Invitation to Bid

Supply and Delivery of Three Thousand Five Hundred (3,500) bags of Complete Fertilizers (50kg/bag) under 2019 SAAD Program

1. The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 5, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2019-SAAD Program intends to apply the sum of Five Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php5,250,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payment under the contract for:

Description	ABC (Php) (inclusive of VAT)	Funding Source	Bid Security: Cash/Cashier’s/Manager’s Check, Bank Draft/Guarante, Irrevocable Letter of Credit (2%) (Php)	Bid Security: Surety Bond (5%) (Php)	Cost/Price of Bid Documents (cash payment only) (Php)
Supply and Delivery of 3,500 bags of Complete Fertilizers	Php5,250,000.00	GAA 2019- SAAD	Php105,000.00	Php262,500.00	Php5,000.00

Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.  Partial bid is not allowed.

2. The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 5 now invites bids for :

Description	Specifications	Unit Cost	Delivery of the Goods
Supply and Delivery of 3,500 bags of Complete Fertilizers	*   50kg/bag *   Must be delivered on site (Masbate, Sorsogon and Catanduanes)	Php1,500.00/bag	30 calendar days

Bidders should have completed, within Two (2) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (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%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183.

4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 5 and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Mondays – Fridays, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on October 12, 2018 to October 31, 2018 (9:00AM) from the address below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount as stated above.

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, provided that Bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

6. The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 5 will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 19, 2018; 9:30AM at DA Library, Research Building, DA RFO-5, San Agustin, Pili, Camarines Sur, which shall be open to prospective bidders.
7. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before October 31, 2018; 9:00AM. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.

Bid opening shall be on October 31, 2018; 9:30AM at DA Library, Research Building, DA RFO-5, San Agustin, Pili, Camarines Sur.  Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

8. The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 5 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 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
9. For further information, please refer to:

 

Engr. NILDA T. ALBANO
BAC Secretariat Office
Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office No. 5
San Agustin, Pili, Camarines Sur 4418

Tel. No. (054) 477-3356

 

October 10, 2018, San Agustin, Pili, Camarines Sur