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Purchase of equipment for two processing and preservation units for market garden products





Purchase of equipment for two units of processing and conservation of vegetable products for the Project "Support for food security and resilience to climate change" (PASA-RC) in southern Brakna.




Invitation to Tender Dossier

Reference: PI 190013

Project owner: Caritas Mauritania

Deadline for submission of offers: July 5, 2024


Instructions to bidders


PUBLICATION REFERENCE: PI 190013



By submitting its offer, the bidder accepts all, without restriction, the general and specific conditions governing this market, as the sole basis for this tender procedure, regardless of its own conditions as a service provider, to which it declares to renounce. Bidders are deemed to have carefully examined all forms, instructions, contractual provisions, and specifications contained in this invitation to tender dossier and to comply with them. The bidder who does not provide all the necessary information and documents within the required deadlines will have their offer rejected. No reservation made in the offer regarding the invitation to tender dossier can be taken into account; any reservation may result in the immediate rejection of the offer without further evaluation.

These instructions to bidders define the rules for submission, selection, and implementation of contracts within the framework of this invitation to tender.

1. Object of the market:
This market aims to purchase various products to equip two units of processing and conservation of vegetable products.


2. List of requested products:


3. General conditions:

a- Currency Unit


The currency unit for the execution of the market subject to this consultation is the Mauritanian currency in force, the ouguiya (MRU).

b- Constitutive documents of the submission

The offer presented by the candidate will include, under penalty of nullity:
a. A financial offer including:
  • The submission letter
  • The quantitative estimate based on the list of requested products,
  • The NIF certificate,
  • The R.I.B for the bank account,
  • The tax compliance certificate,
  • The CNSS compliance certificate,
  • The market execution deadline


  • NB: it is mandatory to present all current legal administrative documents: NIF certificate, tax compliance certificate, and CNSS compliance certificates. The non-delivery of any of the mentioned documents is a cause for immediate rejection of the dossier.

    b. A technical offer including the following information:
  • The presentation of the bidder,
  • The certificates of the masters of works of markets executed by the bidder proving that the said bidder has carried out similar works satisfactorily;


    c- Validity of offers

    Bidders will remain bound by their offers for a period of at least 60 days.


    d- Language of the offers

    The offers, correspondence, and documents associated with the offers exchanged between the bidder and the contracting authority must be written in the language of the procedure, which is French.


    e- Various taxes and duties

    This market is tax-free due to Caritas' VAT exemption


    f- Submission of offers

    Offers must be received before the specified deadline. They must include all the documents specified in these instructions and be submitted to the following address:
    Caritas Mauritania,
    ILôt L, NOT MD L N°109, Tevragh Zéina, Nouakchott
    BP 515 Nouakchott
    Tél: +222 42 22 39 40/ 36 35 20 55
    "Behind the residence of the Ambassador of Palestine, on the television axis towards the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in front of Dare Tata"
  • All offers must arrive at the address indicated in point e above no later than Friday, July 5, 2024, at 12:00 PM.
  • All offers, including annexes, as well as all supporting documents, must be presented in a sealed envelope containing only:

  • Caritas Mauritania
    ILôt L, NOT MD L N°109
    BP: 515, Nouakchott
    Invitation to tender reference: PI 190013
    Do not open before the tender opening session

    «Bidder's name»


    Technical and financial offers must be placed in a single sealed envelope.

  • Deadline and time for receiving offers

  • Offers must be submitted no later than July 5, 2024, at 12:00 PM. Any offer submitted after this date will not be considered.
    Candidates are invited to mention their email address to later receive the publication of the results.


    g- Opening of offers

    Candidates who have submitted their proposals are invited, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at 10:00 AM, to the opening of the envelopes at the Caritas Directorate. Each candidate or representative of the candidate presents their financial offer. In the absence of a candidate, their financial offer will be presented by a member of the Caritas market commission.

    Any attempt by a bidder to influence the evaluation committee in the examination, clarification, evaluation, and comparison of offers procedure or to obtain information on the procedure's progress or to influence the contracting authority in its decision regarding the market award will result in the immediate rejection of their offer.


    h- Evaluation and comparison of technical offers

    The analysis and evaluation of technical offers will be based on the following qualification criteria:

    Technical references
  • Compliance of the offer with the TDR
  • Experience of the supplier,
  • Legal recognition
  • Tax compliance
  • Product quality
  • Warranty



  • i- Market award

    The technical offer will be scored out of 70 points, and the financial offer will be scored out of 30 points, and the total of both will be out of 100 points. Technical offers that have not reached a minimum of 50 points will be immediately rejected.
    Offers that have passed the technical evaluation will proceed to the next phase.
    The formula used to establish the financial scores is as follows:

    Let Sf = 100 x Fm / F

    Sf: the financial score;
    Fm: the lowest financial proposal
    and F the amount of the considered financial proposal.
    The respective weights attributed to the technical and financial proposals are:
    T = 70
    And P = 30

    T+P = 100

    The overall score is obtained through the following formula:
    S = St x T% + Sf x P%

    St: technical score
    Sf: financial score

    The candidate with the highest overall score will be retained.


    j- Payment terms

  • Advance of 40% of the market amount upon contract signing.
  • Payment of the balance, 60%, after delivery, upon presentation of the invoice and delivery slips.



  • k- Execution time

    The contractual due date is a maximum of 10 days and starts from the contract signing date.


    l- Publication of results

    After the examination works, the commission publishes the results. An email message is sent to all bidders to inform them of the selection and the motivations of the selection committee.

    m- Contract signing and performance guarantee
  • The successful bidder is informed that their offer has been retained.
  • A contract proposal is submitted to the retained supplier.
  • Within 3 days after receiving the contract signed by the contracting authority, the successful bidder must sign and return the contract to the contracting authority. Once signed, the successful bidder becomes the contract holder, and the contract comes into effect.
  • After payment, the supplier issues a paid invoice.


  • n- Cancellation of the tender procedure

    In case of cancellation of a tender, bidders must be informed of the cancellation by the contracting authority. When the tender is canceled before the opening session, the unopened and sealed envelopes are returned to the bidders.

    The cancellation may occur in the following cases:
  • when the tender is unsuccessful, i.e., when no offer worthy of being retained in terms of quality and/or financial terms has been received, or when there has been no response;
  • when the technical or economic elements of the project have been fundamentally modified;
  • when exceptional or force majeure circumstances make the normal implementation of the project impossible;
  • when all technically compliant offers exceed the available financial resources;
  • when there have been irregularities in the procedure, notably preventing fair competition;
  • The award is not in line with the principle of sound financial management.


  • The contracting authority will in no case be obliged to pay damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profit, related to the cancellation of a tender, even if the contracting authority had been informed of the possibility of damages. The publication of a tender notice does not commit the contracting authority to implement the announced program or project.


    o- Suspensive clause

    The market award is conditioned by the availability of funds and the signing of the grant agreement between the contracting authority and the project funder.

    Caritas Mauritanie @ 2024