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1. The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the CY 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA) intends to apply the sum of Forty-Nine Million, Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Pesos and Ninety-Nine Centavos (Php49,999,999.99) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals.
2. The Department of Transportation now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for the Consulting Services for the Conduct of the Feasibility Study for the Panay Railway Project. Eligibility documents of interested consultants must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat on or before at 10:00AM, 03 February 2023 at Unit 61 BAC Secretariat Division, The Columbia Towers, Ortigas Avenue, Brgy. Wack-wack, Mandaluyong City. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion. Late submission of Eligibility Documents shall not be accepted.
3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the BAC Secretariat and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Mondays to Fridays 7:00AM to 4:00PM. Bidders may also inspect the Bidding Documents uploaded in the websites of the DOTr at
www.dotr.gov.ph, and Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) at
www.philgeps.gov.ph.
4. A complete set of Eligibility Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders from 26 January 2023 until 10:00AM of 03 February 2023, from the address below provided that consultants shall pay a non-refundable fee for the Eligibility Documents in the amount of Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00). Bidder’s authorized representative shall present a government-issued ID and shall submit a duly signed authorization letter with a copy of a government-issued ID of the one who issued the authorization.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, providedthat Bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
5. The CBAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Expression of Interest, including the eligibility documents, and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). Should only one (1) or less than the required number apply for the eligibility and shortlisting pass the eligibility check, and/or pass the minimum score required in the shortlisting, the BAC shall consider the same. The criteria and rating system for short listing:
CRITERIA POINTS
Qualification of Key Personnel who may be
assigned to the Job vis-à-vis extent and 70
complexity of the undertaking
Applicable Experience of the Firm; and 15
Current Workload Relative to Capacity 15
TOTAL : 100
The applicants shall then be ranked according to their “Total Points” and the top three (3) shall be considered as the shortlist and qualify them to bid for the contemplated contract. Should less than the required number apply for eligibility and shortlisting, pass the eligibility check, and/or pass the minimum score required in the shortlisting, the BAC shall consider the same. Further, applicants must obtain a minimum score of 70 points to qualify for shortlisting.
6. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the IRR of RA 9184.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
7. The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation/Selection (QCBE/QCBS) procedure. The Technical and Financial Proposals shall be given weights of seventy percent (70%) and thirty percent (30%), respectively, for a total of one hundred percent (100%) with a minimum score of 70 points. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders.
8. The contract shall be completed within Three Hundred Sixty-Five (365) calendar days or twelve (12) months from the Notice to Proceed.
9. The Department of Transportation reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Section 41ofRA9184 and its IRR, without there by incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.