For Tenders relating to maintenance of SONARA residential quarters, buildings and annexed facilities

OPEN NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER N° 014.26/ONIT/SONARA/CIPM/2026 OF 25^th/06/2026

           Related to  MAINTENANCE OF SONARA RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS, BUILDINGS AND ANNEXED FACILITIES

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1. SUBJECT OF THE TENDER:

The General Manager of the National Refining Company, Contracting Authority, is launching an Open National Call for Tenders relating to maintenance of SONARA residential quarters, buildings and annexed facilities.

2. CONSISTENCY OF SERVICES:

The operational services relating to this project made up of two (02) detailed lots in the terms of reference (TOR), are divided into four (04) blocks of activities summarized as follows:

(1) Carrying out the job

For the potential Service Provider, this involves implementing maintenance actions whose quality and frequency have an impact on the efficiency of the installations.

(2) Monitoring of installations and equipment that composes them

The potential Service Provider will ensure the monitoring of the installations and the equipment which compose them, with the devices and instruments with which they are permanently equipped.

(3) Maintenance of all systems

The potential Service Provider will have to carry out preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance on all of the systems making up this project.

(4) Modifications and improvements to increase equipment reliability and reduce costs

It is the duty of the potential Service Provider to evaluate the relevance and suggest to SONARA, investments/modifications of the system so as to increase its intrinsic performance or allow optimal operation.

3. EXECUTION DEADLINE:

The maximum period provided by the Project Owner for the completion of the services covered by this call for tenders is twelve (12) months for each of the two (02) lots.

4. ALLOTMENT :

The services covered by this project consist of two (02) lots distributed as follows:

• Lot n°1: Maintenance of buildings and auxiliary installations of the SONARA residential quarter of Bota
• Lot n°2: Maintenance of buildings and auxiliary installations of the Refinery enclosure and the SONARA residential quarter of Cap Limboh.

5. ESTIMATED COST :

The overall estimated cost of the services as recorded in the preliminary study support, is evaluated at the sum of CFAF 71.383.050 (seventy-one million three hundred eighty-three thousand fifty francs) all taxes included detailed by lot as below:

• Lot n°1: CFAF 41.284.350 (forty-one million two hundred and eighty-four thousand three hundred and fifty francs)
• Lot n°2: CFAF 098.700 (thirty million ninety-eight thousand seven hundred francs)

6. PARTICIPATION AND ORIGIN:

Participation in this call for tenders is open to all companies incorporated under Cameroonian law or established in Cameroon, and operating in this specific field.

7. FINANCING :

Services of this invitation to tender shall be financed by the SONARA maintenance budget (ED126-X05-0198)

8. PROVISIONAL BOND :

Under penalty of rejection, each bidder must, for each of the lots to which he is tendering, attach to his administrative documents, a bid bond established by a credit institution authorized by the Ministry in charge of finance, to issue bid bonds within the framework of Public Contracts in Cameroon and state in list of under file n°11 of the present Call For Tenders, for an amount of:

• Lot n°1: CFAF 400 (six hundred and ninety-two thousand four hundred francs)
• Lot n°2: CFAF 800 (five hundred four thousand and eight hundred francs)

and valid for thirty (30) days beyond the original bid validity date.

9. CONSULTATION OF THE TENDER DOCUMENTS:

As soon as this notice is published, the file may be consulted during working hours at SONARA P.O Box 365 Limbe (General Management / Contracts Division).

10. ACQUISITION OF THE TENDER DOCUMENTS :

Once the tender notice is made known, tender documents can be obtained at the Contracts Division of the National Refining Company Ltd – P.O. Box 365 Limbe, upon presentation of a receipt of payment of a non-refundable amount of CFAF 95.000 (ninety-five thousand francs) at BICEC, using the following references:

    BICEC

Account / 335 98800001 89

Special customer account CAS – ARMP

Remitter: Name of bidder/SONARA/ITT n°014.26

11. SUBMISSION OF BIDS :

N.B: Each lot constitutes a separate offer; in the case a bidder subscribes for both lots, the main lot will contain the original administrative documents and the other lots will contain copies thereof. However, each lot must contain the original bid bond of the corresponding tender deposit.

