Within the framework of 2026 Public Investment Budget, the GOVERNOR OF THE NORTH WEST REGION, the Delegated Contracting Authority, hereby launches an OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE BAMENDA CENTRAL PRISON IN THE NORTH WEST REGION.

Work to be done consists as follows in the table below: 

  The estimated cost after preliminary studies is 20,000,000 (Twenty Million) FCFA.

         The works consist of a unique lot as follows:

REHABILITATION OF THE BAMENDA CENTRAL PRISON IN THE NORTH WEST REGION.

Participation to this Invitation to Tender is opened to Cameroonian enterprises that are in compliance with the fiscal laws and in force with categorisation.

This project shall be financed by the 2026 Public Investment Budget of the MINISTRY OF   JUSTICE with budget heads N°

The file may be consulted online in the MINMAP/COLEPS platform www.publiccontracts.com or ARMP WEBSITE, as soon as this notice is published.

The file may be consulted online in the MINMAP/COLEPS platform www.publiccontracts.com or ARMP WEBSITE, as soon as this notice is published.

 Each offer drafted in English or French will be submitted online in the MINMAP/COLEPS platform www.publiccontracts.com not later than___28_/____05_/2026 at 11 AM 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 leasable indication ‘’backup copy’’ within the time limit and should carry the inscription:

TO THE DELEGATED (CONTRACTING AUTHORITY) OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N°008/ONIT/GOV/NWRTB/PIB 2026 OF 27/04/2026 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE BAMENDA CENTRAL PRISON IN THE

NORTH WEST REGION.

To be opened only during the Tenders Board Opening session 

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

          Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond in line with the prescription of Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDEC) approved by the Ministry in charge of finance and whose list is found in this Consultation File, of an amount of 400,000 Francs CFA (Four Hundred Thousand francs CFA) and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the date of validity of bids.

                 The bids prepared in English or in French shall be sent in three (03) volumes as follows:

Ø  A)  containing the administrative documents (Volume 1);

Ø  B)  containing the technical documents (Volume 2);

Ø  C) containing the financial documents (Volume 3);

The three (03) volumes shall then be enclosed in a folder bearing only the reference of the quotation in question. The different documents of each offer shall be numbered as indicated in the tender and separated by dividers of the same colour.

The bids shall be opened in a single phase. The opening of the administrative documents, the Technical and Financial offers will take place online in the MINMAP/COLEPS platform www.publiccontracts.com on the___28__/___05___/2026 at 12 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. The bids will be evaluated exclusively of value added tax (EVAT) and all taxes inclusive (ATI) and accompanied by a signed model submission.

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

A. Eliminatory criteria

1.       The absence of bid bond document in the administrative file;

2.       Non respect of forty eight (48) hours given for absence or non-conformity of a document in the administrative file;

3.       Deadline for delivery higher than prescribed;

4.       False declaration or falsified documents;

5.       Insufficient bid bond;

6.       Incomplete financial file

7.       change of quantity or unit of the Tender file in the financial bid

8.       Omission of a unit price in the financial bid;

9.       Suspended from public contracts by MINMAP in 2025;

10.   Score of less than 75% of essential criteria, 11.  Financial capacity less than 2/3 of project cost.

12. Failure to provide a backup copy of offers saved in a USB key or a CD/DVD on time

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

14. Failure to present a CDEC receipt or proof of deposit of the amount of the bid bond requested into the deposit an guarantee fund

15. Failure to present a certificate of categorization or receipt of deposit of file for categorization of the enterprise in the ‘’Building Construction  and general Equipment’’ subsector of activities

B. Essential criteria

1-     General presentation of the Tender;

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 initialed in all the pages and the last page signed ;

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

These essential criteria are subject to lower limits, the details of which are spelled out in the special Regulations of the invitation of tender.

This evaluation will be done in a positive (yes) or negative (no) with an acceptable minimum of 75% of the essential criteria taken into account.

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

 The bidder is bound by his bid for a period of ninety (90) days with effect from the deadline fixed for the submission of the bids.

 Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the Governor’s Office for the North-West Region in Bamenda.