Socadel cancels CFA36.7 billion tender for four power plants
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Investir au Cameroun
Cameroonian electricity company SOCADEL has cancelled a CFA36.7 billion tender for the supply of heavy fuel oil to the Limbé, Dibamba, Oyomabang and Logbaba power plants. The notice signed on 9 November cites the need to review fuel reception and storage conditions, according to its director general Oumarou Hamandjoda.
Cameroonian electricity company (SOCADEL) has cancelled its CFA36.715 billion, including tax, tender for the supply of heavy fuel oil to the thermal power plants at Limbé, Dibamba, Oyomabang and Logbaba. The cancellation, decided to review fuel reception and storage conditions, concerns the two lots planned for the 2026-2027 financial years, according to a notice signed on 9 November by SOCADEL director general Oumarou Hamandjoda.
The procedure was launched urgently on 13 October and its deadline for submitting bids had already been extended from 3 to 12 November by an addendum signed on 2 November. The cancellation notice was published on 12 November at 18:58 on the Public Procurement Regulatory Agency’s platform, after the scheduled time for opening the bids, and states that the session did not take place, according to SOCADEL.
The first lot was worth CFA17.38 billion and covered up to 33,453 tonnes of fuel oil for the Limbé power plant. The second, valued at CFA19.33 billion, concerned Dibamba, Oyomabang and Logbaba, with a ceiling of 37,200 tonnes. The entire contract covered a maximum indicative volume of 70,653 tonnes under a 15-month framework agreement with purchase orders.
The specifications notably required suppliers to maintain at least 4,000 tonnes of permanent physical stock, provide transport to unloading facilities and control the quantity and quality of the fuel. Deliveries were to be made according to actual operating needs.
