ithin the framework of a drilling project, the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner hereby launches an Open National  Invitation to Tender for the Construction of a drilling system equipped with an autonomous solar pump and water tower within Bafoussam City Council's premises

The services provided under this project essentially consist of drilling work, the installation of a solar-powered submersible pump  and the construction of a high-rise wafer tower with HOPE cubitainer. There will also be the construction of a drawing area, and the installation of a water supply system for the CUB's main building and watering systems for green spaces. 

The work, which is the subject of this consultation, consists of carrying out the tasks defined below: 

);> Preparatory works; 

);> Plastic elevated storage system (Hr=08 M; Vol= 10 M3); 

);> Earthworks; 

);> Piping; 

);> Solar power and pumping system;

~ Masonry works; 

~ Plumbing works; 

);> Miscellaneous services; 

);> Resource Mobilisation 

he estimated cost of this work is 18,000,000 (eighteen) million CFA francs, all taxes included. 

NB: There is no bonus for this Invitation to Tender on (Design and Execution). 

The services shall be divided into (1) lot defined as follows: 

Participation is open to Cameroonian companies operating in the field of supplying similar or related equipment, and to any  company with the proven skills to carry out the service. 

The works covered by this National Open Call for Tenders will be financed by the Bafoussam City Council's own funds for the  2025 financial year on budget line No. 23412. 

The physical file can be consulted free of charge at the Public Contracts Procurement Service of the Bafoussam City Council  during working hours (located near the Secretary General meeting room) as soon as this notice is published, Tel: 675 356 563. It can also be consulted online on the COLEPS platform at http://www.marchespublics.cm and http://www.publiccontracts

The physical version of the file can be obtained from the Public Contracts Procurement Service of the Bafoussam City Council  (located near the General Secretariat meeting room), Tel: 675 356 563 against presentation of a payment receipt or any other proof (provided by the project owner) of payment of a non-refundable sum of 50,000 (fifty thousand). CFA Francs payable to the  municipal revenue office of the Bafoussam City Council.

It is also possible to obtain the electronic version of the file by downloading it free of charge from the above-mentioned  addresses. However, physical or electronic submission is subject to payment of the DAO fees. 

Each offer drafted in English or French in the original accompanied by a copy key marked as such, must reach the Public Contracts Procurement Service of the Bafoussam City Council TEL: 6 75 35 65 63), no later thart 20 Août 2025 at 10h 00

The maximum period allowed for the performance of the services covered by this National Open Call for Tenders is three  (03) months. 

Each bidder must attach to his administrative documents a bid bond issued by a first-class financial institution approved  by the Ministry of Finance and listed in Exhibit 17 of the DAO, in the amount of 360,000 (three hundred and sixty) thousand CFA francs, and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of validity of the bids. Under penalty of rejection, the deposit must be stamped and accompanied by the deposit receipt issued by the Deposit and Consignment Office  (CDEC) in accordance with Circular-Letter N°000019/LC/MINMAP OF 05 JUNE 2024. The absence of a bid bond issued by a first-class bank or a first-class financial institution authorized by the Ministry of Finance to issue bonds in the context  of public contracts will result in the outright rejection of the tender. A bid bond produced but having no connection with the consultation concerned is considered to be absent. A bid bond presented by a tenderer during the tender opening  session is inadmissible. 

The administrative documents, the technical offer and the financial offer must be placed in separate envelopes and submitted in a  sealed envelope.

The Project Owner shall not accept: 

• Bids bearing information on the identity of the tenderers;

• Bids submitted after the closing date and time for submission of bids;

• Envelopes without indication on the identity of the Invitation to Tender;

• Bids non-compliant with the bidding mode;

• Failure to comply with the number of copies specified in the RPAO or offer in copies only; 

Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a financial body or institution approved by the Minister in charge of Finance to issue  bonds for public contracts or the failure to comply with the model documents of the Tender File shall lead automatically to the rejection of the bid without any other procedure. A bid bond submitted but not relating to consultation concerned shall  be considered as absent. A bid bond presented by a bidder during the bid opening session shall not be accepted. 

All bids (administrative documents, technical bids and financial bids) will be opened in a single session on at 20/08/2025 11 :00 a.m. by the Bafoussam City Council's Internal Contract Award Commission in the General Secretariat's meeting room.

Only bidders may attend this opening session, or be represented by a single person of their choice, duly mandated, even in the  case of a joint venture, and having a good knowledge of the file. 

Under pain of rejection, the documents in the administrative file required must be produced in originals or in certified true copies by the issuing department/service or the competent administrative authority, in accordance with the  stipulations of the Special Regulations of the Invitation to Tender. They must be less than three (3) months old from the original date of submission of tenders or have been drawn up after the date of signature of the tender notice. 

In the event of the absence or non-conformity of a document in the administrative file at the bids opening session, the bidders concerned are given a period of forty-eight hours to produce or replace the document in question.  Failure to comply with the number of copies indicated in the Special Regulations shall lead to the rejection of the bids at the bids opening session, the file shall be rejected. 

The evaluation criteria are of two types: the eliminatory criteria and the essential criteria. No criterion shall be both  eliminatory and essential. 

a) Eliminatory criteria

[The eliminatory criteria set the minimum conditions to be fulfilled in order to be admitted to the evaluation according to the essential  criteria. They should not be subject to scoring. Failure to comply with these criteria leads to the rejection of the bidder's offer]. 

These include: 

A. Absence of the bid bond at the bid opening session; 

B. Failure to produce, after the deadline of 48 hours following the opening of the envelopes, a document in the

administrative file that is deemed to be non-compliant or missing; 

C. False declarations, fraudulent schemes or forged documents; 

D. Non-confonnity of the tender (absence of one or more constituent elements of volumes 2, 3, and 4;

E. Failure to obtain the required Minimum Artistic Score; 

F. Failure to provide a sworn statement for not having abandoned works in the last three years; 

G. Failure to comply with the bid file fonnat (in the case of electronic submission).

NB: Depending on the specific nature of the service, other relevant criteria may be added when the TF is prepared. 

) Essential criteria

[These criteria must be detailed by sub-criteria in the Special Regulations of the Invitations to Tender. It is up to the PO to specify  which criteria are essential and which are eliminatory. It is understood that a criterion cannot be both eliminatory and essential.

The essential criteria for the qualification of bidders shall relate to the artistic and technical proposals]. 

The project owner or delegated project owner awards the contract to the bidder who has submitted a bid that is substantially compliant with the Open National Invitation To Tender, has been evaluated as the lowest bidder and is technically qualified. 

Bidders shall remain committed by their bids for 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids. 

Further information may be obtained during working hours from [(SIGAMP) service, phone number 6 75 35 65 63 or  online on the COLEPS platform at http://www.marchespublics.cm and http://www.publiccontracts.cm, or any other electronic means of communication specified by the project owner.