Invitation to Bid for the Supply and Installation of Crime Laboratory Equipment and Furniture

1. The City Government of Gapan, through the Annual Budget 2021 of GCC and Capital Outlay intends to apply the sum of Twelve Million Pesos (P 12,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Supply and Installation of Crime Laboratory Equipment and Furniture of Gapan City Laboratory Building (GOODS - 04 - 2021). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The City Government of Gapan now invites bids for the Supply and Installation of Crime Laboratory Equipment and Furniture of Gapan City Laboratory Building (GOODS - 04 – 2021) at Gapan City Colleges, Barangay Bayanihan of City of Gapan. Completion of the Works is requiring Two Hundred Forty (240) Calendar Days upon receiving the Notice to Proceed (NTP). Bidders should have completed within ten (10) years a contract similar to the Project. The deion of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instruction 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 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act.”`

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from City Government of Gapan and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from Monday to Friday at 8:00am to 5:00pm.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on May 32021 – May 25, 2021 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 of Three Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00).

Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Secretariat

Office of the City Engineer

2/F Gapan City Hall

Km. 92, Maharlika Highway, Bayanihan,

Gapan City, Nueva Ecija 3105

6. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.The City Government of Gapan will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on May 11, 2021 at 10:00 am at BAC Conference Room, 2/F Gapan City Hall Km. 92, Maharlika Highway, Bayanihan,Gapan City which shall be open to prospective bidders.

7. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before May 25, 2021 at 8:30 AM. 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 May 25, 2021 at 10:00 am at BAC Conference Room, 2/F Gapan City Hall Km. 92, Maharlika Highway, Bayanihan,Gapan City. 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 City Government of Gapan 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.