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    1. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, through the 2023 General Appropriations Act, intends to apply the sum of Nine Million, Seven Hundred Fifty-One Thousand, Three Hundred Fifty-Five Pesos and 87/100 (₱9,751,355.87) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Restoration of Patnongon Old Casa Municipal in Real St., Poblacion, Patnongon, Antique Phase II. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
    1. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines now invites bids for the above Procurement Project. Completion of the Works is required two hundred forty (240) calendar days. The bidder must have an experience of having completed a Single Largest Completed Contract (SLCC) on Restoration of Unreinforced Masonry. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II (Instructions to Bidders).
    1. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184.
    1. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM or via bac@nhcp.gov.ph..
    1. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on 19 March 2024 from given address and website/s below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (₱10,000.00). The Procuring Entity shall allow the bidder to present its proof of payment for the fees via a photocopy of the receipt included in the submitted bid or via e-mail (bac@nhcp.gov.ph).
    1. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines will hold a Pre-Bid Conference[1] on 27 March 2024 (Wednesday), 9:30 AM at Board Room, Multipurpose Hall, 4/F, NHCP Building, T.M. Kalaw Avenue, Ermita, Manila, and/or through videoconferencing/webcasting via Microsoft Teams App, which shall be open to prospective bidders. To access the Pre-Bid Conference, click this MS Teams Link: ly/PreBid_PatnongonPh2.
    1. Bids must be duly received by the Records Section or any representative BAC Secretariat through (i) manual submission at the office address as indicated below, (ii) online or electronic submission as indicated below, on or before 28 April 2024 (Monday), 9:30 AM. One (1) original and three (3) additional copies of the technical and financial proposals must be provided. Late bids shall not be accepted. Please see the diagram below for your guidance.

    1. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 16.
    1. Bid opening for the technical and financial proposals shall be on 8 April 2024 (Monday) at 9:30 M and 10:30 AM, respectively at the given address below and/or through Microsoft Teams App. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the activity. To access the opening of the technical and financial bid proposals, click this MS Teams link: ly/BidOpening_PatnongonPh2.
    1. All bidders are reminded that each and every page of the Bidding Documents submitted should be duly signed by the bidder’s authorized representative/s pursuant to Section 25.8 of the 2016 revised IRR of R.A. No. 9184. Moreover, all legally executable documents (e.g., Omnibus Sworn Statement) must be duly notarized. Submitted bids which have unsigned pages and/or unnotarized legal documents shall be considered non-responsive.
    1. All bidders should sufficiently provide information on the Bill of Quantities Form. Any modifications such as revising the quantity of materials and/or items and providing additional cost (i.e., additional labor cost) that are beyond the agency estimate are strictly prohibited. Such are grounds for the bids to be considered non-responsive pursuant to Section 32.2 of the 2016 revised IRR of R.A. No. 9184.
    1. All bidders are advised to adopt the new, revised format of the Omnibus Sworn Statement issued pursuant to GPPB Circular No 4-2020 as adopted by GPPB Resolution No. 16-2020. The revised format of the OSS consists of 10 articles/paragraphs (with two new additional provisions since the previous 2016 edition), a template of which may be downloaded from the GPPB website thru this link https://www.gppb.gov.ph/downloadable-forms/#tab-61412.
    1. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines 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 Sections 35.6 and 41 of the 2016 revised IRR of RA No. 9184, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
    1. For further information, please refer to:
      Engr. Benjamin T. Paulin II
      BAC Secretariat Head
      National Historical Commission of the Philippines
      T.M. Kalaw Ave., Ermita, Manila 1000
      E-mail Address: bac@nhcp.gov.ph
      Cellphone No.: 09664700559
      Facsimile No.: (02) 8536-3181
      Website: http://www.nhcp.gov.ph 
    1. You may visit the following websites:
      For downloading of Bidding Documents:
       https://stg12.beesites.net/nhcp-stg/category/nhcp/procurement/bid-opportunities/
      For online bid submission:
      bit.ly/Online-Bid-Submission

    19 March 2024

    ROSARIO V. SAPITAN
    BAC Chairperson

    [1] May be deleted in case the ABC is less than One Million Pesos (PhP1,000,000) where the Procuring Entity may not hold a pre-bid conference.

    Download bidding documents here.