PS-PhilGEPS

INVITATION TO BID FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION OF SECONDARY INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE (IAS) FOR CY 2024

(SECOND BIDDING)

1. The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Central Office, through the GAA 2024 intends to apply the sum of PESOS: Two Million Five Hundred Eighty Thousand Thirty-Two (PhP2,580,032.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the SUBSCRIPTION OF SECONDARY INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE (IAS) FOR CY 2024 (SECOND BIDDING) under IB No. 021-24.

Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The DA – Central Office now invites bids for SUBSCRIPTION OF SECONDARY INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE (IAS) FOR CY 2024. Delivery of the Goods are required within of Forty-Five (45) calendar days from the receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP). Bidders should have completed, within Five (5) years prior to 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. Prospective bidders may obtain further information from Procurement Division, DA – Central Office and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during 9:00AM – 5:00PM, Monday to Friday, before the opening of bids, scheduled on 07 May 2024.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on April 13 – May 07 2024 from the address and website 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 Five Thousand Pesos (PhP5,000.00). The Procuring Entity shall allow the bidder to present its proof of payment for the fees in person.

6. The DA – Central Office will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 23 April 2024, 10:00AM at DA-ICTS Director’s Conference Room, DA Compound, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City using the mPhilGEPs e-bidding facility, which shall be open to prospective bidders. For interested bidders, kindly follow the instructions in the mPhilGEPs website.

7. Bids must be duly received by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) - Secretariat through online submission on or before 07 May 2024 at 9:30AM through the mPhilGEPs website. Late bids shall not be accepted.

8. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 14.

9. Bid opening shall be on 07 May 2024, 10:00AM at DA-ICTS Director’s Conference Room, DA Compound, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City and via our available

online meeting platform. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. 

10. Bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of their bids, and the DA – Central Office will in no case, be responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process.

Bidders should note that the DA – Central Office will accept bids only from those that have paid the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents.

The DA – Central Office assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of their bids.

In accordance with Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Circular 06-2005 - Tie-Breaking Method, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) shall use a non-discretionary and non-discriminatory measure based on sheer luck or chance, which is “DRAW LOTS,” in the event that two (2) or more bidders have been post-qualified and determined as the bidder having the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid (LCRB) to determine the final bidder having the LCRB, based on the following procedures:

1. In alphabetical order, the bidders shall pick one rolled paper.
2. The lucky bidder who would pick the paper with a “CONGRATULATIONS” remark shall be declared as the final bidder having the LCRB and recommended for award of the contract.

11. The DA – Central Office 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.

12. For further information, please refer to:

Attention: Procurement Division

                         2^nd Floor, DA-New Building

                         Department of Agriculture – Central Office

                         Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City

                         E-mail Address: da.procdiv@mail.da.gov.ph.

                         Telefax No.: 8927-7152

13. For downloading of Bidding Documents: www.philgeps.gov.ph and www.da.gov.ph.

NOTE: DA DOES NOT CONDONE ANY FORM OF SOLICITATION ON ANY PROSPECTIVE, WINNING AND LOSING BIDDERS BY ANY OF OUR STAFF/EMPLOYEES OR ANY OTHER PARTY. ANY SORT OF THIS KIND SHALL BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OR THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) FOR ENTRAPMENT AND PROPER INVESTIGATION.

13 April 2024