Within the framework of 2026 Public Investment Budget, The Governor of the North-West Region, Delegated Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Opened National Invitation to Tender FOR THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF A WATER TANK AT THE REGIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR NORTH WEST REGION.  

Work to be done consists of:

Construction works

ü GENERAL SITE INSTALLATION

ü CONSTRUCTION WORKS (AN ELEVATED PLATFORM)

ü PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF PLASTIC TANK 5M3

ü PIPING NETWORK

The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 10 000 000 FCFA (Ten million FCFA).

1.             Lot: This project is in a single lot as shown below:

Participation to this Invitation to Tender is opened to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the Cameroon laws.

Works which form the subject of this Invitation to Tender shall be financed by the 2026 Public Investment Budget

The file may be consulted during working hours at the Governor of North-West Region office in Bamenda or online using the address; www.marchespublics.cm, as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be obtained from the Governor of North-West Region office in Bamenda, or online using the address: www.marchespublics.cm, as soon as this notice is published against payment of the sum of 18 000 CFA francs (Eighteen thousand Francs CFA), payable at a Public Treasury, representing the cost of purchasing the Tender File.

The method of submission shall be online and each offer should be drafted in English or French.

The Tender must be submitted by the Tenderer on the COLEPS Platform not later than _28__/_04__/2026 at 11:00am local time. A backup copy of the Tender saved in a USB key or a CD/DVD must be sent in a sealed envelope with a clear and legible indication “backup copy” within the time limit and should carry the inscription:

<< OPENED NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N^o __003_/ONIT/GOV/NWRTB/2026 OF _27_/_03_/2026 FOR THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF A WATER TANK AT THE REGIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR NORTH WEST REGION. >>

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

File Size and Format:

The maximum size of the documents that will be uploaded on the platform and constituting the bidder’s offer shall be;

-         5Mb for Administrative offers;

-         15Mb for the Technical offers;

-         5Mb for the financial offers.

Supported formats shall include:

-         PDF formats for texts documents;

-         JPEG formats for images.

TheTenderer shall use acompression software to reduce the size o the file to be submitted.

The maximum deadline provided by the Delegated Contracting Authority for the execution of the works forming the subject of this Invitation to Tender is Ninety (90) days.

1.      Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file;

2.      Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

3.      False declaration or falsified documents;

4.      Absence or insufficient bid bond;

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

6.      Incomplete financial file;

7.      Change of quantity or unit;

8.      Non respect of 40/46 (85%) of essential criteria;

9.      Non completion of any project in the previous years in the North West Region and suspended by MINMAP in 2026;

10.  Average annual turnover of at least the tendering amount (Average annual turnover calculated total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five (5) years (from 2021). This should be justified by copies of past contracts (completed or ongoing). Final reception minutes for all completed contracts before 2026 and provisional reception minutes for contracts completed in 2025 should be presented.

11.  Failure to provide abackup copy of offers saved in a USB key or a CD/DVD ontime;

12.  Failure to comply with the format of file type and size for online submission;

13.  Failure to present a CDEC receipt or proof of deposit of the amount of the bid bond requested into the Deposit and Guarantee Fund.

14.  Failure to present a certificate of categorization or receipt ofdeposit of file for categorisation of the enterprise in the “Building Construction and General Equipment” sub-sector of activities.

Under penalty of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies signed by the issuing service or administrative authorities (Governor, Senior Divisional Officer and Divisional Officers) 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

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 _29_/04__/2026 at 12: 00 NOON local time, in the conference hall of the Regional Tenders’ Board, by its competent Members. Only bidders may attend or be represented by duly mandated persons of their choice and having a good knowledge of their files.

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

1. Eliminatory criteria

1.      Absence or non-conformity of an element in the administrative file;

2.      Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

3.      False declaration or falsified documents;

4.      Absence or insufficient bid bond;

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

6.      Incomplete financial file;

7.      Change of quantity or unit;

8.      Non respect of 40/46 (85%) of essential criteria;

9.      Non completion of any project in the previous years in the North West Region and suspended by MINMAP in 2026;

10.  Average annual turnover of at least the tendering amount (Average annual turnover calculated total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five (5) years (from 2021). This should be justified by copies of past contracts (completed or ongoing). Final reception minutes for all completed contracts before 2026 and provisional reception minutes for contracts completed in 2025 should be presented.

11.  Failure to provide abackup copy of offers saved in a USB key or a CD/DVD ontime;

12.  Failure to comply with the format of file type and size for online submission;

13.  Failure to present a CDEC receipt or proof of deposit of the amount of the bid bond requested into the Deposit and Guarantee Fund.

14.  Failure to present a certificate of categorization or receipt ofdeposit of file for categorisation of the enterprise in the “Building Construction and General Equipment” sub-sector of activities.

2. Essential criteria

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 of site visit duly signed by the Regional Chief of Center MINERESSI for North West or by honour and report of site visit;

9-    Special Technical Clauses initialed in all the pages;

10- Special Administrative Clauses completed and initialed in all the pages.

This evaluation will be done in a binary way (yes) or (no) with an acceptable minimum of 40/46 (85%) of the essential criteria taken in 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 satisfied to 100% of the eliminatory criteria and at least 40/46 (85%) of the essential criteria.

Bidders will remain committed to their offers for Ninety (90) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the Governor of North-West Region office in Bamenda.

                                                                        Done at Bamenda on ____27/03/2026___________

                   The Governor of North-West Region                     

                   (The Delegated Contracting Authority)