INVITATION TO BID

The Department of Education (DepED) Alaminos City Schools Division Office, through the CY 2019 Government Appropriations Act (GAA), intends to apply the sum of _Three Million Three Hundred Eighty One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven pesos and 46/100 only    (PhP_3,381,297.46_), being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC), to eligible payments under the contract for the Repair of Eight (8) Classroom of Amandiego ES under the BEFF CY 2019. Bids received that exceed the ABC per lot shall be rejected at bid opening.

The DepED Alaminos City Schools Division Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), now invites bids for the above-mentioned works. Prospective bidders must have an experience of having completed at least one (1) contract that is similar to the contract to be bid, and whose value, adjusted to current prices using the NSO consumer price indices, must be at least fifty percent (50%) of the ABC to be bid. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instructions to Bidders.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships/partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interests or outstanding capital stocks belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

A complete set of Bidding Documents may be inspected or purchased at the DepED Alaminos City

Schools Division, BAC Secretariat, located at San Jose Drive, Poblacion, Alaminos City upon accomplishing a bidder’s information sheet and payment in cash of a non-refundable fee by interested bidders in the amount of Five Thousand Pesos (PhP 5,000.00) per Lot to the DepED Alaminos City Schools Division Office Cashier. Only bidders who purchased the Bidding Documents will be allowed to submit bids (ITB 6.8).

It may be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS), www.philgeps.net, and the website of the Procuring Entity, (www.depedalaminoscity.com), provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

Prospective Bidders are strongly encouraged to order or download the electronic copy of the Bidding Documents from the PhilGEPS website: www.philgeps.net, for them to be included in the Document Request List of the project. The Bidding Documents may be viewed also at the DepED Alaminos City Division Office website: (www.depedalaminoscity.com)

Bids must be delivered to the address and on the date and time stated herein. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in Bank Draft/Guarantee issued by universal or commercial bank and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.  A valid Bid Securing Declaration must accompany the bid(s) in lieu of the bid security.

Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the opening of bids at the address stated herein. Late bids shall not be accepted.

The DepED Alaminos City Division Office reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, not award the contract(s), or annul the bidding process without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

For further information, please refer to:

(Sgd.) FREDDIE B. PERALTA

BAC Secretariat

Alaminos City Division

Tel No. (075) 551-40-12

Telefax No. (075) 205-00-82

www.depedalaminoscity.com

(Sgd.) AGUEDO C. FERNANDEZ

BAC Chairman

Alaminos City Division