Within the frame work of program 184 captioned “productivity and production of agricultural sectors ” Reference action 1 in the investment program of MIDENO for 2025 titled “ improving the productivity and production in the cereals sector” and her objective  to attain operational efficiency of the North West Development Authority, (MIDENO) hereby launches a request for quotations through emergency procedure for the production and delivery of 15 tons of foundation maize seeds and 3 tons of beans seeds

The production, delivery and reception of 15 tons of foundation maize seeds and 3 tons of beans seeds 

The provisional cost for these supplies are:

Lot 1: 30,000,000 Thirty million FCFA All taxes inclusive

Lot 2: 10,000,000 Ten million FCFA All taxes inclusive

Lot 1: THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF 15 tons OF IMPROVED MAIZE SEEDS (Variety: ATP) THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

 Lot 2: THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF 3 TONS OF BEANS SEEDS (Variety: GLP 190) THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

All supplies/quotations submitted must provide clear information as to the origin of the goods to be supplied. (NA)

Services which form the subject of this Invitation to tender shall be financed by THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT BUDGET (PIB) for the 2025 financial year

The tender file can be consulted during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General (1^st Floor), Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378  following the publication of  this notice. 

The tender file may be obtained during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the MIDENO Head Office, Secretariat of the Director General, Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda; Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378 following the publication of this notice against payment of a non-refundable sum of Fifty seven thousand five hundred (57,500) fcfa and payable into Account N^o 06845 97568660001- 28 in the name of “SPECIAL ACCOUNT SAC-ARMP” in any BICEC Branch in Cameroon

Each bid drafted in English or French in (7 copies) including one (1) original and six (6) copies marked as such, should reach the MIDENO Head Office located at Ayaba Street, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda) not later than 11 SEPT 2025and should carry the inscription:

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS TO TENDER N° 1252/RQ/MIDENO/MITB/13/84/2025 of 14 AOUT 2025 DIVIDED INTO TWO (2) LOTS AS FOLLOWS:

Lot 1: THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF 15 tons OF IMPROVED MAIZE SEEDS (Variety: ATP) THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

 Lot 2: THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF 3 TONS OF BEANS SEEDS (Variety: GLP 190) THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

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

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for Thirty (30) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

The stamped hand endorsed bid bond according to the attached model for the sum of; Lot 1: Six hundred thousand (600,000) fcfa and Lot 2: Two hundred thousand (200,000) fcfa and with thirty  (30) days validity period established by an organization or financial institution approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance to issue bonds in Public Procurement and listed  in Document 11 of the Tender Document. The said guarantee must be accompanied by a consignment receipt issued by the “Caisse Depôt et Cosignation (CDEC) in accordance with Circular letter N^o 0000019/L/MinMap of 5^th June 2024 relating to the constitution of deposits, retention, restitution and deconsignment of bonds on public contracts, in case of group bidding/joint venture the bid bond is established on behalf of the group/joint venture.

Under pain of being rejected, only originals or certified true copies by the issuing service and official or administrative authorities (Senior Divisional Officers, Divisional Officers, Bank Officials, and Taxation Officials etc.) of the administrative documents required, including the bid bond, must imperatively be produced in accordance with the Special Conditions of the invitation to tender. They must obligatorily not be older than three (3) months or must not be produced after the submission of the bids. Any bid not in conformity with the prescriptions of this notice and tender file shall be declared inadmissible, especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a first-rate bank approved by the Ministry in charge of Finance or the non-respect of the models of the tender file documents shall lead to a pure and simple rejection of the bid without any appeal being entertained.

The opening of the administrative documents, technical and financial bids are scheduled on the 11 SEPT 2026prompt local time by the Internal Tenders Board of MIDENO in the MIDENO Conference Room at the Project management Office. Only bidders may attend or duly represented by a person of their choice.

The bids shall be evaluated according to the following principal criteria;

A. Eliminatory Criteria

· Non Conformity to technical specifications and standards                                                                 

· Absence or insufficient  Bid Bond of the specified amount

· Absence of original CDEC receipt (NO Scan or Coy)

· Late submission of bids

· False declarations or forged documents      

· Under exclusion sanctions from the Authority in Charge of the Regulation of Public Contracts  

· Associated directly or indirectly with the conception, preparation of technical specifications and other documents concerned with this tender 

· Non-respect of 80% of the essential criteria

· Bids whose outer envelopes leads to the recognition of the bidder 

   B. Essential Criteria

: Evaluation shall be done using the binary method. The Contractor shall be selected by the Least Cost selection method after evaluating the technical capacity (Bidder must fulfill 100% of the eliminatory criteria and must score at least 80 out of the 100 points previewed for the technical evaluation) and financial capacity of the bidder and make sure that the supply he/she is proposing is in conformity with the technical specifications of the supply in the Tender document and in accordance with the procedures described in this tender file

Bidders will remain committed to their bids for Thirty (30) days from the deadline set for the submission of tenders.

Complementary information can be obtained during working hours from the secretariat of the Director General, MIDENO, P.O. Box 442, Bamenda: Email: mideno1981@gmail.com: Tel: 237 233 361 378