WHEREAS, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invited qualified bidders to bid for the Production of the Quincentennial First Circumnavigation Travelling Exhibit (1st Posting) amounting to Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (PHP 3,500,000.00) through advertisements on the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System, (PhilGEPS), a newspaper of general circulation (the Philippine Daily Inquirer), on notice boards at the NHCP premises and at the NHCP website (www.nhcp.gov.ph) between 6-13 November 2020;
WHEREAS, two bidders, namely (1) Gpriela Architecture & Design Studio and (2) Centrex Corporation, submitted their bid proposals on 7 December 2020;
WHEREAS, upon opening of the technical and financial proposals of bidders, Gpriela Architecture & Design Studio failed on include in their submitted bid the expenses to cover the shipment of the exhibits as well as the production of souvenirs, which were included the terms of reference of the project;
WHEREAS, the NHCP Management Committee (NHCP ManCom) was not satisfied with the project proposal of Centrex Corporation since they failed to present the research component and content of the exhibit;
WHEREAS, both bidders failed to comply with the requirements needed for the project;
NOW THEREFORE, upon unanimous decision and approval of the NHCP BAC during its 7 December 2020 deliberation, be it
RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the bidding for the Production of the Quincentennial First Circumnavigation Travelling Exhibit (1st Posting) be declared a failure. Consequently, the BAC shall conduct a re-bidding of the said project.
Approved this 7 December 2020:
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