The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cameroon is recruiting a Consultant, Project Owner for the construction of one (01) camp in Campo Ma'an National Park

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We are looking for a Consultant, Project Owner for the construction of one (01) camp in Campo
Ma'an National Park.
1. Context and justification
The Campo-Ma'an National Park (PNCM) covers an area of 264,064 ha and was created by
decree no. 2000/004/PM of 06 January 2000. It is an integral part of the first category Technical
Operational Unit (UTO). Campo-Ma'an UTO is located in South Cameroon Region, straddling
the Ocean and Ntem Valley Departments, and covers an area of 771,668 ha, or approximately
16.3% of the Region's total surface area. The park is home to a number of exceptional natural
and cultural values, which militated in favor of its classification (MINFOF, 2014). Campo Ma'an
UTO is home to 1,500 plants (45 of which are endemic), 390 invertebrates, 249 fish, 122
reptiles, 302 bird species and 80 mammal species. A study (Beukou et al., 2020) shows that
there are 243 [188-314] elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) and 881 [643-1205] great apes
(Gorilla gorilla gorilla and Pan troglodytes troglodytes). To promote this biological wealth, the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), through Kudu Zombo Programme, launched a gorilla
habituation project on the island of Dipikar in Campo Ma'an National Park in 2010. This activity
is a pilot project in Cameroon's protected areas for the development and management of
ecotourism. The implementation of the contact phase, which began in 2015, has developed
very satisfactorily over time, resulting in a special ecotourism product.
The results are marked by the gorilla group's acceptance of human presence at a distance of
7-10 m; indeed, progress has been made at the level of curiosity and tolerance, which currently

.stands at 87%. These results are fruit of constant monitoring by teams of trackers,
veterinarians and conservation biologists who spend most of their time in the forest. However,
camps used as living quarters for these staffs are not suitable for their development during
their stay in the forest. To remedy this, WWF Kudu Zombo Programme will be building a camp
at Camp Couscous in the gorilla habituation site.
2. Objective
The aim of this call for tenders is to select a project owner for the construction of a camp on
stilts in Campo Ma'an National Park on the island of Dipikar, which is also a gorilla habituation
site.
3. Methodology
The camp will be built in the Campo Ma'an National Park in the South Region, Ocean
Department, Campo Arrondissement.
The camp must include
o A plank building on stilts comprising:
- 3 Rooms of 3.5m X 3.5m each
- 01 veranda 1.5m wide
- In addition to the doors, there must be openings to allow the rooms to be ventilated.
The stilts must be cast in concrete, and the planks must be treated to prevent weevil attack
and damp.
4. Information about the building site
To get to the construction site, which is located on the island of Dipipar in Campo Ma'an
National Park, you first have to go to Kribi, then take the road to Campo via the autonomous
port of Kribi. The distance between Campo and Kribi is 75 kilometres, including 30 kilometres
of tarmac road.
Once in Campo, go to Campo Beach (4 kilometres) on the Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea
border. From Compo Beach, take a speedboat (35 minutes on the River Ntem). Once docked,
take a short 20-minute walk and you're at the construction site on the banks of a branch of the
Ntem called Bongola.
5. Applications file
Interested candidates must submit, by 14 April 2024 at the latest, an application file based on
the information contained in this call for tenders, as follows:
• A technical bid including a construction plan according to the characteristics given above,
the material capacity (list of equipment made available), the HR capacity (managementand execution staff), the execution deadlines (a schedule or timetable for carrying out the
work).
• A financial offer in XAF, detailing the days of consultation. Daily rates and expenses must
be indicated separately; (mention the payment of VAT and income tax on fees/and or any
other applicable tax); the rate of the retention on guarantee as well as the guarantee period;
the terms and conditions of payment.
• The financial, technical and administrative offer and annexes, as well as all supporting
documents, must be signed by the supplier's legal representative.
• The supplier's tax file and bank details.
How to apply
Interested candidates should send their complete applications in english or french by e-mail to
recruit-cam@wwfcam.org. Please indicate in the subject line « Construction de campement
dans le Parc National de Campo Ma’an ». The application must include three separate files:
01 for the technical bid, 01 for the financial bid and 01 for the tax file.
Application deadline: 14 April 2024.