1. The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Cordillera Administrative Region, through the General Appropriations Act of 2021 intends to apply the sum of Three Million Pesos Only (Php3,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for ITB 2021-DSWD-CAR-19. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Cordillera Administrative Region now invites bids for the above Procurement Project. Completion of the Works is required within One Hundred Fifty (150) Days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The deion 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 non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184.

4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Monday to Fridays and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00AM to 5:00PM.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on May 13, 2021 to 9:00 AM of June 1, 2021 from given address and website/s below. The bidding document fee costs Php5,000.00. The Procuring Entity shall allow the bidder to present its proof of payment for the fees in person and the payment thereof shall be paid at the Procuring Entity’s Cash Section.

6. The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Cordillera Administrative Region will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 1:30PM of May 20, 2021 at DSWD-CAR Premises and/or through videoconferencing/webcasting via google meet with a meeting ID of meet.google.com/zai-vsuo-sce, which shall be open to prospective bidders.

7. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat via (i) manual submission at the office address as indicated below, on or before 9:00AM (PST) of June 1, 2021. 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 16.

9. Bid opening shall be on 10:00 AM of June 1, 2021 at the given address below and/or through meet.google.com/joj-strd-zwi. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the activity.

10. The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Cordillera Administrative Region 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 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA No. 9184, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.