OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N° 006.22 / ONIT / SONARA / CIPM / 2022 OF 30th/05/2022
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The General Manager of SONARA, Project Manager, launches an Open National Invitation to Tender for works to replace part of the deballasting line piping.
The service provider retained at the end of this procedure will be responsible for ensuring works to replace part of the deballasting line piping as described in the Specifications for Particular Technical Clauses (SPTC).
The maximum period provided by the Contracting Authority for the performance of the services covered by this invitation to tender is five (05) months from the date of notification of the corresponding service order, to start the services.
The contract is made up of one (01) lot only.
The estimated cost of the operation resulting from the preliminary studies is CFAF 188.415.000 (one hundred eighty-eight million four hundred fifteen thousand francs) All Taxes Included.
Participation in this call for tenders is open to Cameroonian companies with the skills and expertise required in this specific area.
The services covered by this call for tenders are financed by the budget of SONARA.
Each bidder must include with his administrative documents, a bid bond issued by a first class bank approved by the Ministry of Finance and listed in Item 11 of the tender document, of an amount of CFAF 3.160.000 (three million one hundred sixty thousand francs) and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original date of validity of the offers. Subject to rejection, other administrative documents required will imperatively be produced in originals or certified copies by the issuing authority in accordance with the provisions of special rules and regulations of the invitation to tender.
They must be dated less than three (03) months preceding the date of submission of the tender, or must have been signed after the date of signing the invitation to tender.
Any offer not in conformity with the requirements of this notice and tender file will be declared inadmissible. Notably the absence of a bid bond issued by a first class bank approved with the Ministry of Finance, or failure to respect the models of documents of tender file will result in rejection of the offer.
Upon publication of this notice, the tender file may be consulted during working hours at SONARA, P.O. Box 365 Limbe (GENERAL MANAGEMENT / CONTRACTS DIVISION).
Once the tender notice is made known, tender documents can be obtained at the Contracts Division of SONARA-P.O. Box 365 Limbe, upon presentation of a receipt of payment of a non-refundable amount of CFAF 150.000 (one hundred fifty thousand francs) payable to BICEC under the following references:
BICEC
Account / 335 98800001 89
Special Customer Account CAS – ARMP
Remitter: Bidder’s Name / SONARA / ITT n°006.22
Each bid drafted in English or in French in six (06) copies including one (01) original and five (05) copies labelled as such, shall be deposited against an acknowledgement of receipt at the Contracts Division of the National Refining Company Ltd (SONARA, P.O. BOX 365 – Limbe), latest on the 30th/06/2022 at 10 a.m. local time, bearing the following label:
INVITATION TO TENDER N°006.22 / ONIT / SONARA / CIPM / 2022 OF 30th/05/2022
“WORKS TO REPLACE PART OF THE DEBALLASTING LINE PIPING”
«To be opened during the tenders-opening session only»
Subject to rejection, other administrative documents required will imperatively be produced in originals or certified copies by the issuing authority in accordance with the provisions of special rules and regulations of the invitation to tender.
They must be dated less than three (03) months preceding the date of submission of the tender, or must have been signed after the date of signing the invitation to tender.
Any offer not in conformity with the requirements of this notice and tender file will be declared inadmissible. Notably the absence of a bid bond issued by a first class bank approved with the Ministry of Finance, or failure to respect the models of documents of tender file will result in rejection of the offer.
Tenders will be opened in two stages; the opening of the administrative and technical offers will take place first, followed by that of the financial offers of the bidders having obtained the minimum technical note required:
14.1. Essential criteria
The examination of the essential criteria will consist of a verification of the conformity of the tenderer’s offer with respect to the requirements of the Special Technical Clauses Book (CCTP) and this, in accordance with the stipulations of the RPAO. The points to check will relate to:
14.2. Eliminatory criteria
The contract shall be awarded to the bidder whose qualified technical proposal will financially be evaluated as the lowest price.
The bidders remain bound by their offers for a period of three (03) months with effect from the date of opening of bids.
Further technical information may be obtained during working hours at the CONTRACTS DIVISION of the National Refining Company Ltd (SONARA), P.O. BOX. 365 LIMBE – Cameroon, Tel: 233.42.38.15 or 233.33.22.38 / Fax: 233.42 .41.99 or 233.33.22.35.
Done in Limbe, the 30th/05/2022
The Project Owner
Jean-Paul SIMO NJONOU
