Repair/Maintenance of 1) Bongoran Flood Control Structures along Cabilogan River, Bongoran Section, Oas, Albay; 2) San Agustin Flood Control Structure along Quinale River, Zone 5, San Agustin, Libon, Albay

The DPWH - Albay 3rd District Engineering Office, through Republic Act (RA) 11518 - General Approriations Act (GAA) 2021 intends to apply the sum as stated below being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract specified below. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the bid opening.

The DPWH - Albay 3rd District Engineering Office through its Bids and Awards Committee now invites bids for the hereunder Works:

Name of Contract : Repair/Maintenance of 1) Bongoran Flood Control Structures along Cabilogan River, Bongoran Section, Oas, Albay; 2) San Agustin Flood Control Structure along Quinale River, Zone 5, San Agustin, Libon, Albay

Contract ID No. : 21FO0126

Location : Oas and Libon, Albay

Scope of Works : Repair / Maintenance of a total of 55 l.m. flood control struccture, at said locations.

Approved Budget for the Contract : Two Million Pesos

(P 2,000,000.00 )

Contract Duration : 60 CD

Prospective bidders should be registered with and classified by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) with at least a PCAB License Category C & D (Small B) .

Contractors/applicants who wish to participate in this bidding are encouraged to enroll in the DPWH Civil Works Application (CWA) at the DPWH Procurement Service (PrS), 5th Floor, DPWH Building, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, while those already enrolled shall keep their records current and updated. The Contractor's eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contactor Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP), and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained from the PrS during working weekdays from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, or at the DPWH webite www.dpwh.gov.ph.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding using non-discretionary "pass/fail" criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184, as well as all applicable procurement-related DPWH Department Orders (DO). The contract shall be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bidder (LCRB) who was determined as such during post-qualification.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Procurement Unit Office, and inspect the Bidding Documents at DPWH - Albay 3rd District Engineering Office, Paulog, Ligao City, during weekdays from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM.

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in ITB Clause 16. The Technical and Financial documents must be paginated, bounded, tabmarked, and properly sealed. All Bidders are invited to attend the Pre-Bid Conference as scheduled for new instructions.

A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on May 13, 2021 - June 3, 2021, from the given address, 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 (P 5,000.00).

Bidders can make payment for the purchase of Bid Documents at any DPWH Field office. Should they opt to make such payment in our office, they are advised that the cut-off time for securing the memo for order of payment is at 9:00 AM, and the order of payment itself from the accounting section for such fee is at 9:30 AM, respectively, on the deadline date for the receipt by the BAC of bids.

It may also be downloaded free of charge from the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) website - www.philgeps.gov.ph, and/or at the DPWH website - www.dpwh.gov.ph, provided that bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

The DPWH - Albay 3rd District Engineering Office will hold Pre-Bid Conference on May 21, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the Procurement Unit Office, Paulog, Ligao City, which shall be open to prospective bidders.

Bid submission may be done manually or electronically/online. However, bidders should only select one mode of submission, either manual or electronic. Similar to manual submission, the guidelines for the preparation and submission of an electronic bid are contained in the BDS.

Prospective bidders. who opts to submit bids manually, shall present their ORIGINAL OFFICIAL RECEIPT OF PAYMENT for Bidding Documents (project specific) to the BAC Secretariat of this Office before deadline stated above for inclusion in the list of contractors for eligibility processing. Only the Owner or Authorized Representative/s as reflected in the CRC will be allowed to transact business relative to bidding matters per D.O. 197 series of 2001. Thus, said owner or representative is required to present two (2) government issued Identiffication Cards w/ photo & signature, for identity purposes.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat through either (i) manual submission at the Procurement Unit Office, Paulog, Ligao City, or (ii) online or electronic submission at electronicbids_albay3@dpwh.gov.ph , on or before June 3, 2021 at 10:00 AM. Late bids shall not be accepted.

All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 15.

Bid Opening shall be on June 3, 2021 at 10:01 AM or after the results of the electronic CWA Eligibility Check, at the Procurement Unit Office, Paulog, Ligao City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representative/s who choose to attend the activity.

Likewise, prospective bidders are advised that this Office will be implementing D.O. 17 series of 2015 - 3-strike policy in the procurement of contracts for infrastructure works, goods, and consulting services.

Prospective bidders are reminded and emphasis is given that, if at the time of post qualification procedure, the BAC verifies that any of the deficiencies is due to the contractor's fault or negligence pursuant to Section 34.3(b)(ii)(c) of the 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184 (2016 RIRR of RA 9184), the Procuring Entity shall disqualify the contractor from the award without any right to reimburse fees and incidental cost paid for the procurement of infrastructure contract subject of the Bid.

Moreover, all concerned are enjoined to comply with all the applicable provisions of Department Order No. 34 s. 2020 - Basic Hygiene, Workplace Sanitation, and Social Distancing Measures to be Observed in the Workplace.

Also, prospective bidders are advised to indicate their company/firm's official e-mail address in their bidding documents. Official communication/s, pertaining to this procurement after the opening of bids, will be thru the internet on said official e-mail address as reflected in your submitted bidding documents.

The DPWH-Albay 3rd District Engineering Office reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not to award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Sections 35.1 and 41 of the 2016 Revised IRR of RA No. 9184, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.