OPEN NATIONAL CALL FOR TENDER No 0080/ED/GHSS/2026 FOR THE SUPPLY OF HEALTH INSURANCE SERVICES TO
GLOBAL HEALTH SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS GHSS

PROJECT YEAR 2026/2027

Part A: General Information

1- Subject of the call for tender 

As part of the effort to provide health insurance coverage for its staff members, the Executive Director, launches an open national call for tender for the supply of health insurance to GHSS.

2- Period of coverge

The health insurance will run from October 2026 to September 2027.

3- Submission deadline

Interested bidders are requested to submit their offers on or before October 23, 2026

4- Submission of bids.

Each bid must be written in French or English.
 
          For offline submissions, each bid written in French or English in five (05) copies, including one (01) original and six (04) copies marked as such, must be received at GHSS head office in Denver, Bonamoussadi – Douala, from Monday to Friday, between 8:00 a.m and 5:00 p.m and must bear the following notation:
 

“Open national call for tender no 0080/ED/GHSS/2026 for the supply of health insurance services to Global Health Systems Solutions”
“To the attention of the Executive Director GHSS”

“Very Confidential”
Project year 2026/2027
Date of submission

          For online submission, the bid must be submitted by the bidder via procurement@ghsscm.org.
          A backup copy of the bid saved on a USB drive must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly and legibly marked “backup copy,” in addition to the above-mentioned submission, within the specified deadlines.
N.B.: File Size and Format
        For online submission, the maximum file sizes for documents transmitted via the
platform and constituting the bidder’s bid are as follows:
• 5 MB for the Administrative Package;
• 15 MB for the Technical Proposal;
• 5 MB for the Financial Proposal.
The accepted formats are as follows:
• PDF format for text documents; JPEG for images.
         The bidder shall ensure the use of compression software to reduce the size of the files to be submitted, if necessary, in accordance with the sizes specified above.
 
5- Admissibility of bids
         Administrative documents, technical and financial proposal must be placed in separate envelopes and submitted in a sealed package.
The following will be declared inadmissible:
• Envelopes bearing information regarding the bidder’s identity;
• Envelopes received after the deadline for submission;
Envelopes that do not comply with the submission procedure.
• Envelopes that do not indicate the identity of the Request for Proposals;
• Failure to comply with the number of copies specified in the Request for Proposals or a proposal consisting solely of copies;
 
Any proposal that is incomplete according to the requirements of the Request for Proposals will be declared ineligible
 
7- Award of the contract
GHSS shall award the contract to the bidder whose bid meets the required technical and financial qualification criteria and is evaluated as the lowest-priced responsive bid, taking into account any discounts offered, where applicable.
 
8- Complementary information
For any other information or clarification, prospective bidders can visit GHSS office at Denver – Bonamoussadi, Douala or contact us at procurement@ghsscm.org, or contact
the following number 691754425
 
9- Fight against corruption & malpractices
To report any practices, incidents, or acts of corruption, or instances of misconduct, please call (+237) 691754425/ (+237) 697359636 or report through GHSS Whistleblower System. Emails can be sent to whisleblower@ghsscm.org. The reports are taken in full confidentiality and are handled in accordance with procedures and policies in force in the organization.
 
NB: The tender notice furnishes the information needed by the potential bidders in order to eventually make an offer.
 
PART B – ADMINISTRATIVE FILE, TECHNICAL & FINANCIAL OFFERS

A. ADMINISTRATIVE FILE

 Letter of submission of offer;
 Business Registration;
 Attestation of Tax Conformity;
 Attestation of tax payer’s registration;
 Attestation of Non-Bankruptcy;
 Bank Attestation;
 Localisation Plan;
 Authorization to operate from The Ministry of Finance;
 Certificate of compliance with the provisions of CIMA Code;
 Insurance company licence;
 Order approving the insurance company;

To avoid rejection, the documents required in the administrative file must be submitted either in their original form or as copies certified as true copies by the issuing authority or the competent administrative authority, in accordance with the provisions of
the Specific Bidding Regulations.

All documents must be valid as of the original deadline for the submission of bids and must have been issued within the three (3) months preceding that deadline or after the date on which the invitation to tender was signed.

If any document in the administrative file is missing or found to be non-compliant at the time of bid opening, the bidder shall be granted a grace period of forty-eight (48) hours by the Tender Commission to rectify the omission or non-compliance. Failure to do so within the prescribed period shall result in the rejection of the bid.

B. Technical Offer

 Letter of technical proposal
 Health coverage (services offered)
 Territorial coverage (cities, towns and hospitals)
 Previous experience and portfolio

C. Financial Offer

 Insurance premium per person.
 For staff (100%, 80% and 70% coverage)
 For dependents (100%, 80% and 70% coverage)

Approximate statistical information
 Number of staff members: 82
 Number of spouses: 45
 Number of children: 100
 Total number of beneficiaries: 227

Please note that the figures above are provisional and may be adjusted once the workforce has been fully established.