The Mayor of Menji Council, the Contracting Authority, hereby launches an Open National Invitation to Tender for the Construction of a Block of Two (02) Classrooms at Government Nursery School Abebue, Menji Municipality, Fontem Subdivision, Lebialem Division, South West Region.

The work comprises the outcome of the preliminary studies carried out and the detailed information             provided in the technical specifications.

The estimated cost after preliminary studies stands at Twenty-seven million (27,000,000) CFA Francs including all taxes.

Not applicable

The tender is open to duly registered Cameroonian enterprises that fulfil the requirements of the invitation to tender.

Construction which form the subject of this invitation to tender shall be financed by MINEDUB PUBLIC INVESTMENT BUDGET 2026 financial year, through

The file can be consulted during working hours at the MENJI COUNCIL office as soon as this notice is published.

The tender file may be acquired from the MENJI COUNCIL office as soon as this notice is published and upon presentation of a non-refundable treasury receipt (payable at the Menji Council Treasury) bearing the amount of Fifty thousand (50 000) CFA Francs. Such a receipt shall identify the concerned bidder.

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should be submitted to the MENJI COUNCIL Secretariat not later than Friday, 3 June 2026 at 10.00 a.m., local time in three (03) distinct envelopes which shall be labelled as follows:

-               Envelope A: Administrative documents;

-               Envelope B: Technical offer;

-               Envelope C: Financial offer.

These three (03) envelops will be put in a fourth one which shall be sealed and labeled imperatively as follows:

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

(BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE)

No.13/ONIT/SWR/LD/MC/MCITB/2026 OF 27/04/2026 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BLOCK OF TWO CLASSROOMS AT GOVERNMENT NURSERY SCHOOL ABEBUE, MENJI MUNICIPALITY, FONTEM SUBDIVISION, LEBIALEM DIVISION.

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

In case of any ambiguities or differences, only the original shall be considered authentic.

The maximum duration provided by the Project Owner for the execution of the works forming the subject of this invitation to tender is Three (03) months. This period lasts from the date of notification of the service order to start the work.

Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first-rate banking establishment approved by the Ministry in charge of finance and whose list is found in Document No. 14 of the Tender File, of an amount of Five hundred and forty thousand (540,000) CFA Francs (2% of the project amount) and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the initial date limit of validity of bids.

The bid bond provided in accordance with the Circular Letter No. 000049/LC/MINMAP of 5^th of June 2024 relating to the modalities of constitution, deposit, conservation, restitution and withdrawal of bond on public contracts. And the receipt from CDEC

The absence of the bid bond issued by a first-rate bank or financial body of first category authorized by the Minister in charge of Finance to issue bonds for public contracts shall lead to the immediate rejection of the offer. A bid bond submitted but that does not have any relation with the consultation concerned shall be considered as absent. The bid bond presented by a tenderer at the bid opening session shall not be accepted.

Each bid drafted in English or French in seven (07) copies comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies marked as such, should be submitted to the MENJI COUNCIL Secretariat not later than Friday, 3 June 2026 at 10.00 a.m., local time in three (03) distinct envelopes which shall be labelled as follows:

-               Envelope A: Administrative documents;

-               Envelope B: Technical offer;

-               Envelope C: Financial offer.

These three (03) envelops will be put in a fourth one which shall be sealed and labeled imperatively as follows:

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

(BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURE)

No.13/ONIT/SWR/LD/MC/MCITB/2026 OF 27/04/2026 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BLOCK OF TWO CLASSROOMS AT GOVERNMENT NURSERY SCHOOL ABEBUE, MENJI MUNICIPALITY, FONTEM SUBDIVISION, LEBIALEM DIVISION.

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

In case of any ambiguities or differences, only the original shall be considered authentic.

The offers shall be opened in a single phase.  The administrative, technical and financial bids shall be opened on, the 3 June, 2026 at 11.00 a.m., local time by the MENJI COUNCIL Internal Tender’s Board in the conference hall, in the presence of the bidders or duly authorized representatives having full knowledge of the file (power of attorney).

The evaluation of bids shall be carried out in three stages:

Ø  1^st stage: verification of the presence and conformity of each administrative document.

Ø  2^nd stage: Evaluation of the technical bids.

Ø  3^rd stage: Analysis of the financial bids.

The criteria of evaluation shall be as follows:

I.  Eliminatory criteria

They are especially:

¨             Absence of bid bond,

¨             False declaration or forged document,

¨             A technical score of less than 70%,

¨             Absence of quantified unit price

II. Essential (main qualification) criteria

The criteria (assessed in a binary format) relating to the qualification of bidders shall indicatively be on the following:

¨             Experience of the enterprise (enterprise’s references in similar classroom rehabilitation works);

¨             Key personnel/staff to be mobilised;

¨             Methodological note/organisation of the work site;

¨             Equipment put at the disposal of the project;

¨             Financial capacity (6 000 000 CFA Francs)

¨             Execution deadline

¨             Company turnover of 15 000 000 CFA Francs

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 technically qualified, in accordance with article 99(a) of the public contracts code. That is, it shall be awarded to the bidder with a satisfactory technical score and the lowest financial offer.

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for 90 days from the deadline set for the submission of bids.

Complementary technical information may be obtained during working hours from the secretariat of the Mayor of Menji Council.  Tel: 675 00 71 66