Within the frame work of program 184 captioned “productivity and production of agricultural sectors ” Reference action 1 in the investment program of MIDENO for 2026 titled “ improving the productivity and production in the cereals sector” and her objective  to attain operational efficiency of the North West Development Authority, (MIDENO) hereby launches an open national invitation to tender through emergency procedure for the PRODUCTION, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 250.5 TONS OF IMPROVE MAIZE SEEDS ON 167 HA OF LAND and THE PRODUCTION, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 100 TONS OF WHEAT ON 66.6HA

The production, delivery and reception of 250.5 tons of improved maize seeds and 100 tons of wheat seeds

The provisional cost for these supplies are:

Lot 1: 500,000,000 Five hundred million FCFA All taxes inclusive

Lot 2: 250,000,000 Two hundred and fifty million FCFA All taxes inclusive

THE PRODUCTION, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 250.5 TONS OF IMPROVED MAIZE SEEDS ON 167 HA OF LAND THROUGH MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE

LOT 2: THE PRODUCTION, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 100 TONS OF WHEAT ON 66.6HA THROUGH MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE

: Participation in this Invitation to tender is restricted to the following firms:

Lot 1:

Lot 2:

4. Origin of Supply: All supplies/quotations submitted must provide clear information as to the origin of the goods to be supplied.

Services which form the subject of this Invitation to tender shall be financed by PLAN

INTÉGRÉ D’IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION AGROPASTORAL ET HALIEUTIQUE (PIISAH) PROJECT

for the 2026 financial year

The tender file can be consulted during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General (1^st Floor), Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378  following the publication of this notice.

The tender file may be obtained during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General, Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: midenobda@yahoo.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378 following the publication of this notice against payment of a non-refundable sum of Three hundred thousand (300,000) fcfa and payable into Account N^o 06845 97568660001- 28 in the name of “SPECIAL ACCOUNT SAC-ARMP” in any BICEC Branch in Cameroon

: Each bid drafted in English or French submitted online and one (1) original  copy and a copy in a flash as back up marked as such, should be sent online to MIDENO Head Office located at Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda) not later than ………………………………………………………. and should carry the inscription:

RESTRICTED NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N° ……..…/RNIT/PIISAH/MIDENO/MITB/13/84/2026 of ………………….…………….. FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FARM INPUTS DIVIDED INTO TWO (2) LOTS AS FOLLOWS:

LOT 1: THE PRODUCTION, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 250.5 TONS OF IMPROVED MAIZE SEEDS ON 167 HA OF LAND THROUGH MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE

LOT 2: THE PRODUCTION, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 100 TONS OF WHEAT ON 66.6HA THROUGH MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE

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

The maximum execution deadline provided for by the Project Owner shall be six (6) months for each Lot from the date of notification to start delivery

The stamped hand endorsed bid bond according to the attached model for the sum of; Lot 1: ten million (10,000,000) fcfa and Lot 2: Five million (5,000,000) Fcfa and with thirty (30) days validity period established by an organization or financial institution approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance to issue bonds in Public Procurement and listed in Document 11 of the Tender Document. The said guarantee must be accompanied by a consignment receipt issued by the “Caisse Depôt et Cosignation (CDEC) in accordance with Circular letter N^o 0000019/L/MINMAP of 5^th June 2024 relating to the constitution of deposits, retention, restitution and deconsignment of bonds on public contracts, in case of group bidding/joint venture the bid bond is established on behalf of the group/joint venture.

Under pain of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies by the issuing service and official or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers, Bank Officials, and Taxation Officials etc.) of the administrative documents required, including the bid bond, must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months or must not be produced after the submission of the bids. Any bid not in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible, 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 models of the tender file documents shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the bid without any appeal being entertained.

The opening of the administrative documents, technical and financial bids are scheduled on the ……21/05/2026………………………….. prompt local time by an Adhoc Committee put in place by the Project Owner in the MIDENO Conference Room at the Project management Office. Only bidders may attend or duly represented by a person of their choice.

The bids shall be evaluated according to the following principal criteria;

A. Eliminatory Criteria

·           Absence or insufficient Bid Bond of the specified amount

·           Absence of the receipt of deposit  from CDEC of the amount indicated in the bid bond

·           Late submission of bids

·           False declarations or forged documents      

·           Under exclusion sanctions from the Authority in Charge of the Regulation of Public Contracts  

·           Associated directly or indirectly with the conception, preparation of technical specifications and other documents concerned with this tender 

·           Non-respect of 80% of the essential criteria

·           Bids whose outer envelopes leads to the recognition of the bidder                                                                                                              

B. Essential Criteria

: Evaluation shall be done using the binary method. The Contractor shall be selected by the Least Cost selection method after evaluating the technical capacity (Bidder must fulfill 100% of the eliminatory criteria and must score at least 80 out of the 100 points previewed for the technical evaluation) and financial capacity of the bidder and make sure that the supply he/she is proposing is in conformity with the technical specifications of the supply in the Tender document and in accordance with the procedures described in this tender file

: Bidders will remain committed to their bids for Thirty (30) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary information can be obtained during working hours from the secretariat of the Director General, MIDENO, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda: Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378

                                                       FOR: NORTH WEST DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY