Within the framework of the 2026 Public Investment Budget (PIB) the Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) for Meme hereby launches by emergency procedure an Open National Invitation to tender for the Construction of the inspectorate of basic education for Kumba III, Meme Division. This invitation to tender is as follows:

Work to be done consists of Constructing of the inspectorate of basic education for Kumba III, Meme Division.

30 000 000

  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 Minsitry of Basic Education for the 2026 financial year assigned to the Inspector of Basic Education for Kumba III sub-Division as Delegated Authorizing officers, With Budget Heads N° 60 15 184 3 47195003

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information during working hours as from the date of publication of this tender notice, at the Senior Divisional office Meme Tel N⁰: 233 354 221

The file may be obtained at the Senior Divisional office Meme, at the Service for the award of Public Contracts, Telephone N⁰ 233 354 221as soon as this notice is published against payment of a non- refundable sum of (50 000) Fift thousand CFA francs, payable at the Divisional Treasury Meme 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 Senior Divisional Officer’s Office, Meme not later than 6^th March 2026 at 10 00 AM local time. It should be labelled as follows:

“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

N° 01/ONIT/SDO/MEME/DTB/2026 OF 12^th FEBRUARY 2026 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INSPECTORATE OF BASIC EDUCATION FOR KUMBA III, MEME DIVISION, SOUTH WEST REGION       

(EMERGENCY PROCEDURE)

TO BE OPENED ONLY DURING THE BID OPENING SESSION”

The maximum execution deadline shall be three (03) calender 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 FCFA 300 000 [Three Hundred Thousand CFA francs) issued by a first rate-bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance in conformity with COBAC conditions.

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, 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

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 Senior Divisional Officer’s Office, Meme not later than 6^th March 2026 at 10 00 AM local time. It should be labelled as follows:

“OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

N° 01/ONIT/SDO/MEME/DTB/2026 OF 12^th FEBRUARY 2026 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INSPECTORATE OF BASIC EDUCATION FOR KUMBA III, MEME DIVISION, SOUTH WEST REGION       

(EMERGENCY PROCEDURE)

TO BE OPENED ONLY DURING THE BID OPENING SESSION”

The bids shall be opened in single phase. The opening of the administrative documents, Technical and Financial offers shall take place on the 6^th March 2026 - at 11:00 AM local time, by the competent Tenders Board in the Conference Hall of the Senior Divisional office Kumba.

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 of the essential criteria. The non-respect of these criteria leads to the rejection of the bid made by the bidder.

They refer especially to:

§     The non-respect of Article (92) sub 9 of the public contracts Code;

·         Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

·         False declaration, forged or scanned documents;

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

·         Two Bids with the same personnel

·         Incomplete financial file...

·         Technical assessment mark lower than 80% of “Yes”.

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;

§          Attestation of site visit signed by theContractor

§          Report of site visit signed by the contractor

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

§     Special Administrative Clauses completed (each page should be initialed and the last page signed and stamped);

§     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 80% 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 80% of the essential criteria

The Contract 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 33 of the public contracts code).

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

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours at the Senior Divisional office Kumba, Service of award of Public Contracts. Tel:233 354 221