with two (02) years’ experience or Civil/Rural Technician with three (03)

years of experience. Proof with duly signed CVs.

Yes / No

- Financial situation; Turnover, Financial capacity, Access to credits or other financial

sources to the tune of 18,000,000 FCFA (Eighteen Million Francs); Yes / No

- Planning of works; Deadline of execution. Proof with GANTT and PERT planning Yes / No

- Presentation of offer; packaging, binding, clear copies etc. Yes / No

NB: The non-compliance with any three (03) criteria out of the Seven (07) above shall cause the

elimination of the bid.

These essential criteria are subject to lower limits, the details of which are spelled out in the Special

Regulations of the invitation to tender

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for sixty (60) days from the deadline set for the

submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the Technical Service

of the Fonfuka Council, Telephone N0 (237) 675 32 21 75