Tender Number : NO 158/AOIO/PR/MINMAP/CCPM-AG/2016 20/10/2016 Procurement Type: Open International Competitive Bidding Sector: Agriculture Country: Cameroon Issuing Date: 20-October -2016 Last Date of Submission: 30-December -2016 OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING N° 158/AOIO/PR/MINMAP/CCPM-AG/2016 OF 20/10/2016 FOR THE SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT AND BULLS FOR IRAD FOR PRODUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF GENETIC MATERIALS AND ITS COMPLIMENTARY EQUIPMENT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LIFIDEP) IN FOUR (04) LOTS . Financing: ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) (NO 2CM0066) 1. The Government of the Republic of Cameroon has received funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) towards the cost of the Livestock and Fisheries Development Project (LIFIDEP) for the North West Region of Cameroon and the North West Development Authority (MIDENO) intends to apply a portion of this financing to eligible payments under the Contract for the supply of equipment for production and administration of genetic materials and its complimentary equipment. 2. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in the UN Development Business website dated 7th January 2014, the IDB website dated 7th January 2014 and Cameroon Tribune dated 10th January 2014. 3. Participation in this invitation for bids is open to both members and non-member country firms of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), eligible under Islamic Development Bank (IDB) financing. 4. The Minister of Public Contracts on behalf of the North West Development Authority (MIDENO), invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the supply of equipment for production and administration of genetic materials and its complimentary equipment as per the following : Lot 1 : Bulls for fresh semen production; Lot 2 : - General artificial insemination equipment (consumables and laboratory equipment); - Hormones & disposable artificial insemination materials ; - Frozen semen & cold chain artificial insemination equipment; Lot 3 : Feed and medication for on station Bulls; Lot 4 : Stationery, Office and Computer Equipment A candidate can bid for all lots as a unique candidate or joint venture, consortium, or association (JVCA), and can be awarded all the lots. Each lot will be awarded to a bidder who satisfies all the qualification requirements of the lot. 5. Bidding will be conducted through Open International Competitive Bidding according to "Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Works under Islamic Development Bank Financing, May 2009 (updated 2012)", and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Guidelines as per 3 above, 6. Interested eligible bidders who may need further clarification could do so in writing to the Ministry of Public Contracts, Rue NARVICK, Yaounde and copy to the Director General of MIDENO, MIDENO Building Ayaba street, P.O Box 442, Mankon Bamenda, Téléphone : (+237) 677 70 43 25, e-mail: midenobda@yahoo.com, cc : lifidepnwr@gmail.com,, at least fifteen (15) days before the closing date for submission of bids. Qualification requirements include; (a) financial Standing, (b) experience and technical capacity, (c) compliance of supplied goods with specifications and applicable international standards. 7. A complete set of the Bidding Documents in English can be consulted during hours, at the Support Unit for the Award of Public Contracts(CALAO), Room R09 of Block A hosting the Ministry of Public Contracts, Rue NARVICK, Yaounde, Cameroon as soon as this notice is published, or obtained upon presentation of receipt of payment of a non-refundable sum of fifty Thousand (50,000) FCFA, payable into account Number NO 33598845001 in the name of << SPECIAL ACCOUNT SAC-ARMP>.in any of BICEC branches in Cameroon. Such a receipt shall identify the payer as representing a Contractor or “joint-venture” willing to participate in the bid. 8. Bids shall be valid for one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of submission. 9. The goods shall be supplied in phases, distributed in four (04) years as seen in part 2.2 of the Bidding Document. 10. Bids shall include a bid security (Provisional Bank Guarantee or bid bond), issued in keeping with the tender model by a first category banking institution approved by the Cameroon Ministry in charge of finance. It shall stand at Lot 1: 160 000 (one hundred and sixty thousand) FCFA Lot 2: 8 000 000 (Eight million) Francs CFA Lot 3: 80 000 (Eighty thousand) FCFA Lot 4 : 60 000 (Sixty thousand) FCFA and be valid for a period of one hundred and fifty (150) days with effect from the tender-submission deadline. A provisional guarantee issued by a non Cameroon-based banking institution should designate a local bank approved by the Ministry in charge of finance , Cameroon as a correspondent bank to make the guarantee operative. The absence or non-compliance of the provisional guarantee with the tender model shall lead to a rejection of the corresponding offer. 11. Each bid written in English or French and in seven (07) sets, comprising one (01) original and six (06) copies labelled as such, should reach the Support Unit for the award of Public Contracts (CALAO), Room R09 of the building A hosting the Ministry of Public Contracts, Rue NARVICK Yaoundé, Cameroon, on or before the 30/12/2016 at 1.00 pm local time (GMT+1). It should be labelled as follows: << OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING N°158/AOIO/PR/MINMAP/CCPM-AG/2016 OF 20/10/2016 FOR THE SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT AND BULLS FOR IRAD FOR PRODUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF GENETIC MATERIALS AND ITS COMPLIMENTARY EQUIPMENT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LIFIDEP) IN FOUR (04) LOTS Financing: ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) TO BE OPENED ONLY DURING THE TENDERS BOARD BID-OPENING SESSION>> 12. Bids shall be opened on the 30/12/2016 at 2.00 pm local time by the Central Tenders’ Board for General Supplies Contracts (CCPM-AG) in its Session Hall at the Ministry of Public Contracts, Block B, Rue NARVICK, Yaoundé, Cameroon in the presence of bidders or their duly authorized representatives having a perfect knowledge of the file. Only one person can represent a bidder, even in the case of a Joint-Venture. Yaoundé, the 20/10/2016 The Minister of Public Contracts. The Contracting Authority