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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, Nine Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand, Seventy-Four Pesos and 63/100 (₱9,974,074.63) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Restoration of Old Patnongon Casa Municipal). 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 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or via bac@nhcp.gov.ph.
  1. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on 12 September 2023 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 20 September 2023 (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-Patnongon.
  1. Bids must be duly received by the Records Section through (i) manual submission at the office address as indicated below, (ii) online or electronic submission as indicated below, on or before 2 October 2023 (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 2 October 2023 (Monday) at 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM, respectively at the given address below and/or through Microsoft Teams App. A bid is considered received if a stamp by the Records Section has been affixed onto the envelope with the date and time when it was received. To access the opening of the technical and financial bid proposals, click this MS Teams link: ly/BidOpening-Patnongon.
  1. All bidders are reminded that each 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/downloadables.php.
  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:
http://nhcp.gov.ph/category/nhcp/procurement/bid-opportunities/

For online bid submission Click Here 


 12 September 2023

  ALVIN R. ALCID
  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.