1 Purpose

The Government of Cameroon has received funding from the World Bank to finance the Local Governance and Resilient Communities Project (PROLOG), and intends to use part of this funding to make payments under the Contract for the supply and installation of IT equipment for the Management Unit and Regional Coordination Units of the said Project.

The Local Governance and Resilient Communities Project (PROLOG), which covers six (06) Regions of Cameroon (the Far North, the North, Adamaoua, the East, the North-West and the South-West), is seeking closed tenders from eligible and suitably qualified bidders to supply the said equipment in four (04) lots:

Lot 1: Computers and utilities

Lot 2: External socket IT equipment

Batch 3: Server for the Project Management Unit

Batch 4: Reprographic equipment

The procurement will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) as defined in the ‘Procurement Rules for Borrowers Seeking Investment Project Financing’ of the World Bank, 5th edition of September 2023’, and open to all bidders from eligible countries as defined in the said Rules.

2. File consultation

Eligible and interested bidders may obtain information from the Management Unit of the Local Governance and Resilient Communities Project (PROLOG), located at Annexe C of MINDDEVEL in Yaoundé at a place called Dragages, entrance after that of the National Hydrocarbons Company, opposite UNESCO - Cameroon, emails: coordo.prolog@minddevel.gov.cm; enblanche2002@yahoo.fr and read the tender documents during office hours from 09:00 to 17:00 (local time).

3.Purchase of the Tender Dossier

These Tenderers may obtain a physical or electronic version of the complete tender documents in French by making a written request to the address below and against a non-refundable payment of fifty thousand (50,000) CFA Francs. The method of payment will be the transfer to the BICEC, Central Agency of Yaoundé or to the eleven (11) BICEC branches, to the account n° 335 988 Name of the client: ‘ Compte spécial CAS-ARMP ’.

4) Submission of tenders

Tenders must be submitted to the address mentioned below, no later than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this call for tenders in the daily newspaper ‘Cameroun Tribune’, i.e. 20 NOVEMBER 2024 at 13:00 (local time). The submission of tenders by electronic means will not be authorised. Late bids will not be accepted. Tenders shall be publicly opened in the presence of the Tenderers' representatives and any person choosing to be present, in the conference room of Annex C of MINDDEVEL - Yaoundé, in the district known as Dragages, entrance after that of the National Hydrocarbons Company, opposite UNESCO - Cameroon, on 20 NOVEMBER 2024 at 2 p.m. (local time).

All bids must include a ‘Bid Guarantee’ for an amount of :

Attention is drawn to the Procurement Rules requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the beneficial ownership of the successful Bidder, as part of the Notification of Contract Award, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

The address referred to above is :

The Management Unit of the Local Governance and Resilient Communities Project (PROLOG), located on the 2nd floor of Annexe C of MINDDEVEL - Yaoundé, in the district known as Dragages, entrance after that of the National Hydrocarbons Company, opposite UNESCO - Cameroon.

Email: coordo.prolog@minddevel.gov.cm;

enblanche2002@yahoo.fr.

Source: ARMP