The Director General of NASLA hereby launches a National Open National Invitation to Tender (by emergency procedure) for the provision of accident and funeral insurance services for the third batch of NASLA initial training trainees (for the 2026-2027 academic years) (by emergency procedure)
This insurance aims to guarantee respectively, the coverage and/or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by NASLA students as well as the payment of the planned capital, in the event of:
- Death following a covered accident;
- Permanent partial or total disability, resulting from an accident at work or school related activities;
- Bodily damage resulting from an accident at work or school related activities. /-
The estimated amount for the services is CFAF 15,000,000 (fifteen million) including taxes.
This open national call to tender targets insurance companies governed by Cameroonian Laws and based in Cameroon, meeting the conditions laid down by the regulations in force in the member states of the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA) and accredited by Cameroon’s Ministry of Finance
The services covered by this call to tender shall be financed by the NASLA budget for the 2026 financial year, ACTIVITY 103A06 61590 BUDGETARY IMPUTATION : 261030980361590.
The tender file can be consulted during working hours at the Service of Contracts of the National School of Local Administration (NASLA) in Buea , as soon as the tender is published.
It can equally be consulted online on COLEPS platform at http://www.marchespublics.cm and http://www.publiccontracts.cm, on the ARMP website (www.armp.cm) or on any other electronic means of communication indicated by the Project Owner
Tender documents can be obtained during working hours at the Service of Contracts of the National School of Local Administration (NASLA) in Buea , upon presentation of a receipt of a non-refundable fee of fifteen thousand (15,000) francs CFA to be paid into the special ARMP account No..335 98800001-89 AT BICEC in the name of CAS-ARMP.
It is equally possible to obtain the electronic version of the Tender File by downloading it free of charge through the addresses indicated above. However, online
The submission is done electronically; the bid should be forwarded by the tenderer on the COLEPS platform or any other means of electronical communication indicated by Project Owner not later than --/--/2026 at 10am prompt. A backup copy of the bid registered on USB key or CD/DVD should be forwarded in a sealed envelope with the clear and legible indication “backup copy”, in addition to the above label, within the allocated deadline.
N.B : File size and format For online bidding, the maximum sizes of the documents that will transit on the platform and constitute the tenderer’s offer are the following:
-- 5 MB for the Administrative file;
--15 MB for the Technical offer;
-- 5MB for the Financial offer.
The following formats are accepted:
- PDF format for text documents;
- JPEG for images.
The applicant shall use compression software to possibly reduce the size of the files to be transmitted according to the sizes indicated above.
11. Admissibility of bids
The administrative documents, the technical offer and the financial offer must be submitted inline following the COLEPS requirements.
Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a financial body or institution approved by the Minister in charge of finance to issue bonds for public contracts or the failure to comply with the model documents in the Tender File shall lead automatically to the rejection of the bid without any other procedure. A bid bond submitted but not relating to consultation concerned shall be considered as absent. A bid bond presented by a bidder during the bid opening session shall not be accepted.
The coverage period is twelve (12) months, as from the date of signature of the service order for the services to commence.
Each bidder must include in his administrative documents, a bid bond of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) CFA issued by a first-rate banking establishment or an insurance approved by the Ministry in charge of finance accompanied by the CDEC receipt with the same amount.
Valid for thirty (30) days beyond the initial date limit of validity of bids. The bid bond should be provided in accordance with the Circular Letter No. 000019/LC/MINMAP of 5th of June 2024 relating to the modalities of constitution, deposit, conservation, restitution and withdrawal of bond on public contracts. The bid bond should be stamped and carry the hand written inscription from the financial institution for authentication the absence of the bid bond issued by a first-rate bank or financial body of first category authorized by the Minister in charge of Finance to issue bonds for public contracts shall lead to the immediate rejection of the offer. A bid bond submitted but that does not have any relation with the consultation concerned shall be considered as absent. The bid bond presented by a tenderer at the bid opening session shall not be accepted.
The submission is done electronically; the bid should be forwarded by the tenderer on the COLEPS platform or any other means of electronical communication indicated by Project Owner not later than --/--/2026 at 10am prompt. A backup copy of the bid registered on USB key or CD/DVD should be forwarded in a sealed envelope with the clear and legible indication “backup copy”, in addition to the above label, within the allocated deadline.
N.B : File size and format For online bidding, the maximum sizes of the documents that will transit on the platform and constitute the tenderer’s offer are the following:
-- 5 MB for the Administrative file;
--15 MB for the Technical offer;
-- 5MB for the Financial offer.
The following formats are accepted:
- PDF format for text documents;
- JPEG for images.
The applicant shall use compression software to possibly reduce the size of the files to be transmitted according to the sizes indicated above.
11. Admissibility of bids
The administrative documents, the technical offer and the financial offer must be submitted inline following the COLEPS requirements.
Any incomplete offer in accordance with the prescriptions of the Tender File shall be declared inadmissible. Especially the absence of a bid bond issued by a financial body or institution approved by the Minister in charge of finance to issue bonds for public contracts or the failure to comply with the model documents in the Tender File shall lead automatically to the rejection of the bid without any other procedure. A bid bond submitted but not relating to consultation concerned shall be considered as absent. A bid bond presented by a bidder during the bid opening session shall not be accepted.
The bids shall be opened in a single phase. The administrative, technical and financial bids shall be opened on, the -28/07/2026 at 11.00 a.m., local time by the NASLA Internal Tenders Board in the Board Room of NASLA, in the presence of the bidders or duly authorized representatives having full knowledge of the file (power of attorney). Only tenderers may attend this opening session or be represented by a single person of their choice, duly authorised, even in the case of a group of companies.
Under pain of being rejected, the required administrative documents must be submitted in originals or copies certified by the issuing service or the relevant administrative authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Special Regulations of the invitation to tender. They shall be no later than 3 (three) months old from the original deadline for the submission of tenders or must have been issued after the date of signature of the Tender Notice. N.B. The original of the administrative document should be presented during online opening session
Elimination criteria
The elimination criteria for this call to tender include the following:
¾ Absence of bid bond at the opening of bids with its consignment receipt delivered by the CDEC.
¾ Absence of any administrative documents 48h after the opening of bids.
¾ False statement (s) or falsified document (s);
¾ Absence of MINFI approval in the relevant branch;
¾ Absence of the certificate of adherence to the CIMA code certifying that the tenderer is not subject to any special recovery, safeguard or monitoring procedure;
¾ Absence of statements C4 and C11 for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 duly certified by the relevant departments of the Ministry in charge of Finance;
¾ Presence of financial information in the administrative documents or technical tender;
¾ Abandonnent of a contract or exclusion from public contract within the last three (03) years;
¾ Technical score less than eighty (80) points out of one hundred (100).
12.2. Essential criteria
Technical bids will be evaluated on the basis of one hundred (100) points in accordance with the criteria detailed for each lot in the Special Rules for the Call to Tender (RPAO).
13. Method for selecting the Insurer
Companies will be chosen based on quality and cost.
Following the technical and financial evaluations, an overall score (technical-financial) will be calculated as follows:
GS= 0.80* TS+ 0.20*FS
Where:
GS General Sore
TS Technical Score
FM: Finance Score
With FS= 100*(MMd)/(MS)
MMd: Evaluated amount of the best bidder
MS: Evaluated amount of the bidder
MMd: Evaluated amount of the best bidder MS: Evaluated amount of the bidder
Bidders remain bound by their tender for a period of ninety (90) days as from the deadline for submission of tenders.
Further information can be obtained daily during working hours from the Contracts Service of the National School of Local Administration (NASLA), after the publication of this notice.