(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian government has just launched two calls for tenders to build packaging and storage complexes for staple foods in some farming areas. One concerns the monitoring and technical supervision of the construction (300 million FCFA, of which 76 million FCFA will be used for each unit) while the other will be used for the actual construction process (2.8 billion FCFA with 720 million FCFA allotted for each unit).

Companies and firms interested in the two deals, both totalling a little over 3 billion FCFA, have until April 16, 2015 to submit their bids to the Call for Tenders Launch Support Unit of the Ministry of Public Contracts in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital.

The complexes should help to improve the supply of staple foods on the local market. According to statistics provided by the Consumer Products Supply Regulation Mission (MIRAP in French), Cameroon loses close to 25% of its post-harvest production due to the lack of preservation and storage infrastructure.