Cameroon cancels CFA36.7 billion fuel tender for four power plants
The state electricity company SOCADEL scrapped the contract for heavy fuel oil, saying delivery and storage terms need to be revised.
SOCADEL, Cameroon's electricity company, has called off a CFA36.715 billion tender, taxes included, for heavy fuel oil for four thermal plants in Limbé, Dibamba, Oyomabang and Logbaba. The notice, signed by CEO Oumarou Hamandjoda, cancels both lots of the tender, which was meant to cover 2026 and 2027.
The emergency buying process was launched on October 13 and had already slipped once, when an amendment signed on November 2 moved bid submission and opening from November 3 to November 12. The cancellation is dated November 9, but it reached the Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ARMP) platform only on November 12 at 6:58 p.m., after the scheduled opening, and the notice confirms no opening session took place.
The proposed contract was a 15-month framework agreement, and SOCADEL has not said when a new procurement will be launched.
Why it mattersFuel suppliers that bid for the contract have lost it, and the four plants have no set date for a replacement deal.