Tenders submitted in English or French in six (06) copies, one original and five (05) copies labelled as such, should reach the Contracts Division of the National Refining Company Ltd – P.O. Box 365 Limbe-Cameroun, Tel: (+237) 233.42.38.15 or 233.33.22.38 / Fax: (+237) 233.42.41.99 or 233.33.22.35, latest on 22^nd/07/2025 at 10 a.m. local time, bearing the following label:

INVITATION TO TENDER N°014.26 / ONIT / SONARA / CIPM / 2026 OF 25^th/06/2026

MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL CITIES, BUILDINGS AND ANNEX FACILITIES OF SONARA

Lot n°……… : ……………………………………………..

‘’To be opened during the tender session only”

12. ADMISSIBILITY OF BIDS :

Under penalty of rejection, the other documents in the administrative file required must be produced in originals or certified copies by the issuing service or an administrative authority, in accordance with the stipulations of the Special Regulations of the Call for Tenders.

They must date from less than three (03) months preceding the original date of submission of offers or have been established after the date of signature of the Call for Tenders.

Any offer not in conformity with the requirements of the Tender Document will be declared inadmissible; this will be the case notably in the absence of a bid bond issued by a banking establishment or a financial organization authorized to issue bonds for public contracts in Cameroon (see file nº11).

13. OPENING OF TENDER ENVELOPES :

The opening of tenders shall be done on two phases: the opening of administrative and technical documents will take place on phase one and shall be followed by that of financial proposals of bidders having obtained the required minimum technical score:

• The opening of administrative documents and technical proposals shall take place on the 22^nd/07/2026 at 10:30 am in the SONARA restaurant in Limbe, and would be done by the SONARA Internal Tenders Board (CIPM); only bidders or their duly mandated representative having full knowledge of the file can attend the tenders opening session.
• The opening of financial bids will take place at the end of technical analysis and will solely concern bidders who would have obtained a minimum score of 70 points out of a total of 100 points.

14. EVALUATION CRITERIA :

The evaluation criteria for bidders common to both lots are as follows:

14.(a)Essential criteria

The examination of essential criteria shall consist in verifying that the bidder’s offer is in conformity with the terms of reference (ToR) and the special requirements of the tender document. The points to be verified include:

• Presentation of the bid. …………………………………………………………. 05 points
• Qualification of proposed personnel and functional organization chart……35 points
• Methodology and organization of services…………………..………………..30 points
• Material means……………………………………………………………………30 points

 TOTAL ……………………………………………….………………..……..… 100 points

14.(b)Eliminatory criteria

• Incomplete administrative file;
• The bidder does not justify references (at least 02 whose cumulative execution times are > 24 months) in the field of maintenance of large buildings (see housing projects, ministerial buildings or social buildings, hotels) in the electricity / plumbing / civil engineering trades. [Attach: copy of the Markets/Contracts/Orders and receipt of the corresponding services.];
• The bidder does not have a nacelle. [Attach proof of ownership (see purchase invoice) or availability (see rental contract) of the nacelle proposed in the technical offer];
• Failure to obtained at least 70 points out of 100 after adding the essential criteria’s notes.

15. SELECTION METHOD OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER:

The service provider shall be selected through the Quality and Price postulate.

16. AWARD OF CONTRACT :

The contract shall be awarded to the company whose technical and financial proposals put together will be assessed as the most cost-effective bid based on the formula GN = 0.7TN + 0.3FN outlined in the tender file.

17. DURATION AND VALIDITY OF OFFERS:

Bidders shall be bound by their offers for a period of three (03) months with effect from the deadline of submission of the tender documents. 

18. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

Further technical information may be obtained during working hours from Contracts Division of the National Refining Company Ltd, P.O. Box. 365 Limbe – Cameroon, Tel: (+237)233 42 3815 or 233 33 22 38 / Fax: (+237)233 42 41 99 or 233 33 22 35.

Done in Limbe, on the 25^th/06/2026

The Project owner

El Hadj BAKO HAROUNA