REINFORCEMENT AND EXTENSION OF NGEMSIBA I WATER SCHEME TO NGEMSIBA II

IN ELAK COUNCIL AREA, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION.This invitation to tender

comprises one (01) lot as follows:

Work to be done consists of REINFORCEMENT AND EXTENSION OF NGEMSIBA I WATER SCHEME TO

NGEMSIBA II IN ELAK COUNCIL AREA, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION. The works include the

following:

Lot 100: Preliminary works

Lot 200: construction works

Lot 300: piping network for water transportation and distribution

Lot 400: Hygiene and environmental protection. Lot 500: Project sustainability 

Work to be done consists of REINFORCEMENT AND EXTENSION OF NGEMSIBA I WATER SCHEME TO

NGEMSIBA II IN ELAK COUNCIL AREA, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION. The works include the

following:

Lot 100: Preliminary works

Lot 200: construction works

Lot 300: piping network for water transportation and distribution

Lot 400: Hygiene and environmental protection. Lot 500: Project sustainability 

Participation in this invitation to tender is open to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance   with the fiscal laws and having a good experience in the domain concerned.

 The said Works shall be financed by the Public Investment Budget (PIB) of the MINEE for the 2026 financial year assigned to the Lord Mayor of Elak as Delegated Authorizing officers with Budget Head N°:________________________ 

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information during working hours as from the date of publication of this tender notice, at the Elak Council Complex or by telephone through Tel: N0.670 788 687 

The file may be obtained at the Elak council, at the Service for the award of Public Contracts, Telephone N0.670 788 687as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non- refundable sum of (100,000) ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS CFA francs, payable at the Council 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 marked as such, should reach the Service for the award of PublicContracts (SIGAMP) Elak Council, not later than Friday the20/02/2026 at 10.00 am local time. It should be labelled as follows:

“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

N° 06/ONIT/MINDDEVEL/EC/ECITB/2026 OF FOR THE REINFORCEMENT AND EXTENSION OF NGEMSIBA I WATER SCHEME TO NGEMSIBA II IN ELAK COUNCIL AREA, BUI DIVISION, NORTH WEST REGION.

                TO BE OPENED ONLY DURING THE BID OPENING SESSION” 

The maximum execution deadline shall be four (04) calendar months, including the rainy season and

other vagaries, with effect from the date of notification of the administrative order of work

commencement

                  Each bidder should include in his administrative document, a bid bond of 382,500 (THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED) FCFA issued by a first rate-bank or financial institution approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance in conformity with COBAC conditionsand backed by a receipt of payment of the same amount at the “Caise des Depots et Consignations –CDEC”.

Against the risk of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service or administrative authorities of the administrative document required, including the bid bond, shall imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They shall neither be older than three (03) months nor be produced before the signing of the tender notice.

                Any offer not in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall not be accepted, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first rate-bank or financial institution approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance, or the non-respect of the model of the tender file documents, shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the offer without any appeal being entertained 7.     Consultation of tender file:
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information during working hours as from the date of publication of this tender notice, at the Elak Council Complex or by telephone through Tel: N0.670 788 687 

 Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or true copies certified by the issuing service 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
                 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 or financial institution approved by the Minister in charge of Finance.

The bids shall be opened in single phase. The opening of the Administrative documents, Technical and Financial offers shall take place on Friday the 20/02/2026 at 11 am local time, in the Elak Council Conference Hall.

Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice

There are two types of evaluation criteria: eliminatory and essential criteria.  [The aim of these criteria is to identify and reject incomplete bids or bids not in conformity with the essential conditions laid down in the Tender File.

            i.Eliminatory criteria
            Eliminatory criteria fix the minimum conditions to be fulfilled to be admitted for evaluation according to the essential criteria. The non-respect of these criteria leads to the rejection of the bid made by the bidder.

They refer especially to:

¨Absence or insufficient  bid bond,
¨Absence of administrative document not rectified within 48hours, ¨Deadline for execution higher than prescribed,
¨Incomplete financial offer,
¨Mark or sign on an envelope leading to the identification of bidder ¨False declaration or forged document,
¨Noncompliance with major technical specifications (to be listed), ¨Technical assessment mark lower than 75% of “Yes”,

¨Suspension of the enterprise by ARMP.

¨Two enterprises with same workers

ii.Essential criteria
Essential criteria are primordial in the judgment of the technical and financial capacity of candidates to

execute the works forming the subject of the invitation to tender.

The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates are based on the following:

§             General presentation of the tender files;

§             References of the company in similar achievements;

§             Experience of supervisory staff,

§             Logistics (Equipment);

§             Methodology;

§             Financial capacity;

§             compliance with the model bid,

§             Attestation of site visit signed by the Contractor,

§             Report of site visit  with pictures signed by the Contractor,

§             The Special Technical Clauses (STC). (Each page should be initialed and the last page signed and stamped by the contractor);

§             Special Administrative Clauses completed (each page should be initialed and the last page signed and stamped by the contractor),
§             Pre – Financing capacity not less than 75% of the amount required in the offer.

                The essential criteria are subjected to minima whose detail is given in the Special Regulation of the Invitation to tender (RPAO).

Iii   Main qualification criteria
The criteria relating to the qualification of candidates could be indicative on the following:

The essential criteria are subjected to minima whose detail is given in the Special Tender Regulation (RPAO).

This evaluation shall be done in a purely binary method with a (yes) or a (no) with an acceptable minimum of 75% of the essential criteria taken in to account.

The contract will be awarded to the bidder who would have proposed the offer with the lowest amount, in conformity with the regulations of the Tender Documents and having scored 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 75% of the essential criteria.

        The jobbing order shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in conformity with the dispositions        of the tender file and on the basis of the lowest bid and technical quality. (See article 99 of the public   contracts code).

        The bidders shall remain committed to their offers during a period of (Ninety days) 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the ECITB’ office,

Service of award of Public Contracts (SIGAMP) or through telephone N0. 670 788 687.